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What’s the consensus view of which are the best online stores for pre-ordering? Between AE, AmiAmi, HLJ etc.?

Almost certain to get a bad deal with 70/30 feedback. Legit sellers should be in the high 90s...

...except with DLCs you can wait a year or two and buy everything in a bundle for a discounted price. Time to panic!!

Hi Mike. Noob question - are the regular HMR M&Ms incorrectly colored?

I received my Ostrich (and Elint) from AmiAmi 2 days ago. But I’m in Asia.

I had checked NY earlier and this wasn’t available. Is it now popping up because someone cancelled on a pre-order? Or maybe NY received move stock than pre-ordered? Is this a common phenomenon?

Hi everyone. Wanted to ask what kind of stands do people typically use for HMR figures (Valks and Destroids)? Something cheap and simple would be ideal. Not sure what’s difference between the Tamashii stages... thanks

Thanks @borgified. Yup, I had ordered an elint and ostrich from AmiAmi. Thanks for the warm welcome everyone. You know what’s worse about the Macross HMR rabbit hole compared to collecting MP TFs? The temptation to troop-build! Haha

Thanks for the good advice, all! In the past 3 days I have been scrambling to pick up all the HMRs that appeared in TV / DYRL. Jumped feet-first into Mandarake and Jungle, which I’ve never tried before. I’ve caught up now (only one copy of each release, unlike some of folks here!) and just waiting for Ostrich.

These are also available on Taobao. Pricing seems similar but shipping might be cheaper (?).

Hi everyone! My first post on this forum. I’m a Transformers collector but got hooked into Macross when Bandai announced their new 1/48 VF-1J. Was late in pre-ordering that and now looking to collect HMRs instead... I love the fact that they’ve got enemy mecha! I’m about to drop a load of cash on the now-rare HMRs, including the armored one and the 2 VF-1Ss... but wanted to ask if these will ever get re-issued? If there’s no history of re-issuing, I’ll go ahead to pull the trigger...