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I checked my vf1s dx that i got from hlj the other night. Glad to report, nothing noticeably missing, cracked/broken.. although I didn't transform it completely. There was a slight gap by the wing root on the left side as if a screw wasnt completely fasten down or the two halves mightve been slightly mis-aligned causing the 1mm gap.

3 minutes ago, RED WOLF said:

Checkout Toy Dojo. They double box (+$7) and dont charge tax. $150+ orders are shipped free. Great service all the way around. I'm in CA so SS and BBTS are last resorts as they both charge tax and shipping is ridiculous from SS.

Awesome and thank you! I'll give them a shot!

I preordered this with bbts. I'm tired of asking sideshow for their 'pad out option' and always get rejected with the bs response 'the box is too big'. It ends up getting it mailed with the brown shipper box with the label slapped on and dents, tears, scrapes etc. I've even offered to pay extra no matter the cost on the shipping. My QS HT Ironman MK45 showed up with a hole on the side and dents all over the place, even a foot mark. My asajj ventress was bent in half, my ht metal gear revengance raiden was demolished on one side and other figures too.

The price with BBTS for this was 275$ including their shipping cost, tax ($250 + $21 tax + $4 ship) and sideshow is $272 ($250 + $22 ship). I'd rather pay the extra $3 with bbts and not get my item banged up, rather than offer to pay sideshow $40+ for shipping with padded out option only to get rejected.

The only time I get stuck using sideshow is if I have like 25$ or more in credit.

37 minutes ago, Kuma Style said:

Oh man... this would be so great particularly as someone who attends events on the world tour.

Same, but I'm nore local to nyc. Attending nycc everyyear since 2011 and animenyc the last 3 years. 

10 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said:

Looks like still available. I'd grab one but already have an order via a proxy.

Same. I have two. Plus i paid a premium via yahoo jp for the first batch in may. Got itchy fingers after the first night. XD

I calculated the cost difference and I'm paying an extra 20 each over ordering from bluefin and new york state tax. 

Edit*

I read on Bluefins response to someone's reply (on ig or twitter) is that Bluefin has a "big upcoming announcement" to make in the near future. I hope this is in regards to tamashii nation and pbandai exclusive distribution in the US. I don't want to get into the habit of preorder night madness for pbandai stuff. It's already bad enough we do it for Macross stuff cause of bigwest and HG licensing. 

wow if you have an address in florida its a flat $286 no tax.

I think bluefin's checkout process is hanging on chrome, on MS edge it goes through perfectly fine. @sqidd

6 minutes ago, sqidd said:

I called them. They said they would check into it. I asked if they could take my order over the phone. They said no.

 

I'm not going to be able to keep after this. I'm out the door right now. Looks like I'm not meant to have one.

 

If someone gets an extra let me know. I'll take it.

yea their site is crap... hanging on checkout. Spinning wheel of death!

8 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Is it just me or is their site all jacked up?

It does seem like their site is not processing after add to cart.

i guess I was completely wrong about my speculation and their pricing. But wow $280 US msrp... about $311 after state tax and shipping.

4 hours ago, HG Blows said:

I waited on the original release thinking bluefin was gonna get them, and then eventually had to pay the markup because they didn’t.  This time around I jumped on the proxy and import sites right away, then this lol.  Collecting is such a crap shoot

I did the same for the snow white release and went with a proxy.  I just looked up the tamashii nations 2018 mb strike freedom soul blue msrp and it was 25k Japanese yen which is about $220 usd and bluefin marked it up at $270 for nycc and on their website plus state tax (was almost $300 for me).  So there was a $50 difference b/w the japanese msrp and the US release.  Now if bluefin follows similar suit for the mb wing snow white im guessing bluefin may list it anywhere $30-50 usd more then the japanese msrp which was about $280 (well that was including japanese tax not sure if bluefin is exempt from it). Maybe starting around $300 usd for bluefin + state tax?

My one DX VF-1S Hikaru just showed up via HLJ/FedEx. The outside box was smushed but the VF-1S was pretty good other than a little ding on one of the corners. Kit Kats yum! I'll open it later tonight to swoosh around... the VF-1S not the Kit Kats, XD.

12 minutes ago, sqidd said:

Well, they got pissy with me when I canceled my orders and banned me. So I'll be keeping my word.

And yes NY are a bunch of A-holes. Since the VF-31A fiasco I've only been selective with the items I order with them. No pay up front items unless its less than $100. Pre-order items over $100 only if there's a pay later option. I've been one of their customers since 2010 with purchases over several thousands of dollars and they decided to treat me like crap (even with polite emails).

Looks like buyee just announced no international shipping and service fees for 3 days. Im guess as some kind of black Friday promotion.

Edit* its for cyber Monday, but effective 11/28. They stated "please acquire the coupon first before making the purchase".

Bandai's new motto "stealing kids lunch monies since 1980s"... lol.

I was able to score mine during the initial preorder madness on hlj and it was sitting in my private warehouse. I dont know why I waited to have it shipped, but I just put the request in. 

1 hour ago, F360 said:

 

 

Sweet! But atm I'm tapped (TY gffmc Wing SW) lol... 

8 hours ago, Kuma Style said:

Scored the 00 raiser og colors set for 315 shipped.

Nice! Will be looking forward to moar pics!

50 minutes ago, chingu77 said:

Wow, I thought I secured one last night 30min in from the 2nd batch release.  I got confirmation from FJ and made payment but this morning received an email indicated "cancelled"..

Looks like I wasn't the only one This post really helped me navigate through FJ tho, thnx

Yea I think you're the fourth person to confirm on mwf that their order with FJ for the Wing got cancelled on the 2nd batch. I think FJ used their allotment of addresses with bandai.

And yes the order page for the Wing for some reason flipped back over to 'reserve' for me while this morning it was showing 'sold out'. LOL

3 minutes ago, crackpot said:

I've ordered from them once a P-bandai before and they delivered. 

Ahh Nice and ty!

18 minutes ago, crackpot said:

Here. As cheap as it gets:

https://mykombini.com/en/june-2020/16700-gundam-fix-figuration-metal-composite-wing-gundam-snow-white-prelude-bandai-limited.html

How reliable is MK?

9 minutes ago, anime52k8 said:

they're still taking orders for the second batch.

Really? I checked the page and it says "no stock".

My friends order with FJ and I think two others here on mwf had their orders for the 2nd batch cancelled last night

Anyone know when the pbandai page closed reservations?  I know when I checked it was still available two hours after it opened last night. 

Two hours and the item page is still open for reservations. 

Just now, eXis10z said:

How do you guys access P-bandai JP page? I keep getting redirected to the international page.

Try a different browser. Sometimes I have to use microsoft edge, but even that was redirecting me yesterday. I think it depends with the traffic the site is receiving. 

1 minute ago, cookoo said:

How do you purchase from FromJapan directly without going through proxy shops such as Yahoo Auctions?

You will need to provide the item URL, quantity, etc and the exact item name including katakana... in this case:  GUNDAM FIX FIGURATION METAL COMPOSITE ウイングガンダムスノーホワイトプレリュード【2次：2020年6月発送】

5 minutes ago, crackpot said:

Probably not a lot are aware of it? The announcement did come abrupt. 

yes yes yes very true! i was expecting Monday at least lol. But hey I honestly was preparing for the worst. I fell victim to Yahoo Japan and FromJapan helped very well with that preparation, LOL XD