Slave IV
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Got my first and only Tiny Sessions figure It’s cool and all and I’m glad I finally got the one I wanted for a good price to check these out but one is enough for me.
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That’s cool but just pointing out its less of a difference when you consider the $350 starting price is already about $100 more than the actual price of the item. Sure, you get “free” shipping but that cost is essentially built into the price.
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WWM is a Bandai thing but I get you mean the overall licensing changes. Whatever the case, WWM has been a complete non-factor due to the local markups so it’s still better to just preorder anything from Japan if you want the lowest price.
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Aw crap, I missed that part. So that probably answers any thought of this being PF unless it is some optional decal but I don’t remember that ever being a thing included with previous PFs.
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It’s interesting that the Reactive Armor won’t fit when the 0S was already an improved version so this means they made additional changes on this one. So it’s kind of like VF-0 Ver 2.2 at this point and maybe the others will get similar treatment? Also, the description does not mention decals so maybe this is a PF but they decided to take some input and not make separate versions? The other thing that I don’t care about but I know people do is even though the other two were released with PF versions, they were different levels of PF where the 0S just had all the markings tampoed and the 0D had that plus weathered painting. So no matter what, you won’t have matching looks from all three. If this 0A is PF, looks like it will be the same PF as the 0S though.
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Wow, that's a bit worse than I expected but not surprising at all. Take that and consider how many of those sat on clearance without moving shows us just how low the demand and fanbase for high end talks truly is.
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Congrats on getting the best release of the best toy ever! Also congrats on one of the best releases of any Valk ever.
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My guess for Arcadia and Bandai for high end Valks (DX in Bandai’s case) are in the low 5 digit range for the most popular releases. Probably most in the mid to high 4 digit range for the less popular releases. I’d be willing to bet I’m very close to correct based on watching the history of these toys and seeing the trends of some models selling out instantly while other very similar but less popular variants shelf warming. Whatever the case, it indicates very low relative numbers compared to top tier popular franchises.
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Most (all maybe?) Arcadia releases don’t have tape sealing the boxes.
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Exactly! Which answers all the talk of "Why don't they just make this or that or more of this or that?" or complaints of "artificial scarcity". It's the way it is because this stuff just doesn't sell enough to be any other way right now.
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I'm not sure prices for old items in the aftermarket they already sold out on matter to them. Again, history has shown that items often go on clearance in the relatively short term but then creep up sometimes to insane amounts when they haven't been available for a while. Any corporate business main goal is to sell whatever they have by any means necessary. I don't know about those other ventures of theirs you mention but yeah, not all ideas are great. Anyways, its all getting old to me and I'm just happy there are Macross.toys to get and if they make.more variations and versions I want, all the better but I'm not counting on them.
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My guess is even the third or fourth release of the main hero Valk still sold better than the first release of some of the others, which is why they keep redoing those instead. You know, because making money is their primary objective and the pattern is pretty consistent throughout the various series of Valks.
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Usually for niche items with small runs, once the initial supply runs out, prices start going up. That’s why we often see the Valks that sit on clearance that were probably made in less numbers than the main hero Valk to begin with sometimes end up being worth more years later.
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Lol, just in general but yeah, goes to strengthen my point.
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There are no official numbers but you can make a reasonable estimate based on the market and what resources are available online. It’s been discussed but Macross is absolutely a niche market, at least for the high end Valkyrie figures. The mainstream market for Macross is for idol concerts.