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  1. The other story I've heard and I have NO proof of this so take it with a grain of salt, but I heard there was a second full production run made by Gakken Singapore targeted to be sold in England. That story went so far as to say they were even shipped to England but were held up in customs needing additional paperwork from Gakken Singapore but that Gakken Singapore folded before the Treads ever made it out of customs and that to this day there are supposed to be 1000 mint-in-box Treads sitting in a customs wearhouse in England somewhere. To be honest I have a really hard time believing this story but I first heard it atleast 10 years ago before I even had proof of the Lansay Treads and that part of the story panned out.

    Well, not impossible !

    some few years ago, I found in a market there in France, a stock of hundreds brand new boxes of Captain Harlock figures ... made in 1978 ! for the french market by the italian manufacturer Atlantic. (you can see what I am talking about here Harlock figures)

    Just took 50, I wasn't a big fan of Harlock !

    Bootlegs ? well this market near the harbour is not the right place to sell those figures and make money :ph34r: (It was a very good deal for me). saw hundreds of boxes on ebay only 1 year later, and I think we can find some again nowadays. It was the source !?

    For the Alpha and Beta, the price wasn't so cheap for the 80's : 99 french francs, approx. USD 15. You could buy 5 / 6 little model kits for this price at the time. (now: nothing !!!)... I am not sure, but I guess we could only purchase the box in a catalogue and not in a shop.

  2. :unsure: I am sorry for you.

    well, it's the same thing everywhere. :( I thought there in Europe, we were more sillies with the human "burglar" rights ("please, can I arrest you !!!") But I am happy to not be the only one in the world with a F****** country and stupid laws <_<

  3. Just saw this ending auction:

    Ebay auction

    I guess it's a Macross 7 deck crew. (who makes this ?)

    Except the well known Arii models and other ones in the model section (Tsukuda Misa, Gport Sylvia, and other Minmay...) Is there a lot of Macross figures ??? (resin, pvc, styrene,...)

    Edit:

    1/6 or other scales

  4. I would like to thank "schhy84" (on ebay) aka "IroHide" on the board. Very good contact, I have received the items in very good condition (macross book + poker deck), and it was very fast from the US to Europe.

    Thank to the well known "Blackaces" ;) for an ebay auction too

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