Jwwu

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

16 hours ago, Graham said:

70/30 ratio of good to bad feedback is way too low for my tastes.

 

On a roll of a d10, 30% chance of getting a bad deal........no thanks.

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 all,

Up for sale is the 2012 Blu-Ray Japan only Complete Edition of the SDF Macross TV series with all the goodies (like Macross Perfect Memory book) in mint condition.

US$500 plus shipping.

Please let me know if you are interested. Thanks.

4 hours ago, MikeRoz said:

Jealous of those correctly colored M&M supers.

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.  

1 hour ago, sh9000 said:

https://www.nippon-yasan.com/24606-hi-metal-r-vt-1-super-ostrich.html

NY has the VT-1 still for 7080 JPY.

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

7 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

Someone was working on additional parts for HMR VF-1s a while back, and there was some talk of the side covers. No updates in a while, to my knowledge.

Here's the thread:

And @Jwwu, as someone else who missed the first few HMR releases, I'd also suggest going ahead and buying any you might want, with no likelihood of re-releases and secondary market prices going up.

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...