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So many great pics of the armored pack!

I find it amusing though that many keep the cannon covers closed. Is that deliberate?

Mine shipped too! Been missing out on the Armored fun!

After being unavailable in NY, the armor is back up with the usual mark-up: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/27647-macross-delta-armored-parts-set-for-dx-chogokin-vf-31s-siegfried-arad-molders-custom-limited-edition.html

I was getting worried that NY might not get enough stock for everyone who ordered, but now that its back on stock and us getting the preparation in progress emails, I'm reasonably confident that I'll have my armors soon. 

Also, now that I've seen the armors on Chuck's 31, it's apparent that they're a different shade of orange. Still miffed that they went with orange for Arad's armor pack though. 

So, did anyone get a shipping notice from NY yet?

This Ten guy also made a custom Armored Ozma. I can recognize some of the custom parts were used from the V1 DX Tornado set. The others look like they were kitbashed from an MG Heavyarms.

Wow! It can stand on its own! That's some great weight balancing by Bandai!

And yes, that is a humongous box!

Can't wait for mine to ship from NY. 

When is this up for pre-order?

I finally got my Chuck VF-31E. Its been stuck in Saudi customs for about a week. Don't know why they held it. Had to go directly to the Saudi Central Post Office to get it. Spent over two hours in line in both customs and in package releasing before finally getting the package. Almost got caught by mid-day prayer time too. At least I didn't pay any extra customs duties. But they did open the package just to see what was inside. The customs officer asked me if it had any cameras or batteries. They probably thought it was a drone! Hehe!

Anyway, My Delta Platoon is complete! I just need to find a nice place to display all of them together. And of course, wait for the rest of the super/armor packs to be released.

Yay! Finally got my payment notification from Amiami! Delta Squadron prepare for take off!

5 hours ago, Saburo said:

Ami Ami invoice has been paid 

Still waiting on Amiami to send me the invoice for my Chuck. 

17 hours ago, Slave IV said:

Got these. Funny thing is I passed on the Metals line Deadpool van but I think I paid about the same or more for this Hot Wheels version. It was probably the mini figure in the side that got me.

Hey, is that Hot Wheels Impreza a re-color of the Donuts bug-eye?

As upsetting it is for us consumers that the practice of scalping, mark-ups and price-gouging exists, from a business standpoint, its fair game. Execs in NY have probably and rightly deduced that they’ll be missing out on huge profits if they sell at strictly MSRP. Its inevitable that scalpers would just buy and sell at a higher price, so why not cut the middle man out and do the scalping themselves, right?

Unless Bandai implements some kind of penalty on authorized resellers for marking up their products, there is zero incentive for resellers not to get in on the scalping action. And even if Bandai did it, it won’t stop individual sellers from scalping.

Such is our lot as collectors.

Hehe, thanks Noel! But I'm actually feeling like a re-watch of the entire original series. I've re-watched the Rebuild movies quite a bit. I have a strong feeling that the Metal Build Eva-00 will be released in time for the fourth Rebuild movie next year.

4 minutes ago, Atheonyirh said:

Keep in mind for those of you giving in to NY already: Bluefin already has a direct order page up and that pretty much guarantees the regular US suspects will have it in stock, for $240.

Yeah, I wish I was a US citizen or resident. I'd have ordered from Bluefin in a heartbeat. Unfortunately, for a non-US citizen/resident like me, NY was pretty much my only option for now.

Ah, thanks for the reminder. I haven't watched the series again in a while. I think I'll dig up my old DVDs and do a re-watch. 

Blue in the original series, yellow in the Rebuild movies.

Bit the bullet and ordered from NY at the markup price and paid upfront. Asuka is extremely popular in Japan (more than baka-Shinji), so I'm betting that prices will only go higher from here out, until the inevitable re-issue comes.

Yeah, don't really support NY's markup practices, but it seems that they'll be my chance to get this. Unless I wait for the inevitable re-issue.

Now, now, don't be bitter. They're just toys right? :-)

They'll pop up again sooner or later.

My my. That was unpleasant. Asuka sure is popular.

Did anyone get any?

Damn, missed HLJ. Mark-up price it is then.

HLJ, you're my only hope...

Nothing on HLJ?

My ticket isn't moving in NY. :-(