I have a question since I lack the knowledge about HLJ service.
Is there any chance of getting first release bonus from HLJ?
I was in my binge watching mode and totally forgot about logging into AmiAmi for Drive sigh =.=

Wow Drive went out fast on NY. I guess I will likely wait for him to go out on the after market now seeing that Bluefin is likely not going to release him just like with Gaim if Bandai Tamashii Nation wants to keep their stocks of figuarts limit to Japan.

Sad to say, but with HLJ you're lucky if your preorder gets filled in the first place. They used to awesome once upon a time. Not so much anymore.

HLJ is great for anything not Toku related. They've never screwed me with Gundam, Transformers or any other other item. It's just super strange how bad they are at fulfilling preorders for anything toku.

I've always gotten the initial release bonus from HLJ when ordered right away when they go up. So they do send them if you're lucky enough.

I've heard of people in the past whom got screwed over out of First release pre order bonuses.

Missed my chance at NY unfortunately. Ah well, Mandarake it is, I'm not even going to bother with HLJ. I'm surprised he went so quickly though, I figured he'd last longer considering how it's been relatively easy to get Drive stuff up until now. I won't make that mistake again!

I don't think that their Gunpla pre-orders sell out as fast, I rarely see an Order Stop.

Certain big ones do. PG Unicorn and the LED Kit for instance sold out super quickly. Similar thing happened with Sazabi Ver Ka. IIRC.

And with the RG Exia and a couple others, but none of the HGs and most of the MGs don't go on Order Stop.