Shukenzero Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Hope it is Web exclusive so we can get it easily through NY. We will find out next weekend hope it's tamashii exclusive as it'll be hell for everyone otherwise
Loop Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Preordered a pair this afternoon at a local hobby shop for around $180 each. Grabbed an optional parts set too. Also the Destiny will be available starting from the 30th for around $220. Deciding whether to pick it up or not.... What did you preorder a pair of? Did the red frame and option parts go up already?
Shukenzero Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 What did you preorder a pair of? Did the red frame and option parts go up already? Yeah my hobby shop had the red frame. I was as surprised as you, since bandai haven't announced if it's a tamashii exclusive or not. I'm sure they have the right channels as they have always delivered on any and everything they put out for preorder. Never missed a beat, so I'm sure they've already secured allocations of the red frame. The Strike Freedom preorder sold out in less than an hour, but i managed to snag one. Seems like the red frame is going a little slower. That shop is crazy good at getting exclusives too. One of the guys said they are getting a ton of Metal Build Destiny units during the tamashii nations event next week. They sold out within a few hours for the Destiny, but will have stock at a mark up of around $220 as their preorder price was $206.
Loop Posted October 23, 2015 Posted October 23, 2015 Yeah my hobby shop had the red frame. I was as surprised as you, since bandai haven't announced if it's a tamashii exclusive or not. I'm sure they have the right channels as they have always delivered on any and everything they put out for preorder. Never missed a beat, so I'm sure they've already secured allocations of the red frame. The Strike Freedom preorder sold out in less than an hour, but i managed to snag one. Seems like the red frame is going a little slower. That shop is crazy good at getting exclusives too. One of the guys said they are getting a ton of Metal Build Destiny units during the tamashii nations event next week. They sold out within a few hours for the Destiny, but will have stock at a mark up of around $220 as their preorder price was $206. Are you located in Tokyo?
Loop Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Ah cool, thought maybe you had the major hookup in Tokyo.
joppewo Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Yeah my hobby shop had the red frame. I was as surprised as you, since bandai haven't announced if it's a tamashii exclusive or not. I'm sure they have the right channels as they have always delivered on any and everything they put out for preorder. Never missed a beat, so I'm sure they've already secured allocations of the red frame. The Strike Freedom preorder sold out in less than an hour, but i managed to snag one. Seems like the red frame is going a little slower. It's confirmed to be a regular release. I screencap'd the photo from the monthly Tamashii e-newsletter.
F360 Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 It's confirmed to be a regular release. I screencap'd the photo from the monthly Tamashii e-newsletter. Nice , now I'll have lots of options on where to buy from .
Loop Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 damn... i just ordered a second strike freedom... don't know why That's why I just got it out of the way to begin with
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 That's why I just got it out of the way to begin with i kept looking back at the posts where you and F360 ordered another and kept telling myself don't do it now, the 4g with the low sticker price... the heine and red frame. its awesome and killing at the same time
Shukenzero Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 I'm on the fence about the Destiny, considering there's just so much coming out in the next two months.
F360 Posted October 25, 2015 Posted October 25, 2015 This is from Gundamguy blog *Release information will be announce at the upcoming TAMASHII NATION 2015 event at the Bellesalle Figure Frontier (Akhabara UDX, Tokyo)
joppewo Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Tamashii pages up MB Astray Red Frame: http://tamashii.jp/item/11178/ Flight Unit: http://tamashii.jp/item/11179/ Pre-orders open on 29th October. Edited October 27, 2015 by joppewo
joppewo Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Can't decide if I should grab the flight unit or not
Scyla Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 Can't decide if I should grab the flight unit or not The answer is yes!
Falcon Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 So Red Frame is on pre-order Thursday but the Destiny is somewhere on 30 October to 1 November? Strange way of doing it... Would have thought both would be on at the same time or it'd be spaced out differently... The Destiny MB is really ambiguous...
joppewo Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 So Red Frame is on pre-order Thursday but the Destiny is somewhere on 30 October to 1 November? Strange way of doing it... Would have thought both would be on at the same time or it'd be spaced out differently... The Destiny MB is really ambiguous... No, the Destiny will be available at the Tamashii Nations event @Akiba during that period. It will be put up on the Tamashii web-store at a later date for pre-orders
Scyla Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 So the preorders start on the 29th. Does anyone know the exact time? I assume it should be 4pm in Japan right?
F360 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 So the preorders start on the 29th. Does anyone know the exact time? I assume it should be 4pm in Japan right? Yeah that will most likely be the time
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 cant wait. i hope there's some good discounts
Loop Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 (edited) Gotta stay on my P's and Q's, I can't afford to miss this release . Edited October 27, 2015 by Loop
F360 Posted October 27, 2015 Posted October 27, 2015 cant wait. i hope there's some good discounts I'm betting on Hlj for that .
Loop Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) I seem to always miss HLJ for these, so I think I will take a first/best come approach on this release. I think it's the fact that they open up late on a random day is why I always tend to miss HLJ though I would prefer to get mine there. Edited October 28, 2015 by Loop
F360 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 But because it's a regular release there's always bigbadtoystore and thetoysource if you ended up missing the Japan ones.
areaseven Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) Metal Build Gundam Astray Red Frame Metal Build Flight Unit Option Set Robot Damashii RX-78-2 Gundam Ver. A.N.I.M.E. Robot Damashii MS-06S Char's Zaku II Ver. A.N.I.M.E. P-Bandai Exclusive: Metal Build Destiny Gundam (Heine Westenfluss Custom) Edited October 28, 2015 by areaseven
Golden Arms Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 I'm a late comer to the gundam universe so excuse my ignorance. What scale will the Metal build Astray red frame be in?
F360 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 I'm a late comer to the gundam universe so excuse my ignorance. What scale will the Metal build Astray red frame be in? They are in the 1/100 scale
VF-Zer0S Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 That destiny looks very "firey" Best looking Metal Build to Date IMO Can't wait for pre orders to open
eggy99 Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 Can't wait for both of these. So awesome - especially the Destiny Heine custom. Not sure if I would go with FromJapan or NY for the Destiny. FJ - pay up front, but no mark up (besides the FJ fees), and actual EMS rates. NY - pay later, but marked up price, and higher than normal EMS rates.
joppewo Posted October 28, 2015 Posted October 28, 2015 (edited) New special Tamashii web-page for Red Frame: http://tamashii.jp/special/metalbuild/astray/red/ Strike Freedom available on HLJ: http://www.hlj.com/product/BANN01279/Gun HS listing is up: opens as per usual 16:00 JST Red Frame: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10355217 Flight Unit: http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10355302 Edited October 29, 2015 by joppewo
Kanedas Bike Posted October 29, 2015 Posted October 29, 2015 HLJ just opened order for the MB Strike Freedom. I grabbed one while it's up. -b.
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