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It's a bigger risk so bigger price.
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I think all adults will agree that a serious anime with less music idols would be great... but since this will be a show meant to appeal to teenagers and sell MP3s it's unlikely to matter.
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I've heard some rumors about Arcadia expecting a third party to make Frontier super parts for this toy. I wouldn't put much stock in it but that's what I heard. -
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I think it was an assembly issue that caused the downfall of the 0 series arms and Arcadia is going with diecast this time so people won't be afraid this toy has the same faults.
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Ooh shameless plug time! http://anymoon.com/blog/?p=2967
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Sarcasm my friend.
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I really love VOTOMS.
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SPOILER ALERT ON THAT VIDEO!!! Jeesh, why watch the show now. I hope they have bad guys with personalities in this one. Frontier's bad guys left a lot to be desired.
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Darrin the pics are awesome. These guys must be a blast to own.
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man... I'm gonna have to figure out how to torrent again...
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OMG there's a Jem and the Holograms thread? What am I doing here??
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I'm going. I don't think we'll hear about exclusives until about a month before the event. -
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Also, sweet TV Rau custom.
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MPC Beta porn!
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It seems like men just had sex with whatever they could back then.
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I agree, with how good the toys of the last several years have gotten, the Quarter falls short as a toy. If you have a display set-up the Quarter could help with then great... just don't expect a lot of joy from handling it.
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You also need to make sure there isn't a ton of moisture in that environment though also so a basement might not be a good fit either.
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I know we're all huge fans of Macross and some of us are still Robotech fans but I think there's a few things to consider here: 1) Macross has a relatively tiny Japanese market. For a company the size of Bandai it takes some really significant sales figures to warrant continuing to make Macross toys rather than making toys for one of numerous other licenses 2) As small as the Macross market is, despite the much larger geographic footprint, the Robotech market is arguably much smaller. Imagine Bandai's bean counters saying "We think we can reasonably expect to sell X thousand units but we think toys A, B, and C would sell Y thousand units more for a greater return." You can argue that they're overlooking the few hundred they could sell on the gray market, but that still wouldn't put the total of potential units above what the bean counters think would move for the other products. Most likely, those gray market totals are already included since the bean counter expectations are built around wholesale and the gray market exists after that. 3) Let's not forget this line died for a reason. Resurrecting the line would require some sort of impetus and I don't think an anniversary of an incredibly niche american cartoon is going to do it. Arcadia has a much better likelihood of releasing obscure toys because they don't have such a large organization that other products are competing for resources.
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It's not HG, it's BW in this case. BW doesn't allow Macross licensed products to be sold under any other licenses. Bandai and HG would love to find a way around this but without BW Bandai wouldn't make Macross toys at all.
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nah, licensing forbids that. Maybe for Macross' 35th.
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jenius replied to mikeszekely's topic in Anime or Science Fiction
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I think in the case of a huge toy manufacturer there's very little chance that they'd do something specific for a niche market if for no other reason then logistical concerns. They're always looking for bigger paydays and have a bigger volume lower margin mentality. They want to keep their factories churning out runs that meet this mold. For a tiny toy company this would be a great niche... although not great enough to keep Yamato alive so clearly even there it can be a mine field.
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Enough plain reissues, bring on the bundles!
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The line appears dead and a reissue unlikely.
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Ooh Red Shoulder Parts... you don't see those everyday. Good luck with your auction.