They have been for a little bit. They had Deadlock
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They have been for a little bit. They had Deadlock
Got payment requests for Computron, Blurr and Scourge.
Thought I'd see if I could order a spare Blurr but he's delisted now. He went....
:cool:
fast
Got charged for Scourge but not blurr who is now listed as Discontinued in my order list. HLJ f***s up my pre-order yet again. That's about the fourth time in as many months. And I don't even order that much stuff from them.
Are there any other sources out there at reasonable prices?
HAHA, I see what you did there.
Drum roll please :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
I did see an Aussie seller on eBay with a "preorder" listing that wasn't too bad (about $50 plus postage from Sydney)Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober
Thanks Paul. Hopefully that one comes through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Paulbot
If they haven't contacted you yet that they can't fill your order, it might still come through. I ordered two last month and they were discontinued on release day and took two weeks for HLJ to finally find stock and charge me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober
Yeah, I've had that happen too, but they didn't contact me either way. It just changes from Backordered to Discontinued without notice. I shot them an email and will wait for their response.Quote:
Originally Posted by griffin
Just paid for UW Computicon. Now to wait for shipment......
Looks like I didn't get Blurr from the first batch either, so will have to wait a week or two to see if they find some more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tober
MP Grapple
https://secure.hlj.com/product/TKT86179
And Legends Astrotrain
https://secure.hlj.com/product/TKT87390
Diaclone Dia Battles V2 is on sale (11,250 Yen)
The September items are in, as I just got charged for Fort Max and Weirdwolf.
I just realised I hadn't paid for Fort Max and this is not a good fortnight. Eek!!!
I just saw that HLJ has listed the first 10 of the Movie Anniversary toys, plus (Headmaster) Leo Prime, and they are all as Order Stop already. :eek:
They weren't up for very long as I check it often... so hopefully they just had very conservative numbers first, and will be pre-ordering more from TakaraTomy to open up more units for us to pre-order later.
(not that I might get all of the Movie toys, but I want to lock them in early and decide later when we see actual images of the toys)
FEBRUARY
LG41 Leo Prime
MB-01 TF4 Voyager Optimus Prime
MB-02 TF3 Deluxe Bumblebee
MB-03 TF2 Voyager Megatron
MB-04 TF3 Voyager Shockwave
MB-05 TF2 HFTD Deluxe Ironhide
MB-06 TF3 Deluxe Ratchet
MB-07 TF3 HA Soundwave
MB-08 TF2 Voyager Starscream
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MARCH
MB-09 TF4 Voyager Grimlock w/ Optimus
MB-10 TF4 Deluxe Strafe w/ Bumblebee
Not listed yet, so might be listed later, or is coming later than March...
MB-11 Leader Striker Optimus Prime
Probably old news for a few of us now, but Primal is now in stock for those with preorders.
Almost four weeks later, and Leo Prime & the Movie Anniversary toys are still on Order Stop. WTH...
To sell out that early, means they didn't have many units to begin with, and then not being able or willing to increase their order with TakaraTomy during that time, is very unusual, because they are obviously very popular, and HLJ would be missing out on a lot of money from people who have since pre-ordered elsewhere during those four weeks.
And they added MB-11 Optimus, but it obviously didn't last long either.
:confused:
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Originally Posted by griffin
^I will keep an eye out for MB-11 as I want him also.
MP Megatron is now listed
Cheers for the heads up mate! I've been checking every few days since I want the 'non-orange-cap' version. I reckon pre-orders will go fastQuote:
Originally Posted by Zippo
Not sure if this is old news but LG 39 Brainstorm is up for preorder.
http://hlj.com/product/TKT87281
They also have LG32&33 Chromedome and Highbrow as well.
And the new volume (2017) of the Generations guidebooks
http://hlj.com/product/TYT02274
Convobat is back "in stock" as a preorder, but no longer has the pre-order discount price of 7410yen, so it is now only available at the full price of 7800yen.
The amusing thing is that with the weakening of the Yen to the AU$ in the last few months, it is actually now cheaper in AU$ ($92) to when it was first listed with the pre-order discount ($95), which was a discount of about AU$5.
LG42 God Bomber
MP-37 Artfire
both listed today for May 2017 release.
There's now 1 less of each available after dropping them in my PW.
got sick of waiting for pc to send me an invoice so ive popped these two in pw as well:)Quote:
Originally Posted by MrTrick
yep, rather pay for the shipping and have it a week after release then waiting 3 months for it!Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
Can anyone tell me what their packaging is like? As this will be my first time dealing with them.
Not as bombproof as BBTS with wrapping all around, but they do use those plastic bubble pillow buffer things.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
Depending on your items, sometimes they wrap the items on a large piece of cardboard with plastic wrap, and then place that in the shipping carton and pad out the sides. The boxes they use aren't cheap and flimsy either, so you shouldn't have any dramas.
Yep, HLJ is pretty good with their packing...
http://www.toycollectors.com.au/blog/d223.jpg
Thanks guys just trying to find a good reliable place where my boxes arrive in tact.
Hey Zoon, I had a good email exchange with them when I was working out who to order from in Japan in 2014. They were really great to deal with but did explain they don't always use bubblewrap as Sinnertwin and Griffin have noted.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
So that led me to use Nippon-Yasan. They do a fantastic job packing, always use bubblewrap and other material. There has been the odd collector complaint that they jack up the shipping cost when an item becomes in stock. My only gripe was they charged more for Tracks on preorder than when it became in stock. But other than that, as a mostly MISB collector I've been very happy with them.
cheers for that, I also looked at ny but i needed to pick up some legends figures that only hlj had so I thought i'd give them ago first. But in saying that i need a new legends wheelie as bbts sent me a crappy box so I'll be hopping there sight soon. Do ny combine shipping?Quote:
Originally Posted by DaptoDog
Robotkingdom are brilliant. Strong cardboard box, polystyrene sheeting on all sides and packing peanuts.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
Don't forget the free packs of movie cards! 😎Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
Its about 3 years now they have been packing those in with each of my orders.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sinnertwin
Best thing to do is give them a try on a small order and see for yourself. Yes they both combine pre orders and split them. This is where the cost can get closer to PC's pricing.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
For example, I just pre-ordered Artfire today. Then I combined my existing pre-order for Frenzy/Buzzsaw, which only added 495 Yen (~$6) to the shipping cost. The cost of shipping the cassette's on their own was going to be almost 2,000 Yen, so it was well worthwhile combining. Best to combine for preorders due within a month or two of each other.
They have Paypal payment available among other options. Can also pay at anytime until just before it comes in stock. I sometimes pay it early if I want to lock in an exchange rate. Just never pay in A$, their conversion rate is terrible.
Yep they are the best in the biz IMO. I use them from time to time for figures that I'm catching up on. But unfortunately with where the US$ is it's quite expensive, particularly compared to ordering straight from the Japanese sellers.Quote:
Originally Posted by Omega Metro
I've only had two orders from them, but the boxes were mint, better than anything I've bought from stores (dents etc) and they empty space was filled with those packing air bags. Like car air bags but smaller, so transformer sized for their little heads while they are in transport in the back of astro train or Jetfire.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
Magna convoy is up now
Just got another thing from them today.Quote:
Originally Posted by ZoonMaster5000
The cardboard boxes they use are really sturdy, it's thick and durable (errr...) like the ones they use for some medical supplies that I regularly unpack at a local hospital. I've worked in a few factories and handled a lot of boxes, you get the thin stuff that collapses real easy, and this wavy more rigid type you can drop on the floor and kick across the room and 9/10 times the contents will be fine. They use to use that stronger type for 20 KG boxes (solid block that gets cut up by sellers) of cream cheese at my old work, it can take a lot of beating, and is more resistant to moisture thanks to the thicker cardboard.
You can see in the images they put a slip sheet of clear plastic over the toy box, and a cardboard backer in there to keep it sturdy.
In larger packages they put in air bags, peanuts whatever so that packages are not slopping around in empty space (1 of 2 common causes of damaged shit in the mail, the other being boxes dropped / thrown and kicked by handlers, no I am NOT JOKING AT ALL) :eek:
http://i.imgur.com/nSDxNhq.jpg