davidwhangchoi

2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

So give or take, flat rate shipping plus CA tax will end up between $385 to $389. Depends on tax percentage they're going to use. But that's atleast $30 something.

Yep the US price plus taxes is a hard sell. 
 

going to be a shelfwarmer for a while if i were to guess. 

22 minutes ago, dur said:

This is what I meant, sorry for any confusion.  I am tempted to just wait it out like a clearance hawk... I guess the downside is if it's very popular I'll end up needing to sell a kidney to get this valk.

@tekering ah my bad, you read durs post right. 

1 minute ago, dur said:

The only difference is that some of us already own both the YF-19 full set and VF-19 Advance and weren't looking to add another one.  In this case, it's a "brand new" release, but who knows if that will change anything.

I would say that those who got the full set release before Bigwest and Harmony gold reconciled were hardcore dedicated fans that imported valks. 

But to the common fan who watched plus in the US probably did not stay up 3am EST to pre order a valk that lasts 1 min. 
 

the Wwm releases were not for the hardcore base that most likely stay up for pre orders at import stores but for the casual fan that may have watch macross plus. 

im going to guess that the 21 is going to be the same as the wwm 19 release. 

and it’ll be just the diehard base that missed import pre orders that take the majority of the sale. 
 

domestically, at this price point with sales tax, this is going to be a hard sell. 
 

Unless bandai ships low numbers for domestic retailers, i project it’ll be the same as the current 19 
 

30 minutes ago, Big s said:

I know the wwm stuff definitely isn’t as big a deal in the U.S. stores compared to how fast things sell out in Japan. But I wonder if the stuff from plus will be more popular. Most of the other items seemed to stick around and were very easy to find on sale later at several stores, but most of the American fan base hadn’t seen Frontier or delta. I’d be really curious to see what would happen if they were allowed to sell the vf-1’s

A good indicator is the dx yf-19 wwm sales and availability at us sites. 
 

the 19 would be more popular than the 21. 

5 minutes ago, tekering said:

On sale? 😟

That seems highly unlikely. 🤨

???

Do you understand he's waiting for US pre-orders to go up on sale. 

Just now, Negotiator said:

well, at paypals conversion it was coming out to $340+ so just set it to pay in yen and let CC bank convert it.  bank says $327.31 instead.

nice, 327, you're still saving money vs buying from a  U.S. retailer. congrats

Just now, Negotiator said:

got one at nin nin.  total ¥46,940... ouch.

that's about 323 usd (or more if using paypal's conversion rate)

prob saving about 30 buck and tax vs. USA sites

US stores will have this so it'll be everywhere after a bit

yeah, i'm not sure i want it. still on the fence, i had it in my cart at two places but held off..

i guess i'll wait for us release?

7 hours ago, Lolicon said:

Is the VF-19 good? Should I get one?

not sure...  Do you like white painted landing gears.? If white landing gears are not your thing, avoid.

yamato shipping (hlj quick pack) came in this morning.

valk is going to sit in the box for a bit. 

mine is coming in Monday. 

good to have a yamato valk. 

i need fold booster bandai! make it light up too in special mechanic edition

like yamato

5 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

David, don't. Because you'll start noticing how different Bandai's toy is to the OAV that you might end up cancelling your preorder. 

 

 

loool

I will start another macross plus watch after securing a pre order to keep me interested so i dont cancel. 

1 hour ago, treatment said:

No videos, yet, but here's another user-tweet with pics to check it:

https://twitter.com/hiyashinsu_boti/status/1740253271519047736

web-translated snap:

 

 

Thought that quickpack option was only $3 to $7 cheaper than DHL and FedEx for single items.

Was it significantly cheaper than either when you have more than a single item?

 

no, it was just a dollar or two cheaper than fedex or DHL. i just wanted to try it since it was a new option i never tried before. it said 3-5 days so hopefully it's fast.

Got shipping notification 

using Hlj quick pack Yamato service

if you can afford to it may be worth. 

alot of people like the option of pay later with the option to cancel in case this valk bombs.

i personally may pay for one upfront and keep a spare on order. 

this is a good deal with the current yen to usd rate. 

easy buy for me. 

me too. 

just had mine shipped 3-5 days

16 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Same here, David. Nowadays, I think one is enough. For its price, they should've included the Fold Booster.

i hope the yen rate doesn't get strong vs. us dollar or we're going to be in deep trouble in June. 

I will have to buy macross plus blu ray with this