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Post by rodimus1138 on Dec 13, 2021 22:10:04 GMT -5
Good to hear that. Japan's stores are becoming more gaijin friendly... I would say this is more a move I would expect of amiami 10 years ago when I started collecting. Back when they shipped replacement parts and entire figures for defects before people took advantage of it.
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Post by greengetterguy on Dec 14, 2021 1:10:03 GMT -5
Aw man sorry to hear that... Hope you get a good resolution. Amiami is sending me a replacement jet in a move that almost shocked me. When my daiguard SRC had a defective drill they gave me a 500 yen refund take it or leave it. Awesome! Really glad it worked out!
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Post by lancerx on Dec 14, 2021 7:53:49 GMT -5
To be quite honest I'm really disappointed in this figure overall, don't get me wrong, I still like it but I got annoyed with the face change, maybe one of the worst design ever, hard to stick both parts together as it easily comes lose by the touch, the joints of the legs iare not of my liking as I find it hard to give it a position without the legs spreading wide open easily, overall is 6/10 in my humble opinion
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Post by mpchi on Dec 14, 2021 10:41:29 GMT -5
Aw man sorry to hear that... Hope you get a good resolution. Amiami is sending me a replacement jet in a move that almost shocked me. When my daiguard SRC had a defective drill they gave me a 500 yen refund take it or leave it. Thats awesome news.
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Post by lancerx on Dec 14, 2021 11:10:05 GMT -5
Mine just landed last friday 12/3/2021 ts easy to replace but worries for loose, once it replaced it feels like loose Exactly my point... disappointed with the design of the face, so far 3zero has released the best getter this year in mho Attachments:
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Post by GetterBoi on Dec 14, 2021 15:11:19 GMT -5
Amiami is sending me a replacement jet in a move that almost shocked me. When my daiguard SRC had a defective drill they gave me a 500 yen refund take it or leave it. It depends when an item was released and if they can get the part from manufacturer. Since the GX-99 is fresh it is easy to get parts from Bandai. When you bought SRC Daiguard, was it a few years after release? Would be impossible for them to get the part if the figure is no longer easily acquired. Years ago, I got a broken pre-owned EX Gokin from them and AA paid for return shipping from US, was around $80 to ship back and they said okay and reimbursed me.
AmiAmi always had good service for me. Only one I know that doesn't like them is S_Gokin.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Dec 14, 2021 15:23:33 GMT -5
Amiami is sending me a replacement jet in a move that almost shocked me. When my daiguard SRC had a defective drill they gave me a 500 yen refund take it or leave it. It depends when an item was released and if they can get the part from manufacturer. Since the GX-99 is fresh it is easy to get parts from Bandai. When you bought SRC Daiguard, was it a few years after release? Would be impossible for them to get the part if the figure is no longer easily acquired. Years ago, I got a broken pre-owned EX Gokin from them and AA paid for return shipping from US, was around $80 to ship back and they said okay and reimbursed me.
AmiAmi always had good service for me. Only one I know that doesn't like them is S_Gokin. The Daiguard was a preorder. Honestly I think I even posted here about it and how my refund after conversion was $6.66 usd
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Post by GetterBoi on Dec 15, 2021 1:18:28 GMT -5
The Daiguard was a preorder. Honestly I think I even posted here about it and how my refund after conversion was $6.66 usd Wow, if it was a PO they def should have taken better care of you then.
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Post by rodimus1138 on Dec 15, 2021 14:09:21 GMT -5
The Daiguard was a preorder. Honestly I think I even posted here about it and how my refund after conversion was $6.66 usd Wow, if it was a PO they def should have taken better care of you then. I think that was right before amiami had a stint of sending pink slips in every package that said they only offer customer service within Japan. Their customer service has definitely been up and down.
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Post by bocasas on Dec 15, 2021 22:58:39 GMT -5
Wow, if it was a PO they def should have taken better care of you then. I think that was right before amiami had a stint of sending pink slips in every package that said they only offer customer service within Japan. Their customer service has definitely been up and down. Well my broken gx34R came from amiami and the salesman here showed me the email where they said they did not have Customer service outside Japan (it was on 2020, and the figure was released about a month ago), so probably they are changing their policy
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Post by bocasas on Feb 12, 2022 10:29:09 GMT -5
Finally got mine. Out of the box it has very very small marks on the knees edge (the blister got stained so I suppose it got sticked to it). Also, I hate the interchangeable faces system (the OG face fall out of the box and now it have a small hit on his spike beard). The figure itself feels heavy (most of the weight is on the legs but that's not a bad thing). Personally I'd have appreciated some metal in the arms. Articulation range is really good and it can achieve some very cool poses, the big axes are really cool. I'm no sure about how safe the figure is with the flying stand... probably I will end up using the standing one. I know the three ships are an extra but I find them cheap when compared to those that came with the gx18 or the recent gx74... Overall, I find it to be a good but somewhat disappointing release (I was expecting something at the SOC Mazinkaiser level). There's nothing wrong with the figure, and it is a very cool looking figure to have (I will get it even knowing this issues) but the extras are not cool, and the face change feature, although cool, ends up being annoying.
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Post by Gold on Apr 7, 2022 7:32:45 GMT -5
Hi gang, here's my review for the Gx-99 Getter Arc. Please click on the image to jump to the page. Not bad, but somehow, it lacks the impressive detail, engineering and paint finish we've come to expect from the SOC line. Did Bandai outsource this figure to another company?? Gold
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Post by zetaking on Apr 7, 2022 13:28:08 GMT -5
Got mine last week and I share some of the same feedback as others... Its not bad but the game has moved on so much in terms of the competition that if I were Bandai I would be worried....
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Post by bocasas on Apr 7, 2022 15:21:05 GMT -5
Yeah, I guess unimpressive is the word. I found the GX74 or the GX96 (the last getter released) to be far better than this one. May be that's the reason it is going for around 85 bucks on mandarake.
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Post by S_Gokin on Apr 7, 2022 15:45:57 GMT -5
cool review Goldfor me it was a pass, didnt like the overall design also i felt this Getter thunder was stolen by the Black Shin Getter 1
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Post by Gold on Apr 7, 2022 20:34:06 GMT -5
Thanks guys, glad you enjoyed my review. Got mine last week and I share some of the same feedback as others... Its not bad but the game has moved on so much in terms of the competition that if I were Bandai I would be worried.... So true, the game has indeed moved on, with new players like CCS Toys upping the level of quality, Bandai seems to be lagging behind. Gold
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Post by greengetterguy on Apr 7, 2022 21:09:31 GMT -5
Very fun read. Thank you Gold!
(I wonder how Bandai will handle SOC Shin Getter now, at how much.)
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Post by mpchi on Apr 8, 2022 13:20:25 GMT -5
Very fun read. Thank you Gold! (I wonder how Bandai will handle SOC Shin Getter now, at how much.) With what is being shown, I am not in for any nice surprise. Very likely just another run-of-the-mill standard SOC with a good sculpt that lacks small details.
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Post by bocasas on Apr 8, 2022 14:45:28 GMT -5
I don't know what is it missing, but it is not great (not bad either), I love my old SOCs where everything was simple. I got GX01 anniversary and GX02 and never feel like I needed to update them, they are the only mazinger and great mazinger in my collection. But with this figure, I think it not as solid as those (or mazinkaiser for a similar and newer figure), it's not advanced in engineering like the Getter go GX96, or full of detail as the daileon GX97, so yes, it is not bad, but unimpressive. I don't expect lot of details added like sentinel, a clean sculpt is good sometimes (the DC line), but in this case looks without soul. this may be my first souless chogokin
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Post by mpchi on Apr 8, 2022 15:16:02 GMT -5
I don't know what is it missing, but it is not great (not bad either), I love my old SOCs where everything was simple. I got GX01 anniversary and GX02 and never feel like I needed to update them, they are the only mazinger and great mazinger in my collection. But with this figure, I think it not as solid as those (or mazinkaiser for a similar and newer figure), it's not advanced in engineering like the Getter go GX96, or full of detail as the daileon GX97, so yes, it is not bad, but unimpressive. I don't expect lot of details added like sentinel, a clean sculpt is good sometimes (the DC line), but in this case looks without soul. this may be my first souless chogokin Clean sculpt is fine, but those green clear parts man...even Aoshima sculpted the inner details in their release...2 decades ago.
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