Alex GS

So I just ordered a Metal Robot Strike Freedom from this site, I was looking around for this Metal Damashi and find this site, they don't ask you pay right away until they got the figure and it looks like is US based, it also grab my attention the price they were asking for the figure,  lets see what happens.

https://www.eknightmedia.com/gundam-seed-destiny-strike-freedom-gundam-metal-robot-spirits-action-figure-by-bandai-tamashii-nations.html

Still somebody has any info about buying from this site?, from the info I got looking around it seems they are legit.  I hope I'm not being off topic here

12 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

So in the end, any Evolution Toys is really not worth it with the price they're going for? Whether it's MSRP or discounted price, is that correct?

As much as I really love to have a Legioss in my collection, I couldn't with ET even though it is on sale at CDJ. I really learned the lesson with ET with my only purchase which is the VF-2SS. 

Well for the Mazinger that I got definitely not wort the price even at a discount with a final prince of Y7000, still Evolution Toys have lots of other series of figures but at the same time their record about  releasing figures without any issues is not that good, I was actually trying to get too a Legioss but then I remembered the releases of the VF-2SS Valkyries and all the issues those valks have so I didn't preorder it,  since  Mazinger Evolution Toy is from another series beside Macross and it doesn't have the complex transformation of a Marcross figure I thought it would be way better quality but nope I was wrong, it looks like they continue with their QA issues to other series as well. 

So in short answer is not worth the price ET are asking for their figures, there are way better quality figures out there and way cheaper in price in my opinion.

On 3/30/2018 at 11:14 AM, treatment said:

pix over at TD:

http://toysdaily.com/discuz/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=257865&pid=7857096

 

For some reason I thought the box  was going to be all red and later on Max all blue, that would it be nice in my opinion 

1 hour ago, SuperDimensionalDave said:

Congrats on the haul. Was vascillating over that ET Mazinger now that it's in sale (only way I buy ET stuff), how is it?  

Here is a quick picture  I took a few moments ago:

After checking the quality the price that is at AmiAmi right now it barely enters kinda fair price, more than that I think is too much, I think I know why this figure is heavily discounted , the main figure has a bit of heft to it mostly comes from the ball shape magnets all allocated in the joints, everything else feels kinda cheap plastic , also the right leg from the knee down the joint is very loose. If by any case you have the Bandai Super Robot Chogoking Mazinkaiser Color version or other versions , the Mazinkaiser is miles way better in quality or any other Bandai Super Robor Chogokin than this one.

The Scrander with the wings and the sword the first time I grab it  it felt  like I was going to break it, very very light feel plastic, still putting aside all the cons, the colors and details of this version of Mazinger in all parts are spot on is a really nice looking figure, in the end I'm happy with my purchase along side all the other figures but definitely I was expecting more from this one since its original price is double than that, but now I feel I didn't get any discount on it .      

Some good deals I got from AmiAmi, aside from the Mazinger that it was in new and in sale, the other said pre-owned item A/ Box B, first time I buy some items that says pre owned and I think it will not be my last, it will be the beginning  

Got one from AmiAmi

21 minutes ago, kajnrig said:

I went through an old folder and came across this, I feel it appropriately expresses what Bandai thinks of us:

lol oh my

On 3/30/2018 at 7:44 AM, no3Ljm said:

 

Is this a Tamashi Exclusive ?,  I hope not still I don't have any original Metal Build in my collection, I have KO Metal Gear Seven Sword like it alot but I do really want an Original one ,  I hope is not exclusive it looks freaking awesome!

In other things I took me a while to found a thread about Metal Builds, glad I found this one.

Holy damn!, this might be the first armor I will buy for a Valkyrie

It looks insane!!

Somebody knows what its written ?

2 hours ago, F360 said:

But at the end you still received your Saint Seiya Figure new and in great condition.  

At this point, where else are you going to find Premium finish Millia for price you are locked on for? 

yep I received my Saint Seiya figure,  but Milia Premium costs a couple of hundred dlls more

2 hours ago, Mommar said:

FYI, they want the payment before 8am on the 28th Japan time.  You only have until sometime Tuesday to decide.  Not Thursday.

2 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

Follow what your heart and wallet tells you.

This.  

Thanks @no3Ljm

1 hour ago, Slave IV said:

Yep, this. 

Carboard put together with tape is called a cardboard box. 

For all the stories about a missing package, there are probably hundreds to thousands of packages delivered with no issue and even then, it probably had nothing to do with them. They are my goto shop and I never have any anxiety about getting what I paid for. 

@Slave IV Anxiety that's the feeling right now.

Thank you guys for the recommendations, I was totally lost in what to do , I think I might have an idea now, also  I so was so clueless about the deposit time frame that is indeed this Tuesday not Thursday(thanks @Mommar for the heads up), it will get interesting since pay day is Thursday !, now where is that  destroy wallet gif ?  

Man I'm so nervous if I want to go ahead and pay that steep price for Milia's Premium figure, the thing is  is not about the quality of the figure is about  shipping my figure and I'm talking about Nippon Yassan here, last year I order a Saint Seiya Minos figure from them , it took them 2 weeks for them to send it out but not until I put a ticket on them, I used EMS for shipping so I can have it way faster but that wasn't the case, in the end I received my Saint Seiya figure completely new as advertised and great condition but damn!! the packaging that was in it was horrible! it was just a bunch of cardboard put together with tape. 

So knowing the above and some stories I found about  missing packages from NY being told here in the forums, I'm really worried if I want to go ahead and pay, not sure what to do here, if you can do some recommendations about it what to do I'm all ears since you definitely have more experience with NY than me

, NY is already asking for my deposit and I have until thursday .... what to do ?... what to do..

Shoutout to  @no3Ljm  for an awesome transaction ! , once again thanks Noel for this beautiful Valkyrie !

20 minutes ago, no3Ljm said:

Hey Alex. Sure! Thanks for letting me know. Let me check the merchandise this weekend. Will take some photos of it. And if it's to your liking let's do business. And it's Hayate's first 31J ok. Not the Kai.

Hope that you're US-based too.

Thanks NoEL much appreciated, 

Yes I definitely aiming to get  a normal DX VF 31J ,sure ping me a message when you have opportunity to get some images, and finally yep I'm US based address   

4 hours ago, no3Ljm said:

True. I'm actually considering one with Y27000 price tag last night after the PO madness but I know I have upcoming PO's that needed to get paid soon. And thinking if I really do need a second one for that matter. If I do, then I have to sell my second 31J just to move funds. And not sure at this point if anyone still wants a 31J. I know it will end up $310-320 including proxy and shipping but yeah it still beats other prices out there.

I definitively still wanting a 31J Hayate, maybe we can do some business   

I think AmiAmi preorder button only lasted a 1 minute or less!

got it !!!!!!!! from AmiAmi , this has to be one the most stressful things I have done LOL

lol for trying in practicing with my speed how I will try to get a PO of Arad I end up preordering a Hi Metal R VF 1A Ichijo valk! , oh well in the end I never had one of this type.

57 minutes ago, borgified said:

I let you know when the VF-171EX Alto gets delivered. The other listings for the VF-171EX Alto has the C/B grade while the other had the A/B grade. I've ordered two "B" boxed items of Jungle and they have posted the damages that was warrant for an "B" condition. The items where fine upon opening while the actual boxes have dings on it. On Mandarake listings, they will post the damages of the boxes on the listing itself and will mark the prices of the product accordingly.

I'm sure that someone will post their experience with AmiAmi shortly.,  

Thanks much appreciated, hope you received the Valkyrie in perfect shape , will look into Mandarake to see what Macross stuff I can find

2 hours ago, borgified said:

I would get one of the 19,900 Yen ones as I'm not a MISB type of person. I ordered a HMR VE-1 (Item A/Box B) and was delivered in the same condition as stated, and ordered the VF-171EX Alto (Item B/Box B) about 12 hours ago and now waiting for the email of payment and other related stuff.

Yeah also not me, I really don't care that much if is not MISB but you know is always nice to have a brand new one hehe, about preowned items I never bought one from AmiAmi  so I really don't know what am I getting into, seeing that B classification in both figure and box and the definition says minor wear or damaged that's something I really take into consideration, cause I really don't mind some wear in the figure or box,  but probably damaged?, that's something I need  to think a lot, since the item is priced at Y19000 and not a single picture?, yikes! , so in the end I'm trying to look into an item that at least is A/B. 

I'm not sure if I'm overreacting with B/B items since I never bought one, but maybe someone with more experience can point me out here in the forums how much risk or percentage is in getting a damaged figure in the end.  

6 hours ago, borgified said:

Anyone still looking for plain VF-31J Hayate for their collection? There are three up for grabs on Amiami (pre-owned). 

Aww damn it so tempting I'm still missing Hayate!!, I just saw them and the best one is about 24000 , so in the total for me would like Y28000 with DHL, currently can't spend that amount, damn bills!! 

5 hours ago, seti88 said:

preorders march 1st folks!

 

Thanks for the heads-up, I hope I can get in

I'm not sure if this has been posted in some past page, but there has been a new Hi-Metal R Preorder in AmiAmi of a VF 1A Super Valkyrie of Hikaru with Super parts-movie version if someone  interested:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-035168&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_keywords%3Dmacross%24s_sortkey%3Dpriced%24s_st_list_preorder_available%3D1%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1

Never got a High Metal R cause  height and weight are very important factors for me in a collectable, but this is very tempting since it has my favorite Valkyrie colors , so who knows.

I hope my Keyboard F5 button won't break cause the so many times I keep pressing it in the AmiAmi frontpage for Arad's Preorder , or this is an exclusive ?  I hope not.

Finally I have  Megatron!, and is the new version

The detail and size is effing great!, so damn happy with this figure!

 Congrats to the one who got it , awesome valk!