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That would bother me pretty significant;y, especially with Mandarake's great reputation. I'd consider that false advertising and ask for more...Without accusing them of anything as it's most likely an honest mistake on their part.

Exactly. Not sure why anyone would expect a response from people who are on vacation...

Nice grabs! I’m still undecided on Megatron too. If I get NAs, I’ll probably go for the toy version. I really want Galvatron more though.

My HMR VF-4s shipped from NY via ferry showed up in the US now so that's a good sign. Not sure why they went to the EC but not gonna worry about it. Should be here anytime now.

Yeah, I wasn’t paying as much attention to size as I was looks and engineering so I was shocked when I got my first one at how small it was. I quickly got over that when I found out just how good they are quality wise and how fun they are to play with. I got my first at Taobao because that’s where I get all my 3P and KO stuff from but realized there wasn’t much of a deal there so my second order was from ToyDojo. They are available at any shop that does 3P but some places are out of stock on certain ones.

Haha, will see how it goes with the Insecticons. I’m waiting to see what the deal with Soundwave is. If I’m really going to collect this line, I need to be extremely selective and just get my favorite characters, especially ones I’ve never had before due to no other good options like Jazz and Skywarp. I really need a Galvatron. Soundwave will be a must and Dinobots and then I’ll probably want combiners like Bruticus, Predaking and Computron. But yeah, I’ve been looking at the Insecticon set as well and will probably break soon. Yeah, these things are fantastic. Not quite a full on photo shoot though, just messing around with them on a coffee table with the last remaining light coming from the window. But I gotta say I like them more than most MP style figures I have. The quality is excellent, the engineering is incredible and they look amazing. I’ve been skeptical and ignoring TFs for the most part of the last few years but the Seekers in @nightmareB4macross’s recent pics caught my eye and I’ve been waiting over 35 years for decent Seekers and Jazz. Who knew after all this time one company would make both in such a short time?

Crap! I don't want to start collecting Transformers again! I blame you for this @nightmareB4macross! But this is one of the sweetest transforming figures I've handled in a while. Reminds me of some of my HMR and Arcadia Macross figures. If someone makes Macross figures this small and this good, it will be over for me!

Nice! I like that grey scheme! nice!

Damn, nice haul! @sh9000 don’t know how you get these deals but congrats!

Oh man! I can’t wait to see it!

Either way, that’s gotta be the greatest find of the year! Congrats!

OK, well then that sucks. Hopefully that changes if things go back to normal but things like price hikes rarely every go back once they establish they can charge it. Oh well, that just makes them a little less viable to me since their cheap shipping was the only thing keeping their prices close to or sometimes lower than NY with ferry shipping.

Yeah again, I haven't checked but I haven't seen anything that suggests AJ will be raising their shipping prices. 3rd party sellers as mentioned have always charged whatever they want...

Interesting offer and I'd like to see some completed work. Either way, you are offering something different and no offense but you and your partner have not proven yourselves to be the best there is at what you do like LEK has. I'm not really interested in converting an existing Hikaru 1S into a Roy because I'd rather just wait and buy a Roy from the factory for a lot less but I get the additional customization. Overall, I'm not as interested in weathering and decals. LEK is creating 3D cell shaded works of art, which is something I'm more interested in. Thanks!

Yesh! If that's the case will see about AJ in the future. But based on @DYRL VF-1S post above, if you are talking about items not sold by AJ, third party shops can and will charge whatever they want. I haven't checked but I don't think AJ would carry DX SSP since they are TWE items. I haven't ordered from AJ in the last two weeks but as far as I know, 1600Y is still their set price for most single items.

If this is your favorite line and you don’t have any destroids, you’re missing out on the best part about the line! You should do yourself a favor and pick them up and prepare to love this line even more!

They mentioned it when I inquired about an order I had that I selected a currently suspended shipping method for.

Yeah, I see no indication of HMR going anywhere and I will keep buying them when they come and not worry when they give me a break.

A G is a relatively large amount of money. But in the world of art and luxury collectibles, it’s not insane. Some paintings by basic no names go for well over a G and this is a 3D painted masterpiece. Money well deserved for his amazing work. That being said, too rich for my blood but I’m still gonna send him something like a DX Roy VF-1S with SSP someday.

Haha yeah. I’m not too worried about it. Something will come sooner or later. And if not, I saved a lot of money. Win-Win.

Looking good!

Exactly! If I could do that, I wouldn't do it for that price.

Oh sh!+! I thought it would be around $400 for some reason...$750 is still worth it but damn. Thanks for the info!

You ahole! Anyways, I'm going to seriously look into it at some point. Does he require a deposit to hold your spot?

True, but based on that it was unfair to say DX quality is dropping in that example. Anyways, we are having fun casual talk here so NBD.