Darth Mingus
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Sorry to hear about the PO Madness (dumbness)... On another topic:
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Darn it, I was cart jacked...Bandai needs to make moar of dees...
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The jungle in Osaka is awesome. They have a bunch of DXs at very reasonable prices plus if you show a passport, you get it tax free. The whole area has some great shops (about a 15 minute walk from dotonburi. PM me and i will send you google maps links to a bunch of cool shops.
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Your theory works as long as it is a single line. Bandai, even big as it is, has limits to what it can produce. If they go ahead with a Macross product, they are sacrificing production line capacity for other lines. My bet is they know exactly how many VF-1As they can produce and remain profitable and the negative PR be damned. If they impact the other lines, they will probably face a bigger backlash than anything the meagre Macross fandom can produce.
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Oh yes you did... Is that Hikaru I hear?
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This is a big part of the problem. When Amazon swoops in, they buy up all the stock from Bandai, which means less stock for the other, smaller players and this happens to everything that Amazon agrees to carry. With their buying power, HLJ and Amiami can't compete. If Walmart got into this as well, all the small vendors would be screwed.
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This was definitely PO hell and the worst it has ever been. People like to complain about HLJ, Amiami, etc. selling out quickly, but you have to realize that these are really niche websites that sell toys and we are lucky to have them, otherwise, it would be like it was back in the eighties where we knew there were cool toys but could never get them. Is it ridiculous that we cannot get these items, yes. Can these sites do better? Of course. Ultimately, Bandai has released a wonderful product at an absurdly low price and the scalpers have realized that people will pay Arcadia prices for these things. I would love someone to figure out a way to make their shop scalper proof but that is not the reality of the world. Greed always wins out.
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Agreed. By this logic, all these retailers should be on the questionable list as some of us have had issues of some sort with all of them.
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Imagine what pre-order night will be like for the 1s.
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Hlj took forever, but it did go through, just have to wait for confirmation.
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Amiami popped up for while, but could not add to cart
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NAda...and ny hasn’t even posted the link yet
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206...
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Looks like NY is actually using their waiting ticket thing for po night.
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This is probably the largest "hand" that Bandai makes: http://dalong.net/review/etc/uh4/uh4_i.htm
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Mk-50 set 2 https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/ironman-mk-50-nano-weapon-set-2-endgame-ver-avengers-endgame-bandai-s-h-figuarts?mc_cid=88a346b0b6&mc_eid=214c108f44 Thanos https://www.usagundamstore.com/products/s-h-figuarts-thanos-avengers-endgame?mc_cid=88a346b0b6&mc_eid=214c108f44
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Thanos is being released in NA by Bandai: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Q5SCK6S/ref=as_li_ss_tl?keywords=figuarts+thanos&qid=1554162366&s=gateway&sr=8-15&linkCode=ll1&tag=marveltoynews-20&linkId=e57c26a4cfb6a3ece101ae47f29f85d4&language=en_US but it looks like it also sold out immediately. According to Marvel Toy News. this is not all Bandai's fault. Apparently the embargo on Endgame toys just lifted, that was why there was zero time between the announcement and the pre-orders. http://marveltoynews.com/sh-figuarts-endgame-thanos-figure-up-for-order-in-the-us/ Sucks to be a collector...
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looks like NY and Amazon are jacking up the price for Thanos. when I posted, Thanos was 8,800 with 1,200m shipping. now it is up on both sites for 12k. many of these are available again on NY, marked up, of course.
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Still available at Amazon Japan, ships to Canada at least: Ronin https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07Q6XP5HT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Thanos https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07Q5SCK6S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Captain America https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07Q82J6NJ/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 Iron Man Mk 85 https://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/product/B07Q934HDX/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
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Imagine running into this on PO madness night? It is for their free shipping sale. They jacked the price up on all items anyways so there is no real savings.
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The line seems to be a rebranding of the existing colours available so there should be no difference between this and the other lines. I tried their whites and they are terrible out of the bottle. It is over thinned to the point that it runs off the model while spraying. The other colours seem fine.
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New in the box is going for 40k in second hand stores in Japan, but there does not seem to be a lot of stock anywhere. I only saw it in 1 or 2 of the smaller operations, not the big ones like Mandarake or Jungle.
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I saw the pre-order available in-store in akihabara location of Bic camera and in-store at yodabashi in Shinjuku east.
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The 31E is still available for pre-order in the big chain stores in Japan like Bic Camera and Yodabashi. probably NY has some on reserve at these locations, which explains the prepaid and markup.
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Some pictures of the VF 4
