Jinba only just came out this weekend so Kachidoki shouldn't be out this quick.

I've ordered from them several times. They only ship EMS, so the shipping can be on the more expensive side. They do ship fast and are very easy to deal with.

Ok, it looks as though I managed to score the last box of the Peach Energy/Shocker Lock Seed set from HLJ. It lists 4 items in the case, of which the Peach Energy Lock Seed, Shocker Lock Seed, and LED Shocker Lock Seed are three. Normally, I think the fourth would be a metallic version of the Peach Energy Lock Seed, but I can't find any confirmation of this. Anyone know for sure?

No, it is just those 3. And they are not guaranteed. So you might end up with multiple peach energy. Or multiple non LED Shocker Seeds. I hope you pull an LED! I'm waiting until later sets to try out HLJ's mini grab bags.

Ah, crap. Is that how those work? Man. I only ordered it because it was cheaper than an LED Shocker Seed from Mandarake and I thought I was getting one guaranteed. Are all the sets up for pre-order random assortments?

Ah well, live and learn. It's coming FedEx so it should be here soon, we'll see what I end up with.

does anyone know how long the belt is on the driver?

If they're Gash then yeah. Though you can get lucky. Vangelus got a box of the Blade/Kiva set and got BOTH LEDs.

Thanks again for the info, I greatly appreciate it! Sounds like he got a super lucky haul! It'd be nice to score double Shocker LEDs, but I'd be ecstatic for just one. It's going to be a rough wait for that box. :lol

Anyone have their AC Kachidoki from HLJ change status or ship? I got my order in the first day it was up but always get nervous when it doesn't go through by Saturday nght and wonder if I should try for one of CSToys tomorrow just in case.......

Still waiting on a payment request from them. I placed my order on 3/1, so I'm kind of hoping I get it soon.

I haven't heard of anyone getting there payment request yet. I'm still waiting on mine as well, hope they get it processed soon.

Here here.

I still haven't gotten mine in yet and I'm tempted to go with the CStoys one and add a few extra lock seeds to the shipment.

I'd do that if I had the money right now. As it is I have to let it sit in Private Warehouse.

Does anyone else think that instead of having Strawberry, Mango, Kiwi and Pine lockseeds we should have gotten Fifteen(Or Knuckle), Gridon, Kurokage and Bravo Lockseeds at retail instead?

No word from HLJ yet on AC Kachidoki, might have to go with Cstoys again.

Also I was wondering is 15 a tamashii exclusive? Also what about the showa and heisei lockseeds, are they a normal release?

Welp, just ordered with CStoys for Kachidoki.

Even if the HLJ orders just turn out to be delayed I don't want to risk it, for an extra couple bucks. Plus from what I could tell those guys went FAST, I think the eleven he got sold out in about two minutes if not less.

I didn't even get a chance D: Reloaded the page on the dot and nothing came into stock for me, really hoping HLJ come through now

I wasn't aware that buy it now was an option on new items on cstoys. I added to my cart right as the timer hit 0:00 and they were gone :(

How many tokunation members got lucky?

Still no sign of kachidoki from hlj, anyone hear anything yet?

Fifteen is Premium Bandai. And the Rider Taisen set is retail.

No word from hlj yet for me either but I got up early and picked up one from CSToys so happy about that!!!

No luck on Kachidoki from CStoys this morning :( Had it in my cart but while changing shipping it went out, really wish there was a 2 minute timer or something to keep them in the cart during checkout. I also noticed it took a minute or 2 past the activation timer going to zero to have it show up as in stock, is that normal? This is the first time I've tried getting something through them at activation.

Anyway, decided to console myself with Gridon and Kurogage off Mandarake (assuming neither is sold out).

The last few times I got up for a release they hit the cart probably 2 minutes after the hour or so and then just have to be so quick and have everything ready. :)

only just ordered my Jinba arms last week. so excited to get it in hand, soon as Kachidoki arms hits Mandarake im having it.

That was definitely not normal, usually it changes to in stock as soon as you refresh on the dot, but today it didn't go up until 1 and a half minutes...because of this I missed out on it because I had to go to work straight away. Though I guess it was bound to happen eventually, I'm usually part of the group that would bag the few ACs they get in haha. Did it three times in a row with Gridon, Kurokage and Jinba Arms.

Still waiting on HLJ, I'm actually not sure if I've missed out yet as no one has explicitly stated their order has entered processing yet.

Dug through my Lock Seed haul. I ended up with 1 Peach Energy, 2 Regular Shocker, and 1 broken Regular Shocker. No LEDs. Now I have to go back to trawling Mandarake for one. I am a very sad panda today. :(

http://shuangxi-in-spring.com/Images/sad-panda.jpg

Well... at least you can make some back by selling the extra Shockers? Unless the Shocker one is unusually high, the LED one should be about 2000 yen and the regulars sells for 600-800 yen there, so you could still make a few bucks selling them yourself to offset the cost.

Yeah, I paid around $20 for the four of them so I'm not out that much. But that's a good idea. I need to take apart the broken one to see what the problem with it is. If I can get that one working, I'll try to sell the other two. Thanks for the advice!

Cheer up bud, luckily, an LED Shocker lock seed usually costs 1200 instead of the usual 2000 yen. I've seen one pop up every so often, you just need to check :)

Yay! Good news at last! Thanks! On a related note, these darn Lock Seeds are a pain to take apart, aren't they?

Now you know how I feel when I made all those modifications :lol.

So far, Shocker LED has appeared twice but sold out quickly. I'll keep an eye out and notify you when it's back up :)

Man, that would be super, crazy, awesome! (And much appreciated!)

Edit: I do not envy the work you had to do to mod the Lock Seeds. I am, however, quite fond of the finished product. :D

Edit 2: Thanks to OOOs, I managed to get the disassembled Lock Seed back together after dropping all the pieces. No dice, though. There are no disconnected wires. They, or some other component, may be bad, but it isn't worth testing. 75% functioning rate is the best I'm going to get out of that lot, apparently.

Nut bros Mandarake order got cancelled, both were sold out. Trying again since another pair popped up for the same price pretty much (Kurokage is 500 yen less, Gridon 500 more so it's a wash). Hope I get them.

Anyone got a guide for adding a LED to a gashapon lockseed? Ive gotten it working, but I cant get it so the LED only activates when the sound starts, its always on. Ive followed several japanese videos and guides Ive found, but they all do the same thing.

You've got to connect the LED straight to the sound bit. If it's always on, it sound like you just added it to the circuit.

Honestly ive connected every bit to every other bit, thats why i came here as a last resort. Ive seen some people doing it with resistors and other parts, im curious if those are needed.

I don't think so. I had tested an LED by just touching it to the appropriate bits without actually bonding/soldering the connections and it had worked just fine. Though it was a bit dim. It only lit up when there was sound going through.

Does anyone know when (or if) the Gaim Q4 scans should be out?

The light only turns off for me at the end of s sound cycle, so after the 4th sound on a gashapon lockseed. Or if you let it sit long enough the cycle resets itself and the light turns off.