Paco Grande
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Luna Park has not sent me a shipped email yet, but this morning I got a text from DHL telling me it’s on the way. I was surprised because I paid for the figure and shipping back when the preorder first went up which I assume was EMS so I was expecting an additional charge for DHL. So I’m impressed that it shipped already, but unfortunately I am most likely going to get bent over with taxes and border fees from DHL. The last item I had shipped from Japan with DHL was a $36 mook that ended up costing $95 because of the DHL fees. So I’m fearful of what a $400 CAD item is going to cost me.
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Well I’m still holding out hope for this figure. I bought a DX YF-19 last year to go with this. It is looking mighty lonely on my shelf at the moment. Hopefully we get some news soon!
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Yup, I understand how it works. But for me in Ontario it has always been the full tax amount of 13% for toys. That's what I normally pay to Amazon Japan. I have never been charged a border fee by Canada Post. Again, what I'm griping about is paying $95 for a $36 magazine from Japan, delivered by DHL. That is not reasonable and should not be acceptable. That's a 260% fee/taxes. The FedEx fee on the TV super parts was OK considering the cost of the item. I use Fedex maybe once every 3 years so I'm not going to create an account to save $10. It's not worth the email spam I will receive.
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The issue is that we don't know what the fees will be until it's too late. For Fedex I didn't receive the invoice with all the fees until 2 weeks or more after I received the item. Also if I'm paying $30-40 or more to someone like HLJ I'm assuming that's ALL the fees because it's already expensive. I'm used to DHL through Amazon Japan which has no more surprise fees because Amazon pays the taxes etc. on my behalf. Anyway, hopefully Japan Post shows Canada some love soon and I won't have to use couriers anymore. FYI for anyone not aware, some of the couriers like UPS have actually had class action lawsuits against them (at least in Canada) and had to pay the fees back. What they were doing is charging the full shipping amount including fees to the shipper, and then turning around and double charging the same fees to the receiver. So getting the fees twice. I ended up getting some money back from UPS because of the lawsuit. I just don't trust the couriers at all.
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Sorry I can’t remember which fellow Canuck I was talking to about FedEx shipping the TV Super parts a few weeks ago. We were happy at the time because FedEx didn’t charge any extra fees on delivery. Well as I suspected I got a little surprise letter in the mail with a bill for the fees. I really hope Japan Post starts shipping to Canada again soon because those courier border fees are killing me. Off topic but as an example I recently ended up paying $95 CAD for a $36 book from HLJ using DHL. It was $35 shipping paid to HLJ and then when the parcel was on the way DHL billed me another $24 in border fees. I was super pissed. It was the Transformers Generations 2021 “mook” which is essentially a thick magazine. So I paid $95 for an import magazine. Ouch.
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It's still there an hour later which is good. Do you know if there is also a seconf round for the 1J + armor set? I'm still looking for one at a decent price but it's probably hopeless. At the Canadian dollar is up these days so I'm not getting screwed quite as badly. -
My 2 cents: We know the DX YF-21 is coming at some point. So maybe people are picking up the YF-19 now to go with the 21. That's what I did last year when the 21 was first shown. I immediately started hunting for a YF-19 and got one.
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Me too! I was expecting import taxes. But I heard sometimes they bill you later so I'm not 100% sure we are off the hook yet.
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Luna Park's markup went up to crazy town and the shipping also went up from I think 5000 Yen earlier this week to 9000 Yen now for me in Ontario so it's a no-go. Right now the total shipped to Ontario is 48,800 Yen...... I'm most likely going to wait for something more reasonable on Ebay or Mandarake. I ended up getting Roy on Ebay for a not too ridiculous price. I'm also annoyed at Luna Park because they promised me 2000 Yen worth of points months ago but it's only 685 Yen showing up in my account.
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MyKombini charged me 2500 Yen for the TV fast packs shipping and they claim it's EMS. We shall see I guess. It hasn't actually shipped yet so no tracking.
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I don’t care what happens to the toys when I’m dead. I’m worried about theft or damage while I’m alive. Thank you for the replies everyone!
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Sorry to necro this thread! Does anyone have any experience claiming figures under their normal household contents insurance? Or do you have to get separate collection insurance? Thankfully I don't need it yet, but I was talking to my home insurance company today and discovered to my horror that they do not cover toys/figures at all. Zero. Stamps and coin collections. But if you have $1000s in toys, too bad. I've seen guys post on here saying they have over $80K in toys. Are you all using special insurance or are you just assuming that your home contents insurance will cover it? I'm in Canada so Canadian info would be best, but many U.S. companies operate in Canada as well so all info is welcome. Thank you!
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Has anyone else tried the English auto-translate on that video. Very entertaining! But not helpful at all.
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I ordered the Kaki from NY when it first went up for pre-order and they shipped it to me shortly after it released with no issues. I also received my strike parts from NY without issues last year. I personally never had a problem with NY not shipping my stuff to Canada, but the Kaki will most likely be my last purchase from them because of all the horror stories in this forum. It does appear that NY is going down the crapper.
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Very well done! And most likely accurate!
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I was emailing with Luna Park about my 1D order and I asked if they are still taking orders for the TV Supers April release. They are apparently.
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That’s the standard price at the stores that have listed already. This figure is around 4000 Yen higher MSRP than the other DX VF-1 figures. I don’t think a 3000-4000 Yen markup is unreasonable.
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My understanding is that TWE items are made to order so what matters is the length of the order window, not how many units sell. But yes, proxy sites can only secure so many units so from that perspective there is a quantity limit.
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Some stores put up preorders early. There are still a few stores that haven’t even listed it yet. So no panic yet. Although I do know someone living in Japan and I’m fighting the urge to bug him to preorder it for me. Anyone know how long the TWE items stay up for preorder on Bandai’s web site? I thought it was a month or something but that sounds too long.
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Peak insanity. Great way of putting it!
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Man I just checked now and all the listed links are sold out already. Even NY. Deep sigh! Still waiting for some other stores to pop up.
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Wow! I was already in but that is more than I expected! The seats look awesome. I really didn’t think they were going to bother with the extended seats.
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I thought Okiniland still had TV supers? That's where I bought mine recently. Edit: My bad it was MyKombini and they are sold out. Edit: I couldn't find the TV supers on their site but they still have Roy for 27,000 Yen. Not a terrible price imo. https://okini.land/en/21236-dx-chogokin-vf-1s-valkyrie-roy-focker-special-bandai-spirits.html?SubmitCurrency=1&id_currency=5
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On top of all the other things already mentioned, they have a lighter shade of blue as well.
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I love your shots so much! Instead of taking pics of my own copies I just wait for you to post and save your pics instead.
