By the way, I prefer the silver lined dry rub decals so IF anyone wants to trade for the ones that came with my YM-03 Starscream, let me know.

 

I wasn't aware there were two different runs of the decals in circulation. Also, all of you people getting stuff from Bababobo like ten days afterward boggle me - it took a month and a half for my matte MPP10B to reach me. Maybe it's because I was ordering from his UK account instead?

 

Wasn't aware Baba had a UK account?

 

Bobolong4U, as far as I know.

 

It's still not a 'UK' account - its just a second account for baba. I've ordered from both and the items have got to me in 10 days or less. I imagine if you have a delay it's in a shipping container that's been missed or customs at Heathrow are having a look. Have you checked the tracking?

 

I finally had a chance to crack open some KO seeker goodness the other night and had a great time re-doing my Decepticon display. I added the YM Clear Purple Seeker, Green Starscream, and Sunstorm to my display and they look AWESOME. Not sure how you guys display yours - but I find that having 2 on flight stands with one on an additional riser plus a 3rd seeker not on a stand in front gives a really nice triangle of evil seeker goodness!

I'm surprised how much care YM has really shown into developing each of the different seekers. The different paint apps for each different colored seeker is really cool. Although I expected to not really dig the YM Sunstorm, I've found that I really like the YM deco quite a bit. He is very different from my Hasbro Sunstorm - so much so that I don't think I'm going to be able to part with my Hasbro version like I intended. SO MANY SEEKERS! CAN'T STOP!

Sucks man. Yea - I'm not sure if it's because of the coronation kit or the boxes just getting squished and the placement of the tips + they are a bit fragile. I had the same thing happen on a seeker or two of mine. I don't think it's really seller specific - it's more an issue of how YM designed their packaging.

I got mine thru my rub deals supplier and they got me replacements no problem.

I've got spare silver dry rub decals available - they are direct from Yes Model and are the same ones that come packaged with the KO seekers. PM me if you'd like a set or 3!

 

I don't think I can get at the tracking info now since the item's long since arrived - and been sold on. Maybe it was just a fluke.

 

Yeah, that's basically what I said.

The jets sit too high which means that those RWR Antenna tips are too close to the outer box. If anyone sqeezes the box or stacks other boxes on top of it, it's very easy to break these parts. If the sellers would add a styrofoam block like I have shown, this would not be happening.

I think after you use some heat on those antenna, you should be good.

 

Yeah, the overall quality of the BB7 YM seekers is superior. I do wish that they'd drop the Megatron gun and add an additional head with the Starscream smirk.

 

Both the YM Starscream and Sunstorm have the Decepticon symbols WITHOUT the silver lining around them, which I'm guessing is to be more like the Taraka versions. It surprised me since they included the silver lined symbols for their Skywarp.

 

I've enjoyed picking up each and every one of my YM seekers including the coneheads. Given their higher quality, loads of accessories, and much cheaper price point than their official Takara counterparts I had no buyers remorse whatsoever. Nor did I feel buying them was such an expensive chore and say "ugghh, I'm glad I finally completed my set because I'm so done with this mold"....sentiments that I've observed in the official Takara seeker threads especially their coneheads.

As much as I think the additional facial expression would be a nice touch I still wouldn't want to give up the Megatron gun accessory.

 

Well, one of the antenna broke on my friends original MP03, so the officials are just as fragile in that particular area so I don't see it as a trade-off. That being said, I do think it's fair to say that the box is trade-off though. The Takara box is too large but at least it protects the figure better during transportation.

My first BB7 Yes Model figure was Skywarp and I already owned the Asia Exclusive Skywarp when I ordered it. After taking the BB7 Skywarp out of the package and transforming it, I immediately listed an auction for the overpriced and subpar (in comparison) TT Skywarp. It sold high enough to allow me to use the then buy the BB7 Thundercracker and still have around $100 to spend on KFC hands for all of my MP Seekers.

I should be receiving my Coneheads tomorrow and they were $85 each, so I couldn't beat the price anywhere else. I'm really looking forward to having the S2 Seekers.

 

Late to the party, anyone know of a place that still has Yes Model Skywarp and Thundercracker for sale? P&TY.

 

$85 with good quality and lots of accessories sure beats $180 with subpar quality.

 

Contacting takara is nonexistent. They don't give one crap about you if you don't live in Japan.