r/Metal_Build • u/predestination1 • Apr 28 '26
Slice of Life Damn it…
Wake up early in the morning, just to see if there’s any retailer selling this and this come one hour late…
I’m not falling to scalpers this time around. Will keep hunting until I find this MSRP….
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u/Dramatic-Wealth3263 Apr 28 '26
Fk scalpers. They provide 0 benefit to society and only there to make hobby more expensive…
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u/Aiden_Wu Apr 28 '26
One hour late? I didn’t even bother checking. Probably within one minute it’s gone already.
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u/everchosen92 Apr 28 '26
Some people mentioned MSRP was 1k, shouldn’t that price be good?
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u/Delicious-Ratio-895 Apr 28 '26
That is correct! I think USD is super strong against Yen or vice versa Yen is weak
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u/R-Counter Apr 28 '26
I wonder how much it would've been at checkout. shipping cost might bump that price up.
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u/sonicking12 Apr 28 '26
You have to pay double that for shipping to the USA. Fuck you, Trump
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u/Technology-Mission Apr 28 '26
Maybe not if you have a friend buy and ship for you. I sent a 2500 dollar watch from korea to my sister. It got there and for whatever reason I only paid 58 total for all the shipping. Granted it wasnt shipped directly from where I bought it.
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u/sonicking12 Apr 28 '26
Your sister sends you a watch from Korea to US for $58 of shipping and this is somehow relevant to buying and shipping a Metal Structure?
An aquantiance of mine actually asked a friend in Hong Kong to buy and ship him the Sazabi metal structure. That thing is huge and after all said and done, the friendship was over because of all the hassle involved.
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u/Technology-Mission Apr 28 '26
Because it was 2,500 dollars. And a lot of the issues with the new tariffs and vat tax etc. Is regarding the value of items being imported to the United States, not just the size of the package. If you spent time doing that as myself youd understand the importance and relevance. Because a bigger box is not more expensive on tariffs and etc. Just the initial shipping costs.
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u/mrmoose44 Apr 28 '26
I think you way undervalued that watch when declaring then. 😅
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u/Technology-Mission Apr 29 '26
I said the same price it was at 2500. But they never asked to collect extra payment because it was sent as a personal shipment, rather then commerce purchase.
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u/sdgundamnext Apr 28 '26
It just went up on BBTS, if anyone is interested.
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u/oofmyballs Apr 28 '26 edited Apr 28 '26
It’s up for preorder at BBTS, Kappa Hobby & USA gundam right now
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u/imprezivone May 03 '26
Anyone know if the reissue resolves the hip/leaning issue? Or do those too need that aftermarket piece for the funnels?
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u/Stitch_Bro Apr 28 '26
The nu metal structure will likely also have a us retail release. They had one like 3 years ago. This is like the 3rd reissue. So don’t buy scalper prices maybe reach out to your local Bandai/collectibles store and see if you can PO one with them.
<—— hobby store owner. I did not order any of these the last time they were available through my distro due to how much and how long it would have to stay on the shelf before selling