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  1. 2 hours ago, PointBlankSniper said:

    from my experience, i'd say that is a testament to the work of japan post, and then your local customs and national post. the other couriers on the other hand, often seem to treat packages with absolute spite. i generally feel safer doing months long surface shipping for cheaper, than go with those express courier guys lol

    as for the packaging though, it does look like hobby-genki cheaped out on stuffing material. some people collect even mint condition p-bandai brown boxes, or plan to resell items in that condition themselves. so japanese sellers will even enlarge the box by a couple sizes just put in stuffing material to protect those brown boxes. they don't care that you are charged an arm and a leg for the massive size increase that serves no one but couriers' bank accoutns. you should know this from how amiami and mandarake packaging and surprise shipping cost works lol. hobby-genki seem to be foreigners operating in japan though, so i guess it's not in their operating culture to care about box damage but rather save money and effort for everyone from minimal package size

    Ya agree! The journey is long and has been pass-on to different parties. Some will just not care much, throwing the parcel around as long as all are up to the cargo. 

     

  2. On 6/2/2023 at 10:56 AM, 68whiskey said:

    Ive used Hobby Genki before multiples times and its been 50/50 for me. Sometimes ill order something on Saturday and have it Wed/Thurs , other times it takes 5-8 business days. The one constant factor with Hobby Genki and Okini land is they are both cheap on the packaging. Anytime I order an MB from either of them I expect the box to come in F***ed up. 

     

    On 6/2/2023 at 10:56 AM, 68whiskey said:

    Ive used Hobby Genki before multiples times and its been 50/50 for me. Sometimes ill order something on Saturday and have it Wed/Thurs , other times it takes 5-8 business days. The one constant factor with Hobby Genki and Okini land is they are both cheap on the packaging. Anytime I order an MB from either of them I expect the box to come in F***ed up. 

    Well, I received my parcel in good packaging condition. Probably I’m lucky? I can see that the packaging is a custom made according to the size of VF-31Ax ghost set. 

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  3. On 6/1/2023 at 11:54 PM, PointBlankSniper said:

    all those stores you just mentioned are outright massive corporations, i'd add hobby search among them as the best known ones.

    hobby-genki on the other hand, give the impression that they are a couple dudes operating out of a garage as a side gig. not that they are actually that small, considering they probably have the most generous warehouse and shipping arrangement policies lol. basically, they don't seem to be able to keep up with their volume of business, and need checking in on if you notice releases have come and gone without updates on your orders for a long while. the upside is, they seem to have the most pleasant customer service. one time, they were even kind enough to voluntarily bring up waiving my shipping fee because my order had fallen between the cracks and gone untended to for very long. i've only used them a couple times, but i consider them my first choice for limited release items now, whenever there is something the larger stores don't deal in or have limited allotment.

    I see! Thanks mate, for letting me know. This is actually my first successful buy with them. Few years ago I ordered SV-51 from them when I see it in stock. But then, few days later they contacted me saying error listing and it has been out of stock. Refunded me twice PayPal because they didn’t refund exact amount on the first place.

  4. I see, I frequently use AmiAmi and Mandrake. They are fast in shipping and updating the tracking accurately and I am able to view it either on the day itself or  the next day. I am yet to try HLJ though.

    Thanks for your input, appreciate it. 

  5. Hey guys, wanna ask. Is Hobby-Genki usually slow in shipping and responding to inquiries? I had this VF-31AX Ghost sets updated to "Shipped" two days ago but the tracking number doesn't work still as of today. This is my first time purchasing from Hobby-Genki. Usually, AmiAmi and Mandrake are responsive and ship it very fast.

  6. 9 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said:

    Interesting. I just noticed how even the alignment of the tampo printing can differ. For example, look at the tips of the wing insignias between mine and his.

    Ignoring the fact that they made the insignia too big to begin with and shouldn't be extending out all the way to the shoulder plates, you can see the differences between Sokeijon's and mine. 

    The tip of the blue wing on his has no gap between that and the painted white section, while mine does and therefore is a little better aligned. 

    The tip of his red wing is better aligned than mine as the blue space is a little wider on mine. Meanwhile, the white part I highlighted in green in that same area is practically non-existent on his. 

     

    You have a good eye and thanks for the comparison. Bandai definitely need to re-look into their QC. But I doubt they would. Since they are the monopoly on the market. We just get what they do. 

  7. 5 hours ago, David Hingtgen said:

    Yeah, the -25/29 diecast shoulder bits are "unintuitive" to get lined up, but you almost always can get them to fit with very little gappage.  But it does tend to require "adjust them to where you think is right, THEN swing arm assembly into place".  Trying to adjust the shoulders after the arms are in fighter mode doesn't tend to work well----have to swing the arms back out, adjust shoulder, swing arms back in.....

    Alright, will re-do again. Thanks for the tips~

  8. 7 hours ago, MKT said:

    It is kinda par for Bandai's Macross molds of that era though. Which is why Arcadia's molds generally have much better precision with their tighter fit, whilst Bandai's always feel a bit more toylike with slightly more freeplay and gaps here and there..

    My Alto does not has such big gaps. Yeah agree, Arcadia have much better precision and alignment. So far, VF-31 is the best among all the DX Chogokin.

  9. On 9/25/2022 at 6:52 AM, ValkAddict said:

     

    Belated thank you. I am able to connect the wind pegs into the legs, but they don't stay connected, thus making the legs (and overall fighter) just too damned loose. :( Frustrating.

    I am sorry to hear this. Probably can try out the kiky fix loose joints. 
     

     

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