OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG!! [Ginrai reissue]

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Wed Jul 17, 2002 11:54 pm

decided to have a look in Hobby Link Japan a few minutes ago...
http://www.hlj.com/cgi-local/hljpage.cgi?TAK07494
knickers are creamed
"buy this item" was clicked

and I thought I was annoyed for missing it at half price!

£13 (excl postage) for a God Ginrai...

never again · Post by **never again** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 12:34 am

that is a good deal.

yakumo · Post by **yakumo** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 1:23 am

How much for P+P to the UK thou, its got be quite huge for something that size...if its a tenner then I'm gonna buy one

BigMaki · Post by **BigMaki** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 1:31 am

Wow, if they had a Fire Guts God Ginrai at that price, I'd bite...

Still, that's an awesome deal, even with shipping costs!

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 2:47 am

Clucking bell — get your orders in before they notice the misprint!

Lemming · Post by **Lemming** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 4:58 am

$20 US that's a heck of a deal, but what is their shipping.

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 11:11 am

the estimated shipping is the price given to the left of the item price.
for US, it's 2500 yen (so, you're paying $40 roughly)
for UK/Europe, it's 2180 yen (so you're paying £25 roughly)

I'd still say this is a bloody good deal..

Denyer - what misprint?
last time it was at 50%, it was like that for 2 weeks...

but, I don't care, my order is confirmed

yakumo · Post by **yakumo** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 11:57 am

£38???

Its a good price, but I getting my brother to order it in Hong Kong, so shipping will be less...

However Capt be careful about customs and stuff, I know a few friends from anime forums who have their wallets stung becasue of importing etc...

Ask if Hobby Japan can mark you package as a gift too...

Well Done

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 1:07 pm

no, £35 is including the postage...
it's roughyly the same as the item itself...

with Import Tax, yeah I know.
it depends on the size of the item and what it's described as
A friend had 2 Starscream reissues delivered from them a while back, and didn't get hit.

and if they mark the value on the box, it should be OK
(another company - from Hong Kong this time - I'm buying from marks the value down to 10% (£100 marked as £10) then as gift too... they very, very rarely have them hit with import duty)

yakumo · Post by **yakumo** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 2:17 pm

Yo capt, can you tell me any Hk TF online stores???

Post by **Denyer** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 3:18 pm

Originally posted by Capt
Denyer - what misprint?

Oh, I'm just incredulous... turn of phrase.

Unicron · Post by **Unicron** » Thu Jul 18, 2002 4:14 pm

Actually, it was at 50% off for like the last 2 months or more. They must have a buttload in stock and are deperate to dump them. Needlees to say, I plan on trying to get one

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Fri Jul 19, 2002 11:07 pm

Originally posted by yakumo
Yo capt, can you tell me any Hk TF online stores???

sorry, don't know of any (shop I;m dealing with in HK is for airsoft)

Sir Auros · Post by **Sir Auros** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 12:47 am

Well, I placed and order, now I just hope they have 'em in stock and that I'll have the money to get one soon.

Dinobot · Post by **Dinobot** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 1:24 am

Noooooooooo!!!!!!!! I've just paid the guts of 50 quid for one! Nooooooo!!!!!!!

*Kills self*

yakumo · Post by **yakumo** » Sat Jul 20, 2002 10:05 am

So its £38 for God Ginrai and that includeds P+P??

Lemming · Post by **Lemming** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 6:43 am

such a good deal, too bad we can't wait and see about pm prime reussie first...

Unicron · Post by **Unicron** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 11:19 am

I got in order in for one as of yesterday.

And as for the PM Prime re-issue, word is its going to happen. It also seems likely that Godbomber will be included, but he hasn't been given an "official" name yet.

Knowing Hasbro, the PM Prime re-issue will be $40 or more and be a store specific exclusive. And then there's the problem of will they use the Japanese or US mold since there are some minor differences.

Cliffjumper · Post by **Cliffjumper** » Sun Jul 21, 2002 11:48 am

At least with a Ginrai reissue from Japan you know what you're getting - Hasbro at best will accurately reproduce Ginrai, and just put him in a different box...

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Mon Jul 22, 2002 11:54 pm

Originally posted by yakumo
So its £38 for God Ginrai and that includeds P+P??

oops...(sorry for taking so long to reply - forgot I had posted this :/)
no, it;'s £25 - I have a habit of doing £3 instead of £2 - or 4570 Yen according to my confirmation email.

Lemming - I think I'd rather get(ting) the Takara version (especially since it'll be cheaper at this precise point in time) since, as QS said, you know exactly what you're getting.

G84 - I fell your pain...*snigger*

Unicron - I think they'd have to use the Jinrai mold, since (AFAIK - tell you in a week or so

) God Bomber requires the Jinrai arms.
Actually, they probably only need to use the arm molds...the rest will probably be the same cheaper version that PM Prime was

Auros - as you've probably found out, they had PLENTY of GJ's in stock - hence the clearance sale...