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 June 3 Posted June 3 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 June 3 Posted June 3 (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 June 3 by Chronocidal Quote
sh9000 Posted June 5 Posted June 5 If they do a purple Decepticon Jetfire in custom G1 box I might get it. Quote
Radioguy Posted June 6 Posted June 6 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
sjoebarry Posted June 8 Posted June 8 On 6/5/2025 at 10:41 PM, Radioguy said: Agreed, but I'd take another color first... I’d buy a green instantly Quote
Apok451 Posted June 8 Posted June 8 Well, they came back and said I had to pay shipping because of tariffs. $14 for shipping from China isn’t so bad. So hopefully I’ll have my not “jetfire” soon. Quote
Apok451 Posted June 20 Posted June 20 It does come with a few autobot tickers, but that’s it. Damn, now I want something other than those. Oh well. Overall a very nice piece. Obviously not the quality of a Bandai or Yamato, I can’t speak to the Arcadia it’s ripped off from. Quote
Apok451 Posted Tuesday at 01:30 AM Posted Tuesday at 01:30 AM On 6/20/2025 at 3:07 PM, sh9000 said: Nice setups. I still love the green Joons VF-1J too. He is the old soldier of the group. Might be a little rusty, legs don’t move so well. Quote
Radioguy Posted Tuesday at 02:43 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:43 AM On 6/19/2025 at 9:47 PM, Apok451 said: Obviously not the quality of a Bandai or Yamato, I can’t speak to the Arcadia it’s ripped off from. As Arcadia is arguably better in build than Yamato, at least for those valkyries that have been released under both brands in the same scale, you can rest assured it doesn't meet the Arcadia standard. In my opinion, it's >80% the way to being comparable. Quote
Radioguy Posted Tuesday at 02:46 AM Posted Tuesday at 02:46 AM Slightly OT, but I will soon be in receipt of a minty fresh copy of the Deluxe stand from the Fugu (which is a KO of the Yamato launch stand), and which I have no need of should anyone be in the market for one... Quote
Chronocidal Posted Tuesday at 03:02 AM Posted Tuesday at 03:02 AM I don't tend to use a lot of stands for anything, but I was pretty happy to get one with the Fugu version. I just never could justify the price to get one of the original Yamato ones, but I'm happy to have one if I ever do want to use it for something. Quote
Radioguy Posted Tuesday at 05:47 AM Posted Tuesday at 05:47 AM I just have some alternative stands already, don't need this one, and don't expect to ever use it. It would just be a shame if someone had a 1/60 Yamato/Arcadia/Valkyrie Factory and needed one while mine sat in a box gathering dust. Quote
Apok451 Posted Tuesday at 10:29 AM Posted Tuesday at 10:29 AM 4 hours ago, Radioguy said: I just have some alternative stands already, don't need this one, and don't expect to ever use it. It would just be a shame if someone had a 1/60 Yamato/Arcadia/Valkyrie Factory and needed one while mine sat in a box gathering dust. I ordered one of the special edition Gokin stands for it last night. I mean sure the launch stand looks kinda cool, I thing the wobbly stands from the Bandai ones are better. After that I just need to make a friend with a 3d printer so I can make an adapter for my 1/48. I can see my God of Flame on the shelf right past my monitor and it looks pretty. Some joints are worryingly tight and others could be a little tighter. I do strongly dislike how they handled the boosters attachment, just seems like there are better ways to do that. If it hadnt been for the extra missiles and the stand, I would have bought the standard version. I'd say Im about 90% happy with it, without the stand Id say 95%. Quote
sh9000 Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM Posted Tuesday at 03:43 PM 14 hours ago, Apok451 said: He is the old soldier of the group. Might be a little rusty, legs don’t move so well. It's still one of my favorite KO 1/55 color schemes. Quote
Apok451 Posted Tuesday at 04:50 PM Posted Tuesday at 04:50 PM 1 hour ago, sh9000 said: It's still one of my favorite KO 1/55 color schemes. And has weathered the years well I think. Gun doesn’t work anymore, but I think I still have the sprue with the extra missiles. Quote
sh9000 Posted Wednesday at 03:32 PM Posted Wednesday at 03:32 PM 22 hours ago, Apok451 said: And has weathered the years well I think. Gun doesn’t work anymore, but I think I still have the sprue with the extra missiles. There's also a Joons green VF-1A and it looks cool. Quote
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