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rnurmin

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  1. Ah, I don't mind having Yamato miling the molds by releasing various colors.

    If only they can reduce the price a little bit =p

    With all the new toys releases and their prices, this hobby is just getting expensive =(

  2. Sumdumgai, SaveRobotech: Wow, thank you for all the information. I knew some of the information, but I didn't expect that version 1 has a lot of variations. Now I need to figure out how to collect the ones that I don't have =/

    I heard that there are also some bootlegs being released for version 1. Is that correct?

  3. Hi all,

    I am trying to find more information about Macross CMS Figures. I believe CMS has released 4 lines so far. I want to find details of each release (along with their rarity, some price estimates if possible). I didn't start following these figures until the 3rd release (with the rare Max Pilot figure).

    Would any of you have some info to share?

    I recall seeing a thread discussing this a while back, but I couldn't find it even using the search function in this thread.

    Thanks for the help in advance =)

  4. Damn it. When I read about the price reduction on PS3, I was kind of pissed =(

    I paid premium just to find out that Sony reduced the price later. It just put them in a worse situation now. Potential customers might be thinking that Sony will reduce the price again in the future.

    Oh, how I wish Sony will offer some credit (just like what Apple did with iPhone) =/

  5. Hi All,

    My Wife and I will be travelling to Japan for a several days. We will be visiting Osaka and Tokyo (also some cities like Hakone, Kyoto). I need some help in finding shops in Osaka and Tokyo (since I hear these are the cities that I can find most toy shops). Any recommendations of places, directions, stores with good prices, etc will help a lot. =)

    Items that I'm looking for are: Macross toys, TF Binaltechs and KISS (need to get that Rodimus).

    My Wife will definitely be looking for those UFO Catcher machines :lol:

    Thank you.

    Rudy =D

  6. The problem with Macross is that the Fanbase is not as big as Transformers fanbase. That's why Transformers toys' value most of the time always go higher than Macross toys.

    Like what everyone said, invest in 401K Plan or IRA. For those of you who don't like people managing your money, you can choose a PCRA (Personal Choice Retirement Account), which is also a 401K but the difference is that you invest the money yourself in securities and funds :) Some benefits of 401K:

    - You can actually take out the 401k money (before retirement) as a loan with the interests payment made back to your own account (not bank).

    - For first time home buyers, you can actually take out the money with no penalties to purchase property (I think you have to paid tax on it). Last time I heard you can only take out $10k (which buys you nothing in Bay Area California ;) ). Hopefully they will bump up the amount.

  7. Ah, finally. The thread fighter. It will be nice to see how the CMs Alpha Beta comes out in the final production (not to mention their boxes). They use styrofoams as the toy container, so that will be nice. I like my CMs Gaogaigar, so I have no concern of their ability to churn out a good quality toy.

    Since CMs is a subsidiary of Yamato, I wonder if they both uses the same sculptor?

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