Slave IV
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Who are "these companies"? Because if you know anything about the companies KOing MP Transformers, they seem to care a lot about improving the figures and making changes that appeal to collectors (like more/better paint detail, features, etc.).
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Even easier for you since you can order both Destroids at preorder discount rates and the Monster is on clearance. DO IT NOW! The pricing for the Monster will not last once initial stock is dried up. That piece alone is a thing of beatuy that you MUST own!
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Thanks! HMR has been due their own shelf for quite some time now. Just give in! I resisted HMR for quite some time but now I regret not jumping on in the first place and also missing out on the GBP too. The Armored Valk is the only missing piece I wish I could fill. Really hope they reissue it or just put out the armor separately.
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Thanks! Lol, I know huh? I definitely have space for Milia but not sure about the rest. Will see how it goes. I like rearaging stuff and playing with the figures anyway so I hope I can get at least one of each to fit. The rest of the case is already taken too:
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HMR Shelf!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Finally opened and displayed my two newest SOCs...Daltanious and Mazinger! Love them all! -
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I haven't been checking this site over the weekend and noticed the Defender was on preorder this morning. Nearly had a heart attack but luckily these things don't sell that fast and I got my order in from the preferred NY. Also, my HMR collection finally got it's own well deserved shelf...top shelf!
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I've been in the creative field for a long time so I know all about it. People have copied my work and profited from it but to me, it's nbd. "Imitation is the highest form of flattery". Just gotta keep making adjustments and stepping up your game! I already mentioned this before but if you are going into a manufaturing business and willing to go to a country in order to take advantage of the low wages for labor, you gotta deal with the risk of them using your "IP" that you are putting into their hands. Also, at least in the case of 3Ps, which emerged as the next step beyond KOs...they actually boost the market for officials, at least for me. If it wasn't for 3P MP style Transformers, I wouldn't be buying any MP Transformers. In the end, it's all about value for me. The 1/60 VF1 mold is very old and there is no more R&D involved so if Arcadia wants to charge more and not give us the variants we want and a KO company will and offers the same quality or better for less, KO wins!
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Yeah man, it's all just competition to me. I don't think consumers have any moral obligation towards corporations whose only goal is to profit. Granted, Arcadia to me is respectable in that they seem to take pride in the work they do and I reward them by buying almost every release they put out...often mutiples of them! So if they can't hang because of KOs...so be it. If they can and excel further, excellent. It's all up to the market and what the consumers end up valuing. I'm definitely not concerened about there not being enough new products on the market for me to buy though. Lol, if anything there are too many and I would welcome less because if it;s there, I buy it, if it's not there, I don't really miss it.
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Because if you are a business that takes advantage of low labor rates in a country that doesn't care about your "intellectual property" rights then again, it's on you to calculate the risks involved.
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Nothing to argue here and you should do what you do. I'll just say that whatever happens, sombody will still make stuff for us to buy so I'm not too worried about it. I just see it as competition. There is a basic rule in business that asks the question, "is your business easily duplicated?" It's on them to deal with it and we are just part of the market that dictates what the value of anything ends up being.
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Will see how it goes. MP Transformer KOs have often been better quality than the originals and if that's the case here and Arcadia does not reissue M&M, the KOs will be very tempting.
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Yeah, your pics were the final straw that got me checking for it again and boom!
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I finally found Figuarts Zero Mirage on sale and ordered it! at amiami
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@sh9000 Thanks again for the tip on the Monster tilt. I guess if I looked at it longer, I would have noticed it but I did end up using it. I setup a new shelf dedicated to Macross HMR but that thing is so huge the shelf is already almost full, lol.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Nice, they were on sale too? As for my purchases, no pics yet and there is a ton more but I just wanted to mention I finally got an HMR Dougram and OMG! It is so good it gave me chills while I was fiddling with it. HMR is THE crap! Edit: I didn't realize this board was censored and that last line edited automatically to say the exact opposite of what I meant. I'll leave it as is because you all know what I meant to say. -
Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
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Whatever works, bring it! But they have to reissue the Regult like you said, or like I said, there will be insane demand for it when people have all these parts and not enough Regults to put them on.
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I think they should just release scout and missile variants all individually as complete packages so we don't have to piece things together and just buy the versions we want in the quanity we want them. And they can also reissue the regular Regult and the Armored Valk please!
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Yeah, that's what I want to do. Originally wasn't interested in getting the Valk or the figure, now I want both.
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Yeah, I will eventually order a Mirage...But I'm hoping to hear about a SHF release so I can get that instead. I initially thought I would display my 262 in Fighter mode most but I agree Battroid and Gerwalk both look better. Will see how it goes when I get mine. And yeah, NY still says it's in preparation but I don't mind because I paid less and I will still have it just the same.
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I've been itching to get that Mirage figure. Didn't realize it was so big compared to the valks though. Might take up more space than I want but it looks nice. I never paid much attention to the Gerwalk mode for the 262 but I think it's my favorite after seeing all the pics. Great to see more pics from Tcracker too!
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Here's my setup with the stand arranged horizonally for reference:
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Thanks man!...I thought I recalled something like that but I was thinking it was just the brackets for the cannons (which hold fine without the supports).