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EMS was usually cheaper for me.
So I just ordered some stuff from Amazon Japan, delivery is estimated to be in 2 weeks. Pre-covid it used to be 1 week or less. We'll see what is the actual delivery date and delivery company.
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3 hours ago, jvmacross said:
May need to wait until the book is closer to release date as it looks like the book is not allowed to int'l shipping anymore
NO idea regarding HLJ...have not had anything shipped.....was going to have the last two books shipped but went with AJ instead.....I am sure it is fine via FedEx
Checking with HLJ, it seems only the ff. are available to me: Air Small Packet, Air Parcel, EMS. I was pretty sure in the past that FedEx was ok lol. But I was using EMS pre-Covid and it was acceptable. Hopefully more shipping choices become available once Kawamori's book is out.
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On 9/16/2020 at 12:38 PM, kajnrig said:
Nice work as always, anubis. Out of everything, it's always your work on the tiny tiny figures that impresses the most.
Took another look at the Mercurius/Vayeate page, and it looks like there's some sort of preorder campaign going on; can anyone confirm? Seems to me Bandai are reissuing a whole raft of Leo/Maganac kits. If you order the Sandrock AND MnV AND one of the others, they'll throw in a "triple stand" action base. Dunno if this is limited only to P-Bandai Japan or if @BluefinBrands/PB USA will be getting in on this, too.
Kits being reissued:
- Leo Flight Type https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149523/
- Leo Space Type https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149524/
- Leo Full Weapon Set https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149527/
- Maganac Rashid/Abdul https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149525/
- Maganac Auda/Ahmad https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149526/
- Maganac 36-Machine Set https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000149528/Promo page: https://p-bandai.jp/hobby/special-1000012123/
I just resolved not to get gunpla anymore this year. This is so tempting
We'll see if shipping normalizes (and I change my mind). I fear more shipping backlogs as I assume people will be ordering more online than going into stores for Christmas--and this backlog might continue until next year.
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On 9/10/2020 at 8:27 PM, jvmacross said:
If shipping goes back to normal I may bundle my book with something else....otherwise I'll go with Amazon.jp
Is there anything wrong right now with HLJ shipping? To be honest I haven't ordered anything from Japan after March so I'm not sure about state of shipping from there. I've only ordered from the US but I'm using a forwarder so I am confident they will deliver to my place.
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On 9/14/2020 at 9:49 PM, jvmacross said:Arriving Feb 2, 2021 - Feb 5, 2021Haruhiko MikimotoSold by: Amazon Japan LLC￥ 3,000Condition: NewRelease day : Friday, January 29, 2021At this point, I'll be glad if it is release at some point....
LOL I'll be glad if Amazon just lets me pre-order this.
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I'll stick with HLJ for the Kawamori book. For the other books I will hold off pre-ordering for now and see what happens in the next few weeks.
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Kawamori's book on HLJ is now on order stop. Now I noticed CDJapan also has it: https://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOBK-2523883
I would have loved to get the Hobby Japan Vintage Vol 4 from Amazon JP but some other books I want don't ship to the Philippines. I wish this trend would stop...I wonder how they decide which books can be pre-ordered for international shipping or not.
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4 hours ago, JB0 said:
Yay! More comedy goldmines!
Though this article seems to think that people enjoy this as something other than unintentional parody. Which is odd, since it is terrible.
While reading I was wondering if it was paid for. They seem to have a lot of RT-related articles. Or if not maybe they're friends with someone related to the comic? That would also make sense.
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I purchased some Humble Bundle Comics and when I realized it was from *that* publisher, I thought 'eeewwww'. But some of their comics are good titles, specifically the ones from European artists/writers. Several are on my wish list, but so far down it's unlikely I buy them unless my income goes up considerably.
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On 8/7/2020 at 11:36 AM, sqidd said:
DX Mazinger 26x17x13 in
On 8/9/2020 at 4:31 PM, Major Focker said:that's just the assembled figure, which is advertised at being almost 36 cm tall.
for comparison, the similarly sized DX Combattler had box dimensions of 46.6cm x 42.4cm x 32.5cm / 6440g
but since this V5 includes a Big Falcon display base, it's likely going to be a longer box, closer to what sqidd mentioned for the Mazinger, which also had a big display unit.
Thanks! That gives me some idea about the shipping cost.
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How big is a SOC box (esp. with shipping box)? Amazon has listed the Voltes V dimensions as 2.5 x 20.3 x 35.6 cm but I doubt that's the whole package. Any ideas?
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1 minute ago, treatment said:
errr, it's still available.
you might want to clear your browser-cache or something.
Oh must be the address then
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On 8/1/2020 at 3:55 AM, Grey728 said:
Voltes V DX available at both BBTS and Amazon
https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/129639
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08C3B35VF/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_mChjFbNFDFQN0
lol already unavailable from amazon. Thanks for the links!
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On 7/31/2020 at 12:05 AM, jvmacross said:
Been waiting for that...thanks...PO'd
https://www.hlj.com/super-dimension-fortress-macross-shoji-kawamori-designer-s-notebook-sof39718
Finally! PO'd
And before I was just procrastinating on ordering via buyee haha
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On 7/21/2020 at 10:01 AM, kajnrig said:
I've traveled from the future to tell you all what I'm currently watching a month and seven days from now:
I tried to watch the 1st season but I was just getting angry thinking she should do something more proactive about her work (like resign or look for another job?) Does anything good ever happen?
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Hopefully 2025 is covid19-free. I wonder how crowded this is going to get.
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The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) announced on Monday that it has named anime creator and director Shoji Kawamori as one of 10 co-producers of Osaka's Expo 2025. Eight of the producers will each develop a focus area that follow the World Expo's theme: "Design Future Society for Our Lives." Kawamori is working on a focus area that revolves around "making the connections of all 'life' living in our universe, ocean, and earth to protect and nurture one another."
Expo 2025 is scheduled to take place from April 13 to October 13, 2025.
This will be the second time Osaka has hosted a World Expo after Expo '70, 55 years earlier. Kawamori visited Osaka's first World Expo when he was still in elementary school, and he credited the event with inspiring his lifelong exploration of world culture, science, and science fiction.
The Expo's other nine producers are planner and producer Masaru Ishikawa, architect Sosuke Fujimoto, biologist and professor Shinichi Fukuoka, award-winning film director Naomi Kawase, broadcasting writer Kundo Koyama, roboticist and professor Hiroshi Ishiguro, musician and mathematician Sachiko Nakajima, media artist Yoichi Ochiai, and professor of medicine Hiroaki Miyata.
Kawamori is perhaps most famous for being a key creative planner in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross anime series. He designed most of the franchise's iconic transforming "variable fighter" mecha, and oversaw most of the main installments in the franchise, including the latest, Macross Delta.
Kawamori has also created the Aquarion, AKB0048, and Arjuna series, and most recently was chief director on Jūshinki Pandora at Satelight, the anime studio for which he serves as a board director. He has contributed mechanical design work to Patlabor: The Movie, Patlabor 2: The Movie, Eureka Seven, Outlaw Star, Ghost in the Shell, and more. He is credited as the original creator of The Vision of Escaflowne, Basquash!, and Nobunaga the Fool. He has worked in anime production as a director, screenwriter, mechanical designer, and storyboarder.
Outside anime, he designed one of Sony's Aibo robot dog variants and contributed to the designs of Takara's Diaclone Car Robot toys, which eventually became Optimus Prime, Prowl, Ironhide, and other toys in Hasbro's Transformers line. His game contributions include the original mechanical designs for the Armored Core franchise and the Devil Breaker weapons in Devil May Cry 5. Small Worlds, the company behind the world's largest indoor theme park of scale miniatures, appointed Kawamori as its chief creative officer.
The World Expo is held every five years and can last in for up to six months in their host city. The themes of World Expos are designed to raise awareness of and find responses to universal challenges of our time. Milan, Italy held the most recent Expo in 2015 with the theme "Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life.” Dubai, UAE is hosting the 2020 World Expo, which the BIE General Assembly postponed to 2021 due to the new coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
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18 hours ago, mikeszekely said:
Not exactly electronics, but anyone knowledgeable about binoculars? I know just a little; what the numbers mean when they say something like 8x25, the difference between roof and Porro prisms, etc, but not enough to feel like I'm making an informed decision. I'm looking for something I can use in variety of situations (camping, birdwatching, and a little stargazing), but something I'll use so infrequently that I can't justify going over $100. I'm thinking 10x42 should be good enough. I've got three recommendations, but they each have their pros and cons that's making choosing between them (or finding another comparable alternative) a bit of bear.
The three I've been looking at are
Nikon Aculon A211
Bushnell H₂0
Celestron Outland X
but like I said, I'm not married to any of these three and I'm open to good alternatives. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.
Without looking at specs normally I would choose Nikon for the quality control, but the other 2 seem to claim being waterproof and fog proof so I'm not so sure about Nikon anymore. Whichever you choose maybe just make sure of the return policies if the product turns out to be defective.
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14 hours ago, Major Focker said:
if you ship via Fedex or DHL and the shipment is taxed by customs upon arrival, Fedex/DHL will collect any tax due from you when they deliver at your door if the seller hasn't already charge you tax deposit upon purchase (eg. Buyee and most other sellers like HLJ/HS/Amiami). if the seller already withheld tax (eg. Amazon JP charged you a tax deposit), then likely Fedex and DHL won't collect any tax from you unless there was an additional assessment by customs. for all other shipping methods (including EMS, ironically) you will need to pick up and pay tax personally, except if the seller already withheld tax and customs deemed it sufficient.
Thanks that cleared that up for me. I'll wait a bit see if there's any opening from HLJ etc.
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22 hours ago, Major Focker said:
AmazonJP tends to be very conservative in their tax estimation, typically more than 50% higher than what the final tax ended up being in my experience. they do refund the difference though. unfortunately, that also incurs some forex losses as the conversion happens twice - your payment and then the refund.
the worst thing about this however, is that there's a fairly good chance that the customs officer looking at the import declarations will either simply take that higher tax estimate as fact (ie. no refund then from Amazon), or worse, include that tax withheld estimate as part of the landed cost (ie. part of taxable amount) -- essentially a tax on a tax
. it doesn't happen often, but it can and has. so for my bigger purchases, i usually route it to consolidators/forwarders like Buyee so that actual taxes are computed upon arrival, rather than bloatedly estimated prior to shipment. domestic Japan shipping is normally free anyway for big companies like Amazon; so there's no loss there except time/delay.
So what happens if it gets taxed? Do I pay Buyee or DHL (this is my preferred option) or do I have to go pick it up and pay in person? With Covid-19 around I don't want to go out (yes I think it will still be a concern next year.)
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This is not in limited quantities right? It doesn't ship to my address, so if I really want to order now I'll have to use a proxy. I could wait, but I don't wanna miss out too.
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11 hours ago, Major Focker said:
btw, i've just realized that the DX Voltes is about 1/160 scale, ie. close enough to N-scale (1/150) train stuff
He can do battle with Godzilla???
Too bad I don't have space for doing such sets. One thing I wish I had a big house...
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11 hours ago, Major Focker said:
according to NY shipping calculator (JPN to PH): EMS - 8900 JPY, SAL - 5700
Amiami/HS/HLJ shipping would probably be about 10-20% cheaper
also note that when buying stuff >$200, AmazonJP will also compute for import tax if destination is PH, and they have a tendency to overestimate on the tax.
you might be better off getting a local PO. there's a few of them still ongoing (Php 36-39K). the risk of course is that some of these locals might not actually receive enough stock from Bandai. the most reliable is Greattoys, but their PO is priced at 39k PLUS shipping. i would have placed with them otherwise.
the way i see it, my PO from Amiami would probably be 56k+9k = 65k JPY or about 30k Php. if it gets taxed upon import, that will run up to 36k. so i went ahead and placed a local PO at that price.
IF my Amiami order is not taxed by the customs guys (it still happens, i just picked up my Fewture Garland last week sent from Amiami and it wasn't taxed), and/or the 9k JPY assumed shipping cost is less than expected, then i potentially could save as much as Php 8k over the local PO, or at worst just price parity.
at this point i probably should be saying that i will then sell one of them, but that's probably not going to happen
I was about to order last night and Amazon JP slapped me with 23k+ yen import fee! Info says they will refund it but the total amount was too much for my credit card
I don't have any experience with local PO, I'll have to do some research. But at this big amount, I'm inclined to go with my usual suki sellers. I'll also probably check out US stores (as suggested), though I'm not in a hurry anyway.
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28 minutes ago, Grey728 said:
Just pre-order on Amazon.co.jp as they have a pay later option.
https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B08C3B35VF/ref=ox_sc_saved_title_3?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1
Or if you're willing to wait, look for stateside websites to have it like BBTS, ChosenPrime, TheToySource, etc. This isn't a Macross item so there are other distribution channels available.
Thanks! That's a jaw-dropping 4k+ pesos for the shipping hahaha. But of course I've spent already thousands in shipping fees just in this toy hobby alone (not to mention on books and other stuff). Hmm let me just re-align the items I budgeted in advance for my Xmas bonus...
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Is this less rapey than the original? I was pretty ok the 1st 2 times but was put off when I read about it in forums
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