ntsan Posted October 31, 2009 Posted October 31, 2009 (edited) I am fine with my 1/3000 SDF-1, at least it is TV-version ha! Edited October 31, 2009 by ntsan
Kicker773 Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 So lets just say if i wanted one of these.. where the hell am i suppose to order it from? Another person who will mark it up another 500-1k? Or will Yamato make it available to be ordered by international Otakus?
eugimon Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 My friend in Japan is willing to arrange things but he's going to need payment up front +10% for his troubles... PM me if anyone is interested.
jorawar_b Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 check this out guys http://cgi.ebay.com/Yamato-Macross-1-2000-...=item3a5445b4ba
boinger Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 If there's only 100 SDF models being produced, then how come there are 2 guys on ebay offering pre-sales for this model? And do they offer paint and assembly sevice?
nugundamII Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 500 would be ok for me but 2000 US plus shipping would put me in the range in 4000 cand. no thanks I could think of so many other toys i could get for that and expand my aquarium and im talking about good quality toys. Hell a 1/35 Rx78 GFF MC would be a better buy I guess a lot of you here are either born with silver spoons or born with silver spoons
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 I do hope this one sells well. Wouldn't hurt our chances of a smaller version coming.
Fatalist Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 500 would be ok for me but 2000 US plus shipping would put me in the range in 4000 cand. no thanks I could think of so many other toys i could get for that and expand my aquarium and im talking about good quality toys. Hell a 1/35 Rx78 GFF MC would be a better buy I guess a lot of you here are either born with silver spoons or born with silver spoons Sorry, I'd say no higher than 300. It's not like it has a complex transformation. Sure, it has details and whatnot, but is that in itself worth a 500 price tag? Not IMO. Maybe if it was all lit up by LED's and had various sound effects...... But my guess is that thats not something Yamato would do.
EXO Posted November 1, 2009 Author Posted November 1, 2009 as if a thousand housewives suddenly cried out in relief for OKing a $500 toy purchase and were suddenly silenced.
Salamander Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 Time for Bandai to do a SoC or reissue the 1/3000 Takatoku one...
blacklotus Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 (edited) 500 would be ok for me but 2000 US plus shipping would put me in the range in 4000 cand. no thanks I could think of so many other toys i could get for that and expand my aquarium and im talking about good quality toys. Hell a 1/35 Rx78 GFF MC would be a better buy I guess a lot of you here are either born with silver spoons or born with silver spoons err...for US$2000+ shipping + VA-tax + commission to be paid for us fans outside Japan to buy + lots of paint to complete this kit, I can get myself a top end gaming PC with the works. I will pass on this DIY resin kit. Edited November 1, 2009 by blacklotus
blacklotus Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 I hope the Bandai DX Quarter sell very well when it come out, it will show how big mistake Yamato is making.... Well, Bandai is getting another order for the Quarter from me. I've just clicked "Buy" on a 2nd Quarter based on the picture of the finished minis. After all, that's the money meant for the Yammie SDF1, which Yammie won't be getting from me. And for that matter, I've cancelled my orders for the M&M VF-22Ss and VF11C as well. I doubt Yamato cared. Too bad.
nugundamII Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 Well, Bandai is getting another order for the Quarter from me. I've just clicked "Buy" on a 2nd Quarter based on the picture of the finished minis. After all, that's the money meant for the Yammie SDF1, which Yammie won't be getting from me. And for that matter, I've cancelled my orders for the M&M VF-22Ss and VF11C as well. I doubt Yamato cared. Too bad. :lol: :lol: Just a show of hands. How many MW members have the Wave SDF 1 I have the movie version and im quite happy with mine and even the scale
jenius Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 I own a Wave... I think it's pretty "meh" and certainly over-priced.
cobywan Posted November 1, 2009 Posted November 1, 2009 I expect MUCH more detail in a $2000 resin kit. Here's an example of what I think 2grand should buy; http://www.flickr.com/photos/chrisparsley/...in/photostream/ And this is a 6 foot tall model when put together.
Gunpod71 Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 For that price it should transform on its own and make me breakfast
vanpang Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Yamato better rethink their pricing strategy, it seems most of us are keen, but the pricing is way off !
Valkyrie addict Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 ahhaah, who would've thought, the Macross holy grail has turned out to be very very bad publicity for Yamato
macrossnake Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) ahhaah, who would've thought, the Macross holy grail has turned out to be very very bad publicity for Yamato I feel that is the Yamato marketing department's fault and no one else. Exposed the SDF-1 prototype in a public exhibition in the early stage (release date announcement with no price but $500 dollars price tag rumor started), and then more print report in the magazine etc... giving the fans wrong impression and fake hope. (Leading many Macross fans believe that they can own it next year). All these time, Yamato had done nothing to indicate this toy/model is aimed for the 'exclusive collector' market. Bad marketing, publicity disaster! Edited November 2, 2009 by macrossnake
wizartar Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) $2,000 is a bit extreme for anybody’s wallet, likewise $500 seemed too cheap for something this scale if you look at what’s on offer at the $120 mark. I though it would go for about $1,000, but at $2,000 there must be very high labor costs. At some point Yamato must have realized they bit off more then they could chew! And that’s why it cost so much, the fact they’ve gone with a completely new material to build it out of looks to me like desperation, and plan B. It doesn’t make any sense for a company to put a lot of effort into a model then price it out of just about everybody’s league unless a mistake was made somewhere and now they’re trying to make the best of a bad situation (i.e. selling a prototype as a finished product). Seriously though, Bandai have the tech to do this right as a PG / Jumbo Grade if they wanted to, just look at the PG 00 that’s a ton of plastic. I don’t like saying it, but there mustn’t be much money in old school Macross. Edited November 2, 2009 by wizartar
VFTF1 Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Just a show of hands. How many MW members have the Wave SDF 1 I have the movie version and im quite happy with mine and even the scale Here's a different question: How many MW members HAD the Wave SDF-1 and got rid of it in anticipation of this? 'Cause that would be me. I thought I'd be buying this. Oh well. There goes that pipe dream Pete
gwfalcon Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Yamato, reduce the price to 1200 la~~~ Just exchange the first 2 digits. Here will become quite cz we will go for the 1/2000 toys and no time to discuss here.
logos Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 I work at an R&D department and believe me prototypes get shown off all the time at trade fairs and shows (how else do you build interest in an upcoming product?). Lots of stuff gets made in every R&D department that never sees the light of day. That's the point of R&D to come up with new ideas and to try them out. It's just to bad that someone dropped the ball somewhere. Then again maybe they didn't. This could have been Yamato's plan all along, who knows? That Yamato appears to have made a marketing error here there is no question but at least they made the attempt. They could have just killed the project and washed their hands of it or never had made the attempt to bring it out at all. I imagine that the mass produced item came in as to expensive for the current economy and they decided not to go through with it (IMO). At the current cost it probably covers to cost of running the mold machines for 1 toy/fig, some packaging and some R&D............At least some fortunate smucks are going to have the cash and buy this thing. But then this is all just speculation......which we love to do here! PS if anyone here does buy it....I HATE YOU......Please post pics!
Ghadrack Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 I want one of these, but 2K for a toy/display model is more than I can stomach. Maybe this fiasco will spur a couple of the people who were talking about making new model kits into action, because it seems like a stateside fan is boned on this one again.
logos Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 (edited) Yeah I suppose that's the biggest insult to injury isn't it? How does someone from outside of Japan order one of these even if they have to cash to fork over for it? Oh well Macross Quarter here I come! Edited November 2, 2009 by logos
VF-18S Hornet Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 This is a dead end product for me at that price.... at least I have a customized WAVE 1/5000 SDF-1 for 10% of the cost. shouldn't the upper thighs be blue, they're blue on the show?
Valkyrie addict Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 actually, the SDF-1 was always showned in a different blue/red/white scheme all over the TV show so there is no "definite" TV color scheme for it, the only stable colored SDF-1 is the DYRL version, go watch the show and search several pictures of TV SDF-1, it switches colors all the time one could fathom the idea that since it was constantly under attack by the zentradi, it was always getting repaired and repainted
Funkenstein Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Yamato already knows that the product is botched. It would have otherwise been cancelled. But I suppose there was enough interest from well-to-do fans that they're selling a garage kit instead. Im pretty sure the people who wanted it have already preordered it. This is more in line to something like a gold plated Chogokin or something similar. I get the feeling Yamato never intended to manufacture this in the first place, and is only selling the kits to make up for the loss in work time.
Nightbat Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Hmmm, releasing a limited run of kits to get the R&D costs out of it that isn't even such a way-off idea
mospeadamacrosstech Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 as if a thousand housewives suddenly cried out in relief for OKing a $500 toy purchase and were suddenly silenced. My wife thought this was particularly funny.
mantisfists Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 Wait, I'm confused. Is this the same Macross that Yamato was putting out for $500 that's now turned into a $2000+ model kit?
Valkyrie addict Posted November 2, 2009 Posted November 2, 2009 yes and no, Yamato released pictures of the prototype and the Macross community assumed a production toy would be price around the 500 mark
hirohawa Posted November 3, 2009 Posted November 3, 2009 (edited) Wait, I'm confused. Is this the same Macross that Yamato was putting out for $500 that's now turned into a $2000+ model kit? That's the first step in getting over Yamato's overpriced plastic kit. The Five Steps: 1. Confusion - WTF happened to the toy? 2. Shock - $2K for an unpainted piece of plastic - And even if one was willing to pay no guarantee of acquiring one close to that price. 3. Outrage - see above 4. More confusion - Is the toy still coming out? Will this be available for half price in a year like their 1/1 Macross Helemts? 5. Revenge - Where in Japan is Yamato located? Edited November 3, 2009 by hirohawa
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