MP Bluestreak & Prowl fully revealed

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Originally Posted by Shirokaze

Just a warning when pre-ordering from HLJ that there's a good chance you'll still miss out as they've recently screwed me on BOTH MP-15 and MP-16.

The worst part is they don't bother to tell you that they're unable to fill your order. The only way you know is when you don't receive the parcel, by which time everyone else has sold out or jacked up their prices to meet the demand.

When I emailed them to see what was going on, they basically said "If you don't like it, cancel your order and buy it elsewhere."

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wow. that's pretty shitty of them. thanks for the heads up shiro, its been years since i ordered from hlj.

I've personally never had any problems with HLJ. :o <knock.on.wood>

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Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime

I've personally never had any problems with HLJ. :o <knock.on.wood>

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nobody does, until they do.

i had been buying from RK for years and the one time they screw up is with my masterpiece Soundwave order and it really just left me bitter towards them.

Dang, I always hate these bad stories about online retailers I've used in the past. Always makes me slightly scared about ordering from them again.

Personally I haven't had any issues ordering from HLJ (MP Grimlock, a bunch of Revoltech transformers).

I've ordered MP18 and MP19 from RK, so I'm hoping they do well. Only issue with them is that they charge you straight away rather than when the stock comes in.

The worst part about it is that I've been a customer of HLJ for the last 10 years and I've never had reason to doubt that I would get an order until now, so unfortunately the trust is gone. I'll still probably buy in-stock items through them, but when it comes to high-demand figures I'll be going elsewhere to secure them.

Of course I'm not saying people shouldn't pre-order MP-17 & 18 through them, just suggesting that it's wise to have a backup plan. :)

That's fair enough. I've used HLJ intermittently for the past 10 years too and I personally haven't had a problem.

I wonder if I should cancel my HLJ order and just go with Amazon Japan. They're now offering a pre-order discount and of course I'd get the exclusive launchers... hmm... tempting.

I think I like the look of these guys better then the other Lambor and Red Alert figures. Might get Prowl, not sure about the others

I just noticed on the Amazon.jp site that Prowl now has an August 31st release with Bluestreak... it originally had a July release, a month before Bluestreak. More time to save for it, but now a bigger hit at once.

Maybe they just had the release date wrong as I've only ever read August '13 (what I've put in my sig).

man sucks that this is going on. I've heard of the delays with Mp Soundwave. I have my first order of MP Prowl with HLJ after lots of recommendations to use them. Now i'm a bit worried. THeir price is fantastic on the preorders so hopefully there are no problems.