More Japan sites offering UW 04 Devastator Pre-orders (HLJ and Amiami)

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It's a big day for Takara's Unite Warriors UW 04 Devastator. We finally get his official stock images showing all the delicious new paint apps and now two more Japan sites are offering up pre-orders.

It's a big day for Takara's Unite Warriors UW 04 Devastator. We finally get his official stock images showing all the delicious new paint apps and now two more Japan sites are offering up pre-orders.

HLJ has their preorder up for 20,000 Yen, which equals 164$ US.

Amiami also has their preorder up (thanks to a tip from Cobotron and Carrytheone) for 18,730 Yen, which equals 152$ US.

These two join anime-export in Japanese sites offering discounts on Devastator (Anime-export has him for 17500 Yen (146$ US), for those keeping track).

Both of these prices do not include shipping which depends on where Devastator is being sent. Another point that should be taken into account is the exchange rate. While the low Yen was favorable for American buyers, a change in the Yen could means a premium down the line. In certain cases, you cannot cancel a pre-order (at amiami for instance) and while you only have to pay when an item is ready to ship (in this case, December), the future exchange rate is unpredictable. Just something to consider for anyone who hasn't imported from Japan before.

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Re: More Japan sites offering UW 04 Devastator Pre-orders (HLJ and Amiami) (view post)

Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2015

Cobotron wrote:UW Devy is up for pre-order at amiami!
http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-012326&page=top%2Fsearch%2Flist%3Fs_cate3%3D986%24s_maker%3DTakara+Tomy%24pagemax%3D40%24getcnt%3D0%24pagecnt%3D1
18730 yen, $152.82 USD before shipping

So, cobotron, will you be getting this guy or the hasbro version? I always wanted to get Takara's simply to encourage them to keep doing the good work and I preffer supporting them. I am just happy it wont cost me an arm and a leg to do it (just a few fingers).

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2015

ouraziel wrote:I hopped on the site, but once the shipping was factored in, it wasn't that much more to get it from BBTS, so I'm sticking with my pre-order from them. I've resisted any of the UW versions so far, ( a few pain apps don't make that big of a difference to me) but this seems like a large enough improvement to warrant the purchase.

Why not go to TF Source, they give you free shipping. And you get a slight discount too http://tfsource.com/transformers-unite/devastator/

Oh and WELCOME!!!!!!

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Comment by DeadCaL Jul 8, 2015

Is it just the photography, or is the Takara Devastator more yellow than he Hasbro one?

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Comment by Jelze Bunnycat Jul 8, 2015

DeadCaL wrote:Is it just the photography, or is the Takara Devastator more yellow than he Hasbro one?

Call it a lighting fluke until we get comparison images.

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Comment by NuclearConvoy Jul 8, 2015

william-james88 wrote:It's a big day for Takara's Unite Warriors UW 04 Devastator. We finally get his official stock images showing all the delicious new paint apps and now two more Japan sites are offering up pre-orders.

HLJ has their preorder up for 20,000 Yen, which equals 164$ US.

Amiami also has their preorder up (thanks to a tip from Cobotron and Carrytheone) for 18,730 Yen, which equals 152$ US.

These two join anime-export in Japanese sites offering discounts on Devastator (Anime-export has him for 17500 Yen (146$ US), for those keeping track).

Both of these prices do not include shipping which depends on where Devastator is being sent. Another point that should be taken into account is the exchange rate. While the low Yen was favorable for American buyers, a change in the Yen could means a premium down the line. In certain cases, you cannot cancel a pre-order (at amiami for instance) and while you only have to pay when an item is ready to ship (in this case, December), the future exchange rate is unpredictable. Just something to consider for anyone who hasn't imported from Japan before.

Considering the penchant currency has for changing value, prepaying with anime export doesn't seem too crazy today.

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Comment by Cobotron Jul 8, 2015

william-james88 wrote:So, cobotron, will you be getting this guy or the hasbro version? I always wanted to get Takara's simply to encourage them to keep doing the good work and I preffer supporting them. I am just happy it wont cost me an arm and a leg to do it (just a few fingers).

I am generous and friendly, and always enjoy helping fellow collectors get the thing they are after, but I'm not stupid. :lol:

You bet your beige banker britches I put in my prezie before I brought the info over here to the forums.

I've never chimed in on my opinion on whats going on with all the different Devy's. Honestly, I would have probably been happy with Hasbro's retail version. But I'm at a nice point in my life where I don't have to settle for second best anymore. I considered getting the retail version and the 3P fixes, but the money would be around the same as the Takara, and I don't want someone else to fix all the little issues. I want the experts to fix them, and they did.

I would have gone with anime-export, but truth is I don't have the scratch to throw down at the moment, but by December I can.
Also I've been at this long enough that I can totally tolerate the wait. Especially for a flip down visor! :lol:

(amongst other things)

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Comment by Emerje Jul 8, 2015

AmiAmi price is a bit disappointing since it starts from a base of 27,000JPY with the 8% sales tax while the other sites are going off of 25,000JPY without the tax. Still going to go with AmiAmi since December is an expensive holiday month and they give you a week to make your payment.

Emerje

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2015

Emerje wrote:AmiAmi price is a bit disappointing since it starts from a base of 27,000JPY with the 8% sales tax while the other sites are going off of 25,000JPY without the tax. Still going to go with AmiAmi since December is an expensive holiday month and they give you a week to make your payment.

Emerje

In terms of shipping do you think all Japan sites will charge about the same in a shipment of just devastator?

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Comment by NuclearConvoy Jul 8, 2015

Cobotron wrote:
william-james88 wrote:So, cobotron, will you be getting this guy or the hasbro version? I always wanted to get Takara's simply to encourage them to keep doing the good work and I preffer supporting them. I am just happy it wont cost me an arm and a leg to do it (just a few fingers).

I am generous and friendly, and always enjoy helping fellow collectors get the thing they are after, but I'm not stupid. You bet your beige banker britches I put in my prezie before I brought the info over here to the forums.

I've never chimed in on my opinion on whats going on with all the different Devy's. Honestly, I would have probably been happy with Hasbro's retail version. But I'm at a nice point in my life where I don't have to settle for second best anymore. I considered getting the retail version and the 3P fixes, but the money would be around the same as the Takara, and I don't want someone else to fix all the little issues. I want the experts to fix them, and they did.

I would have gone with anime-export, but truth is I don't have the scratch to throw down at the moment, but by December I can.
Also I've been at this long enough that I can totally tolerate the wait. Especially for a flip down visor! (amongst other things)

I'm likewise in a position to not settle for second best. I'm thinking of processing an order with Anime Export tonight, but I've never before dealt with them. Are they trustworthy if I am paying upfront like this?

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Comment by -Kanrabat- Jul 8, 2015

Any differences between the Takara nad Hasbro version of Devastator? Because I cant see any.

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Comment by ouraziel Jul 8, 2015

william-james88 wrote:
ouraziel wrote:I hopped on the site, but once the shipping was factored in, it wasn't that much more to get it from BBTS, so I'm sticking with my pre-order from them. I've resisted any of the UW versions so far, ( a few pain apps don't make that big of a difference to me) but this seems like a large enough improvement to warrant the purchase.

Why not go to TF Source, they give you free shipping. And you get a slight discount too http://tfsource.com/transformers-unite/devastator/

Oh and WELCOME!!!!!!

Thanks for the info! :grin:

Re: More Japan sites offering UW 04 Devastator Pre-orders (HLJ and Amiami) (view post)

Comment by ouraziel Jul 8, 2015

william-james88 wrote:
ouraziel wrote:I hopped on the site, but once the shipping was factored in, it wasn't that much more to get it from BBTS, so I'm sticking with my pre-order from them. I've resisted any of the UW versions so far, ( a few pain apps don't make that big of a difference to me) but this seems like a large enough improvement to warrant the purchase.

Why not go to TF Source, they give you free shipping. And you get a slight discount too http://tfsource.com/transformers-unite/devastator/

Oh and WELCOME!!!!!!

Thanks for the info! :grin:

Re: More Japan sites offering UW 04 Devastator Pre-orders (HLJ and Amiami) (view post)

Comment by Cobotron Jul 8, 2015

NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm likewise in a position to not settle for second best. I'm thinking of processing an order with Anime Export tonight, but I've never before dealt with them. Are they trustworthy if I am paying upfront like this?

I wish I could say. I've never ordered from them before. Where's Megatronus? He sure has been quiet lately. I think he has some experience with them.

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Comment by Cyberpath Jul 8, 2015

-Kanrabat- wrote:Any differences between the Takara nad Hasbro version of Devastator? Because I cant see any.

transformers-combiner-wars-devastator-so-big-it-needs-its-own-thread-p1705305.php#p1705305

(Thanks, Sabrblade.)

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Comment by Evil Eye Jul 8, 2015

-Kanrabat- wrote:Any differences between the Takara nad Hasbro version of Devastator? Because I cant see any.

ELBOWS

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Comment by cloneemperor Jul 8, 2015

Cobotron wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm likewise in a position to not settle for second best. I'm thinking of processing an order with Anime Export tonight, but I've never before dealt with them. Are they trustworthy if I am paying upfront like this?
I wish I could say. I've never ordered from them before. Where's Megatronus? He sure has been quiet lately. I think he has some experience with them.

I know I'm nobody to you guys, never really post, just lurk. That being said, I've ordered quite a bit from anime-export and I've never had a problem. I usually go with HLJ just because it means I don't have to pay for it right away, but whenever I go through anime-export, there's never a problem.

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Comment by fenrir72 Jul 8, 2015

william-james88 wrote:
Emerje wrote:AmiAmi price is a bit disappointing since it starts from a base of 27,000JPY with the 8% sales tax while the other sites are going off of 25,000JPY without the tax. Still going to go with AmiAmi since December is an expensive holiday month and they give you a week to make your payment.

Emerje

In terms of shipping do you think all Japan sites will charge about the same in a shipment of just devastator?

No. Some like hobbysearch don't use sal parcel for the bigger releases. And the rates vary by a few hundred yen.

And I'm gonna use my accumulated points for the year to lop off some of the cost for the Devman at amiami.

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Comment by william-james88 Jul 8, 2015

-Kanrabat- wrote:Any differences between the Takara nad Hasbro version of Devastator? Because I cant see any.

Look at the hands, the left foot and the threads, just to start. And of course, there are all the extra features but I assume you were talking about deco.

Cobotron wrote:
NuclearConvoy wrote:I'm likewise in a position to not settle for second best. I'm thinking of processing an order with Anime Export tonight, but I've never before dealt with them. Are they trustworthy if I am paying upfront like this?
I wish I could say. I've never ordered from them before. Where's Megatronus? He sure has been quiet lately. I think he has some experience with them.

Mooncake had experience with them and said they are perfectly fine. The only downside is paying sooner but I believe that it's also the reason for being the cheapest price around.

fenrir72 wrote:
No. Some like hobbysearch don't use sal parcel for the bigger releases. And the rates vary by a few hundred yen.

Well Anime export says you must go by EMS. However, as I learnt from amiami, the big boxes cost about the same from EMS to SAL but you get it a week earlier using EMS. A few hundred yen is something I can deal with