30th Anniversary RE-LAUNCH: Zoids Original!

[Syphar]

It's a beautiful Zoid but ugh, what a pricetag. I kind of hope they don't release something I will fall absolutely in love with because I would hate to know the price of getting one sent to Australia if it has to go via a US middleman.

It sucks that they don't ship internationally from the Tomy store. Understandable, but a shame.

I love how cute the Mirage Fox's face is though, and the purple eyes are so lovely against the gold.

[wolves]

Not that anyone cares but I'm so proud of myself for resisting and it took all day long of going back and forth to realize that I can't justify the price. Foxy isn't "that" Zoid for me and the standard is enough for me to appreciate but it looks great. I love the pink canopy and slight re-design. Can't wait to see peeps pictures upon delivery.

[wolves]

May 8, 2013 20:04:03 GMT -5 Syphar said:

go via a US middleman.

The middleman services are in Japan so your shipping cost might be lower. All the same fees would apply though but they really aren't awful.

[Snowflake]

It's an actual business they're running, Tilly? Why does it cost them so much then? They need to get more efficient.. it shouldn't cost them 9 extra dollars for internal shipping when they should be shipping it straight to you..

[wolves]

^ Takara doesn't ship internationally, so they have to ship to a Japanese warehouse. Those shipping costs are determined by the Japanese postal system. Celga/Japamart etc just relay those costs to us. The only thing they really charge is their fee for having a place to ship to us from.

[Maethius]

Thanks to Darwock on ZP for this:

Radiokaikan Mirage Review

[Snowflake]

hmm seems like fewer paint apps than the original. I still want it!!!!
Oh they have a warehouse?? seems like a business that large would be able to keep its costs down with volume.. oh well.

[wolves]

I again must change my earlier response.

I ordered the Fox due to a tip on Tumblr from someone living in the US. They used and suggested FromJapan. My total BEFORE shipping to the US(but including all other fees) is between $31 and $34.

They're prompt and their fees are much lower than Celga or Japamart. Commission for FromJapan is $2 vs $10 and their internal shipping shaved another $2. You pay in 2 parts and have a week to pay from the estimate date.

[Snowflake]

Maybe if TakaraTomy notices how many of their sales are going to resellers they'll reconsider international shipping. A girl can dream.
in the meantime I guess that's not that bad. It's not even actually out yet, right? so we have some time to consider options before it's too late..

[wolves]

Maybe and really, hopefully. Because if I had to use a reseller for each piece, there's probably very little chance I'll get anything else in the line if they greenlight one.

Fox is not out yet. End of June I believe is the release date but the translated page says that when pre-orders fill, they will decide whether to make more or stop there.

[Snowflake]

sigh. preorders. another thing I really approve of for business reasons but that resellers have a great way of unbalancing

[Argyle]

I guess I'm lucky then. A childhood friend of mine now lives in Japan, and he helps me get model kits for much cheaper than on Ebay or resellers. I'm not willing to pay a premium price for such a thing. :/

[wolves]

^ SUPER lucky. I got a friend to get me HMM chrome and some figures and basically the chrome was free once I sold everything else. She's back here in the US now though. Got lucky that time.

[Snowflake]

I don't suppose your friend would be willing to buy up a few more if we paypal'd him the money plus a modest fee for his troubles (but still less than the whole proxy warehouse malarkey)
i'd understand if you'd rather not awkwardize things by bringing that up

[Karl Schubaltz]

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