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Absolutely. When the JP Post went down you could tell which vendors had negotiated good deals and which ones had not. Mandrake had the foresight and volume to negotiate good rates and it's paying off for them (an assumption). I haven't gotten anything out of JP since the Post went down that hasn't come from mandrake or AmazonJP. Mostly Mandrake.

I think it's incredibly inexpensive. A package that would cost $20 to ship across the US in 4-5 days will go to the other side of the planet in 3 days for $75 DHL. That's CHEAP. You not wanting to pay that much for shipping doesn't affect it's value.

Oh yea, fingers crossed on the 21!

Thank you sir! Too bad you missed those 21's. I manages to snag 37 of them. You snooze you lose I suppose.

That's kind of what I figured. And that oddly triggers my OCD. Unfortunately it's printed as part of that blue stripe/arrow. I'd have to get that sticker re-printed or cover it with something to fix it. We'll see how lazy I am. I get a lot of work done through a sticker shop. I'm sure they could get it fixed up. It may be a self solving problem though. I want a Roy helmet BAD! They are very, very hard to find from this company. Yamato is stupid expensive. I bought the Max to paint up as a Roy. But, after a LONG time looking I did find a site in China that had Roy's for $190 shipped (still a great deal IMO). It seemed a wee bit sketchy though. I'm not sure if it's going to show up or not. If it doesn't that's what PayPal is for. I'll have the Max painted to be a Roy at that point. But, if the Roy does show up, I've got a Max too. Win, win! Of course if I do keep the Max then I will need a dedicated Max shelf in the cab (duh!). Which means I'll need a couple DX VF-1A's and couple DX VF-1S's (assuming they release one). A dedicated Max shelf would be two TV with Supers (all blue), two TV naked (white/blue) and two DYRL with S&S's. And if there is enough room his Q-Rau too. What to do about Miria I don't know. There aren't enough variants to fill a shelf correctly.

Thank you sir!

Which Mandrake branch is it that you can check shipping charges before you order? Complex? Thanks!

Max helmet showed up today. Is the M911 on the helmet an actual Max number or is that some fake crap that the helmet company put on there?

Do Hi Metal Super Parts fit on a Hi Metal R? Thanks!

Those helmets are sweeeeet! For about $90 shipped they can't be beat. I git a Hikaru, which is here. Max will be here today. I found s Roy out of China for $175. I have no idea if it will show though. Seemed like the site was a bit sketchy. That's what PayPal is for. Hikaru is alreday chillin on top of the cab.

Well, that one is far more likely to get you where you're going than a real Countach! A buddy of mine got one a few years ago because of nostalgia (he has all sorts of exotics). After 6mo he gave up on it. It never came back to his warehouse under its own power.

So, someone in the great big world must have built a remote control Monster by now. I need to see it.

I stood in front of a mirror last night and said @Slave IV three times and he didn't appear. Then I sent the Candyman three emails asking for a tracking number for my SSP's. What am I doing wrong?

Gotcha! Fewture Ex Gokin makes some cool looking ships. That's not a rabbit hole I'm going down. But they look super cool!

Looks cool. I don't know what it is though.

I've never done that. Does PayPal get pissed off?

You have 180 days (6mo) to do a chargeback through PP. If you don't mind potentially burning those bridges, do the chargeback. If you do mind wait 179 days then do the chargeback because you don't have a choice. Or, I guess you have a third option which is to trust them.

So you un-couple the waist/swing bar thing at the plastic clip/clamp/joiner to get the waist to swivel? My guess is that most people are not doing this and then dealing with the "spontaneous disassembly" that tends to happen with that clasp/joiner thing for no reason. Does that sounds like an accurate assessment? If so I would think a metal locking type clasp/joiner thing would be a want for most people? Thoughts?

I wasn't able to locate that part or what video. Can you link me/time stamp? I want to see how this thing works. I've alreday thought that I may make that plastic "hip joiner" out of aluminum or stainless (probably aluminum) and "lockable". I'd be more inclined to make it if I had lets say a ton of people that wanted them too. Larger runs are always a lot more cost effective.

Why did Bandai make it so it comes apart? Is there any function to being able to pull the legs off?