Graham Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 Just picked up my two and quickly unboxed one. Looks great. Quote
Chronocidal Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 Forgive me for cracking up a little at this... They finally give us white gear, and it's on the one valk that canonically has them painted a different color Quote
Lolicon Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 Yamato painted them the correct color. Bandai just trolling us now. Quote
Mommar Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 11 hours ago, jenius said: DHL charge for the 19P from AE was 5200 yen which feels steep but relieved it wants the crazy amounts some have been quoted. That's total, or without the additional tariffs, etc? Quote
jenius Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 Great question, I assumed it included the duty, I should have looked for small print. I went to ship something today from fromJapan and they make it very clear their prices don't include duty so maybe I'll get a second bill from DHL for my AE shipment. I'll report back if I do. Quote
derex3592 Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 AAAAND on that note! I just go a text from DHL requesting ADDITIONAL TARRIFF PAYMENT for my package to the tune of $23 more bucks. Bringing the total now to $57 for one HM-R toy. Yeh I'm DOOOOOONE after this with this crap. Officially retired from toy collecting from Japan for now and the foreseeable future. Quote
jenius Posted September 26, 2025 Posted September 26, 2025 Well I guess I know what's coming! Agreed, I'm going to be a lot more judicious with my purchases abroad until we get some slower shipping and cheaper options. Quote
vladykins Posted September 27, 2025 Posted September 27, 2025 I guess my Tread snuck in before they started doing that. Glad I got my second Legioss coming from Amazon US where I prepaid. Quote
rsvictor1976 Posted September 27, 2025 Posted September 27, 2025 18 hours ago, derex3592 said: AAAAND on that note! I just go a text from DHL requesting ADDITIONAL TARRIFF PAYMENT for my package to the tune of $23 more bucks. Bringing the total now to $57 for one HM-R toy. Yeh I'm DOOOOOONE after this with this crap. Officially retired from toy collecting from Japan for now and the foreseeable future. What sucks is I bet something like $17-$18 of that $23 additional charge was probably DHL's processing fee. The tariff itself was probably like $5. Quote
Mommar Posted September 27, 2025 Posted September 27, 2025 6 hours ago, vladykins said: I guess my Tread snuck in before they started doing that. Glad I got my second Legioss coming from Amazon US where I prepaid. I'm not sure Amazon is going to follow through. Quote
Big s Posted September 27, 2025 Posted September 27, 2025 On 9/26/2025 at 1:30 AM, Chronocidal said: Forgive me for cracking up a little at this... They finally give us white gear, and it's on the one valk that canonically has them painted a different color The VF-1 often had them gray, but not that dark Quote
treatment Posted September 28, 2025 Posted September 28, 2025 On 9/26/2025 at 1:30 AM, Chronocidal said: Forgive me for cracking up a little at this... They finally give us white gear, and it's on the one valk that canonically has them painted a different color On 9/26/2025 at 1:33 AM, Lolicon said: Yamato painted them the correct color. Bandai just trolling us now. Them white landing-gears are just extra leftovers from the HMR Fire-Valk.. Seems to be totally unaltered. Not painting them proper grey or so while jacking up the HMR VF-19P's msrp as TWE is just the usual and regular Bandai penny-pinching nickel-n-dime tactics... Quote
leeboo1211 Posted September 28, 2025 Posted September 28, 2025 On 9/26/2025 at 5:48 PM, jenius said: Well I guess I know what's coming! Agreed, I'm going to be a lot more judicious with my purchases abroad until we get some slower shipping and cheaper options. Yeah I'm holding off on any purchases until we get more options. Japan seems to be a blanket 10% tariff? But add processing fees etc... Heard on a MB Facebook group that even bringing stuff in your luggage can get tariffed if over a certain value. Seems to depend on border agent but also targeting China and Japan incoming flights. Quote
Radioguy Posted September 28, 2025 Posted September 28, 2025 10 hours ago, leeboo1211 said: Heard on a MB Facebook group that even bringing stuff in your luggage can get tariffed if over a certain value. Seems to depend on border agent but also targeting China and Japan incoming flights. That sucks. Quote
vladykins Posted September 29, 2025 Posted September 29, 2025 On 9/27/2025 at 5:18 PM, Mommar said: I'm not sure Amazon is going to follow through. We'll see- they still have the order up for being delivered mid-Oct. Quote
derex3592 Posted September 29, 2025 Posted September 29, 2025 DHL says my Zola Patrol is out for delivery today! I'm just going to enjoy it and try not to think about the ludicrous shipping! This is my first Valk in prob 3 or 4 years in any scale. Quote
treatment Posted October 27, 2025 Posted October 27, 2025 @jenius tides you guys over while waiting for your DX Fire Valk purchases... Also, reckon these HMR VF-19Kai/P have less egregious downward-pointing gunpod when in fighter-mode than the recently released DX Fire Valk, too... Quote
m0n5t3r Posted November 23, 2025 Posted November 23, 2025 (edited) I've been taking a break from collecting, but I just happened upon a couple of good deals that were just too good to pass up. didn't preorder the VF-19P cuz I balked at the TWE preorder prices esp. compared to how much the HMR Kai was selling for, but I'm happy to finally have a 19P in my collection, even at a smaller scale. I also got a second VF-0D to display in battroid for a relatively cheap price. The VF-2SS I got a few months ago... still a great addition to my small but ever growing HMR collection. Edited November 23, 2025 by m0n5t3r Quote
sh9000 Posted December 25, 2025 Posted December 25, 2025 Keeping up with tradition. Merry Macross Christmas. Quote
treatment Posted January 31 Posted January 31 (edited) Heppoko just tweeted his HMR VF-0S "v1.0+" pics... thumbnailed samples (full res at his actual twitter-links): https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/2017503216150434053 web-translated: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/2017499720181293156 web-translated: Edited January 31 by treatment ... Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 31 Posted January 31 What I really wish was that I could just buy a few spare sets of the normal triple missile sets. They only came with the stand-alone Roy and the Max version, so there's not really much option to give Shin's any alternate loadouts. (Of course that would just mean painting more missile sensors.. ) I do think my favorite aesthetic load now is to put one cluster on the outer mount, and one of the tan underwing pods on the inner. Looks balanced, and gives the wing a fair range of sweep before they collide. Quote
treatment Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Would've been vastly preferrable for Bandai to have just opted to sell a standalone HMR Ghost that includes the add-ons for the VF-0. Like, say, what the old Yamato did back in the day for the 1/60 Ghost 2200D-A/B. Even better, innovate and include the HMR Reactive Armour alongside with the Ghost as one superb accessory pack! Would make just... so... much... sense! Instead of forcing people to re-buy the same 0S. But Bandai gotta Bandai... Quote
m0n5t3r Posted January 31 Posted January 31 Curious to know if the VF-0S figure is also exactly the same as the 1st release. 40 minutes ago, treatment said: But Bandai gotta Bandai... Speaking of Bandai doing stupid things on purpose... I was playing with my VF-19P and examined closely the shoulders with the speaker pods when I switched to Gerwalk. Bandai copied pretty much everything from the Yamato design except this. They just had to go the extra mile to make 2 pairs of the shoulder armor, attach the speaker pods using a rectangular peg and glue the hell out of it just to piss us off. Quote
Chronocidal Posted January 31 Posted January 31 11 minutes ago, m0n5t3r said: Curious to know if the VF-0S figure is also exactly the same as the 1st release. Speaking of Bandai doing stupid things on purpose... I was playing with my VF-19P and examined closely the shoulders with the speaker pods when I switched to Gerwalk. Bandai copied pretty much everything from the Yamato design except this. They just had to go the extra mile to make 2 pairs of the shoulder armor, attach the speaker pods using a rectangular peg and glue the hell out of it just to piss us off. I mean this is just classic Bandai (non)logic at work, but I can't even say I'm remotely upset. This is one of those rare cases where their pants-on-head decisions came out in our favor, because all it means is that I had a spare set of shoulders to modify. Very rarely does Bandai's nonsense give us extra things. Doesn't mean I don't still want to slap them for gluing the missile bays shut, but it's not a feature I used that much anyhow, and it's probably just a savings on their end if they didn't have to manufacture those parts. On the other hand, knowing Bandai, I would be rather curious to pry one of the legs open and see if they didn't put the missiles in anyway. Quote
jenius Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I suspect they glued the speaker pods on the shoulders to make a DX seem cooler if they choose to issue one. Quote
rsvictor1976 Posted February 1 Posted February 1 17 hours ago, treatment said: Heppoko just tweeted his HMR VF-0S "v1.0+" pics... thumbnailed samples (full res at his actual twitter-links): https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/2017503216150434053 web-translated: https://twitter.com/simsim5479/status/2017499720181293156 web-translated: So is there a comparison shot of this new Roy 0S vs. the original one? Does it look like any other changes were made or is it the same? Quote
Froy Posted February 1 Posted February 1 25 minutes ago, rsvictor1976 said: So is there a comparison shot of this new Roy 0S vs. the original one? Does it look like any other changes were made or is it the same? The only complaint I ever heard from the first release was how translucent the wings were, somebody mentioned it could be because bandai used a lower quality plastic than usual. I have the first release and a Shin 0A and don't really see any difference design wise Quote
rsvictor1976 Posted February 1 Posted February 1 11 minutes ago, Froy said: The only complaint I ever heard from the first release was how translucent the wings were, somebody mentioned it could be because bandai used a lower quality plastic than usual. I have the first release and a Shin 0A and don't really see any difference design wise I heard the same thing. I'm wondering if they actually upgraded the plastic quality. Quote
Lolicon Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Bandai would never cut corners on plastic quality. *looks at all the yellowed Bandai valks next to the older but still white Yamato valks* Quote
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