turbolover925

Why not ask the seller to go lower and offer him the price you are willing to pay? Otherwise, link me the seller's info and I'll negotiate on your behalf.

What do you think its worth? Give me a dollar figure you think something like this is worth?

Ill probably end up passing on it, unless the guy drops the price. Its just a huge ammount of money for that thing...then I gotta pay more if I want it graded...

Im sure you guys are right...not a good deal...

Id also rather have one MIB so I can take it out and look at it, the MISB is cool but you dont get to check the figure out, kinda sucks!

I don't think the OP is gonna take our advices in our area of speciality JCSaves?!

Ill probably end up passing on it, unless the guy drops the price. Its just a huge ammount of money for that thing...then I gotta pay more if I want it graded...

Im sure you guys are right...not a good deal...

That was true about 10 years ago. I highly recomend you check out the 1/48 and 1/60 version 2.0 Yamatos before spending a thousand dollars on a 1/55...

Yamato valkyrie don't need to be taken apart to transform. They've developed perfect transformation and the sculpts are totally redone and anime/line art accurate.

But to each his own

Pete

Hmmm, maybe I will check them out! That sounds pretty good. So Pete, in your opinion, the $1000 price tag is not worth it for the 1/55 Elintseeker MISB? You wouldnt touch it for that? From a collectors aspest AS WELL as if you were trying to make money off of it?

Where exactly is this shop: city, state, number... and the name of this shop??

The seller is asking $1,000 bucks for a MISB, but no one is willing to pay that kind of money for it. Especially, in this economic down turn. Aside from its rarity and its asking price, casual fans are most likely to dish out a near $200 bucks for a detailed 1/60 VE-1 Yamato. I'd would give the seller your offer and wait for a counter-offer.

Ill keep the shop info to myself, thanx! The economic downturn is bad, true...but this is the "holy grail" of the Robotech series. AFA graded, should fetch at least $2000. I need to give it some thought, thats soooo much money for a freaking toy!! LOL! Its not really comparable to the Yamatos at all. This is a lot older and a whole lot rarer...

If you don't already collect and you're just a fan, my suggestion would be to save yourself the money and get a Yamato Valkyrie instead

Pete

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OMG! Am I alone in thinking that this phrase sounds very surrealistic:

Im not a fan of the Yamatos. I like the old school "chunkey" ones, they are the ones that I grew up with and to me they are a lot better, the Yamatos are thinner and smaller and have to be taken appart to transform. Nothing like thick plastic and metal with the sharp CLICK and the feel of the 1/55. I wouldnt get the Yamato. I am just considering this one Elintseeker. Its so much to spend on a figure, its insane to me...but this is a super duper rare fig. I dont know what would be worth more $$ in Robotech or Transformers than this piece. This has to be so incredibly rare MISB with a c9.5 box, I mean who actually has one of these?

Do you have pics or a link to this VE-1 you're talking about?

As per your questions and concerns, obviously with the released of the VE-1 and VT-1 version 2 has affected the value of the vintage 1/55 VE-1. Not only that, but a flood of Macross goodies which are far superior than the 1/55 in terms of articulations, anime line art, accessories, tampo, countless features, price, etc...

Even if you want it to be AFAed, I don't think you'll get your money back at all. Unless its for personal collection where you want to put it up like a shrine, sure. Personally, for MISB VE-1 I would probably willing to pay about $600-700 bucks. But that's just me.

I dont have pictures, I saw it in a shop yesterday and been thinking about it. I dont collect valkys but a Robotech fan. I would like to keep it for a while just for the coolness of the figure and it's rarity but may sell it one day and it's been hard to find a price value. MIB ones seem to go for around $800, I would think a MISB one should be around $1300-$1500 and a AFA graded at least $2000...

So I have come across one of these. Robotech Macross Elintseeker Valkyrie from 1984. Its MISB and the box seems to be a 9.5 or 10 from looking at it briefly. Yellowed tape sealed on both sides, clear window, sharp corners and edges. The guy wants $1000 for it. I would like to know what would it be worth as is, and if I buy it, I plan to get it AFA graded, so as a 9-10 AFA graded what would it be worth? Although I may just keep it, Id like to know what you guys think its worth it both states. Thanks for your time and input!!!