jenius
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Yamato's production runs are very small... Bandai almost certainly produces more but of toys with much greater demand. That'd be my guess anyway.
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To be fair, Yamato has been over-producing its "limited" items. Look at the weathering destroids.
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When I originally heard about this toy was about to go up to preorder I was also told I would have to order by 3/14. Then it went up for preorder and instantly sold out everywhere so it can't be like it's made to order.
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I hope we see a renewal version some day... but there's a lot of other toys I hope we see first... like a successful run of 171 toys, the rest of the 25 toys, tornado parts, and Ozma YF-29.
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I hope this toy is really good... I hope all new Mac toys are really good. I also hope that everyone who really wants one at release is able to pick one up. I asked a friend in Japan and he told me that demand is way higher than expected and that lots of people are making multiple preorders with the expectation that wholesalers won't be able to deliver (that is to say, he's seen the same things we all have). Sounds like chaos. Hey, at least Macross has these kinda problems. I assure you, Robotech rights holders would die in a masturbatorial frenzy if that license was having these kinds of issues.
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I'm definitely going to get one of these... and probably a VF-1S TV with option parts... but only if they sell a super version.
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Over 100 dollars more? I wish there was a happy middle ground.
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I dunno, Bandai produces toys for 10,000 yen less so that's kinda nice... only if you can find them though I suppose.
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I still don't have a preorder in... I'll have to keep an eye out. In the end all the people who grabbed their pitchforks and torches will probably be able to find preorders while I'll consistently find myself late to the party. It'd only serve me right.
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Alright, I can't speak for HLJ, or amiami, or any toy retailers but I can say it's fairly common business practice to have an expectation of units you will receive and try to beat the market by selling them first. When you do something like that you have to be conservative with the amount you sell just in case your normally reliable wholesaler isn't able to get as many as usual and makes it so you screw your preorderers (BBTS). It's entirely possible that all allocations are out... but it's also possible they're not. I love the leap to blind rage, and the defense of blind rage. We also don't know that all production will be limited to the amount of people who preorder. I dunno, seems the anger is a bit early. I preordered my VF-25S like a couple weeks before it came out and now people act like it was impossible to preorder it.
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Sorry, i didn't realize u guys were such industry insiders. I can try asking someone who does this stuff how it works but it looks like rage is a far more fun answer. Grrrrr! Damn u bandai!
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so ishoptogo knew the first day a pic was shown what their allocation was?
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so... u guys know that bandai has communicated the shipping amount to the retailers huh? You don't think there is an incentive for retailers to jump the gun? It's too soon to say... it's too soon to even be angry yet.
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You guys are insane. Damn u bandai for letting retailers jerk my chain! Be upset at the retailers, not bandai. U can't know if u'r even pissed with bandai until after the toy is released.
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I'm guessing that Ferrari looks a lot better in person... 'cause I'm not a fan of the pics online.
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Yamato does not have the frontier license... the bandai license to frontier probably just doesn't preclude others from using names, emblems, etc. Don't read too much from a sticker sheet.
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Wow, I remember seeing earlier versions of this work, I really love how he wrapped it up. Very nicely done.
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The 29 was a bit of a gamble, I'm not surprised it wasn't released in large quantities at first. These are tough times for manufacturers and retailers alike which means they play things more conservatively.
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FYI, word on the street is that preorders will likely be up (at stores that care about official green lights) "early March" so either the end of this week or Monday.
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Oh... so they weren't announcing it because they were skipping that whole "hype with CAD pics" or "sneak in statement with related toy advertising" approach. Looks good... I'm in.
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I'm pretty sure Bandai/Tamashii has their own events or more Bandai-centric toy events they attend... I wouldn't read too much into what was shown at Wonderfest.
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Isn't that the toy that can't sit on its landing gears in fighter mode? I thought I'd like it more than I did.
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On the first point, saturation is a factor of demand. If one assumes a new cartoon increases demand the saturation point moves. On the second point, it's hard to say. BigWest is the ultimate licensor and they would have to have something in their contracts with the various toy vendors regarding cancellation if they ever did foresee a remake happening. I doubt any company would have such a cancellation clause (as it would screw the toy company royally) so, more likely, there'd be nothing in the contracts about that so Bandai (assuming they were the sponsor) would almost certainly make new paint schemes or entirely new looks for the VF-1 and receive exclusive rights for the new stuff from BW.
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So, you're saying that toy manufacturers would rather have to design all new toys then sell more of the toys they're already making? If I'm Yamato I cream my pants at the idea someone is going to make my niche product more relevant. Besides, it's a new version, there's nothing that says the VF-1 would have to look the way it did in the original... all the original mecha can be reimagined.
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Ozma and alto v1 were both reissued about six months after their original releases.
