Shizuka the Cat

I received an invoice from Yoyakunow for shipping via FedEx, then a couple of minutes later received a revised invoice for shipping via DHL, which I just paid. Glad that Yoyakunow read my updated comment on the order and revised the shipping from FedEx to DHL.

I have not had that experience when receiving DHL shipments from AmiAmi.

Since you can leave comments in your order, can you try asking if they can ship your 2 VT-1 toys separately? Would not hurt to try.

Good to know. I just updated my order comments to change the shipping to DHL. Thanks!

Just got the email from Yoyakunow that my VT-1 is ready to ship. Here are my shipping options: FedEx International Priority 5,285 yen approx. 5 days DHL Express Worldwide 5,823 yen approx. 5 days UPS Worldwide Express Saver 7,542yen approx. 4 days EMS 9,100yen approx. 10 to 20 days Airmail Internatinoal 9,200yen approx. 3 to 6 weeks I guess I will go FedEx, it being the cheapest option and one of the faster ones.

I think Dreamcatcher's "Justice" song would work very well with any Macross battle.

I will say one nice thing about ordering from Amazon US is that the YF-21 is eligible for free return or replacement. So, if it does arrive damaged, it is pretty hassle free to get your money back. I did have an Amazon pre-order for the YF-21 as a backup in case my order from Japan had problems, but fortunately mine seems fine so I went and cancelled my Amazon pre-order, which was also easy to do. If only Amazon prices were not so marked up... sigh

If I am not mistaken, you will want the plastic to go to between 200 - 225 degrees in order to be soft enough to bend. Maybe use a hot glue gun that gives you fine control over setting its temperature, applying some onto the bent location to heat it up, bend the item back straight, and clean off the applied hot glue? I have heard of using this method with plastic rods, but for the YF-21's head laser....

AmiAmi packed mine exactly the same way. It was great. The top of the YF-21 box had so much free space above it that there was no risk of pressure pushing down on the antenna at all. There was no need for even bubble packing material that could have pushed down on the inner box to risk the antenna. I am very happy with AmiAmi's packing work.

My YF-21 just arrived from AmiAmi via DHL... and the antenna is good! Thank god! Now I can cancel my backup pre-order from Amazon. I hope the rest of you receive good antennas as well.

Oh no! That sucks. My condolences. Still looking forward to watching your review of the YF-21. Mine is on its way from HLJ and should be arriving early next week. Praying it is okay.

I am wondering, what is the difference between this and the original/previous VF-4 HMR release?

I am hoping that the Revival version of the 31 is an improvement over the original, in the same way that the Revival version of the VF-171 Nightmare Plus improved things by having better wings and upper legs than the original.

VF-31J still available at AmiAmi.... though I think that is possibly due to a site glitch. I noticed that, when using either Chrome or Opera browsers, when I tried checking out my order, the browser would bug out (Chrome would give me that "Oh Snap" error message, for example) repeatedly and never let me finish checking out the order. However, I was successfully able to place an order using Firefox. Not sure if this site/browser issue is happening to other people on AmiAmi, but if it is, that would explain why AmiAmi's pre-order is still open.

Is this a WWD release?