DYRL VF-1S Posted April 22, 2022 Share Posted April 22, 2022 Can’t wait for this one. It’s a helluva bird as huge as it is, but I didn’t open the Yamato so I’m stoked. Shelf space is going to be a challenge with Ivan already eating up a ton already lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 I wonder, if we're seeing 19 production/shipping issues if we won't see something similar with this one too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkAddict Posted May 4, 2022 Share Posted May 4, 2022 13 hours ago, Mommar said: I wonder, if we're seeing 19 production/shipping issues if we won't see something similar with this one too? Highly likely ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 Exchange-rate is currently at 136y to 1USD as of this posting. So still available at amz-jp: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09MRXM5GV/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswoo Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Mine PO already shipped out might able to get it next week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, treatment said: Exchange-rate is currently at 136y to 1USD as of this posting. So still available at amz-jp: https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B09MRXM5GV/ Assuming that the exchange rate will be the same-ish when it ships/ card gets charged (should be close) with shipping that's $316. Not too shabby for an Arcadia. Unfortunately that is not DHL shipping in this listing. I'm pretty sure that's slow boat. For those of you that have paid your final total with DHL or FedEx shipping what was your total cost sitting on your doorstep? I'm having a really hard time with this one. I have two Yamato's on display and they look great. Do I really need Arcadia's and want to deal with selling the Yamato's? Edited June 25, 2022 by sqidd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technoblue Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 HLJ asked for 36800JPY for the Valkyrie and 7740JPY in shipping (FedEx). At the conversion rate when I was charged, that came out to $274 + $54 US or $328 total. I’m not charged any foreign transaction fees. That said, my estimates in the Ivanov thread were low by $6 on the final total but in the ballpark. The new numbers come from my credit card statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanity is Optional Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 I used a discount coupon on my Nora, and shipped it alongside some other stuff. $246.70 for the valk and $94.38 for shipping (valk, RG hi-nu, and 6 editions of hachette vf-1 strike pack). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Amazon shipping increased to 6500 yen. It's going to be DHL if it ships from Amazon.co.jp. You'll get a delivery date estimate on the checkout screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Patiently waiting for Amazon JP to ship out mine. Strangely they will only get their stock on 02 July, one week later than HlJ and I assume other JP stores.. Edited June 25, 2022 by MKT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkAddict Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 Ordering directly from Amazon Japan from the US ... is it as easy as creating an Amazon Japan account and if the item ships to the US, it just works? I haven't done it before ... so apologies if this is a noob question. TIA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 32 minutes ago, ValkAddict said: Ordering directly from Amazon Japan from the US ... is it as easy as creating an Amazon Japan account and if the item ships to the US, it just works? I haven't done it before ... so apologies if this is a noob question. TIA. Yep that's pretty much it. I do miss the days of flat rate DHL shipping for only 1200 yen though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 25, 2022 Author Share Posted June 25, 2022 9 hours ago, sqidd said: Assuming that the exchange rate will be the same-ish when it ships/ card gets charged (should be close) with shipping that's $316. Not too shabby for an Arcadia. Unfortunately that is not DHL shipping in this listing. I'm pretty sure that's slow boat. It ain't gonna be "slow boat". Amz-jp never offered any slow-boat option. For the "standard" shipping, it'll be a third-party "hand-over" to either USPS or even DHL themselves. The company used on my last "standard" order is called SF Express. Took about as quck as DHL, but the hand-over to USPS was another 2-3 days, possibly due to being a weekend delivery. That said, I'll be pretty annoyed if the 500y increase in shipping fees now is due to being DHL proper, aka "priority". I wasn't offered DHL/Priority on my order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sqidd Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 44 minutes ago, treatment said: It ain't gonna be "slow boat". Amz-jp never offered any slow-boat option. For the "standard" shipping, it'll be a third-party "hand-over" to either USPS or even DHL themselves. The company used on my last "standard" order is called SF Express. Took about as quck as DHL, but the hand-over to USPS was another 2-3 days, possibly due to being a weekend delivery. That said, I'll be pretty annoyed if the 500y increase in shipping fees now is due to being DHL proper, aka "priority". I wasn't offered DHL/Priority on my order. Moot point after I revisited @jenius review of the Arcadia Ivanov. Quote ………what’s really damning here is that I might prefer having the significantly cheaper Yamato SV-51 and excess cash for other toys rather than the Arcadia SV-51. A second effort of a toy (particularly one at much higher prices) should make the original effort feel completely out-classed and this toy simply feels like an incremental improvement over the original. If there are future releases, and those releases don’t botch the legs, this toy will score just a bit higher than the original Yamato… Pretty damming stuff when you alreday own a couple Yamato's that are in great shape. Too bad. I like buying new toys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkAddict Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 5 hours ago, Lolicon said: Yep that's pretty much it. I do miss the days of flat rate DHL shipping for only 1200 yen though. ^ Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Back in stock at HLJ. https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 https://twitter.com/basarakun555/status/1540668243970752513/photo/1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MKT Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Meh that’s not a very imaginative box art coming from Ivanov’s.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) I posted this in the wrong thread. Saw a single QA issue so far. Edited June 26, 2022 by Mommar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 37 minutes ago, Mommar said: I posted this in the wrong thread. Saw a single QA issue so far. Didn't that also happen with the Ivanovs as well? At least that can be remedied by gluing back on and isn't on the level of having two left feet. If that's the worst that can happen, I'll certainly take it over the myriad of other issues that could go wrong. *knock on wood* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 1 hour ago, MacrossJunkie said: Didn't that also happen with the Ivanovs as well? At least that can be remedied by gluing back on and isn't on the level of having two left feet. If that's the worst that can happen, I'll certainly take it over the myriad of other issues that could go wrong. *knock on wood* Based on the translation it sounds like the part wasn’t in the box. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 26, 2022 Author Share Posted June 26, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Didn't that also happen with the Ivanovs as well? At least that can be remedied by gluing back on and isn't on the level of having two left feet. If that's the worst that can happen, I'll certainly take it over the myriad of other issues that could go wrong. *knock on wood* no "left foot" issue reported from that guy so far, it seems... https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540925049661558784?cxt=HHwWgMCgqeTKu-IqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540901107035041792?cxt=HHwWgMCj7ZHZsOIqAAAA additional Skull1 twits with pics: https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540953820112384003?cxt=HHwWhsCj8bjVyOIqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540943262910820352?cxt=HHwWgMClzffuw-IqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540928364612968448?cxt=HHwWgICj0d6LveIqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540926365506998273?cxt=HHwWgsCgkbCXvOIqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540925578911461376?cxt=HHwWgMClxcvpu-IqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540885494027804673?cxt=HHwWgoCj8avMqeIqAAAA https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540882609764327424?cxt=HHwWgICjubqkqOIqAAAA Edited June 26, 2022 by treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Mommar said: Based on the translation it sounds like the part wasn’t in the box. Ah, I just looked at the pics and assumed the two pictures were of the same booster, one with the part back on. Looking at it closer now, I see that they are two separate boosters. Stuff like this is why I try to order from HLJ when I can manage to. If this happened to me, I would likely be able to ask them to send me the replacement part. Even over a year after I got Ivanov's SV-51 from them, they got me a replacement leg with the correct foot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 I want whatever that guy is using as makeshift stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronocidal Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 Pretty sure they're just picture frame/plaque/decoration holders like these. I've always liked these sorts of things as a display option, since it gives you a lot more space, making a fighter-mode valk take up a similar amount of space to a battroid standing up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 4 hours ago, Lolicon said: I want whatever that guy is using as makeshift stands. This aren't makeshift stands. He's using the newer Arcadia launch arms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 5 hours ago, MacrossJunkie said: Ah, I just looked at the pics and assumed the two pictures were of the same booster, one with the part back on. Looking at it closer now, I see that they are two separate boosters. Stuff like this is why I try to order from HLJ when I can manage to. If this happened to me, I would likely be able to ask them to send me the replacement part. Even over a year after I got Ivanov's SV-51 from them, they got me a replacement leg with the correct foot. In this case there are plenty of US stores that have a better handle on customer service offering this valk now too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolicon Posted June 26, 2022 Share Posted June 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Chronocidal said: Pretty sure they're just picture frame/plaque/decoration holders like these. I've always liked these sorts of things as a display option, since it gives you a lot more space, making a fighter-mode valk take up a similar amount of space to a battroid standing up. Yeah I found some for cheap on Amazon. They'll be a nice supplemental stand for filling up the remaining space in display cases without having to transform to battroid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 (edited) 17 hours ago, Mommar said: This aren't makeshift stands. He's using the newer Arcadia launch arms. They're talking about the wire-stands used on the pairing pics: edit/update: https://twitter.com/Ezwea1/status/1540999497592950784?cxt=HHwWgMCq0Zy43eIqAAAA Edited June 27, 2022 by treatment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MacrossJunkie Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 22 minutes ago, Mommar said: In this case there are plenty of US stores that have a better handle on customer service offering this valk now too. Are the Arcadia made valks part of the MWW or just Bandai? I know stores like BBTS are also selling it, but it's at a higher price and probably a longer wait time to ship over the ocean unless there's some arrangement that allows the US stores to get them at or around the same time as the Japan release. If it's not part of the MWW, I'd think they'd have to keep some spares around to part out instead of going straight to Arcadia for extra parts like HLJ has done for me in the past, or maybe they can to go through their distributors. I have no idea really. This situation with Macross stuff being sold in US stores through official channels is pretty new so I have no idea what to expect. For the near future, I'll be ordering straight from Japanese stores unless US ones end up with better availability like for Bandai stuff, until more releases actually ship and there's more feedback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 first second-hand offering spotted at Manda-Nagoya for 35k-yen: https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/detailPage/item?itemCode=1200619432&keyword=マクロス&lang=en not sure how much the shipping-fees will be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chriswoo Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 HLJ got couple stock now. Please grab it while you can before it run out again. https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 2 minutes ago, chriswoo said: HLJ got couple stock now. Please grab it while you can before it run out again. https://www.hlj.com/1-60-scale-complete-transformation-sv-51-gamma-nora-polyansky-boarding-machine-final-battle-specification-aca82158 additional availabilities at the usual jp-shop imports: 36.8k yen at HobbySearch https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10838368 37.6k yen at amiami: https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-134156 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommar Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 The one advantage to catching covid is being able to play with new toys the moment they arrive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ValkAddict Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 36 minutes ago, Mommar said: The one advantage to catching covid is being able to play with new toys the moment they arrive. ^ Sorry to hear you caught COVID. Hope you feel better soon. And damn that SV-51 is hawt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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