1/48 VF-1A Low Visibility on Amazon

[peter]

http://www.amazon.com/Macross-VF-1A-Visibility-Limited-Edition/dp/B0081CPOXM

Are you kidding me???? Is there anyone in the world willing to pay $599.99 for this??? Hell, if that's the case, I'll sell mine in a heartbeat! Are these things worth that much?

[funkymonkeyjavajunky]

There are many items on Amazon seriously overpriced. It doesn't mean they will ever sell. But, if you have the only one for sale, people will take notice.

[505thAirborne]

How could anyone pass up that price? I think I'll get both before anyone else does!! (Note the sarcasm)

[peter]

That's nuts. I remember one of the older chunky monkeys (Hikaru VF-1A Strike) used to sell for a lot...$400 or something like that if it was brand new, in box.

[kanedaestes]

Yeah that's about right for that. They were a very small run so it has gotten harder to find and more expensive.

[ErikElvis]

he's prob related to this guy

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Yamato-Macross-1-60-VF-1S-Strike-Valkyrie-Hikaru-Ichijyo-Type-/150873680736?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2320c5ab60#ht_2975wt_979

[MacrossJunkie]

I didn't even feel that it was worth the ~$120-150 it would have cost to get one when it first came out. Yamato's early attempts at weathering on that thing looked terrible. It just ended up looking like someone with dirty hands had handled the thing and left dirty fingerprints all over it.

[Renato]

"Ships from and sold by Tisinc99."

Isn't Tisinc on the blacklist? I've heard that name.

[Uxi]

Still one of my favorite Yamato valkyries ever. Wish they would do a 1/60 in both 1A and 1J versions with modern weathering.

[mass driver]

TISINC aka treasure island sports. Yes, they are in the blacklist. They have a booth at Frank N Sons. Customer service is hit and miss. I've bought stuff from them before and theirs is usually priced on the high end. This takes it to a whole new level though.

Edited August 10, 2012 by mass driver

[MikeRoz]

I bought a 1/48 Hikaru VF-1S and a super/strike parts set from him through Amazon before they got expensive. Didn't have any problems.

[Loop]

I have bought from them a few times, really as a last resort if the item cannot be found anywhere. I still refuse to buy from them though if the price is extreme.

Edited August 12, 2012 by Loop

[ps99042]

TISINC aka treasure island sports. Yes, they are in the blacklist. They have a booth at Frank N Sons. Customer service is hit and miss. I've bought stuff from them before and theirs is usually priced on the high end. This takes it to a whole new level though.

this is assuming they are even open when you go to their booth.

Edited August 11, 2012 by ps99042

[1/1 LowViz Lurker]

Yamato should do version 2 1/48 one day. All the gimmicks of the old 1/48 kept intact, include improvements from 1/60 ver2 line (better articulation, feet thrusters that don't look fake etc) , and designed it for 2 seater variants and GBP armour this time. (1/48 never got 2 seater variants)

You'll say: "No way I have just completed my 1/60 vf-1 collection. I will never buy more VF1 toy ever again."

Yamato will laugh and release a whole new 1/48 range of vf-1 toys and you do the opposite of what you said. Because the new ones are better than the old one. (1/60 ver2 has a long neck, old 1/48 had GBP big boobs, old 1/48 has tiny hands, 1/60 ver2 has no gunstrap, etc etc)

Edited August 12, 2012 by 1/1 LowViz Lurker

[Ignacio Ocamica]

I would buy a ver 2 1/48 VF-1 if it's an upscaled 1/60 ver 2 (awesome proportions)!!!

Edited August 13, 2012 by Ignacio Ocamica

[peter]

I bought a 1/48 Hikaru VF-1S and a super/strike parts set from him through Amazon before they got expensive. Didn't have any problems.

I was talking about the 1/55 scale chunky monkey Hikaru Strike. Wayyyyyyyyyy back before the Yamatos were even out.

Looks like one just went on our very own forum for way less than that nut job on Amazon:

http://www.macrossworld.com/mwf/index.php?showtopic=37258

Edited August 13, 2012 by peter

[Loute]

http://www.amazon.co...n/dp/B0081CPOXM

Are you kidding me???? Is there anyone in the world willing to pay $599.99 for this??? Hell, if that's the case, I'll sell mine in a heartbeat! Are these things worth that much?

There's worse, look at these three:

, and

999$ each...

They are from "Macross: Do You Remember Your Wallet?"

Edited August 16, 2012 by Loute

[Kicker773]

Wow maybe I should sell some of the overstocks if they would cost that much