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So far the average seems to be between $40 and $70, but none of these are the big budget, graphics intensive titles, at least not like what MGS4 and FFXIII are promising. I imagine those will cost more simply due to developement costs.

yeah, but pricing of games in USA is alittle different than pricing in Japan. Their pricing of FF and MGS games have always been higher there, but once it's released in the USA it has always sold at a reasonable standard USA pricing.

Sure their developement cost will be higher, but when it's time for their release, which is about a year away, their production cost will be much lower than the up coming launch PS3 titles that's comming out in about 2 month. Overall they will balance out either way.

the PSP3 with Beta-Ray is going to be a "wait & see" kinda thing for me...

the same reason I didn't buy a PS2 is probably going to be the same reason I won't buy a PS3... same decade old controller. and no rumble is just the last nail in the coffin for me (right after the price, Blu-Ray, $70-100 games, probably unremarkable free online like the PS2's etc. etc.).

on the other hand the HD-DVD player thats coming out for the Xbox360 is something that couldn't come out sooner... I can't freakin wait.

The gaming price of Ps3 games will be at the same standard pricing as xbox 360. So if your are ok with xbox 360 pricing then you should be ok with Ps3 pricing. Since they are printed in the new Blu-ray format, which you'll probably say that it will cost them alot more in production cost instead of a typical DVD ,you are kinda getting a deal here. And of course the so call "same decade old controllers" happens to have better technogly inside then even the most advanced xbox 360 controller and at better pricing too, bluetooth wireless, the 6 axis thingie, rechargeable battery pack, built in mini usb recharging port,etc.

And yes, the Ps3 Blu-ray is "wait and see" and the "HD-DVD is OMG must need it now?" ,, err , ok man,

IT seems you have no intrest in the PS3 what so ever, so why are you even posting here?

I'm happy that you are enjoying your $600 xbox 360 since you said you can't freakin wait for their HD-DVD addon with no HDMI and only for moives for $199 so assuming you are smart and gotten the $400 xbox 360, That'll be $600. I'm not rich like you so I'll just get the $500 Ps3 with HDMI, that just happens to have similar features as the $600 xbox 360 HD-dvd combo , and place my bet on Blu-ray and hope for the best.

Oh, I'll be buying the most expensive game ever too, Gran Turismo HD, which will cost over $800 if I feel like buying every thing that's for sale inside the game. Yeah,, only if I must buy every freaken things that's for sale ,even the ones that I don't want or will ever use. Hmm, that red Dodge neon sure looks nice, I would really love to take a spin in that car doing 65 MPH turns on a left turn only circular track. But hey, since no other system can provide me a game like Gran Turismo, then I guess I'll have to be a sucker and spend a huge ammout ($25) to get a couple of NEW cars and NEW tracks and play the hell out of it with other people online until GT5 comes out. Then I'll have to be a sucker again and buy the new Logitech GT steering wheel.

it would be great if it comes with the armor for my GFF Alex.

The hands from Twoducks are MKII 2.0 hands. Which is pretty much the same as the OYW hands except for being a different color.

I'm not sure if they charge by number or by sprue but if they are by Sprue then the OYW hands might be cheaper because they only need the "E" to construct the hand. It's all in Black.

I heard that Sony is reducing the PS3 prices in Japan only to under $500 (for the ones with bigger drives).

It's a shame they don't plan to do that in the States

I' think you heard wrong,, the price reduction was for the 20GB version, which was anouced at the time of TGS, it will be around $430 in Japan. Also in case you haven't heard, all PS3 will have HDMI ports now, even the 20gb version.

That kind of pisses me off. Are they that confident that the USA will fatten their pockets no matter what that they'll leave our prices higher?

well don't get mad at something that's not yet confirm, only the 20BG version is getting a price cut. The pricing over in japan is different. Their Console games and DVDs normally cost more then the US. Pricing on items goes up or down depending on location. Just like how they can get Macross items for a lower price than people living in the USA. If you are that pissed off over this, wait until you see the difference in the Pricing of Microsoft Xbox 360 Consoles/ items in japan, they are WAY cheaper there then anywhere else.

Of course I wasn't all that happy with only Japan gets a pricecut either. But instead of $499 (no HDMI) to now $499 (have HDMI) is surely somewhat good news, it would have been great new if the US gets the price cut too, but oh well that's life, you win some you lose some.

you ain't lying. i've never really looked at any gundam toy before, of course i've seen them, but never took a real close look to see how cool they really are....like this one.

http://old.rfdh.com/dal69/mg/m35/m35_n20.jpg

i'm not sure exactly what its called, how old it is, how much it costs, but i think i have to buy it now, its calling my name.

That's the MG Kampfer, Amazon.com was selling those for $9.99 for Long time until it finally sold out, soldout.

First person shooters.

They didn't really have that much FPS on the Ps1 or PS2 platform to begin with and it's not really their top seller. Microsoft on the other hand is different since one of their tops seller is a FPS. So you see. for MS they need a controller that's good for FPS but PS3 needs a more flexible controller to deal with their width selection of games.

But with the Ps3 it'll be a different story. The new PS3 controller may look similar but they did add improvments here and there (trigger buttons, wireless, 6 x movement detection thingies). so if they use those 6 x thinges correctly , this new Ps3 controller would be better for FPS games then Microsofts.

Also the PS3 will have a keyboard and mouse setup too, but I'm not sure about the Xbox 360.

Oh, I have no problem with the DS controller. I thinks it's one of the best controllers around. I'm even using it for computer games by getting a USB adapter. But I'll trully miss the rumble feature, which is a big plus when you play Gran Turismo games, but oh well, I'll just use the new Logitech Wheel when it comes out because I'm going to get it anyways. And that will surely have FORCEFEED BACK.

There is this one too, while maybe a little more $$, it does come from another known MW entity:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1-48-yamato-macross-ro...1QQcmdZViewItem

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$1?

The PS2 also wasn't 6 bills.

Ps3 isn't $600 either since you just told me you don't want any extras and prefer choices. So there you go, $499, You can now choose when or if on upgrading to Wifi, bigger harddrive,, different card readers, etc.

In Macross Toy wording this is what you just said in your 2 previous posts.

You: Yamato is doing nothing but forcing us to buy a 1/48 Super Stealth. It's bs. I don't want Fastpacks but I want to a 1/48 VF-1j Stealth. At least give me an option.

Someone: They "forced" you to buy a Super VF-1j with their older 1/60 line. And honestly...you don't need to buy a new 1/48 Super Stealth if it bothers you that much.

You: The 1/60 Super VF-1j also wasn't $190

Me: The 1/48 VF-1J Steath isn't $190 either since you just told me you don't want the extras and perfer choices. So there you go, $135, you can now choose when or if on buying the 1/48 Stealth Fastpack set later on.

Well you get what I mean. If you hate it that much then just don't get it. But if you are complaining about the price make sure you are complaining about the correct price, the price of the system that you are talking about getting and not the higher end model that you already said you dont' want those options/extra forced on you.

This is not really directed at you, it's just ended up being a example,, you know with all those Yamato toys poping up left and right. It's like most of the people on this board for some reason is extreme bias on the Sony Ps3. Some of your guys are treating it like the Robotech of Macross which is pretty unfair for a company that made 2 great Consoles in 2 gen which both got the most unit sold and have the most games.

Please open your eyes a bit more so you can view both the ups and downs of the soon to be release systems, Wii and Ps3.

I have no problem with this new Gran Turismo HD. It's only a Stop GAP before GT5 comes out.

It's not like I have to buy every single car and track inorder for me to enjoy this game. I'll be happy will just buying 2 to 3 cars and the 2 new tracks. This and their online racing feature will be enough for me til GT5 get's released.

And because this is not a full GT game they are not goint to charge you like a regular game. Expect $20 for for the Classic and $40 for the Premium. They did it before and they did price it accordingly.

By the WAY, NEWS on the PS3. All models will now have HDMI port. Even the 20GB model.

Thanks Godzilla,

one question. is the 25% base on the total plus Shipping or just base on the total without shipping?

Here a pic fo the model

The black fast pack is not legit...it's the super stealth's fast pack. also, funny taht it has white hands instead

if look a bit to the right, you'll see Black hands too. They are on top of the left wing.

sinking below $150? i already got a guy who quoted me $130 shipped!

$130 shipped for 1/60 YF-19?? Please do share..me want to get a couple for that price too.

I haven't gotten any real QC problem from Yamato yet so I'm not going to wait. My first run VF-0s is just fine, no problem what so ever. All my VF-1 are fine too. Yamato is finally releasing a YF-19 that I have waited and waited for years so to thank them I will preorder 1 from their frist run.

All the "do you remember love" theme VF-1s and VF-1a only comes with 1 set of hands and they are folded and storged in the arms. They are pretty skinny and small.

All the "VF-1J" and VF-1a cannon fodders comes with 2 set of hands.

-The Original skinny small one

-The 4 swapable TV hands ( they are storged in the upper left corrner of your Yamato box.)

A set of recast tv hands will cost about $12.

there's one on ebay with a $76 buy it now.

the item is in Australia. And shipping to the USA will be $31

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEDW%3AIT&rd=1

I have a VF-1J Super Valkyrie Miria. It's not seal because I opened it just to check if everything is there. I brought this overseas so open inspection is a must. Everything is new, never transformered, everything is there, box in excellent condiction too.

Pm me with your location and price range.

I have a 1/60 VF-1J Super Valkyrie Miria. It's not seal because I opened it just to check if everything is there. I brought this overseas so open inspection is a must. Everything is new, never transformered, everything is there, box in excellent condiction too.

Pm me with your location and price range.

But I don't like people jacking up prices with hidden shipping costs...

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He is shipping the item from Malaysia. We are talking international shipping with customs forms and everything. It's not CHEAP. $20 shipping is a pretty good price.

As for the seller on ebay posting it for $69 with $15 shipping sounds fair too. it's not a super deal but you aren't really getting ripped off here. The MSRP is $79. you are paying less than that. And there's no SALES TAX. The Shipping is ok too. with Priority Mail it'll cost $9.95 then you add in $0.65 for DC and $1.25 for insurence. then add in the cost of Box, tape, packaging material, waiting in line time, and if he print out the label then it's ink cost. I'm not making these things up because they do add up.

By the way,how much are you planing to spend on the Apha including shipping cost? give us a number and the condiction of the toy so people here can keep a eye out for you.

I used customerservice@toynami.com. 

Message was sent Monday, August 14, 2006 1:55 PM and reply was Tue, 15 Aug 2006 18:40:55.

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Thanks for the email, I guess I shouldn't use their sales email.

Well. There are small pegs attached to the ball and cup, which go into holes. If you do not put the pegs far enough into the holes, this will result in the toy falling off of the stand and hitting the ground, possibly damaging portions (the ones being spoken of in this thread) of the stand accompanying the toy during the fall.

Is that a logical enough example?

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It's pretty hard to not put the peg far enough into the hole. You can try that at home. But lets just say that the toy did fall off due to that reason with the cup piece attached, the toy will fall 6 inch to the hard surface of the desk or table with the toy taking the full falling impact and whatever remainding of the stand will fall on top of it if it ever falls. This is what might happen if you're talking about the peg on the bottom of the cup. (it's kinda like chopping a tree in the middle, the part you last touched with your axe is not going to hit the ground first.)

Also the stand and the cup piece is not the one falling here, it did not fall. Also the piece in question is a Rubber flexi piece. I bet you can drop that from 10 floors and it will not break.

I'm not saying your example is not posisble but the chances of that ever happening which would cause the Cup piece to crack with just the toy falling is very very slim. There's only 1 time that a toy of mine was ever damage due to a fall and that happen in a EARTHQUAKE (my only Gakken Transformable green Alpha). Seeing this just brought all those bad memories back. I'm not good with seeing my toys falling to their death on their own. Now that I think about it, there was also a light earthquake just awhile ago too.

Who knows maybe there was no fault in the stand at all and at night my Yamato Macross Figures just happen to beat the daylights out of the little 1/100 toynami and once they were finish they took out the stand too.

Anyways, I'm still playing with this little figure just without the stand so it was still a good purchase, I'm just pissed at the falling and breaking part.

I have to wonder if the people with the stand problems attached the toys securely?

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Mine's was secure. The instructions were clear. It's rubber and it split. I am getting a replacement part from Toynami so it does not bother me anymore. Other than that it is a nice figure. I have 8 more on the way. I just like figures this size. I have 27 Banprestos, so handling small figures is something I am used to. Overall I am happy with my purchase. Now if only I know what series three was going to be.

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I try contacting Toynami too, but they didn't respond to my email yet. Which email did you use?

I have to wonder if the people with the stand problems attached the toys securely?

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hmm, lets me see.. there's a ball and a cup. Ball goes into the cup. If it's was not attached correctly the toy will fall off instantly.

Can you even give me a logical example of what you mean by damaging the stand by attaching the toy to the stand insecurely?

PS: I now have four of these valks sitting on their stands. No fall-overs, no fall-offs, and no breaks. *cough* and no complaints.

well, I wish you luck then. Try not to post the figther mode in any somewhat extreme tilting of left or right for over 2 to 3 hours. or even like how it was shown on the flip cover of the BOX, because it will tilt more and more over time automatically, until it can tilt no more, then hours later CRACK.

I do like the 1/100 Toynami. I think it's a great little toy and at $20 it's a pretty fair price to pay. The QC on the toy itself is good this time. I even prefer this more than their MPC line. But what they screw up on, at least for me and 2 other people is the Stand.

Sure , some of you may think it's just a stand and it's not really important. But did you stop and think what goes onto the stand? it's the 1/100 valkyrie. And what would happen if the stand breaks? Your 1/100 valkyire will DROP and FALL to the ground or table. This might or might not damage the toy. I bet no one enjoy seeing that. I don't care if it's free but if it comes with the figure then it should be able to handle the weight. I never had a included stand from any of my toy figures break on their own. It's like a stock jack to lift up your car when you have a flat.