Dome Zero

In honor of the fifth anniversary of the DX Chogokin VF-1 line I've just enrolled my DX Hikaru VF-1J in kindergarten.

Mid-August.

Luna Park sent me a tracking number for my Mechanic Edition during the night, with delivery scheduled tomorrow.

I e-mailed them around midnight MST last night to politely inquire about what the timeframe looked like for shipping the VF-1S. A few hours later they responded with, "we already shipped some out, aim to ship some more this week for customers. regards." I would infer but not imply that they shipped their domestic orders first and now are moving on to international. I don't know that, but it's what I'd do. For what it's worth, though (and I know it may not be much since this is my first post), I've placed three orders with Luna Park in the past year and was pleased with how they handled all of them. The pattern that developed was that it took 5-7 days to get a shipping notice and then the package was on my doorstep the next day, well-packed and in great condition. That's why I felt (and feel) confident placing my pre-order with them. Based on my dealings with them, and my own experience working on these kind of endeavors in the past, I suspect Luna is a pretty small operation in terms of manpower, however they may present themselves, and there's a good chance their shipping department is really one lone tape-gun-wielding person in a back office facing down a mountain of Tamashii Nations boxes. I see a lot of cynicism about Luna Park on these boards and elsewhere, and maybe it's warranted (I haven't been in the game that long), but they've always done right by me. It would be nice if they could go faster, but I believe they're going as fast as they can. Plus, who knows what kind of skulduggery it took to get all of these lottery exclusives without getting blacklisted by Bandai? I doubt they're all coming in on a pallet. They're probably all getting sent in ones and twos to their homes and their parents' homes and wherever before someone collects them and brings them back to the shop.