Test_Pilot_2 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 (edited) *Edit - Success! Thanks for the AE link! Edited March 1 by Test_Pilot_2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiley424 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Late to the party, but was able to get one at AE, thanks for the link! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technoblue Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Did Amazon Japan even list their own pre-orders for the 0D? Anyone know? I saw the page and it went from unavailable to orders from third-party sellers only. Now I’m a little curious what Amazon’s actual price was. LoL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vladykins Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Grabbed one at AE, but I couldn't log into my account for some reason, so had to create another with a different email. Will get them to combine back to original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 All around amazonJapan is pretty expensive but I slept all night. I shudder to think what that Orguss potentially costs at someplace like BBTS though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 8 hours ago, seti88 said: How much is a 1/60 0D again? 😂 Just pulling your leg. Your 💲, your choice and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Plus the fact a1/60 OD is truly a beautiful model esp with the PF version, HMR isn't even in the same territory. It's just gotten way too silly now mostly due to the rise of parallel importers and Bandai being quite a dick about jp-shops allocations. We used to compete for PO against the local japanese scalpers, but at least the regular japanese-shops were offering nice discounts (10% to 20%) then. Nowadays, big nope. All jp-shops set the pricing at full MSRP (most with tokyo-tax added already). And still the parallel importers always hooovers up all avaiable POs with their bots. Welp! It is what it is. And then one may get lucky enough to get Bandai'd when the item gets delivered... 😝 4 hours ago, technoblue said: Did Amazon Japan even list their own pre-orders for the 0D? Anyone know? I saw the page and it went from unavailable to orders from third-party sellers only. Now I’m a little curious what Amazon’s actual price was. LoL! 3 hours ago, Mommar said: All around amazonJapan is pretty expensive but I slept all night. I shudder to think what that Orguss potentially costs at someplace like BBTS though. The usual local japanese scalper-shops/"third-party" were doing their usual gatekeeping of amz-jp last nite. I saw at least 30K-yen + 12k-yen shipping for either HM-R last nite (Orguss and 0D). I think they're still at it, but at 25k-yen or so now. It's quite slapstick hilarious... 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technoblue Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 1 hour ago, treatment said: The usual local japanese scalper-shops/"third-party" were doing their usual gatekeeping of amz-jp last nite. I saw at least 30K-yen + 12k-yen shipping for either HM-R last nite (Orguss and 0D). I think they're still at it, but at 25k-yen or so now. It's quite slapstick hilarious... 😂 *nods* I was seeing the same wild prices. A similar thing happens over on the UK Amazon site for pop-culture items like Doctor Who. I’m just not sure if it is scalpers getting in the way or if it’s an Amazon policy to help domestic buyers get first dibs on these popular items. Probably a little bit of both — lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted March 1 Share Posted March 1 Preordered a HMR Orguss and the HMR VF-0D x3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 0D available again on Hobby Genki https://hobby-genki.com/en/hi-metal-r/14365-hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-shin-kudo-use-ver-macross-zero-4573102651266.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 7 hours ago, treatment said: It's just gotten way too silly now mostly due to the rise of parallel importers and Bandai being quite a dick about jp-shops allocations. We used to compete for PO against the local japanese scalpers, but at least the regular japanese-shops were offering nice discounts (10% to 20%) then. Nowadays, big nope. All jp-shops set the pricing at full MSRP (most with tokyo-tax added already). And still the parallel importers always hooovers up all avaiable POs with their bots. Welp! It is what it is. And then one may get lucky enough to get Bandai'd when the item gets delivered... 😝 The usual local japanese scalper-shops/"third-party" were doing their usual gatekeeping of amz-jp last nite. I saw at least 30K-yen + 12k-yen shipping for either HM-R last nite (Orguss and 0D). I think they're still at it, but at 25k-yen or so now. It's quite slapstick hilarious... 😂 Some JP shops do have non JP tax rates but it depends on the popularity of the item i suppose... Amazon scammers! 30k! ...i wonder how they got it listed under bandai's official link too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DewPoint Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Picked one up at amiami! Buy now, regret later! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DewPoint Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 and amiami sold out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DewPoint Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Orguss still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 0D Avaliable again at AmiAmi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 AmiAmi up again!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 1 minute ago, betocc said: 0D Avaliable again at AmiAmi https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-151323 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex GS Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I didn't planned to get it but there it was the big orange rectangle available, and bang! I got one and is actually still available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ignacio Ocamica Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Yes, still available!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anasazi37 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 13 hours ago, technoblue said: Did Amazon Japan even list their own pre-orders for the 0D? Anyone know? I saw the page and it went from unavailable to orders from third-party sellers only. Now I’m a little curious what Amazon’s actual price was. LoL! I've given up on AJ for POs. For the past year I've consistently seen Macross items go from unavailable to third party sellers instantly. No chance at all to place an order at MSRP. I even tried using a VPN so it would look like I was shopping from inside Japan, thinking AJ was restricting item visibility by IP address. Same outcome. Maybe there are some scalpers with hyper-efficient bots targeting AJ now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) Avaliable yet again on Amiami. Edit: 25 minutes later and its still up. Edited March 2 by MKT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
505thAirborne Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Thanks for the AmiAmi links guys, nabbed one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 19 minutes ago, Anasazi37 said: I've given up on AJ for POs. For the past year I've consistently seen Macross items go from unavailable to third party sellers instantly. No chance at all to place an order at MSRP. I even tried using a VPN so it would look like I was shopping from inside Japan, thinking AJ was restricting item visibility by IP address. Same outcome. Maybe there are some scalpers with hyper-efficient bots targeting AJ now? Yeah somewhat impossible to get PO's in at AJ; it has joined Hobby Search & CDJ as unicorns. The good thing about AJ though, based on past few releases, there's always quantities available on release day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokeijon Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Purposely got up middle of night (Vienna time) but didn’t get one from Amiami, sad! Should stay a bit longer instead straight back to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 3 hours ago, MKT said: Yeah somewhat impossible to get PO's in at AJ; it has joined Hobby Search & CDJ as unicorns. The good thing about AJ though, based on past few releases, there's always quantities available on release day. CDJ was always a nice alternative...oh well.. Wishing more onl retailers do more of this staggered/delayed release, like what ami did for this 0d release....might help deter scalpers too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Moehime links: https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-orguss-super-dimension-century-orguss/ https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-shin-kudos-unit-macross-zero/ I have bought several Macross and Saint Seiya figures from them and never had a problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 8 minutes ago, betocc said: Moehime links: https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-orguss-super-dimension-century-orguss/ https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-shin-kudos-unit-macross-zero/ I have bought several Macross and Saint Seiya figures from them and never had a problem By the way, they offer Pay Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvmacross Posted March 2 Author Share Posted March 2 For anyone looking to support BW's attempts to make Macross relevant outside of Japan by asking non-Japanese collectors to spend more money and wait longer to receive their items... https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/234137?utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_content= PRE-ORDER Estimated to arrive October 2023 $179.99 $18.00 Non-Refundable Down Payment Required Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandman Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 So BBTS has the 0D up. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/234137?utm_source=Marketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=marketing&utm_content= Unfortunately like the 0S there is a significant markup to the Japanese price. I think i just wait for release and risk getting one from mandarake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRoz Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 (edited) Remember when that was what we paid for 1/48 and 1/60 scale Valkyries? EDIT: And that was for perfect transformation, these are parts-formers. Edited March 2 by MikeRoz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tking22 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Big ol' markup on BBTS, Grabbed one here anyway, $5 flat shipping and convenience works for me. https://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/234137 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Compared to the AmazonJp Price plus shipping the dollar difference is negligable. Potential positive, it gives you longer to save up since you know it will ship later too. That can be an advantage as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seti88 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 11 hours ago, betocc said: Moehime links: https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-orguss-super-dimension-century-orguss/ https://moehime-japantoys.com/shop/plastic-model/hi-metal-r/hi-metal-r-vf-0d-phoenix-shin-kudos-unit-macross-zero/ I have bought several Macross and Saint Seiya figures from them and never had a problem oh. Havent heard of em. Newly established? 6 hours ago, MikeRoz said: Remember when that was what we paid for 1/48 and 1/60 scale Valkyries? EDIT: And that was for perfect transformation, these are parts-formers. Too painful a memory. Hidden away and only re-surfaces for a bit after new order confirmations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocc Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 39 minutes ago, seti88 said: oh. Havent heard of em. Newly established? Not sure when they started but I have been ordering stuff from them since October 2022. Actually they were mentioned on this forum by someone, so I took a look, so far no problems with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh9000 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 https://www.thechosenprime.com/bsmzhmrvf0dphoenix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 It's too bad Amiami didn't give much PO discount this time as they did for the VF-0S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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