Corrinald

Yay mine is at FJ too!

So great to see the VF-0D finally released. Judging by the pics here it will be worth the wait

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It would be more traditional Bandai if the head arrows remain inaccurately yellow

The overall head proportions and visor do look very slightly different.

Also, yay VF-1S Roy! This ought to be pleasant to try to buy 

@RedCometthe weathered SSP look awesome and really complete the image

Still no movement on mine since I requested Ferry.

I will give them a few more weeks before I tell my credit card company that this store stole $500 from me and wont deliver the merchandise.

NY responded to my request to switch to Ferry and updated the shipping method. I haven't received a preparation in progress notice yet.

They gave me a 4700 yen coupon for the store. Was hoping to just get that money back, but meh. Now we will see how long it takes them to actually send it.

After NY told me they were holding off on shipping until EMS is available again, I asked them if I could change my shipping method. They responded that I could pay an additional 13000+ yen to upgrade to UPS (after paying 8700 up front for EMS a year ago) or downgrade to Ferry for a 4700 yen credit. This is for 5 S/S Part sets.  I said I would like to switch to Ferry.

Its been over a year, whats another 3 months?

10 hours ago, Anasazi37 said:

They'll happily ship your SSP set via UPS if you're willing to pay an additional $37.

They didn't offer that but I guess I can ask, you know, on top of the 8700 Yen they wanted for EMS shipping up front. I paid this (for 5 sets) a year ago, in the opening moments of the first batch of S/S parts, that should have been sent to me when they released at the end of 2019. Never would have got caught up in the COVID shipping issues. 

I guess I can just wait, and in theory, someday they will send me my $500 worth of merchandise. 

End gripe.

@sqidd your shelf displays are looking good! I thought I was the only lunatic displaying multiple DXs 

On 5/26/2020 at 2:02 PM, Corrinald said:

I politely asked NY about the S/S parts that I ordered almost a year ago. Curious to see what they say.

I got a response from NY:

"Hello

Thank you for your message

We apologize if we were unable to send your order upon release of the product.

We cannot send orders by EMs to USA due to the restriction of Japan post

So for the moment, orders are on pause. As soon as we can send again, we will honor your order.

Please don't hesitate to send another message if you need anything else.

Kind Regards

Nippon-yasan.com
Customer Service"

Yeah hopefully just generating income to fund new releases and keep themselves going like the GBP set.

I don't think the last M&M releases ever sold out though. 

These look spectacular! Excellent work.

Is the pilot painted too?

I am still looking for these Weathering Editions. Have a spare 1/60 Hyper Hobby VF-1J Hikaru Weathering Edition I can trade as well as 1/48 DX. 

I politely asked NY about the S/S parts that I ordered almost a year ago. Curious to see what they say.

And you might even get it in a little less than 18 months!

@sqidd your Strike Parts on the Low Vis VF-1A are looking good. I have been wanting to do this to mine for awhile but have yet to get around to it. Was waiting until I get an airbrush but some quality hobby spray paint looks to work just fine.

Funny you should mention the breaking Super/Strike parts. The last two 1/48 S/S sets I bought had this problem too. They were a bit more green in color than my good sets, and some of the pegs snapped off when I tried to gently install them; arm tabs and the pegs for the leg parts too. Hoping I can make one good set out of the two. 

Now I am a little hesitant to buy any more. Not sure how many sets floating around out there have aged poorly

I would love to get one of these but not for that much money. Yikes.

13 hours ago, nathans82 said:

Got super lucky and got a Yamato VF-1S Max Weathering Version from Buyee. It was indicated as being the Weathering Version, but I'll have to confirm once it arrives. So happy to have a VF-1S Max from DYRL in the collection.

 

Very nice find!

If you don't mind me asking, how much did it run you?

I have a spare one to put on Kakizaki when his VF-1A comes out in August, so the wait isn't a huge deal. We may not even see another DYRL release this year. Just very questionable service.

I have yet to hear from NY. Don't know if I should let them contact me when they are ready, or nudge them and ask about changing from EMS to UPS shipping.

My order contained 5 Super/Strike parts so it's possible they will push it to the end of the list. I ordered them in the first batch within hours of them being posted on the site. 

How they handle this determines if I ever use NY again 

You matched the woodland greens really well. Nicely done!

Argh! That's awful shipping news

3 hours ago, jvmacross said:

Yamato 1/60 VF-1S DYRL Hikaru-type - Weathered Version - 32,500 JPY

https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/m405212923

I was surprised this didn't sell for more.

It wasnt me this time.

I grabbed the last one that was on there maybe a month ago.

I requested more pictures of that one. For whatever reason ,maybe trick of lighting or photography, that cockpit canopy is in worse shape than it looks.