F360 Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Biginjapan is pretty reliable on selling only what they can get and they normally ship them out pretty fast once they received them. They had no issue or delay with the infamous Vf-31a. But their pricing is normally higher. They also offer a forwarding service and an proxy service for times when other proxy used all their allocation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angesdad Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 Thanks everyone for the feedback. Think I am going to stay away for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 To order or not to order. That is the question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, no3Ljm said: To order or not to order. That is the question. You knew this was coming........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenius Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) Was updating my address when it sold out an anime export. I suspect I'll be able to find it later... It came back in stock so I completed the purchase. Yay (?). Edited June 24, 2022 by jenius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbitalharvest Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 live on hobby genki now: https://hobby-genki.com/en/dx-chogokin/6168-dx-chogokin-compatible-armored-parts-set-for-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-hayate-immelman-machine.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, orbitalharvest said: live on hobby genki now: https://hobby-genki.com/en/dx-chogokin/6168-dx-chogokin-compatible-armored-parts-set-for-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-hayate-immelman-machine.html Already out again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbitalharvest Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 40 minutes ago, sqidd said: Already out again. that was quick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angesdad Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, orbitalharvest said: that was quick Available again. Just picked one up from them minutes ago. Act fast.😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) Stock is back at Hobby Genki I just got one Edited June 24, 2022 by betocc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 32 minutes ago, betocc said: Stock is back at Hobby Genki I just got one Me too! Now I have a backup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 Snagged one through a proxy, $130 up front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 On 6/23/2022 at 11:50 AM, sh9000 said: Preordered 1 set of VF-31AX Hayate Armored Parts and will combine shipping with previous orders. Same....couldn't justify a second set especially since I haven't opened any of the previously released heavy armor sets from the previous Delta movie... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted June 24, 2022 Author Share Posted June 24, 2022 18 hours ago, no3Ljm said: To order more than one or not....That is the real question. Fixed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 2 hours ago, jvmacross said: Fixed.... Hahaha! Nah. Been holding off on this Armored Set. I'm trying to save the dough for the upcoming MB Hi-Nu payment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Oh, the armor parts sold out already on AE. I was too occupied with work to notice. Oh well, I will try to get one on release day. It is already a super expensive week. Had to pay for MP Shouki, SV-51 Nora, MB Eva-00 and K3 Rodimus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orbitalharvest Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 in and out of stock it looks like. back in... https://hobby-genki.com/en/dx-chogokin/6168-dx-chogokin-compatible-armored-parts-set-for-vf-31ax-kairos-plus-hayate-immelman-machine.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 The VF-31AX Armor Parts are available at anime-export: https://www.anime-export.com/index.php?product=58825 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grey728 Posted June 29, 2022 Share Posted June 29, 2022 I really hate color specific Armor and Super parts. I just received my super parts for my #05 blue 31AX and only have one jet. I wish Bandai would figure out a way to make these parts universal like they did for for the VF-1 1/48. I'd purchase multiples if there was flexibility here to pick and choose which VF I wanted to dress up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Grey728 said: I really hate color specific Armor and Super parts. I just received my super parts for my #05 blue 31AX and only have one jet. I wish Bandai would figure out a way to make these parts universal like they did for for the VF-1 1/48. I'd purchase multiples if there was flexibility here to pick and choose which VF I wanted to dress up. Yeah, making that much sense is contrary to everything Bandai stands for. No way they're going to make generic packs for everyone so long as they can make them exclusive to each valk, and ensure the market scrambles for each and every unique set. To be fair though.. given the alternative, and what happened with the VF-1 super packs? I almost prefer it this way, because you don't have to deal with people buying dozens of packs pre-emptively, because of Bandai's supply shenanigans, and their refusal to reissue things. Edited June 30, 2022 by Chronocidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 Y'all blaming Bandai... It's not Bandai who designs the valks (though I'm sure they have some input). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 46 minutes ago, Sanity is Optional said: Y'all blaming Bandai... It's not Bandai who designs the valks (though I'm sure they have some input). I actually thought they had a significant part in designing everything from Frontier onwards, considering they've been the primary sponsor since then. It's not like custom armors and super packs didn't have some precedent before hand, but I think the only ones we saw before Frontier were the M&M sets. I think it's something of a minor miracle Bandai actually released swappable emblems for the VF-1 super/strike packs. Everything from Frontier onwards though has been obnoxiously customized to go with each individual valk they released. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyla Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 16 hours ago, Grey728 said: I really hate color specific Armor and Super parts. I just received my super parts for my #05 blue 31AX and only have one jet. I wish Bandai would figure out a way to make these parts universal like they did for for the VF-1 1/48. I'd purchase multiples if there was flexibility here to pick and choose which VF I wanted to dress up. My biggest gripe is that Bandai didn’t make the Super Parts for Chuck‘s VF-31E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angesdad Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 4 minutes ago, Scyla said: My biggest gripe is that Bandai didn’t make the Super Parts for Chuck‘s VF-31E. What about Arad's 31S? - I'd pay the ridiculous 38k yen for 31S if SP to go with it was available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampeed Valkyrie Posted July 6, 2022 Share Posted July 6, 2022 A couple of pics from the Tamashi Nations booth at AX this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I wonder which US retailers will have those; especially the VF-0S. I know BBTS, EE, and other online ones likely will, but I wonder if we'd see them on shelves of GameStop, comic shops, or, a longshot, maybe some bigger Target stores? (They do get some Gundam stuff these days) Would be great to see some brick and mortar availability again after nothing but Toynami...and usually just nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkjr Posted July 7, 2022 Share Posted July 7, 2022 I know this thread is supposed to be for current POs up to a certain time frame but a few pages back there were the HMR VF-0S PO links. Further back had the VF-25 WWM PO links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted July 8, 2022 Share Posted July 8, 2022 (edited) On 7/7/2022 at 8:59 AM, wmkjr said: I know this thread is supposed to be for current POs up to a certain time frame but a few pages back there were the HMR VF-0S PO links. Further back had the VF-25 WWM PO links. Was that for me? I was actually speaking more to brick and mortar availability. Tamashii Nations stuff appears in physical stores, and I wonder with the announcement, if Diamond or other vendors will make the Macross stuff available to physical retailers again like they have with the HG-approved merch over the last few years. Seeing Toynami stock end up in bargain bins as a result would just be icing on the cake. Truth be told though, since it's out there, I'd like to see the KitzConcept stock on store shelves too, and I haven't seen that happen either. That would still be nice. Edited July 8, 2022 by Radioguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F360 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 (edited) On 7/7/2022 at 4:49 AM, Radioguy said: I wonder which US retailers will have those; especially the VF-0S. I know BBTS, EE, and other online ones likely will, but I wonder if we'd see them on shelves of GameStop, comic shops, or, a longshot, maybe some bigger Target stores? (They do get some Gundam stuff these days) Would be great to see some brick and mortar availability again after nothing but Toynami...and usually just nothing. VF-0S is the 2nd WWM item VF-0S is the 3rd WWM item besides the VF-25 WWM edition , it have USA distribution. and preorder already started in the USA at the end of May. You can see the posting of the store that open up USA preorders on starting page 51 Seeing these at Brick and mortar stores or shops will depend each individual shop. Do your local Target sell Bandai Figures that are over $150 or $200 each? If they do then you might see it, if not then you wont see it. Edited July 9, 2022 by F360 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 5 hours ago, F360 said: Seeing these at Brick and mortar stores or shops will depend each individual shop. Do your local Target sell Bandai Figures that are over $150 or $200 each? If they do then you might see it, if not then you wont see it. Well, it's more about the distributor, I think. Here in New York City, we've got some big box retailers, some large comic places like Midtown Comics and Forbidden Planet, and little comic shops. I mean, some larger comic shops will deal with Bluefin directly for Tamashii stuff, which I assume will include DX and HMR stuff, but most small places will deal with Diamond after Diamond sources it from Bluefin. As for Target, yes. The larger stores will sometimes sell spidered (enclosed by loss prevention device) high ticket items upwards of $100-$200, although these days they are more often Hasbro US releases of Takara/Tomy Masterpiece Transformers than anything like Gundam stuff. The question there is whether they already deal with Bluefin, Diamond, etc. as the lower-ticket Gundam stuff they do carry might be via one of Bandai's other distribution channels. For brick and mortar, the relevant question is whether Bluefin tried or is trying to solicit this new stuff to Target, Walmart, Best Buy, etc. I assume GameStop might be more of a lock as they carried Yamato releases years ago and Toynami stuff since, but their web-sales division has been actively undermining their own retail store division's acquisition of figures stock, and it's affected their Gundam, Transformers, etc. stock in a big way. Buying from them is more like going to BBTS or EE now. Anyhow, if anyone sees more solid info on shops getting them and not just websites, I'd love to know. To me, that would be a true revival in the US. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 For the WWM Valks the first is the VF-25 WWM, the second is the YF-29 Max, and the third is the HMR VF-0S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F360 Posted July 9, 2022 Share Posted July 9, 2022 59 minutes ago, sh9000 said: For the WWM Valks the first is the VF-25 WWM, the second is the YF-29 Max, and the third is the HMR VF-0S. oops,, I went back and corrected it now. yeah. kinda forgot about the YF-29 Max . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radioguy Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 I should also acknowledge my own error: Bluefin had been renamed Bandai Namco for a few months now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big s Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 59 minutes ago, Radioguy said: I should also acknowledge my own error: Bluefin had been renamed Bandai Namco for a few months now. Not as much renamed, more like dropped by big Bandai Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmkjr Posted July 10, 2022 Share Posted July 10, 2022 Sorry. Because you stated "likely will" I thought you didn't get to see the PO links on the 1st post since it's meant for current POs. It will have all PO sites linked and whether they're open or closed. The hard part is after the links are deleted from the 1st post you gotta search for them. As for distribution, I'd think Bandai Namco Toys and Collectibles USA would focus more on the more popular lines first before trying to establish Macross in brick and mortar stores. Macross is a small blip for Bandai. We'll see how much of a difference in sales this new WWM releases does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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