do not disturb Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 (edited) HURIN IS A FAG! Edited June 13, 2005 by haterist Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmoons Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 (edited) I fully agree that we need smaller and sturdier boxes. I personally hate the flimsy yamato boxes. And I'm really shocked at the size of the VE-1 and VT-1 box sizes. As a retailer, these huge boxes broke our back with the huge shipping costs. Huge boxes = expensive shipping costs = higher prices for these imports. Edited September 19, 2003 by twinmoons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoBe-Patt Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 yeah!!! I want smaller boxes for these mo fo's!! One box already took up space for three other boxes that I could've put in place. And now that the 1/48 vf-1j is coming out with the fastpacks?? My god that box is going to be a killer!! I can see the shipping costs now...... 30 bucks shipping from LA to SD. Krazy I tell ya! Krazy!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightbat Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 keep this size, make 'em a little tougher safety first if you ask me when it comes to shipping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manji Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 keep this size, make 'em a little toughersafety first if you ask me when it comes to shipping Agreed...Yamato's boxes look very nice but do definately fall on the "flimsy" side...if they could just toughen them up a little bit they would be perfect. As far as size goes I think for the 1/48 line the size is appropriate...the Elintseeker and Super Ostrich boxes were rediculously big though - it made the Valk inside look really small with all kinds of space around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radd Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 At first I was like, "I don't mind my big boxes, makes the toy all the more impressive when it shows up at the door!" But you're right, smaller, sturdier boxes would decrease shipping costs and risk of damage. How about it Graham? You might want to mention that any money we save on shipping is most likely going to more Valkyries! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hitman Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Personally, I don't see any reason why they cannot make the boxes smaller and sturdier. As a proud owner of a few 1/48s, pls re-design the box!!! I've excessed the maximum capacity for my toys~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 While I did vote for smaller boxes, the big boxes have a serious advantage when it comes to shipping. Due to all that "dead space" in the box, the toy itself is more likely to show up at your door in one piece. However, shipping would be murder... It's going to cost me about $40 CDN alone just to ship a VE/VT-1... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurin Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 I like the idea of all the 1/48s having similar looking boxes. . . for display purposes. Plus, I think the boxes are very classy. Just do what I did, sell all your other stuff to make room for your new Macross collection. I just sold off my entire vintage Star Wars collection that I had since I was a kid. Four 36x36 boxes really makes for more room when you ship them off! Best Regards, H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Godzilla Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Wha? You want them to do what Toynami did? Spend all the money on the box and make a semi-half decent toy? (Yes, I am a proud own of all 5 VF MPCs. They are not bad but compared to yamato, the MPCs suck. If I had found out about yamato's line of 1/48th sooner, I would have not bought those MPCs! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurricane29 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Box size is defiitly going to be a big issue comming up, because the J is going to be packaged with Fps. That means one big ass box! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EXO Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 I can't see how you can make smaller 1/48 boxes they use up all the space possible. And I'm all for stronger boxes, but not if it costs more (which it probably would.) Now the Elint and the Ostrich boxes... that's just ridiculously big. plenty of unused space. They don't even have missles, do they? The Elint has that big radar, but it's so thin they could have put it somewhere else in the box. Oh well, I guess I'll take more clothes out of the closet, I couldn't fit into them anymore anyway... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Smaller boxes is must. It probably won't happen this late in the game. Shipping the 1/48 in Battroid mode would help as long as the boxes are strong. If not, the box doesn't really need to have all of the accessories shown in the window. The Super O and Elint boxes are just ridiculous. They probably didn't want broken back hinges so they packed the boosters seperate. But what they did is just overkill. The 1/48 VF-1J with FP box will probably be enormous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinmoons Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Wha? You want them to do what Toynami did? Spend all the money on the box and make a semi-half decent toy? (Yes, I am a proud own of all 5 VF MPCs. They are not bad but compared to yamato, the MPCs suck. If I had found out about yamato's line of 1/48th sooner, I would have not bought those MPCs! ) Umm, not exactly what I want, but from the size of the VE-1/VT-1 boxes, they could've simply used the same exact amount of cardboard but made a smaller, double-walled box that was nice and sturdy. As a collector myself, I hate dings on the boxes, and Yamato boxes are notorious for getting dinged and crushed. Plus, I'm running out of dang storage space! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG Blows Posted September 19, 2003 Share Posted September 19, 2003 Smaller boxes would be good. I'm running out of space for all this stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Yes, Yamato needs to use smaller boxes for the Macross Valkyrie products. The 1/48 appears in a box that is easily twice as big as need be. Sure it's pretty for display, but a cover picture is perfectly acceptable. The FAST Pack set used a box almost as large as the 1/48 Valkyire itself. That was absolutely ridiculous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hurin Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Shipping in battroid mode!?! My experience is that fighter mode has always been the most compact. Especially if fold up the backpack and sweept the wings together. I think they could shrink the box on the 1/48 a bit. But, they'd have to display the valk in a less appealing manner. . . and remember, the idea of the box is to get people at Toys R' Us and other stores to buy it. . . they aren't thinking about us importers. Lets try to look at it from Yamato's point of view. Do they want us to be happy? Or, do they want the kids and collectors in Japan to look at the box in the store and say: "Holy crap that looks incredible! I gotta have that!" H Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 I guess Yamato is just being on the safe side, they don't want the hassle of customers e-mailing them about damaged (in the box) products. I wouldn't mind having the packaging a little bit smaller, it gets harder and harder to find places to store my 1/48, 1/60, and Fast Pack boxes. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Gundam Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Get it packaged in battroid mode, and I think the box size reduces by half! I'm alright with the current box size, but I don't need black boxes, the low-vis box is definitely better looking. Sure, the boxes need to be tougher, with better graphics on the outside please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bandit29 Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Shipping in battroid mode!?! My experience is that fighter mode has always been the most compact. Especially if fold up the backpack and sweept the wings together. Ya but that wouldn't look like anything if the box was a window box. Now if it was a closed box with a pic on the front, that wouldn't be a bad idea. The fast pack boxes were too big as well. Yamato's packaging reminds me of heavy metal guitarists in the 80's when they would play guitar solos. "Hey look at me and all the stuff I can do" In other words, extremely excessive with no point lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hiriyu Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Your problem is not that the boxes are too big, but that you have too many 1/48 valks. You should probably give them to me instead, thereby eliminating your storage problem. Just my $.02 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr March Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 need smaller boxes! lower shipping cost! longer box life! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicronianDevil Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 I think the boxes for the 1/60s are fine, but the boxes for the 1/48s are f-ing huge. Actually looking at the box I dont see a way Yamato could really reduce the size of the box. Would be nice, but I dont think it will happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 OK. Who's the wise guy who voted for larger box? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bub Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Your problem is not that the boxes are too big, but that you have too many 1/48 valks. You should probably give them to me instead, thereby eliminating your storage problem. Just my $.02 That's a good solution! I am also ready to help those who have storage problems. No, seriously, PM me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uxi Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 I don't have a problem with the 1/48 box size but can see why some do. For those that do, I will happily take their 1/48s (with boxes) from them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dat Pinche Haro! Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 i dunno.....i like the boxes (don't care much about size anyways) i think it makes look more "elegant" and i like the plain black boxes...makes them seem more of a "master piece"...i dunno i'm wierd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpaz Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 Hi all, if you complained about the 1/48 box size, for all of you that want to buy this... 1J w/o FP 1J w/ FP He he... guess a size and shipping costs? You see, it seems officially said that yamato's selling both VF-1J w/ and w/o Fast Packs... mcpaz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drifand Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 When breakfast cereal makers ran out of things to say about their stuff, they resorted to making bigger boxes just to "squeeze out" the competition on supermarket shelves. Maybe Yamato just wants the buyer to feel they're getting more for their money. The profit margin on the 1/48s must be huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omni Existence Posted September 20, 2003 Share Posted September 20, 2003 keep this size, make 'em a little toughersafety first if you ask me when it comes to shipping What he said! The size is just fine by me. Just make 'em a little sturdier, and I'm all set. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UN Spacy Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 Sorry to bump but I'm seriously thinking about throwing away all of my Yammies boxes. I just broke them down and they're still taking up a LOT of my closet space. It's those huge plastic moldings that're pissing me off. They're so damn huge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
promethuem5 Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 I wouldn't mind smaller and sturdier boxes.... I've got two 1/48s, an FP set, and a Koenig Monster and I'm outta room. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VF-19 Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 The 1/48 VF-1J with FP box will probably be enormous. It is enormous. You probably could hack off a bit of space here and there, but not much... Thank god I got my 1J locally (and at a steal of a deal too! ). $50-60 CDN to ship from HLJ is just too much... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentrandude Posted April 30, 2005 Share Posted April 30, 2005 The boxes should be larger and transform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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