well i think the problem with that is theres no money to be made...please let me explain before you bust out your flame-throwers.
now, its safe to say if yamato made a plain ol monster, we'd all buy it right? but how much could yamato charge? or retailers/etailers?
meaning, they can't justify a high price tag since it lacks any real features. it doesn't TF into any modes, it just sits there like a robot with big cannons. how much would you pay for a toy that did nothing? personally, at 1/100 scale, i wouldn't pay more than $50 tops.
so what the next move for yamato?
"hey why don't we make the koeing monster? it TFs into 3 modes just like the VF's". and since it TFs unlike the Q-rau that we ripped everyone off with, we should be able to justify the price which should be around the same price as a non FP 1/48."
now, i don't know if that was anyone exact words but i have a feeling it went something like that.
Not gonna use my flamethrower here. Totally agree with you there:D
Isn't that Q-Rau thing doing good thouhg? Seems like that fits the same market. In this case I'd be much more willing to buy the original Monster than the transformable one. I wonder if I'm in the minority.
The Q-Rau is lucky to be selling that good. The original monster would be in the same league as the Millia Q-Rau pricewise, IMO, since both don't transform. Imode was right to question why the VB-6 looked lame if you look from the front. Doesn't look as menacing as in the lineart. I guess sometimes "life doesn't imitate art".