Gakken85

Clear parts = the factory has some clear plastic in the corner it needs to use up. hahaha

Yeah, you'll always get a bit more for sealed.

Thanks! I love studying the market! hah

Looks ok. But I'd rather have an officially licensed product + fixes on the old design, and not have to paint it myself! haha. But marketing other peoples conversion kits is what the workshop forum is for: http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showforum=23

Well ebay takes 9-10% of whatever the sell price. So if you sold it at $250 that would leave you with $225. Then you factor in Paypal taking 4%. So that's $216. If you included shipping you're final profit is $216. If you didn't you have to pay $12-15 bucks to ship it and you're down to $200. Like I said, you can potentially get more on either spot, depending on the time of day you list your auctions, or if somebody here feels it's a good deal. BST = Pros: No fees. Cons: Wait longer to move multiple non-rare items. Ebay = Pros: Larger market - set selling cycle. Cons: Fees and a-holes. You gotta pay shipping either way. I typically put things here at a slightly cheaper rate to get people to bite, and then move everything to ebay after 3-4 days. You can always take it down if somebody offers you a good rate here.

When pricing macross toys you want to look at Ebay/Yahoo Japan sold prices. However, American Ebay prices are usually jacked-up past what most people would pay around here, unless it's a rare item like a VF-11 or VF-4. The reason is that most people are lazy, or ignorant of how to find these toys anywhere else. Not to mention the sellers have to pay fees, import the toys, or are just plain ole' price gouging to maximize profit. There is an accepted market value that isn't ebay and I'll try to attempt to price them from what I know. This is generally based off an accepted going rate without price gouging and knowing what you can still find at retail. The VF-19 - Probably $140-150 (You can still buy these at retail price for that + shipping) The two VF-0's you could probably get $120-130. (Not having the box hurts it a bit. Having repaired shoulders is good, and bad. Plenty of people would buy them for display or kit bashing, but you can't expect top dollar. I just sold a broken VF-0a with perfect shoulder and a snapped head laser for $170 on ebay before shipping). The 1/48 VF-1s maybe $150+ (They aren't super desired around here as 1/60 is king, but people still want them at a good rate.) The 1/48 VF-1j $100 (You can get lucky and find these news for close to that, so not having the box and stickers hurts you. Might have to go lower. Personally, I hate panel lining but some people think it's the bee's knees. To me it's just some stranger drawing all over my toy.) The 1/48 Armor set - Probably around $100-120 or so. Choices: Put them up on the BUY/SELL/TRADE forum here at those prices and you could probably move them pretty fast. A lot of people here probably already have lots of pieces so you'll have one guy looking for one thing and another guy looking for another. It might take weeks, but you'll sell them all. Second, you can try to squeeze out as much cash as possible by putting them on Ebay. You'll probably get more than what is listed here, if listed properly, Remember, you'll lose $15 percent to fees. You're paying ebay for eyeballs on your auction. The upside is that you know they will sell in a certain time frame vs bumping them on the BST, over and over waiting for the right guy who needs that one item. If you have to have cash in a week or two, I would suggest Ebay. You could also try craigslist if you live in a fairly large city. You could get cash in hand right away, but not a lot of people use CL to buy high-end toys. All of this is assuming they are in good condition!!! You'd need to take pictures of everything, and the more you take, the more interest you'll generate. Show any paint scratches, fading, broken bits, or missing parts. Remember to be as honest as possible as feedback always matters for future interactions. If you screw people here they will remember it and won't help you in the future. Plenty of people will take in 2nd hand toys if they know what they are getting into. I've sold several broken pieces here for a reasonable rate. Lastly, you live in Canada. I know that sucks (haha) but you'll have to factor in higher shipping prices to the 'States and you might have to downgrade your prices by $10-20 bucks to offset this cost to your consumer. The lower you are willing to price these and make an acceptable return, the sooner you will sell them. Hope that helps. It's a sellers market these days so good luck to you.

We need a VF-0D. I bet those wings would be a bitch in transformation.

Saw a TC sell for 21000 yen on Sunday morning. Pretty amazing deal even with fees and shipping. I also did a video review of the 1/12 Chrico figure DarrinG sent me:

It's a damn good price... It's just not insane American Ebay prices haha!

Thanks. Love this version.

DYRL... got chopped off. Can't seem to find it anywhere.. other than youtube.

Looks a lot better than the vf-4.

That's true, obviously. But my point is that the Line art is kind of a reference for what we actually saw in the show and the movie. Line art accuracy is important, but having a fun and attractive toy trumps super strict line art IMO.

Looks good.

Haha. They display better. That's a fact. It's funny that people complain about accuracy when a lot of times in the SDFM the proportions were way off from scene to scene. It's like in the show or even DYRL they were computer generated with specific sizes. Nope. It was hand drawn and there was tons of Thick legs and bigger chests. OH NOES! His legs r too big. the 1/48's have faults, no doubt. But they are fantastic toys. With anything, collect what makes you happy.

I had three shipments of toys from Japan show up today... I was out of town to see my mom. Guess I'm going to the post office early monday morning. haha

This is a pretty good deal right: 2 DMZ Takaras and a Yamato weapon set for $200 bucks after fees https://www.rinkya.com/en/auction-r102247473

thanks. i live in a "good neighborhood" but i can have my lady friend drop by my place and grab it if need be. that just means its still on the plane. Mine was in that status for about 3 or 4 days. I thought these vf-171s could fly on their own!

Mine will be delivered tomorrow. Unfortunately, (not really) I'm home to visit my mother for Mom's day. Oh well, I would have to sign for it so I'll go pick it up Monday morning before work. Btw, do you have to sign for SAL, or is that just EMS? Or is it just any package outside the US?

That and Mandrake has good prices if its not a super rare like the 11c.

Exactly. One of my favorite Mechs of all time! I would love to see one but I doubt they will since the destroids didn't sell so well. It would make an awesome SOC too. Spartan and Phalanx first!

I'd like to see More destroids, but I know that won't happen

Smart man. Reading instructions n crap. haha

I think Arcadia has a more stable business model. They sell creepy dolls and PVC figures that sell like crazy. They probably have a more fluid cash stream. They probably have no idea how to market or cater to Mecha fans. Hence, that ugly as 30th anni colour scheme.

Mine finally got to New York. I went for the cheaper option and Im on the east coast. ahha