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Lol, that's fair - they weren't exactly high dollar quality upgrades

They added leg screw hole fillers too. Wonder if that includes the arm ones. They were a nice touch on the M&M releases. If the armor is installed they will be kind of pointless though.

Still wishing for a PF set

Bumping this with an update. Thanks for looking!

Likewise excellent trading experience with @jenius! Great to talk to the whole time and provided detailed pictures. Valk was shipped promptly with very secure packaging. Top notch!

3 hours ago, sqidd said:

I slept horribly last night. Coffee got me to an IQ of about 80. I need some more sleep.

I like prickly tired @sqidd!

I would love to get an Arcadia VF-19kai. They tend to go for $400+ if they even show up for sale anywhere

32 minutes ago, Grimgerde said:

In for two of these. If they do a PF edition afterward, I'd be open to irresponsibly purchasing one of those as well.

I like your style!

Got super excited for this until I realized it wasn't PF. More likely just trying to generate some easy income for them, but maybe the PF is to follow like they did with Max and Miriya?

Man, that's a bummer. It's good that EMS is still accepted but I wonder if that will eventually stop too.

57 minutes ago, F360 said:

You can also try Whiterabbitexpress . The cost is $214 . 

I posted a screen cap  and steps a couple of replys up.  

 

I gave in and got one through Kurama Toys (Bandaionline) which I had forgotten all about. $218 usd...not a terrible price I guess.

Oh yeah if Arcadia is going to release these I would much rather support them. I can see them releasing the CF, but the Angel Birds seems like a stretch. 

The price point on the KOs is kinda high for the subpar quality. Still an interesting development. 

I gave Zenmarket a try but they weren't able to secure one either. Meh

Oooh these would be cool in PF format. Would definitely have to check out a cannon fodder VF-1A

Imagine if a VF-1D comes out or when Focker inevitably releases. If I didn't like them so much in Battroid mode I would seriously reconsider collecting these. Bandai really takes the fun out of it.

Looks like FJ dropped my order. I didn't get a message but it disappeared from my shopping list. Hopefully they won't be too hard to get when it releases in August.

Ahh okay. Mine is still pending but I can't imagine it will go through. Will see if I get a response from them tonight. 

That's nuts they reached their limit on something in a few hours that's open to preorders for a month .So much for TWE items being easier to secure in the early stages.

Bandai is special.

40 minutes ago, Slave IV said:

Yeah, looks like FJ already reached their limit too. Okiniland it is!

Did you get a response from FJ saying that?

2 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said:

 

I've had them cancel a web exclusive order on me (Missile Set), but they did it pretty quickly (factoring in the time difference between Japan and here). They processed my request for a quote and asked for payment, then attempted to place the order after I paid, which makes sense. They discovered that they had already hit their ordering limit, imposed by Bandai, so they immediately refunded my payment and explained why. I've ordered a bunch of web exclusive items from them and have never had any issues. They tend to cost about the same, or in this specific case less, than other options like AE and NY. I'm still waiting for confirmation that order went through. They might have already hit their limit. If so, I'll just do what @Shawn plans to do: wait for it to show up on YAJ or Mandarake for a reasonable price after release. I don't feel like paying AE or NY prices just for the convenience of being able to push the purchase button today.

Same situation for me. Waiting for confirmation from FJ. If not, they will eventually turn up for sale on the internet somewhere. Max VF-1As became quite plentiful with time.

I will wait to see if and when NY ships me my Super/Strike parts before I give them any money again.

Is anyone else having trouble opening the Kakizaki page on the Bandai website? It was working for me earlier.

Nice, Bandai is still kicking. I love Kakizaki and Max's DYRL schemes so I am excited for this one. Would have made more sense if it was his TV scheme instead but glad to see another release.

The backward numbers thing is Bandai exclaiming 'We do what we want!'

I dare say I like this thing. It would look really cool displayed with the Kitzconcept figures. Interesting to note they actually have the KC Rick figure up on the Kidslogic website now.

But yikes the rivets and the glowy orange display screen.

I love the DYRL schemes but it would be really disappointing if they never release a TV Kakizaki. If they only release a single VF-1S that's meant to represent TV Roy, TV Hikaru, and DYRL Roy (with all the pilot figures) I could handle it. An incomplete Vermillion would be a travesty.

That's an excellent start! It's a very addictive collecting hobby 

Thank you to @jennety_ for selling me his Regult. The custom work is well done, and it was packaged carefully and shipped quickly!

I am looking for a TV style head from a 1/48 Yamato VF-1A. These were only available on the Max and Kakizaki specials as far as I know. If anybody has one of those Valks in bad shape I could buy the whole thing.

Did anyone ever do a recast of the TV style head?