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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 27, 2017 15:38:52 GMT -5
One year ago - I bought this guy from Tokyo - Akihabara Radio Kaikan - got lucky that I was able to grab one 2 days before the release (27th of December got him, 29th was the release) and I have been asking around some shops and people have been saying all sold out everywhere including pre-orders in Japan. I didn't know anything about SOCs but already seen Voltes V before and it was August last year that I took interest of owning a Voltron as I have never owned one before but POs were not sold out that time (majority of JP based online retailers) I was hesitant to pull the trigger for 36K yen cause the SRP is 32K yen and we leave Japan on the 30th - good thing I didn't hesitate and just bought one (didn't imagine that the price would sky rocket like crazy), good times indeed, can't believe it was already a year! I don't usually open up boxes until we got home, but man as soon as we arrived on our apartment, I just opened the damn thing and the first thing that I noticed was the weight, "wow black lion is heavy!" SOC GX71 is my first SOC Sorry for being too sentiment, it was my first SOC and I'm glad it was Voltron!
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 26, 2017 16:52:07 GMT -5
That is a really good good price for something this rare! But yeah its random! wow! Good buy for those who didn't had one...
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 26, 2017 3:46:06 GMT -5
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 24, 2017 15:42:20 GMT -5
Can't wait! My only gripe is from the initial photos the eyes were not as dark as what is seen on this clip even without the light feature on. I hope that you can still see the whiteness on the eyes even without the light on effect. Only time will tell once we have the this in hand or reviews the figure
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 24, 2017 14:25:49 GMT -5
will this is like buying a fake Rolex lol tho why in hell Bandai wont shut down those who steal the GX-71 design !? Bandai police will get them for sure..they just shutdown dragon momoko who bootleg gundam kits..I reckon this guys know the legal process takes ages so they wont get cracked down anytime soon...
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 22, 2017 17:54:43 GMT -5
Just got mine from the post office, HLJ. Checked it out immediately and nothing missing as far as I can tell at the moment. As you can see, both chest and shoulder joints are plastic. I wonder why? Yeah man..not sure why bandai went to plastic joints on the shoulder a step backwards...glad your one is ok
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 21, 2017 21:42:51 GMT -5
They literally sculpted in the ab crunch on the leg lions without giving them the actual joint so yeah. hahaha! Straight up copied the SoC engineering for the combination - nice touch on the tail on the arms got to give them that Those sound effects are kinda annoying, hahaha! Happy for those people who will be getting one! Thanks for the vid!
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 21, 2017 15:49:59 GMT -5
1) DX Combattler 2) Metal build 00 Qan [T] Gundam 3) GX-72 Daizyujin
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 21, 2017 15:39:21 GMT -5
so who said the box is small ? ton of awesome photos linkThat is so awesome! I can't wait!
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 19, 2017 16:07:13 GMT -5
Nippon might be the cheapest but man there customer service sucks! Goodluck man..i hope bandai can do something with it...not your fault when something is missing..man seeing alot of qc issue on this thing floating around the web! I guess im really lucky with my one.. I got one in the last wave, so certainly not the cheapest. Paid $340 for a Metal Build with a missing piece. Again, I know it's a teeny tiny piece, but for a figure of that price I'm going to have some standards... It's not like I picked up some bootleg Metal Build (that ironically would have been more complete). I know what you mean man! Even it is a tiny piece that is unacceptable I do have an OCD on this sort of things no matter how small they are - plus the value of the figure does down. That sucks man - ask for HLJ for a discount code, I just emailed them as per what Leebo has advised. NY has him for 34K yen + shipping that is quite steep The figure looks good, it is awesome, but QC wise for other fellow collectors it could be one of the worst
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 19, 2017 14:12:06 GMT -5
I'm guessing Entertainment Earth gets it from BlueFin, which usually takes an extra couple of months. In truth, waiting for the US release is usually the cheapest way to get it, I'm just horribly impatient, and now that my QanT is missing a part I kinda screwed myself since I can't easily return it, and Nippon-Yasan denied my return and just said they'd try to contact Bandai. Nippon might be the cheapest but man there customer service sucks! Goodluck man..i hope bandai can do something with it...not your fault when something is missing..man seeing alot of qc issue on this thing floating around the web! I guess im really lucky with my one..
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 19, 2017 1:56:28 GMT -5
Hello, Thank you for your orders with us. Unfortunately, due to extremely heavy traffic on our site, the ordering system and shopping cart experienced some errors. These errors allowed many more orders for the BANN19258 METAL BUILD 00 QAN[T] to be accepted than we actually had in stock. Orders are filled in chronological order, and your remaining order for it was not in time for any of the few pieces we had. We are unable to acquire any more stock of this sold-out item, so have regretfully cancelled your order now. You were not charged for it. Please accept our apologies for the unfortunate news and inconvenience to you. We appreciate your understanding, and your business with us. Best Regards, Mark Kutsugi Customer Service HobbyLink Japan Oh shoot, that really really sucks... Hope I don't get the same email since I already canceled my other pre-order since the HLJ one went through. I would totally complain about it and say you're missing out on it since you canceled po with other retailers... See what they say. Maybe a discount code on future order at least? Yes..will do bud!!!! Oh no dude! I hope your one goes thru!! That sucks you get an email confirmation then gets cancelled..its for my cousin but his quite gutted
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 18, 2017 22:43:32 GMT -5
Hello,
Thank you for your orders with us.
Unfortunately, due to extremely heavy traffic on our site, the ordering system and shopping cart experienced some errors. These errors allowed many more orders for the BANN19258 METAL BUILD 00 QAN[T] to be accepted than we actually had in stock.
Orders are filled in chronological order, and your remaining order for it was not in time for any of the few pieces we had. We are unable to acquire any more stock of this sold-out item, so have regretfully cancelled your order now. You were not charged for it.
Please accept our apologies for the unfortunate news and inconvenience to you.
We appreciate your understanding, and your business with us.
Best Regards,
Mark Kutsugi Customer Service HobbyLink Japan
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 18, 2017 2:42:47 GMT -5
Idk why but I thought they would change up the boxart style this time around. Guess not. Yeah, but wasn't surprised since they want to distinguish the GFFMC line to the MB line. Ouch - QanT shoulder joints are not die cast like the usual MBs, prone to breakage glad that they used die cast joints for this WIng Zero, I'm more than happy.... (posted on last page) robotjapan.proboards.com/thread/24820/metal-composite-wing-zero-custom?page=13
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 17, 2017 23:43:15 GMT -5
Thanks bud! Ordered one for my cousin, how long does it take to receive the order confirmation, it has been a good 15 minutes, still nothing Thanks! It can take about an 1 hour, but you can check your order online too, it can show up on your order page before your email confirmation. I just emailed them and told me not to order a new one and hang on tight. Still nothing from the orders page - I just have to wait thanks bud
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 17, 2017 22:56:04 GMT -5
Thanks bud! Ordered one for my cousin, how long does it take to receive the order confirmation, it has been a good 15 minutes, still nothing Thanks!
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 17, 2017 19:41:39 GMT -5
phew - glad my one didnt had any issue - but yeah, that sucks, heard that the joints on the shoulders are plastic instead of die cast is this true?
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 17, 2017 14:08:54 GMT -5
Facebook not showing me anything, can you post the meat and potatos of the issue Basically, some joints of the Bandai 00Q are made of plastic instead of metal. People when transform between modes don't pay attention, so these plastic joints break. Some ppl advised to stay away from naked mode (aka. Quantum Burst mode). But that would completely kill the merit of getting a Bandai's over MoShow's. Thanks! Its touch move then for me - won't transform it on Burst mode....I'll try and recreate the portal thingy but thats it...
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 16, 2017 14:21:13 GMT -5
That packaging looks nice. I just hope it's not too flimsy. I dont normally pay attention on the packaging or box..but yeah this Box and packaging on this thing is all sorts of awesomeness!!!! Individually packed with numbers..wow!
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 15, 2017 21:03:07 GMT -5
ah, just paid my PO - w/ shipping $717 NZD ($USD) - glad that NZD picked up a bit - a few weeks back it was kinda weak, phew, looking forward to this beast!!!
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