Chronocidal Posted May 18 Posted May 18 I'm currently waiting on a pair from ShowZ, and watching the tracking information. I'll probably eat the cost if there is any, but will definitely report it here once I find out the details. Quote
WhatBoutMyStar Posted May 18 Posted May 18 (edited) 1 hour ago, jenius said: Did anyone ship to the US from ShowZ? Are we being hit with crazy tariffs? You shouldn't be paying any additional tariffs if purchased from ShowZ (or their sister store Gundamit). The tariffs are incorporated in their new shipping fees to the US, when it used to be free shipping. ShowZ has worked out an arrangement with the delivery provider where they will use the tariff % rate rather than the flat fee, and ShowZ is paying that in advance on behalf of the buyer. The costs of that are passed along in the new shipping fee (ShowZ may also be eating some portion of this, but I'm not sure). These costs are way lower than you would think because ShowZ (like many Chinese stores have regularly done for a very long time) is under-declaring the heck out of the items, like $10 or $20 for a $200 figure. If for some reason there are add'l tariff charges, ShowZ has said that they will take care of it for the buyer. So there should be nothing the buyer should have to pay after the item has been purchased and shipped. ShowZ/Gundamit is essentially banking on Customs not having the time, desire, or resources to open up every package and to look them up to see what they're really worth and find out they are significantly under-declared or otherwise misreported. FWIW, many of the shops in Japan like AmiAmi, Hobby Genki, etc. are also listing everything they send as Japan as the country of origin even if they are made in China. Because the de minimis exemption is still available (at least for now) for Japan, this means packages under $800 coming in from those shops don't get hit with any tariffs. Edited May 18 by WhatBoutMyStar Quote
Radioguy Posted May 23 Posted May 23 Well, they changed the box too, apparently. Looks like they Photoshopped out the UN Spacy tampos from even the box images, and did a new print run on the box. Some great comparison images at the link below: https://www.tfw2005.com/boards/threads/fugu-model-fg-01-god-of-flame-1-60-jetfire.1252186/page-93#post-23371581 Quote
sh9000 Posted May 24 Posted May 24 Yeah the box was shown in the beginning of the video that I posted. Quote
Photogirl Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Disappointed 2nd run FUGU Jetfire had the Macross icons removed, and no heat shield. 80% ofthe reason i bought it was because it was going on the Macross shelf. All the stickers would need to be in white, so i can't make them. If anyone wants to swap with a Macross version..... Quote
Chronocidal Posted May 27 Posted May 27 Would a set of old Yamato stickers work? I think they included the necessary markings, but I don't know if they were white-backed stickers. You might try the sale/trade section though, lots of people here bought the first version, and you might find some who wanted the version without markings. Quote
Radioguy Posted May 27 Posted May 27 18 hours ago, Photogirl said: Disappointed 2nd run FUGU Jetfire had the Macross icons removed, and no heat shield. 80% ofthe reason i bought it was because it was going on the Macross shelf. All the stickers would need to be in white, so i can't make them. If anyone wants to swap with a Macross version..... I might swap with ya. Quote
505thAirborne Posted May 27 Posted May 27 When they're finished with "Not Jetfire", I welcome them to build the following. (TV & Movie versions.) Quote
Radioguy Posted May 28 Posted May 28 10 hours ago, 505thAirborne said: When they're finished with "Not Jetfire", I welcome them to build the following. (TV & Movie versions.) Go back in this thread, and Valkyrie Factory did tease a CF, as well as an Angel Bird. Haven't ever seen them though. They seem to have gone all in as Fugu here on the Jetfire. Quote
Slave IV Posted May 29 Posted May 29 17 hours ago, Radioguy said: Go back in this thread, and Valkyrie Factory did tease a CF, as well as an Angel Bird. Haven't ever seen them though. They seem to have gone all in as Fugu here on the Jetfire. I preordered those around 3 or more years ago. Finally cancelled the order and got a refund earlier this year or maybe last year. Either way, the timeline of those are in years so they gave up on that initial release and moved on to more profitable ventures as we see with the Jetfire release Quote
sh9000 Posted Tuesday at 02:35 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:35 AM On 2/5/2025 at 7:14 PM, sh9000 said: I hope my VF-1S Jetfire doesn't come in a beat up box. Happy to report that mine arrived with toy packaging in very good condition. Quote
Chronocidal Posted Tuesday at 04:19 AM Posted Tuesday at 04:19 AM (edited) Can say the same, though they certainly took their time getting it here. Think it ran close to 20 days in transit, a week and a half of which was just sitting at LAX. Edit: Double checked, they left on May 14th, arrived May 31st. They arrived at LAX on the 20th, and didn't leave customs until the 29th. Edited Tuesday at 04:22 AM by Chronocidal Quote
sh9000 Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM Posted yesterday at 04:14 PM If they do a purple Decepticon Jetfire in custom G1 box I might get it. Quote
Radioguy Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago 10 hours ago, sh9000 said: If they do a purple Decepticon Jetfire in custom G1 box I might get it. Agreed, but I'd take another color first... Quote
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