Lolicon
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Simply knowing of Bandai's underproduction and wanting one "real bad" is not going to get anyone a preorder slot. You can't put in your preorder "immediately." You have to put in your preorder during the few minutes it's open, or you're SOL and have to get it from a secondary source (or hope you can catch a different retailer when they open up preorders). Which means you have to be at your computer when it opens, and not everyone has that luxury. It's not like a bunch of us were sitting idle on Amiami's 29 reissue and 171 open preorder pages deciding whether or not we really wanted one and then deciding to sleep on it.
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I predict the 25G preorder will be even uglier than the 171 preorder.
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The production quality on Bandai's current 25s might be a step down from Yamato's current offerings, but they're still beautiful and solid toys. Glad I snagged two 25Fs when they first came out, but now I wish I had gotten 3 or 4. Just so I can later on display one plain, with super parts, with armor parts, and maybe tornado parts if Bandai ever releases those. I wouldn't pay $400 for one though. If there are people out there willing to pay that much for it, then it'd be dumb for ebayers not to sell for that much.
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Ownership of the means of production is technically not "capitalism" either. Intellectually bereft posts trying to prove a stupid point make for entertaining reading though.
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In the immortal words of Austin Powers: Yay capitalism!
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I don't think valkyrie toys are mentioned anywhere in the DSM-5.
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Hey I noticed you're using flightpose stands. Have you had any issues with the rubber tips leaving marks or anything on painted surfaces? I just recently bought a few but I don't want to experience any problems with the paint job. The undersides of the 25S you have it mounted on are painted.
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Don't forget a number of poor souls got burned by BBTS on the 25S. I didn't, but damned if I'm going to let anything like that happen to me.
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Seeing the 27 battroid reminds of me the 1940s Batman serial. Where's my goddamn renewal 27, Bandai?
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Yep, I potentially have two YF-29s and three VF-171s coming because of this preorder madness. If I end up with extras, they're going on the auction block, unless the toy is just too many kinds of awesome to part with. I've always been content with ordering only ONE of any valkyrie, but thanks to these preorder shenanigans that Bandai is responsible for, I feel the need to order from more than one place just to secure ONE for myself.
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I love how wonderfully simplistic the transformation is for the 25 series.
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OMG! The joint holding the center chest plate with the skull insignia should be purplish colored, not grey! /cancel preorder
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So did everyone who wanted a 171 manage to get a preorder in?
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Maybe someone will cancel. I didn't get my 25S preorder in until almost mid-January when I think someone canceled. Preorder opened up and closed again right after I put in my order. Just gotta be lucky and be there at the right time. But glad I got an HLJ order in this morning when I got up.
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Curse having a day job! I would've put in an order at BBTS since I'm honestly unsure that I will get one through my Anime Export preorder.
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So we've gone from righteous anger at Bandai to hoping our fellow MWers get screwed. If only there was a word in German that expressed joy at others' misfortune.
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I'm with you on this. Lots of Macross stuff coming out in the next few months...
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Oh my god! I must have those!
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I was in Tokyo when the 25F was released, and though I scoured as many toy and hobby shops as I could, I managed to find only one 25F being sold at full retail price (14000 yen). And a YF-29 being sold for 36000 yen. This is just the experience of one person though, so take it for what it's worth.
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The Brutal Bandai Preorders of 2012.
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Thank goodness I was already registered with AE from my YF-29 order. If I had to stop and register as a new customer, I wouldn't have made it in time; preorder had been open for like 10 minutes before I got to my computer because I was busy showering. That's right. I nearly missed out because I bathe daily.
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Whew! Got my order in just in time! Was stuck in checkout for like 10 minutes!
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If Bandai is so goddamn risk averse, they really ought to just allow Yamato to produce Frontier valkyries. Then Yamato takes the risk, Bandai gets to collect a % of the profits with little risk to themselves, and we might actually be able to buy without having to camp out websites in the hope of catching that tiny preorder window or dealing with scalpers. I'd be willing to pay more for a VF-171/25/27 if the quality was on par with Yamato's VF-19.
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Not making money is not making money, whether it's because you produce too many or produce way too few.
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Well grats to those who managed to snag one. For the rest of us, we'll just have to console ourselves with one of Yamato's offerings later this year.
