RedComet

8 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Boom!

@RedComet

Nice! Glad it turned out well  

1 hour ago, sqidd said:

Read em and weep! The @RedComet custom VF-1S DYRL Fockers just showed up.......and a whole bunch of other stuff. It's Xmas in July! Looks like I have a long day ahead!

Can't wait to see these all posed and on display!

2 minutes ago, Dax415 said:

ok .... so i'm admittedly newbish to the bandai 1/48 valk series of toys.  .... so let me get things straight.... the valk, fastpacks, and wing missile ordinance are all sold separately?  If so, is there any chance down the road these will sell altogether as one set?

True of the DYRL Strike/Super Parts and the so far released missile set with a mix of TV try-missile pods, Movie Micro-missile boxes and movie(and maybe also TV?) Yellow tip reaction missiles. The upcoming TV Super parts don't have the "Strike Cannon" but come with three red tipped reaction missiles.

44 minutes ago, seti88 said:

Is roy's veritech valkyrie fighter still available a msrp? 

You missed that boat about a week ago. The window was about 30 seconds per site at MSRP 

8 minutes ago, Grey728 said:

I dunno. it's $288 shipped to my door. I'm not sure how much it would cost with shipping from FJ. It needs to go away already as I'm way over budget on toys this month.

 

Is that DHL? Or 6 week slow boat shipping?

16 minutes ago, Guyffon said:

They even have Roy opened for pre order too at 25k yen. Its my 1st time seeing this site, so, buy at your own risk

...aaaand it's gone. Dang, it definitely wasn't up a few hours ago. I would risk an unknown site for 26,000 yen if they take PayPal. Oh well

6 minutes ago, peter said:

Never clearing my shopping cart.

 

Don't stop believin' !

Just now, peter said:

Damn....why wasn't I awake for this??!?

You didn't miss it yet! 33,000 in hand aint great or bad, but I would hurry!

10 minutes ago, Bahamutzyro said:

me too. 33,000 yen shipped. now if nin nin dont come through or luna park, i have a third shot lol

Yeah, I felt the same way about my nin-nin order, and you only pay 20% up front with mykombini and they let you select SAL small packet for shipping (hopefully that will be available again by December). And no BS PayPal fees like Nin-nin either. I went for it as insurance.

1 minute ago, F360 said:

The key word is "Zero or No foreign transaction fee".  

I know my Capital One (and I think every Capital One) has zero transaction fees. It is also Visa verified so you can use it on Mandarake and avoid the terrible conversion rates that happen there with PayPal.

...and then there were none

2 minutes ago, rocketblast said:

That's how much they cost on ebay.  I paid NY $107.97 total on pre-order, that I felt was steep too but at the time it was alright.

Saves you $10 in tax at any rate (which matters unless you are in Oregon). And I would ship it DHL, not slow boat. Just what I can get them for on yahoo auctions, so I offered  No skin off my nose if you want to go the eBay route.

2 minutes ago, rocketblast said:

I checked there last night, they didn't have any.

I can get you a set for $165 shipped. PM me if you are interested.

7 minutes ago, HG Blows said:

So NY sold out of Roy's @ 35,000 Yen before Nin Nin @31,000 Yen, that's interesting.  I guess NY has less risk stock wise.

It does make you wonder if anyone who got one from Nin-Nin at $171 will actually get one  and let's not forget their bizarre 20% off starting price that I am confident not one person (besides maybe those who work at Nin-nin perhaps) got. What an odd day and a half it was to reach what may be an "equilibrium". Oh yeah, then they reduced the price 50 cents (not pictured) but maybe that was just a change in exchange rate.

3 minutes ago, bleecher said:

Seems with all the variants we have another 2-3 years or so of SDFM and DYRL releases coming. Other than the YF-21 that should be coming as well, I wonder where Bandai will go with the Macross line from here. New TV series? Somehow acquiring the Macross Zero license? 

Maybe they will finally do Macross 7? I mean they already have a 19 mold, and the 22 is similar to the upcoming 21 right?

5 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

 Easy for me to do that and the entire set shouldn't cost more than $5 to make, depending on the printing method you use. Did you outsource the decals for your Roy conversions? What method did you use?

I outsourced mine, and honestly although the first set was great, the subsequent sheets have been only so-so. If you would be down for printing me up some skulls and such, I would gladly switch  pm me?

7 minutes ago, Shizuka the Cat said:

My guess is that, in the TV show, Hikaru's VF-1S was also yellow.... not red like in the movie.

So, in that regard, it is indistinguishable from Roy's VF-1... except for maybe any pilot name painted right beneath the cockpit window on each side of the plane.

21 minutes ago, ghostryder said:

I was also thinking this... the 1J canopy has "SLT" (second lieutenant), was Hikaru first lieutenant when he gets Skull 001?

@Shizuka the Cat, it is Roy's 1S that Hikaru just takes after Roy eats Pineapple salad

@ghostryder you could always take the pilot from your DX 1J and the canopy from your DX DYRL 1S and Frankenstein it 3 into one haha

Alternatively, if there is enough demand for it, I figured out how to get Pilot Rank and Name water slide decals that match the fonts Bandai uses made, and I would be happy to provide 4 for $5 (+ a 50 cent stamp to ship) or so to MWF members, (double what you need in case you mess up the application of one or two).

5 minutes ago, sqidd said:

If it makes you feel any better I have multiples of everything.......and I have never scored a PO. I've paid scalper pricing for all of them. Some not too marked up, others on the edge of "holy crap, why am I doing this?!?!"

I picked up three extra Hikaru S's just in case Bandai didn't release the Roy for a long time, or ever (a little paint makes them a Roy). Now that I have the three custom DYRL Roy's inbound (thanks @RedComet!) and secured three TV Roys I'll be putting some of the Hikaru S's up for sale. I'll sell them for exactly what I paid to a MW member. 

Your DYRL Roys should get in the mail tomorrow (so not quite inbound yet) and if you want a good use of your Hikaru figures, we are doing DYRL Max next 

3 minutes ago, sixtybucks said:

try https://www.biginjap.com/en/home/24222-macross-dx-chogokin-super-parts-set-for-tv-edition-vf-1.html

Odd they have it up as they don’t appear to have posted the actual Roy figure yet. I wonder if we will suddenly see some. Or maybe they missed the shop preorder for the preorder 

2 hours ago, Shawn said:

You guys are breaking the law, and you will be reported to the appropriate authorities.
It clearly states, in a suspiciously LARGE English font for some reason, only Sold in Japan.

I just realized the release stand has a super parts adapter, which the 1J didn’t. I had to take the arm armor off of mine to fit it on.

21 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Well, woke up and got a confirmation email on 4 sets from my proxy.

Anyone still looking might try giving DeJapan a check, they seem to have more p-Bandai accounts than FromJapan.

I can't get it to pop up on DeJapan at all, not by name or item number. Any advice? Or does that just mean it's sold out?

So I tried ordering from P Bandai to my Tenso address. I can get to the last step with either Amazon Pay or Rakuten Pay and then it just won't complete the order. What gives? Anyone else able to ship to Tenso?

Just now, Bahamutzyro said:

aNYONE GOT THE LINK FOR FROM JAPAN?

 

That ship sailed hours ago. They maxed out their buys as a proxy already.

21 minutes ago, spacemanoeuvres said:

Just got confirmation from my proxy for six sets. 
 
Just need a couple more Roy’s to put them on haha

Is there a good proxy besides FromJapan?

So the prices on Hikaru continue to fall... 24,500yen (+ Shipping) on Yahoo Auctions.

If you didn't ever get a DYRL Hikki, now is the time!

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e447234896