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Post by donatello on Dec 23, 2019 4:10:58 GMT -5
Hmm still I'm not really sure about it, it takes the older design (not ver. Ka) of the NU and without the open hatches its blocky and to old-skool for me. But with the Fin-funnels and open hatches it's really an amazing display piece! Also the display base is just bare plastic, they should have painted the whole thing to make it less toy-like.
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Post by bocasas on Dec 23, 2019 6:00:15 GMT -5
Happiest guy on earth also reviewed it:
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Post by sermis22 on Dec 23, 2019 7:57:50 GMT -5
After watching several video reviews, it is a beautiful piece. It is certainly designed to be the centerpiece of someone's collection. But, at least for me, it's not worth the crazy aftermarket prices this is now going for. Even the original MSRP is a hard swallow. But congrats to all who was able to pick one up; it will definitely be the highlight of your collection.
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Post by mpchi on Dec 23, 2019 12:50:11 GMT -5
Hmm still I'm not really sure about it, it takes the older design (not ver. Ka) of the NU and without the open hatches its blocky and to old-skool for me. But with the Fin-funnels and open hatches it's really an amazing display piece! Also the display base is just bare plastic, they should have painted the whole thing to make it less toy-like. I had the same feeling about the more old school look at the beginning. But after seeing more reveals, and now that there are quite a few reviews showing this line up side by side with the Ka. MG and the RG, this Metal Structure Nu managed to strike some nice balance that those other two didn't for me. Both MG & RG looks like the head are very small, torso very short, and legs exceptionally long, which I never thought of until now. MG Ka. Nu was my favorite Nu, as well as the Formania EX bust. While I still like some of the more modern take details on them more, I have to say this Metal Structure Nu has nicer overall proportions in comparison. Kind of strange that this thing slowly changed my mind on what I thought I liked best. |
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Post by borg001 on Dec 26, 2019 8:29:49 GMT -5
Any bros got it from amimai or HLJ ? The item shipped?
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Post by f360 on Dec 26, 2019 15:07:36 GMT -5
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Post by germie on Dec 27, 2019 1:12:24 GMT -5
Doesn’t seem like you can order from there if you’re outside Japan.
If you click on the overseas buyer link it takes you to a store that doesn’t have anything. Only shirts, hats and crap like that.
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Post by f360 on Dec 27, 2019 2:18:05 GMT -5
Doesn’t seem like you can order from there if you’re outside Japan. If you click on the overseas buyer link it takes you to a store that doesn’t have anything. Only shirts, hats and crap like that. For p-Bandai items it’s only for Japan , so you will need Japanese everything address , payment , etc . That’s where a proxy comes in , they can help you order , items gets shipped to them , then they ship to you . Proxy service will require item upfront payment before helping you place a order . they will normally ask for fees, domestic and international shipping later ,once item arrives at their warehouse. Ordering from proxy is pretty easy , once you know the p-Bandai item link, you can request them to preorder for you by giving them that link along with the item price and how many you want . They will then email you back with payment request, once you paid , they will try to get the preorder for you . If the items gets sold out , or the proxy used up all their extra shipping addresses , then they will just refund back your money . P-Bandai set item limits per account so if it’s limited to 2 per account then it usually fills up the proxy pretty quickly which means even if it’s still available at p-Bandai , the proxy that used up all their addresses will not be able to order anymore . So you might need to place a order at one proxy and a 2nd order at another proxy. I used fromjapan, zenmarket and whiterabbitexpress . Please go there and read their guide and take a look on how to order. The reason I post the japan p-bandai link is because that's where the preorder is open. There's nothing on the usa p bandai site. If you are getting redirected after clicking that p-Bandai link then Scroll down to where it says (view premium Bandai in japan) It should then direct you to the main p-bandai page. You can then either click the original p-bandai item link,. or just copy and paste the item link again and it will go there directly. |
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Post by mpchi on Dec 27, 2019 12:59:43 GMT -5
Doesn’t seem like you can order from there if you’re outside Japan. If you click on the overseas buyer link it takes you to a store that doesn’t have anything. Only shirts, hats and crap like that. For p-Bandai items it’s only for Japan , so you will need Japanese everything address , payment , etc . That’s where a proxy comes in , they can help you order , items gets shipped to them , then they ship to you . Proxy service will require item upfront payment before helping you place a order . they will normally ask for fees, domestic and international shipping later ,once item arrives at their warehouse. Ordering from proxy is pretty easy , once you know the p-Bandai item link, you can request them to preorder for you by giving them that link along with the item price and how many you want . They will then email you back with payment request, once you paid , they will try to get the preorder for you . If the items gets sold out , or the proxy used up all their extra shipping addresses , then they will just refund back your money . P-Bandai set item limits per account so if it’s limited to 2 per account then it usually fills up the proxy pretty quickly which means even if it’s still available at p-Bandai , the proxy that used up all their addresses will not be able to order anymore . So you might need to place a order at one proxy and a 2nd order at another proxy. I used fromjapan, zenmarket and whiterabbitexpress . Please go there and read their guide and take a look on how to order. The reason I post the japan p-bandai link is because that's where the preorder is open. There's nothing on the usa p bandai site. If you are getting redirected after clicking that p-Bandai link then Scroll down to where it says (view premium Bandai in japan) It should then direct you to the main p-bandai page. You can then either click the original p-bandai item link,. or just copy and paste the item link again and it will go there directly. I always get re-directed back to the overseas page even after doing all f360 suggested, with the exception when I use a computer that may get by it after a few tries. Always forced me back to the generic overseas page with my tablet, even if I cut and paste links or click on jp site button. Very annoying, and can't even view those orders anymore, unless I am at work with a desktop or turn on my laptop, which I don't use as often at home. Hated that about their site, as I am well versed to navigate their Japanese site without artificial help. I noticed them doing this months ago, with some sort of region/IP address detection of sort. |
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Post by innorous on Dec 27, 2019 13:58:27 GMT -5
For p-Bandai items it’s only for Japan , so you will need Japanese everything address , payment , etc . That’s where a proxy comes in , they can help you order , items gets shipped to them , then they ship to you . Proxy service will require item upfront payment before helping you place a order . they will normally ask for fees, domestic and international shipping later ,once item arrives at their warehouse. Ordering from proxy is pretty easy , once you know the p-Bandai item link, you can request them to preorder for you by giving them that link along with the item price and how many you want . They will then email you back with payment request, once you paid , they will try to get the preorder for you . If the items gets sold out , or the proxy used up all their extra shipping addresses , then they will just refund back your money . P-Bandai set item limits per account so if it’s limited to 2 per account then it usually fills up the proxy pretty quickly which means even if it’s still available at p-Bandai , the proxy that used up all their addresses will not be able to order anymore . So you might need to place a order at one proxy and a 2nd order at another proxy. I used fromjapan, zenmarket and whiterabbitexpress . Please go there and read their guide and take a look on how to order. The reason I post the japan p-bandai link is because that's where the preorder is open. There's nothing on the usa p bandai site. If you are getting redirected after clicking that p-Bandai link then Scroll down to where it says (view premium Bandai in japan) It should then direct you to the main p-bandai page. You can then either click the original p-bandai item link,. or just copy and paste the item link again and it will go there directly. I always get re-directed back to the overseas page even after doing all f360 suggested, with the exception when I use a computer that may get by it after a few tries. Always forced me back to the generic overseas page with my tablet, even if I cut and paste links or click on jp site button. Very annoying, and can't even view those orders anymore, unless I am at work with a desktop or turn on my laptop, which I don't use as often at home. Hated that about their site, as I am well versed to navigate their Japanese site without artificial help. I noticed them doing this months ago, with some sort of region/IP address detection of sort. Try this: If you are using CHROME: Go to settings Privacy and security Site Settings Cookies and site data On the Clear on exit, go add a URL p-bandai.jp Once do above, close browser and try again copy the PO URL link from the board open a new tab and paste the URL The first time it will give you generic oversea page on the same oversea page, paste the URL again, this time it should lead you to correct page, hopefully.. |
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Post by f360 on Dec 27, 2019 14:21:33 GMT -5
For p-Bandai items it’s only for Japan , so you will need Japanese everything address , payment , etc . That’s where a proxy comes in , they can help you order , items gets shipped to them , then they ship to you . Proxy service will require item upfront payment before helping you place a order . they will normally ask for fees, domestic and international shipping later ,once item arrives at their warehouse. Ordering from proxy is pretty easy , once you know the p-Bandai item link, you can request them to preorder for you by giving them that link along with the item price and how many you want . They will then email you back with payment request, once you paid , they will try to get the preorder for you . If the items gets sold out , or the proxy used up all their extra shipping addresses , then they will just refund back your money . P-Bandai set item limits per account so if it’s limited to 2 per account then it usually fills up the proxy pretty quickly which means even if it’s still available at p-Bandai , the proxy that used up all their addresses will not be able to order anymore . So you might need to place a order at one proxy and a 2nd order at another proxy. I used fromjapan, zenmarket and whiterabbitexpress . Please go there and read their guide and take a look on how to order. The reason I post the japan p-bandai link is because that's where the preorder is open. There's nothing on the usa p bandai site. If you are getting redirected after clicking that p-Bandai link then Scroll down to where it says (view premium Bandai in japan) It should then direct you to the main p-bandai page. You can then either click the original p-bandai item link,. or just copy and paste the item link again and it will go there directly. I always get re-directed back to the overseas page even after doing all f360 suggested, with the exception when I use a computer that may get by it after a few tries. Always forced me back to the generic overseas page with my tablet, even if I cut and paste links or click on jp site button. Very annoying, and can't even view those orders anymore, unless I am at work with a desktop or turn on my laptop, which I don't use as often at home. Hated that about their site, as I am well versed to navigate their Japanese site without artificial help. I noticed them doing this months ago, with some sort of region/IP address detection of sort. If it's on tablet or phone, then you can also dry different browsers, Firefox private mode works best for me. Also on either computer, tablet or phone, you can play with VPN too.. try searching for 1111 on your phone apps. For computer and phone, you can try windscribe or other vpn service which you can even select servers in japan so p-bandai will think you are in japan if everything else fails.  |
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Post by Daniel77 on Dec 27, 2019 14:53:27 GMT -5
Really hope Bluefin will open up preorders of metal structure funnel sometime soon.
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 27, 2019 17:11:56 GMT -5
When the international page opens up..I just close it and reopen the link lol.
I got my funnels ordered locally..what would be the best proxy to use in terms of who is the fastest to buy them. Zenmarket has delivered but they take ages to get the item lol
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Post by f360 on Dec 27, 2019 20:55:11 GMT -5
When the international page opens up..I just close it and reopen the link lol. I got my funnels ordered locally..what would be the best proxy to use in terms of who is the fastest to buy them. Zenmarket has delivered but they take ages to get the item lol Fastest to buy seems to be case by case, what you got to make sure is to have your 1st payment paid before preorder starts. Sometime you will need to us 2 proxy and hope 1 of them gets the preorder in, should 1 fail , they will normally do a quick refund. And if both of them were able to preorder. then you will just end up with 2 orders. I use fromjapan most of the time.. and use dejapan and zenmarket as backup. |
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Post by tjdetweiler on Dec 27, 2019 21:17:47 GMT -5
When the international page opens up..I just close it and reopen the link lol. I got my funnels ordered locally..what would be the best proxy to use in terms of who is the fastest to buy them. Zenmarket has delivered but they take ages to get the item lol Fastest to buy seems to be case by case, what you got to make sure is to have your 1st payment paid before preorder starts. Sometime you will need to us 2 proxy and hope 1 of them gets the preorder in, should 1 fail , they will normally do a quick refund. And if both of them were able to preorder. then you will just end up with 2 orders. I use fromjapan most of the time.. and use dejapan and zenmarket as backup. Damn! 2? Haha that medthod is too rich for my build, thanks mate. Looks like this bad boy is being sold locally for 1600 usd / 160k yen but already shipped. |
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Post by f360 on Dec 27, 2019 21:43:25 GMT -5
Fastest to buy seems to be case by case, what you got to make sure is to have your 1st payment paid before preorder starts. Sometime you will need to us 2 proxy and hope 1 of them gets the preorder in, should 1 fail , they will normally do a quick refund. And if both of them were able to preorder. then you will just end up with 2 orders. I use fromjapan most of the time.. and use dejapan and zenmarket as backup. Damn! 2? Haha that medthod is too rich for my build, thanks mate. Looks like this bad boy is being sold locally for 1600 usd / 160k yen but already shipped. no Metal Structure for me ,so no funnel option set either.  money saved . .....but I'm sure it will be just spend elsewhere ... me and my buying habits. |
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Post by mpchi on Dec 27, 2019 21:45:48 GMT -5
I always get re-directed back to the overseas page even after doing all f360 suggested, with the exception when I use a computer that may get by it after a few tries. Always forced me back to the generic overseas page with my tablet, even if I cut and paste links or click on jp site button. Very annoying, and can't even view those orders anymore, unless I am at work with a desktop or turn on my laptop, which I don't use as often at home. Hated that about their site, as I am well versed to navigate their Japanese site without artificial help. I noticed them doing this months ago, with some sort of region/IP address detection of sort. Try this: If you are using CHROME: Go to settings Privacy and security Site Settings Cookies and site data On the Clear on exit, go add a URL p-bandai.jp Once do above, close browser and try again copy the PO URL link from the board open a new tab and paste the URL The first time it will give you generic oversea page on the same oversea page, paste the URL again, this time it should lead you to correct page, hopefully.. Thanks for the tips. I use Chrome on my tablet, but don't see "Clear on exit" options in the cookie settings. Try deleting and block cookies just for p-bandai.jp but doesn't change anything. Don't want to side track the thread too much on these, but very appreciate your help, as well as f360's. No word from Bluefin yet on my Nu Gundam PO. Wonder when they will get their stock ready. |
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Post by leeboo1211 on Dec 27, 2019 21:58:10 GMT -5
Try this: If you are using CHROME: Go to settings Privacy and security Site Settings Cookies and site data On the Clear on exit, go add a URL p-bandai.jp Once do above, close browser and try again copy the PO URL link from the board open a new tab and paste the URL The first time it will give you generic oversea page on the same oversea page, paste the URL again, this time it should lead you to correct page, hopefully.. Thanks for the tips. I use Chrome on my tablet, but don't see "Clear on exit" options in the cookie settings. Try deleting and block cookies just for p-bandai.jp but doesn't change anything. Don't want to side track the thread too much on these, but very appreciate your help, as well as f360's. No word from Bluefin yet on my Nu Gundam PO. Wonder when they will get their stock ready. I think they are typically a month behind due to shipping, via sea I assume. That's usually the time lag for the P-Bandai items I've gotten through Bluefin. |
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Post by mecha-mania on Dec 30, 2019 2:00:05 GMT -5
Try this: If you are using CHROME: Go to settings Privacy and security Site Settings Cookies and site data On the Clear on exit, go add a URL p-bandai.jp Once do above, close browser and try again copy the PO URL link from the board open a new tab and paste the URL The first time it will give you generic oversea page on the same oversea page, paste the URL again, this time it should lead you to correct page, hopefully.. Thanks for the tips. I use Chrome on my tablet, but don't see "Clear on exit" options in the cookie settings. Try deleting and block cookies just for p-bandai.jp but doesn't change anything. Don't want to side track the thread too much on these, but very appreciate your help, as well as f360's. No word from Bluefin yet on my Nu Gundam PO. Wonder when they will get their stock ready. I think the issue is due to the online site (japan p bandai in this case) ability to detect your local IP address, that’s the reason why it redirect you to your local site. You might want to give VPN a go, if you subscribed to such a service. I use ExpressVPN myself, allows me to buy stuff overseas that do not sell/ship to my country due to licensing issues |
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Post by getterjehuty on Dec 30, 2019 12:14:08 GMT -5
Hmm still I'm not really sure about it, it takes the older design (not ver. Ka) of the NU and without the open hatches its blocky and to old-skool for me. But with the Fin-funnels and open hatches it's really an amazing display piece! Also the display base is just bare plastic, they should have painted the whole thing to make it less toy-like. I am on your side about the display base and the Ver Ka preference but the design is a mixture of old and a little bit of ver ka. It looks like IMO a different Nu Gundam vs the anime OVA. Lot's of design differences. |
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