Duymon
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Specialty collectibles for niche-markets always cost more. It's a fact of life for collectors of any genre. Yamato created it's own Macross niche, but as they set the bar higher and higher on their amazing valks the prices needed to recoup their costs and fund future projects rose as well; perhaps to the point where it was getting hard for them to recoup those costs. I mean, hell most of the MW members here have not really bought Yammies at full retail lately because the prices have risen quite a bit. The VF-17 retails for 24800 and the super pack version retails for 29600 yen. How many people ponied up 265 USD for the VF-17 at release? or even now? The fact that HLJ and other exporters keep these things in stock so long and have to put them on sale is a clear indicator they don't move as fast as they'd like at full-retail. Since HLJ has a huge warehouse in the middle of nowhere and they sell in great volume they can afford to keep the slow movers around. Can the same be said for Japanese brick and mortar stores who pay a premium for retail space in tightly cramped Tokyo? Would you rather be stocking a shelf full of slow-moving yammies that you'd have to discount heavily to sell, or would you stock a shelf full of cheap figs from Good Smile that move more quickly. This is why Akiba toy stores are stocked heavily with anime figs and gundam; because they know they can move that merch faster and hopefully stay in business. "But the export market is so strong for macross," they say. Yeah, it's easy to say that when you're on Macrossworld and surrounded by other collectors. We won't ever likely get the hard numbers and moreover, I doubt a company would base its survival on bypassing HG's trademarks via Online retailers to reach a wider audience. Anywho, I'm excited to see what the new Arcadia has in store for Macross and moreover what they will do with the Macross licenses in order to turn a profit.
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Bandai is already proving to be a little flexible with the Mac Frontier license, already having extended the license to hasegawa for their 1/72 line which is sure to be awesome-sauce. I'm assuming they only did this because their 1/72 model line is dead as no new molds have been made for anything since the 1st frontier movie (tornado packs. The exclusive VF-25G tornado was just a rehash of tornado and 25g kits) It makes no sense for them, however, to give the rights for toys to another company right now when they are still actively producing toys. I mean, do you see drug companies sharing their formulas while they still have drugs under patent? NOpe. they milk it as much as they can until the timer runs out.
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Wow pre-orders closed even at $199. I guess either people really love the RVF and/or bandai didn't produce as much. Hope everyone gets theirs in July
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Wow that price shot up fast O_o but even at 200 it's still a better deal than all the other places..... though... playasia's $212 included free shipping which woulda been sweet :0
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Ya know with WM working on this thing you realize the Bandai kit rocks...well..except for the fragile joints lol. I have a bunch of these 1/72s but have never had a wing break. The only valk to break was the Super parts one I built a few years back after throwing it against the wall out of frustration lol
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Wow.... just Wow Lupin. I guess all the people who bought Joon's Valks or the all-plastic 1/55 VF-1s'es back in the day are shitheads too, right? Back in the days when Yamato was still Toycom we macross fans were more concerned about anything macross, even if they weren't official Takatokus or officially released kits. Back in the day before hasegawa released their VF-1 weapons set mw members (some who are still here) recast Club-M Pilots and weapons so that we 1/72 fans could have decked out vf-1's. Are they Shitheads too? How about CaptainAmerica (aka Moscato). All of his kits were based on macross and not a single cent went to Kawamori-san. Is he a shithead thief bastard for having filled in the huge void of 1/72 Macross Mecha over the last 10 years? I guess you need to throw in that guy who's making the 1/72 monster too. Anyways, getting back on topic... Tonight will be Monday Morning in Japan. NY has a record of releasing new pre-orders at a slight markup the next business day after a Bandai Pre-order and assuming NY follows that pattern they might be putting up new RVF preorders tonight for like 20-30 bucks more. Good luck to those that decide to camp out and watch the site.
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We have no history of Hobby-fan with the V2's because they did not offer V2's until the CF-171 and REissue YF-29, which aren't out yet. Bandai doesn't ship directly to them because they, like 99% of other anime stores in the US use whole-sale distributors that Bandai does ship to. Sorry, hard for us to know when you previously wrote: Helpfully point out what? By talking out of your ass about a company you've never used? I'll gladly TOFTT and chance it to see if HF can or cannot be deemed a reliable source for V2s. I've shopped from them on and off for 10 years for many legit bandai and kotobukiya products ranging from toys to pvc figures to model kits (Yeah I also bought a few recast resin kits too ). I haven't been burnt by them yet. Worst case scenario they just don't get the pre-orders to fill everyone's (or anyone's) orders and oh well live and let learn. This really isn't helping your case of trying to "help" the MW community. Exploding in epic-fashion and being direspectful to everyone isn't helping you accomplish anything.
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Who KNows I might want 5 RVF-25 is my fav valk and I want to customize a few
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I don't think so. NY ones are guaranteed. The Hobbyfan ones are just a gamble and I already put the money aside to see if they are good on their preorders or not.
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What's important though is that you're willing to commit to all of your pre-orders should they be fulfilled. I already set aside about $800 to cover the RVF-25's just in case all my orders go through. I also already prepaid my pre-orders for my 3 CF's that will arrive sometime in May. People who don't intend to fully pay for what they pre-order shouldn't be pre-ordering in the first place. But if they are committed to buying all that they pre-order I could care less if they order 1 or 899. It's their money and they can do whatever they want However, if they preorder like hell and flake out it's a real dick-move, especially if the store is able to fulfill all of part of their order.
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I've bought plenty of legit kits and toys from Hobbyfan without an issue. They may have started as a garage-kit dealer but they do sell lots of legit stuff....
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who knows. Still have 2 from NY so if Hobbyfan goes through it's a only a bonus
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the 3 from hobbyfan cost the same as 2 from NY. Minus well If the Hobbyfan ones pull through I'll keep 1 for super and 2 for customs. Then I'll pawn off the NY's at cost on Mworld. The Elint-type valks are my favorites. I have like 5 1/72 RVF-25's
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If NY and hobbyfan pulls through I might end up with 5 RVF's, which I'll gladly pass along to MW members :0 The RVF is my fav valk. I really want to see one in ghost grey with a yellow nose :0
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Macross related items on WonderFestival 2013 Winter (JAPAN)
Duymon replied to ahiachris's topic in Model kits
It looks like Somebody got a hold of the Metal-siren and got it into the recasting pipeline. http://www.e2046.com/product/17491 -
HObby-fan has been pretty good for me in the past. One time a garage kit I pre-ordered was delayed a year and they called me after I'd forgotten about it and told me my CC expired lol. Crossing my fingers because..well.. it's Bandai lol
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It's a long-shot, but I just pre-ordered a few off of Hobbyfan.com. I doubt they'll pull through but if they do I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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I don't know why they just don't also offer the valks at retail on the tamashii web site like they do for the super packs and whatnot. It would eliminate all the risk of overproduction and they'd make more money. But who knows......
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Please please PLEASE be a freaking tamashii web special. srsly they should do that with all their valks
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It's their show and they can do what they want. Japanese macross demand is nowhere near where we think it is, despite what hardcore macross fans may feel. Goto akiba and see for yourself. Japanese stores stock what sells and you're hard pressed to find dedicated macross sections let alone loads of Bandai and Yamato valks. Only a handful of shops even had shelf space of just macross when I was there. Heck, somebody who went to Akiba recently was finding VF-171 exes for half retail! Sure, you could say Bandai should think of the export market, but how can they when HG has "Macross" trademarked anywhere outside of Japan?
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I would but... well.. you see a pattern here with the collection. I aim to have 2 of each. I'm no Master of Macross who gets at least 3 though
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Inflated priced already :0 http://www.yesasia.com/us/macross-frontier-dx-chogokin-rvf-25-messiah-valkyrie-luca-angelloni/1032441431-0-0-0-en/info.html
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Thank god I was camping ny in bed on my ms surface lol. Got 2
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Oh well. Guess It's NY in teh MOrning lol
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I think Ami-ami just crashed lmao. Can't even refresh
