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Gotcha! I juggle around to whatever site gives me the best prices. I like AE but dislike that everything has to be prepaid there. Of course, that doesn't matter in this case since NY requires prepayment for exclusives but it's annoying to give shops free loans all the time.

What really confuses me is...If they are really making less of these exclusives and the preorders stay open for about a month, how are the non exclusives that are being made in larger quantities selling out in seconds? There is no way there is that large of a difference in people preordering. Again, it really seems like the regular releases are the limited exclusives and the TWEs are exclusive only literally in where you can get them from. I still don't get it since the previous Macross exclusives would have had the same process. NBD, I'm not trying to nitpick at you, just genuinely curious.

idgi...you only buy exclusives so you're not used to doing the exclusive thing? Roy was available for a while because I wasn't going to get it and then cracked sometime much later than the opening date. Someone mentioned these exclusives have a set preorder period and they just keep taking them until production is maxed out.

I don't think either look anywhere near as good as Apollyon and mine is solid so the only one I'm interested is the possible MP V2. But between MT and DX9, I think MT's looks better overall and the transformation blew me away. Plus, the look is more of a reimagining so I think it gets away with not looking as accurate while DX9's is obviously trying to be more accurate but fails from the neck down. DX9's does have a lovely mug and the arm and leg collapsing is pretty cool.

I've come to realize that all toys are overpriced, even the crappy ones. So if I'm going to collect toys I'm not gonna let something as common as money get in the way of my enjoyment. What it does do is make me want to only collect the higher end stuff because if I'm paying a premium for everything anyway, might as well get the best I can so I totally get the sticking with SOC comment. Right now, HMR is the best and only choice for me to have a collection of varied valks with enemy and supporting mechs to go with them. If it wasn't for the Regults and Glaugs, I wouldn't be collecting this line either.

Yeah, I hate paying up front plus an extra premium but between that and next to no chance of getting the regular releases, I'll take the former. It's like the regular releases are the exclusives, lol.

And registered ECO is only 1640...for the same time frame and insurance/tracking so yeah, not sure why anyone would choose SAL.

Yep. The deed is done! Thanks to this forum and thread for the heads up. Now the wait, but it will be so sweet!

How are you buying 2-3 when limit is usually 1 and even then it sells out in seconds? From what I've seen, NY will definitely get it, AE is probable and HLJ, Amiami will not carry it.

It's odd that NY charges more for the existing stock...whatever, glad I already got mine so no worries and yeah, doesn't seem like the line is hurting enough for us to worry about more releases. Arcadia seems to be very happy with taking our money

Ah, I had the wrong jst but correct pst/est. thanks!

Not sure because I never use EMS if I don't have to but I think it's around 4000 yen.

9/16. I'm trying to figure out exact time. Normal releases usually open 8 am Japan time.

Not a all What's bad is that you even need to consider it and the fact you can't preorder a figure you want 1 minute after it goes on sale.

Thanks! Do these typically go up at the same midnight pst/ 3 am est/ 8 am Japan time as the normal releases? Thanks! I knew about Max but was wondering if it comes with the custom blue stand since this is the first time I've seen it in the picture with Milia and her custom stand.

I think the premium on the VF-1S TWE at NY was only about 600 yen. From what I understand, the TWE figures last longer on preorder because they base their run on the amount of orders they get? Is this correct? Either way, I'm new to ordering from p-bandai but I saw they have a banner for international orders on the bottom. When you click, some options for shops come up. Is this what I have to use to get the figure in the US through them or how does one get a p-bandai account? Is it as simple as signing up like I did for HLJ, AE, NY and all the typical Japanese shops? Sorry for the newb questions but it is a lifelong dream for me to get these two figures together and I NEED to get this! Thanks for any help!

omg omg omg, finally! Do they both come with those custom stands? The Max that already opened for preorder comes with that stand or is it yet another release? And when are Milia orders opening? Edit: I see, in 2 days...

Nope but mainly because I'm not really into figures that would need that type of body. No point in someone covered in armor to have a seamless body ya know? But they seem really good from the reviews I've seen and also priced more reasonably than I thought. These are obviously adult collector's items so I think as long as you are careful with them, they should hold up. You should check some reviews and see if there are any long term assessments on them. I'd be curious too in case I ever do need one. Edit: Actually, I take the no point thing back because I just remembered one of the reviews I watched was someone replacing a Black Widow with a Phicen body and the thing that really impressed me was the way the suit looked over the seamless body and how you could really tell where the seams were on the original body.

Oh man, you are a madman in a very good way! We really need to meet up sometime soon, lol.

Yep, you definitely want to go with something with more give in flexibility. As for blank bodies, Phicen seems to be the way to go, especially if you want seamless, really anatomically accurate figures. Here is a page with a lot of the options they have.

That depends...these things are already low quantity, high profit pieces and Arcadia already has all their stock sold to the point there may be a reissue going to amiami, which may be an additional little run or amiami is just aquiring a batch of extra existing product. The retailers are most likely making a decent chunk of change, even at clearance prices. Bottom line is Arcadia is already sold out and it will be sold out at retail within a year or so and none of the sales will be anything like 50% off.

Everyone should stop buying it so it has a chance of going on sale

That looks like it could work depending on how big the opening is. If the material is not flexible and hard like acrylic, it could really limit the usability so you should be very careful of the size you make it. Seems like a nice design though.

It's possible to maybe just use a similar design to what I posted using hard wire that you can bend to your liking and have that attached to the Yeti arms. If you want to go real high end, a couple arms like this that are sturdy but flexible attached to the Yeti arm would probably work: Whatever the thinnest size those arms come in would do.