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    MoShowToys ProGenitor Effect

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    6 hours ago, Numbninja said:

    Thanx for the insight.... Hopefully this gives them the traction they need to get their name out big time.

    If they do happen to pick up some licencing we'll get to see what licencing costs. That would be interesting. I wouldn't be shocked if something like Gundam licencing costs $100/ unit. Not that I expect them to get Gundam licencing. Bandai has that pretty sewn up.

    MoShowToys ProGenitor Effect

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    27 minutes ago, Numbninja said:

    I hope this doesn't impact the price now that they are offically "premium"

    Any significant price increase would be to pay for licensing. Another factor in pricing is "layering". Companies like Bandai pay sub contractors to do design work and manufacturing (sometimes). That costs more than a company like Moshow that is doing their design work and production in house. My company competes in an industry made up of only big players (aside from me). Because I do all of my own design work, everything is made in house and I only sell customer direct I can put out a much better product for the same or less money than the competition.

    If they make their own designs and produce them in house they should be able to keep prices down.

    What's next for Bandai? (Wish List)

    in Toys

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    1 hour ago, Ryoma said:

      I also wonder how come people are so eager to buy VF from crappy shows like delta. 

    Some people buy mecha/toys because they think they look cool and don't care a whit about where they're sourced from. Like me. I have Delta Valks. I've never seen it. Probably never will. Not unless it's released with English dubs (yeah, I'm THAT lazy:p).

    As far as buying multiple VF-1's in slightly different "paint jobs" I'll tell you how Bandai got me.

    When I got back into this there were no DX VF-1S Skull One's (my favorite by far). So I started buying what was being released. Once Focker/Skull One came out I figured WTH, may as well get all of them. If the first DX was the Focker I probably would have stopped there (oh wait, I would have gotten the GBP). Well played Bandai, well played.

    Mospeada

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    3 hours ago, sumyumgoy said:

    Also, Amazon Japan lowered their price a bit as well.

    https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/B09KN2YXJ5/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

    It's now 19,566 JPY (instead of 22,000) but my original order actually went all the way down to 18,735 JPY before shipping.

     

    I know I have a toy problem when I don't like the Sentinel Ride Armors (which I don't have) as much as the Beagles (which I have three of)..............but I still have to fight with myself not to smash that PO button!:rofl:

    Mospeada

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    6 minutes ago, Mog said:

    Considering the Beagle was priced at around $200 over 10 years ago, it’s kinda hard to compare Macross prices to Mospeada prices.  Macross is kinda niche already, but Mospeada is an even more niche brand.

    A fair point and neither of us could point at something solid to make a definitive argument.

    That said, I'd pay $400 for a Bandai DX Beagle size Ride armor without a second thought.

    7 minutes ago, Mog said:

    Given this sordid history, it’s a minor miracle that we’re this close to getting the main ride armor crew in a larger scale AND that same manufacturer has made some good Legiosses (and hopefully, Treads 😬) to go along with them.

    No argument here. For a niche  subject matter it's amazing there are toys at all really. And "on the whole" Sentinel has been doing the best job so far.

    7 minutes ago, Mog said:

    Make no mistake:  I have criticized Sentinel for certain choices.  But I’m happy overall with what I’ve gotten so far from them.

    I'm not a Sentinel fan in general. I've also had some of their Super Robot stuff and ended up selling all of them. IMO they're over priced and too small.

    Mospeada

    in Anime or Science Fiction

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    19 minutes ago, Mog said:

    How ‘bout if we say the DESIGN of these Ride Armors (and the Legiosses) is pretty ingenious (except for the potential breakage with that one joint)?

    Given how complex the Ride Armor can be, Sentinel pulled off a pretty good rendition.  And other than CM’s smaller/prone to breakage versions, Sentinel will the first one to give us the whole core Ride Armor crew.

    Add in the slick design work they did to give us a compact Legioss fighter mode that also DOESN’T flop in any mode, and Sentinel has built up some goodwill.

    . . . Just keep the production Houquet closer to red than that neon pink! 🤪🧐

    I consider materials choices to be part of the design. The Ride Armors look great. And they pull off a slick transformation. But, they're WAY too fragile (and not at just that one joint). To me that is an engineering failure. 

    And they're wildly over priced if you use something like a DX VF-1 as a benchmark.

    The only reason most people are so tolerant is that they're dying for MOSPEADA toys. If there was any competition from Bandai or even a Third Party manufacturer like Moshow no one would be buying Sentinel stuff. 

    I'm guilty of setting myself. I have all of the Sentinel Legiosses. I sold off my Ride Armors though and bought examples from Beagle/Toynami.

    Whats next for Arcadia?

    in Toys

    Posted

    1 hour ago, ValkAddict said:

    Maybe the return of the 1/60 VF series? A version 3??

    I highly doubt it. $300+ 1/60 VF-1s won't do so hot in a market saturated with  $300+ DX 1/48's.

    Wasn't there a episode on SDFM called Booby Trap? What happened in that one? What mecha were in it?

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