grogall Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Great pictures of the (Mech Guts) VF-1S Hickaru, for those who might be thinking of getting one when the second release, is released in April! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mantisfists Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I really wish they just sold the fastpacks. Don't need the valk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkulease Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 I wish they just sell it at retail or setup non refundable pre-order where a production run only occurs with they reach X number. That way they don't overproduce. The whole lottery thing stinks. They aren't getting a cut of the 2nd hand market prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 On 2/18/2024 at 7:00 AM, grogall said: Great pictures of the (Mech Guts) VF-1S Hickaru, for those who might be thinking of getting one when the second release, is released in April! I'm out of the loop; how does one acquire one of these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 (edited) 1 hour ago, danth said: I'm out of the loop; how does one acquire one of these? This is an event exclusive during Tamashii Nations 2023. The only way to get one now is check Mandarake or Yahoo Japan Auctions. Prices range from Y50000 to Y120000. If you don't mind the price or don't want to place auction on YJA listing, Luna Park is selling it for Y64500. Edited February 29 by no3Ljm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 22 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: This is an event exclusive during Tamashii Nations 2023. The only way to get one now is check Mandarake or Yahoo Japan Auctions. Prices range from Y50000 to Y120000. If you don't mind the price or don't want to place auction on YJA listing, Luna Park is selling it for Y64500. Ah. The "second release in April" made it sound like there would be another opportunity to get one at retail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragontype Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 It always puzzled me on how Luna Park always has "availability" of hard to get things despite other retailers being sold out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIBFIR Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 15 minutes ago, danth said: Ah. The "second release in April" made it sound like there would be another opportunity to get one at retail. This was my impression as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Well, LP will often raise the price over time. I don't know if that means they are sitting on stock and adding late tax, or increasing it based on sources they have to get it from which did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 4 hours ago, danth said: Ah. The "second release in April" made it sound like there would be another opportunity to get one at retail. The second release in April I believe is thru their lottery system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogall Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 2 hours ago, no3Ljm said: The second release in April I believe is thru their lottery system. But remember that the Lottery for this was held back in November, It remains to be seen what happens after that...🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Are any retail releases of the Chogokin 1/48 coming up besides the Ostrich? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogall Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 (edited) 47 minutes ago, danth said: Are any retail releases of the Chogokin 1/48 coming up besides the Ostrich? At the moment, no! Expect VE-1 to be announced shortly after the release of the VT-1...😉 I wrote a complete overview of all the releases..... Edited February 29 by grogall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danth Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 30 minutes ago, grogall said: At the moment, no! Expect VE-1 to be announced shortly after the release of the VT-1...😉 I wrote a complete overview of all the releases..... Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 12 hours ago, grogall said: But remember that the Lottery for this was held back in November, It remains to be seen what happens after that...🤔 Understood. All I just did is answer to the question on how this item can be attained. The whole point of my replies is that you can't order this from any regular retail store. The best bet is to lurk online or beg anyone you know in Japan who can get this for you. And be ready to pay more than retail price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 4 hours ago, grogall said: At the moment, no! Expect VE-1 to be announced shortly after the release of the VT-1...😉 I wrote a complete overview of all the releases..... Hmm, I would think they would want to change things up in-between. Maybe another VF-1A/J/S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 On 12/28/2023 at 9:15 PM, grogall said: Episode 16 For some reason this came back to me. But anyways…does anyone really know what the official names for this squadron is? The last I saw translated was persimmon squadron on various bootleg copies and what show up in YouTube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Huh, didn't know that existed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tekering Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 3 hours ago, jenius said: Huh, didn't know that existed. It's literally just that one shot, and likely unintentional. They're otherwise all brownies in that episode, save the Vermillion trio. 4 hours ago, nightmareB4macross said: does anyone really know what the official names for this squadron is? Why would a simple animation error be given an official name? This isn't Robotech. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogall Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 11 hours ago, no3Ljm said: Understood. All I just did is answer to the question on how this item can be attained. The whole point of my replies is that you can't order this from any regular retail store. The best bet is to lurk online or beg anyone you know in Japan who can get this for you. And be ready to pay more than retail price. Wasn't meant to be negative! I was just letting @danth know that the lottery was over. To make sure it's not something that's being held again! and that he should try a third party dealer. Although when the second release is sent out in April the price should come down somewhat, but it still remains to be seen. Don't know why this actually became such a hot item all of a sudden!? 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 23 minutes ago, grogall said: Wasn't meant to be negative! I was just letting @danth know that the lottery was over. To make sure it's not something that's being held again! and that he should try a third party dealer. Although when the second release is sent out in April the price should come down somewhat, but it still remains to be seen. Don't know why this actually became such a hot item all of a sudden!? 🙄 No worries. We're good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 4 hours ago, grogall said: Don't know why this actually became such a hot item all of a sudden!? Well, I hope it has. Anything to spur Bandai to up output! That desire was not expressed by my wallet, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogall Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 3 hours ago, Radioguy said: That desire was not expressed by my wallet, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nightmareB4macross Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 20 hours ago, tekering said: It's literally just that one shot, and likely unintentional. They're otherwise all brownies in that episode, save the Vermillion trio. Why would a simple animation error be given an official name? This isn't Robotech. 😉 Well you know, it’s like the VT-1C and the VEFR-1. You just want it to be known for the sake of the completeist like me.🤗 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herkulease Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 On 3/1/2024 at 1:41 AM, grogall said: Don't know why this actually became such a hot item all of a sudden!? 🙄 I feel due it being a "new" production run. Sure you can get the strike parts(minus the clear parts) and Hikaru separately and get 99% of the exact same toy but they are old nearly 4 year old items. Even if you land a new sealed box its still "old." If you're going to pay say 50K+ yen you might as well want the newer items than some 4 year old items if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grogall Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 1 hour ago, herkulease said: I feel due it being a "new" production run. Sure you can get the strike parts(minus the clear parts) and Hikaru separately and get 99% of the exact same toy but they are old nearly 4 year old items. Even if you land a new sealed box its still "old." If you're going to pay say 50K+ yen you might as well want the newer items than some 4 year old items if you can. Well glad I ordered it before the thing skyrocketed to oblivion, Have 1 boxed and one converted, so good for now....😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 I bought a VF-1S DYRL Hikaru and Strike & Super Parts Set so I'll keep the Mechanic Edition unopened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 ok...its April...when is the 2nd batch of these things going to be released so the prices drop down to something NORMAL I expect to wake up one morning and see 50+ of them competing on the 2nd hand market Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Shawn said: ok...its April...when is the 2nd batch of these things going to be released so the prices drop down to something NORMAL I expect to wake up one morning and see 50+ of them competing on the 2nd hand market No one in their right mind is actually paying those "asking" prices.... Here are the sold listings.... https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch?p=マクロス+DX超合金+劇場版+VF-1S+ストライクバルキリー+一条輝機+メカニックエディション&ei=UTF-8&exflg=&va=マクロス+DX+VF-1S&b=1&n=60 Average is under 55K....with many auctions selling for less.... Let's see what happens when the next batch starts getting listed on YJA....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, jvmacross said: No one in their right mind is actually paying those "asking" prices.... Here are the sold listings.... https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/closedsearch/closedsearch?p=マクロス+DX超合金+劇場版+VF-1S+ストライクバルキリー+一条輝機+メカニックエディション&ei=UTF-8&exflg=&va=マクロス+DX+VF-1S&b=1&n=60 Average is under 55K....with many auctions selling for less.... Let's see what happens when the next batch starts getting listed on YJA....lol Recent sales look to be mostly 60,000-63,000 range. Though someone paid 69,000, and another paid 52,500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 1 hour ago, Sanity is Optional said: Recent sales look to be mostly 60,000-63,000 range. Though someone paid 69,000, and another paid 52,500. The Collector Beast within you laughs at your thoughts of patience and restraint.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 2 hours ago, jvmacross said: The Collector Beast within you laughs at your thoughts of patience and restraint.... I'm good, got mine off Mandarake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 I thought we all had to have 1 to open 1 to keep sealed 1 to resell later 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 51 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: I'm good, got mine off Mandarake. LOL....I was referring to the poor fool's who dropped 60K+... But wow, 9100 JPY for shipping? Ouch....The Collector Beast strikes again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueMax Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 48 minutes ago, Shawn said: I thought we all had to have 1 to open 1 to keep sealed 1 to resell later 😛 eh.... 1 for each mode on display actually😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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