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Just now, orindlt said:

(As these are now live, clearly Chronocidal has fallen asleep ;-)

Sounds like he has my luck!  LOL

After seeing the prices at AE and NY, I no longer have regrets ordering early at Okiniland.

Available at AE:

http://www.anime-export.com/product/47150

24800 Yen

1 minute ago, ArchieNov said:

Wow NY sold out already.

How much was it, anyways?

It's still available, but at 25,000Y!

5 minutes ago, nathans82 said:

Very reliable and highly recommend, used them before for DX Chogokin and other stuff. 

Thanks for confirming.  Their price seems fair.  I'll give them a shot and see how it goes...

Is Okiniland a reliable site?  I've never heard of them.  Can anyone with experience with their site chime in please?

2 minutes ago, Lolicon said:

Wait till you get a shipping confirmation. I've had stuff get canceled even though it was paid for and in my private warehouse. 

Thanks for confirming what I've been dreading.  Fingers crossed...

It's funny (and kinda sad) but I feel like I just won the lottery.  Taking everything into perspective, what really happened was I just spent $173+$36 dollars for a plastic toy.  Four years ago I would've balked at spending $50 on any "toy".  Macross collecting has totally changed my perspective and perception of what is "cheap" and what is "overpriced".  We shouldn't feel so excited just to have the CHANCE of spending this munch on a collectible.  Am I wrong in blaming Bandai for not producing enough?  Or ultimately hating Harmony Gold for their stupid stranglehold on the worldwide licensing restrictions?

2 minutes ago, F360 said:

The for sure way to find out is request to ship it ASAP . 

Already did, but thanks for the suggestion.    I won't get my hopes up until I get a shipping confirmation.

On 11/25/2019 at 2:02 AM, dafob said:

I just got a wonderful email from HLJ that they couldn't fulfill my order.  I ordered last Thursday/Friday, pretty early on when stock was made available on their website.  Thank goodness I got one from AE on PO night months ago (which just shipped) but this really does suck for those that were expecting HLJ to fulfill their orders from Friday:

 

So I was one of the "lucky" ones that got my order on the "we-took-way-too-many-orders-and-now-we-can't-fulfill-them-so-your-are-screwed" list on release day at HLJ.  They pretty much encouraged me to cancel my order and look elsewhere.

I'm so glad I didn't and kept my order open because this morning I woke up to this:

Did anyone else in my situation also get their orders through?  I checked my credit card and they did charge me BUT I'm still skeptical that they actually have one for me at this late stage.  If they charged me, does that mean they actually have one reserved with my name ready to be shipped?

12 minutes ago, oshanmacross said:

You and I by the grace of God.

Sorry to hear about others getting pre-orders cancelled. 
 

Grrr.... way to rub it in and kick us when we're down, why don't you... ?  

Congrats, guys!

51 minutes ago, canklebreaker said:

Anyone know what open status means on HLJ? Is it going to be fulfilled or cancelled like @dafob?

edit: read their FAQs.

Ah yes... welcome to the club my friend.  Misery loves company... 

I just got a wonderful email from HLJ that they couldn't fulfill my order.  I ordered last Thursday/Friday, pretty early on when stock was made available on their website.  Thank goodness I got one from AE on PO night months ago (which just shipped) but this really does suck for those that were expecting HLJ to fulfill their orders from Friday:

There's still AmiAmi for those that missed out tonight right?  They haven't opened up orders since the initial PO's sold out.

What are the odds they'll open up again in the next day or so?

1 minute ago, oshanmacross said:

First world problems ~_^

TOTALLY!  Actually, I'm not worried about the cost of getting two... I'm more paranoid of the wife's wrath when she sees the charges.

1 minute ago, Chronocidal said:

Yeah, go cancel it from your page fast, you can fix that.

I didn't know you could cancel an order w/ HLJ yourself...?  I'll give it a shot.

Crap. I think I ordered two by mistake since I never got confirmation for first one.  But now I just got both confirmation emails.  I hope I can cancel or unload the extra one.  

2 minutes ago, Chronocidal said:

HLJ is apparently up again, but site's getting hammered!

I got an order in, but I have no confidence in HLJ anymore.  It doesn't show up in my history nor did I get an email confirmation.

PM Sent.

6 hours ago, derex3592 said:

@dafob - If you need an even tighter edge - this stuff is the absolute best.  I use it in conjunction with the Tamiya stuff mentioned above. 

 

Such a great suggestion.  I didn't know 3M made that stuff either.  Thanks!

16 hours ago, xoxokin said:

The white "UN SPACY" labels is buy at website of china "TAOBAO WORLD"  find  MACROSS 1/48 that you can see some Decals.

Thank you for the suggestion.  There are so many decals on taobao.  Do you have a direct link to the one you used?

2 hours ago, 505thAirborne said:

As for tape to use for masking, Tamiya is pretty much the way to go! 

 

I didn't know Tamiya made masking tape.  Thanks for the tip.

1 minute ago, Xigfrid said:

That’s looking really neat! I would love to know your masking technic if any

Apparently, my masking technique sucks balls as evident by the minor paint bleed on the legs. 

I used basic blue tape to mask most parts as seen in some of the pics above.  I've always had a love/hate relationship with blue painter's tape: I HATE that there's paint bleed every time I use blue tape, no matter if it's painting figures or walls.  LOL

For other patterns (such as the kite logo on the wings, all of the little circles with a line throughout, the triangular bits on the shoulders, etc.) I printed shapes on standard address labels and then cut them out and stuck them over those parts.  After spray painting, it was just a matter of peeling them off.

51 minutes ago, xoxokin said:

I have repainted too for the Alaska Base Version ( Yamato 1/48) at last weekend. 

 

That's awesome!  How did you get the white "UN SPACY" labels for the legs?  They look really good!

Thanks for the tips and feedback everyone.  This was a learning project for me and I used whatever I could find in my garage -- but in hindsight I should've gotten the proper masking tape and paint.  

Hopefully I'll find time soon to finish this project.

If I find another junker, I'll probably re-do this Alaska base (can't hurt to have more than 1 guard ) using better materials.

47 minutes ago, kkx said:

@dafob Excellent. I am itching to do some custom too. Need to be less lazy.

Do you airbrush? Do you need to take the valk apart or just masking?

I wish I was sophisticated enough to airbrush.  I'm just a novice compared to some of the pros on this board.  I do take the valks apart but some pieces can't be disassembled easily due to glue so I have to mask some pieces.

If you're interested, I posted my progress here:

- VF-1J conversion to TV Kaki
- VF-1A DYRL conversion to Alaska Base

13 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Only suggestion I have is to try and do some cleanup on the legs where the white/green meet, there's some unevenness. Otherwise it looks great so far!

I see you noticed that.    That cleanup is the first on my list.  Stupid paint bleed.  Will use brush for the cleanup, unless anyone else has a better method...?

Still love the Yammie 1/48's.  Even made two customs recently: