potatobbq
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That's pretty much how high demand pre-orders go at AmiAmi.
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HLJ is sold out, wasn't able to successfully check out.
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SHF are usually pretty readily available so I probably wouldn't worry about it too much. I've placed at least 40 orders with N-Y since 2012 and haven't really had any issues (knock on wood) besides the long VF-31A delay.
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Did anyone ever figure out what the deal was with the VF-31A Kairos pre-orders from NY? It seemed like most people were eventually able to get at least one unit, (mixed results for multiple unit orders), but it was really weird how it seemed like they were getting a couple units at a time every couple of months over the next year or so. I think I got mine after 9 months. Given their customer service and price gouging track record, I highly doubt they were buying more units on the secondary market (VF-31As were expensive everywhere) just to honor everyone's pre-orders and it wouldn't make sense that Bandai would still be producing small quantities over the next year. To this day, I'm still really curious where those VF-31As were coming from.
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Got one from Amazon.co.jp this time but this has also been my experience with AmiAmi. Once it's in your cart, just keep trying to check out serially from the same session. Don't open a bunch of browsers/tabs and keep refreshing in parallel as this sometimes leads to your cart being reset.
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Bit the bullet and just ordered from N-Y at 25,800 yen so I could just get it over with. The VF-1J was much easier. I was actually able order one from both CDJ and HLJ so I just ended up canceling my HLJ order.
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VF-4 available at CDJ again - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-308850
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Mine shipped on 8/23 and has had no updates since it left Osaka on the 8/25. There was also an additional note re: the delay on the Japan Post tracking page, but this is probably the longest SAL has ever taken for me. "Delays are expected in the delivery of international mail and EMS addressed to the areas in the United States of America listed in the table below due to delays in processing at the Office of Exchange (OE) of Los Angeles and a subsequent increase in the backlog."
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A couple of people on this thread have definitely gotten multi-unit orders, but I think they were very early orders. IIRC, someone in this thread actually asked customer service about converting their order to a single unit and they actually said they would be able to fill it sooner if they did, but I'm not sure whether or not it actually panned out.
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For anyone still waiting for their VF-31A from N-Y, I finally just got a shipping notification so it looks like they're still slowly filling orders. I have no idea where they're even getting these from, 6 months after release, but I have to give them a lot credit for eventually following through instead of just cancelling everyone's order and marking up any new stock that arrive later.
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Has N-Y shipped any 31As in the past couple of weeks? It's been pretty quiet for a while... wondering if it's about time to give up.
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Finally just got it from HLJ
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finally successfully checked out and received email confirmation from cdj
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finally got one, thanks!
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CDJ proxy fees are pretty steep... I think it's 500 yen + 10% of the item price and since it's shipped within Japan from seller to CDJ, you also have to pay tax (normally CDJ to outside Japan = no tax).
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I don't think being sold out at Japanese retailers is necessarily indicative of availability outside Japan. I think there's generally some % of the production runs that're specifically allocated for export and it's not really that uncommon for stuff be sold out at AmiAmi, HLJ, etc but still be available at BBTS a month later. That said, I've never actually pre-ordered anything from them myself and most of those come from Bluefin... and I don't think they're allowed to carry Macross because of Toynami / Harmony Gold so I'm not sure where these would be coming from.
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Image Anime still has these available for pre-order if anyone wants one bad enough: http://www.imageanime.com/dxchvfsihimc.html Price is pretty steep ($250 + $25 shipping) and the full amount is due at checkout, but other than their prices, they seem to have a generally a good reputation.
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Just got a payment request from NY for $215.78 USD ($191.94 + 21.59 SAL registered). At this point, is asking NY to change the payment currency to JPY pretty much the our cheapest option? ... because PayPal's USD>JPY rate is generally so bad that I'm thinking any potential savings would just cancel out PayPal's currency conversion rate.
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http://www.nippon-yasan.com/
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Hehe no problem. I don't think it actually matters though as long as you pay before 12/24 8:00AM JP time since they aren't going to ship until the 12/25 anyway. So far, NY has never failed me on a pre-order so I think they'll have enough for everyone. Just excited that this is actually FINALLY happening
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I got this e-mail notification about 20 mins ago: Hi X, Message from Nippon-Yasan.Com You have received a new message regarding order #18599: Hello and thank you for your order! This product will be in stock and ship the 25th December 2012. You have to pay your order BEFORE 24th December 2012 08:00 AM JAPANESE HOUR. If you don't pay before this date, your order will be cancel. Please understand that we can close your account and cancel all your pre-order if you don't pay before this date. For pay your order, please click in "pay my order" in your account. If you have any question, feel free to ask us! Nippon-Yasan.Com
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Just got the payment request from NY and paid w/ Paypal. As others have already noted, the price was already automatically adjusted at $304.04 + $56.04 shipping to SF, CA.
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I bought my YF-29 Alto and VF-25S Ozma from Nippon Yasan without any issues. They're definitely not the cheapest source, but their slightly (sometimes much) higher prices are probably the reason they have any in stock to begin with. Regardless, Nippon Yasan is still generally cheaper than eBay or any of the other resellers.
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With how closely everyone here has been monitoring HLJ, I would figure at least one person would have been able to get an order through if it had actually been open for any amount of time... but then again, this is probably the longest they've had a placeholder listing up (assuming it's not actually just sold out).
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I got the same email from ishop2go this morning. What I don't get is how big the discrepancy is between actual and expected. I mean, you think if Bandai only had 5 and have orders for 200+... either they would try to increase production or set a more realistic expectation... hopefully some time before the release date.
