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  1. jenius
    RE: NSX-GT - It looks like a mish mash of body kits for various import vehicles were all bolted to the same frame.
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    I was totally unimpressed with Ted... I think it was a case of high hopes met by average product.
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    Everyone who thinks Ray shouldn't have been second is ignoring business economics. The fact Beagle didn't survive long enough to get Houquet out means we were very lucky to get Ray, not that Houquet should have been earlier. I think it's just a bummer that Beagle happened when it did. It was the worst possible time. Had they shown up to the party today with the economy on the mend they may have been better off... maybe not though, it's still a tiny niche and it's not like Robotech has done anything to make Toynami want to order more units.
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    I think bundles may have died with Yamato.
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    I seriously doubt it will cost $270 at the con if preorders from people looking to make money were in the $250 ball park... I was thinking these things would run like $150 at the Con.
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    Any idea what the cost of this item is at the event? I'm trying to get a feel for how much of a mark-up I'm comfortable with.
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    Not sure which of your posts your referring to but no, I've never been able to get on TRU's very short order windows and I don't mind a small premium to not bother trying any more. I probably should sell some toys though soon so I can adhere to my own rule about only buying things with the money I make from selling.
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    After the bay area TRUs came up empty this week on Soundwaves I bit the bullet and bought one on ebay for less than $160 shipped. I figure that's essentially a $20 premium to not have to bother calling any more stores or trying to stalk trucks. Hopefully the box isn't beat up too bad but the listing didn't mention any box damage. Fingers crossed! I also found my old Soundwave at my parents house. The door to the cassette player portion apparently didn't survive. He was always one of my favorites.
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    Several literally means "more than two, less than many" so no 1ish values qualify. You are correct though, there's a good chunk of land 2000-3000 miles from the Pacific that doesn't view itself as coastal property.
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    Wouldn't several thousand miles inland from the Pacific put you on the other coast?
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    Imax 3d was awesome
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    There was an ebay listing for $240 shipped for event exclusive Grimlock yesterday, 10 available. EBayer had some odd feedback though so I'm still holding out hope we'll be able to snag some deals right after the event.
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    Doesn't it snow in Macross City though? Or did they fly somewhere and it was snowing there? If it did snow in Macross city it doesn't sound very Orlando-like.
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    DX Chogokin Super VF-27

    jenius replied to IXTL's topic in Toys

    We need the panic button!
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    Gun<sword<fist.
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    The problem with that logic is that the 1/48s aren't that collectable because most view the 1/60 V2 as an improved release. It's not quite the same but it's like saying the 1/60 V1 toys should start picking up in value because they're out of print. That's obviously not true because better things are in print. I'd say that things are as they've always been with Yamato and now with Arcadia. Each release will have a window when it's a really good time to sell it... and that window will inevitably close with few exceptions.
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    You don't think that thing will be all over eBay like Tigertrack was/is in September? I haven't been able to convince myself to pull the trigger on it.
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    Just be patient... there are more hitting the streets every day. Soon the scalpers will only be able to make a few bucks on each one and at that point you can just buy one off ebay for the convenience.
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    It's a movie where guns didn't work so they created giant robots to punch things to death. This isn't a secret going into the movie. It seems like once you accept that logical jump into this genre, you really shouldn't get hung up on how well a ship would work as a weapon.
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    I saw that picture once before but didn't even notice the lion had been 'adapted'. I'd say we don't really know how the super parts work on the lion, they might slide out toe the side for flight and missile shooting or something. Wow... never thought I'd see the day where I'd hypothesize how super parts would work on Voltron. Man, if Kawamori thought the GI Joe 'crossover' was humorous, what would he think of this? I think I'm going to have to create a graphic of Rick Hunter jumping a shark...
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    I moved my bar into my parents garage this weekend since I have a kid now and the small house so the man stuff is being stored until I move somewhere larger. Anyway, while I was there my dad informed me that he found a box of my old Transformers. I'm definitely going to have to scope that out next time I visit them. I'm sure they're all thoroughly trashed... I used to play with them all the time and set up epic wars.
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    I don't have mine out but does the plastic feel different between the two? I was thinking it was bad folding at the factory too that left the thin plastic in a position where it was under pressure and then just finally cracked.
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    I clicked on one the links above hoping to see some Voltron Valkyrie half-breed and instead I found a thread from Kevin McKeever implying Robotech is stronger now that it was the year Shadow Chronicles dropped. He points to the fact the franchise has maintained a pulse to make that argument. Sure, it was lurching along when Shadow Chronicles dropped and promptly entered a coma, but three years ago a toe wiggled, last year a finger curled, and this year it farted! Obviously it's the strongest its ever been! I like that he also credits Robotech with things done on the strength of the Japanese market (Aoshima releasing the Tread made the Robotech Beta possible, Beagle doing the Ride Armor made the Masterpiece Cyclone possible). Must be hard to make your living from polishing turds every day.
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    I get the economics of not making a Sunstreaker because it'd be a whole new mode with potentially just one regular release and maybe an e-Hobby diaclone release. I wonder if Lamborghini would also balk at a Sunstreaker toy because it has that big engine sticking out the back. I presume there never really was a factory Countach that had that going on.
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    Since Takara has the Lamborghini license, it'd be nice to see them do a Sunstreaker.
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