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I also received my YF-29 from Otacute (two days ago). Kudos to them for coming through. I think out of all the toys so far, this one has the most gimmicks I've seen. It's the best engineered toy so far, with only a few minor issues (PVC antennas, lack of cockpit detail, lack of turbine detail/paint)

Best engineered? Do you own one of the renewals or one of the new Yamatos like the 19 or 17? They are all better IMO. The legs don't fit together as tightly in fighter and the shoulder pads are annoying to deal with when transforming.

I also feel it has useless gimmicks, like the wing tips bending a few degrees. Don't know what the purpose of that was, but it is featured in the instructions.

Yeah, the toy doesn't lock together very well. Enough to keep things together, but it's not a satisfying experience for sure.

Had this waiting for me when I got back from vacay.

Second time around, I still don't like fighter mode, I don't like how the legs connect (or don't very well). However, I have come around to battroid mode. I think I will keep it displayed like this. Also, this time the shoulders don't pop off every time I try to move them, unlike the first time I had this toy. That's pretty much what drove me to freak out and sell it the first time.

That was fast.

That's what she said!

As far as I know HLJ are at work from

Monday to Friday. Amiami is from

Monday to Saturday.

Still not up? Man, you guys are insane for sticking it through for so long. At least you can sleep this weekend. I know some people scoffed at ordering from Anime Export due to the whole pay up front thing, but those that did get it there are probably pretty glad they did. It's too bad HLJ is charging almost retail for it, but I suppose at this point retail is better than the alternatives.

I hope they do fullfil their orders but suddenly there is a panic about something currently unfounded.

This wouldn't be MW without the hysteria.

Otacute is legit. They had their 29 preorder open for a long time but they filled every order and I think it was mostly because no one knew about them. Well, the cat's out of the bag.

I'm surprised you still had nuts to be chopped. I thought you turned those in along with your man card once you get hitched.

I got a response from HLJ regarding the VF-25G perorder window and Brian Keats, the rep basically said there is no way for them to notify us the exact time when the preorder will go live. It goes live when they get info about it from Bandai. Oh well. I gave it a shot.

This is kind of stupid. I mean, Anime export posted on their website they'd be putting up their Bandai orders, then on Facebook they put the exact hour orders would go up, 5 pm Japan time. Right then, Bandai preorders started to go up an within the hour, they ended with the 25G order.

When they had the 171 order, it was on their front page banner that the preorder would go up that day. That gives people a decent window to look into instead of "whenever." I think that was more than reasonable

Wow! that's twice MSRP?

MSRP means nothing when it comes to these valks. It's all about snagging a preorder before prices skyrocket and hoping that your preorder is fulfilled.

So HLJ do their instant sell-out thing again...

I guess their proper listing will be happening soon.

LOL. WTF. LOL. Amazing.

Hi Guys

This is my 1st time posting here, I'm recently just able to afford collecting the macross and now trying to completed the entire squadron of macross frontier series.

Welcome! Three valks in and you already have some rare ones! Lol!

Bandai stands are okay. Just wish they were clear instead of black.

Still won't touch the statues. Holding out for a fully articulated version which probably won't ever come .

Yeah I'm not as hyped about Michael. he was awesome in the show when he died, but since he survives in the films, he lost all his dramatic cred. Now he's just sort of... hanging around. So while I was eager to get an extra 25S/F for myself, I'm sticking with my lone 25G. I'd personally pay what you said, $225 shipped for Michael. that's the max.

fully honesty guys, would you pay over 300 dollars for one of these though?

Most I'd pay is $250 shipped. And that's for an Ozma or Alto. That's already getting into Yamato 19 and 17 territory and while the renewals are great, the Yamatos are better.

And whether they get updated today or not, I'm not going to chance it. I plan on being up all night tonight and possibly tomorrow night as well with friends online anyway, so it's a perfect opportunity to camp HLJ.

Dude, for your sake, I really hope you get an order in. Good luck man

People keep complaining about prices and times preorders go up, but really, we're not the intended market for Macross. I wish it were different, but It is what it is. With the downturn in the economies and toys just not being a necessity, it's only gonna get more difficult to get these for us N. Americans. If I weren't so neck deep in these renewals already, I'd have not bothered considering the stress involved in acquiring one of these at a decent price. but since I already have all the other releases, I feel compelled to complete them.

Got one at AE this morning when it was up originally. Luckily the hotel I'm staying at has great wifi! Woke up, saw it was sold out at amiami but still up at AE so I snagged it. Lucky me I guess.

Just curious... How much are you guys paying for this YF-29 reissue (including s/h)?

Paid approx $160 + shipping from Amiami. Who by the way just confirmed my May loot is all in stock and my 29 is on the way! Mwahahahahaha!

Thank you for saving earth~~

More like "Thank you for not killing the Earth as fast..."

That said, I own one too, and it's great.

I still need a VF-1S Hikaru, but no super parts = no buy for me.

New YF-29 preorders showing up on eBay too but they require payment in full for delivery at the end of June/beginning of July. Is it possible this thing's gonna be more widely available after it's re-release?

Probably not. If you don't have a preorder in somewhere, or live in one of these countries where you can just walk into a store and see them on the shelf, you're probably going to be stuck with eBay.

I'm curious how folks keep the armored intake covers from falling off while in gerwalk mode? These pieces don't have anything to hold them on other than the small magnets (which don't seem to work in this mode).

My right one stays on just fine, even during transformation. The left one will come off if I try to transform it or play around with it too much.