Slave IV
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Yeah, I don’t care if I get it or not. Just wouldn’t mind having it for cheap. But now that the FEXT 1/60’armor isn’t coming out, I need one even less.
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I’m really surprised the anniversary Valk is holding value and sold out at most shops. I was hoping to get one on clearance for under $100.
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Yeah, that ObiWan is a must have! I’m going to need the Kenner homage Fett too. -
Haha! The “World’s most dangerous group” f’ing up the status quo again!
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Yeah, but @Shizuka the Cat is young and known to not know what Star Wars and Transformers are. I’m sure most others here know our classics.
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Nice!
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Nice! I ordered one too. Then went crazy and ordered the rest of the new preorders that went up last night. I’m guessing he used points of some sort. Great way to get “discounted” or “free” toys. -
Great outlook about collecting. That’s how it should be imo. As for the other story, F*** Tha Police! (Wonder if you know where that’s from). Yep, this! 100% There are highs, there are lows. In the end, it’s all good.
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I’m not trying to defend or attack anyone’s behavior but it is odd to me when people say someone else did something for “no reason” when a reason was given right before in the same sentence. Again, do we want a free market where prices are based on supply and demand or not? Can’t have that only when it doesn’t involve a hard to get toy we want.
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Yeah, I'm just hoping that they get it right from the get go this time. With the VF-0 experience and all the time they are taking on this one, I would certainly hope they catch any issues before going into final retail production.
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Yeah, the VF-0S is an absolute gem among all the valk toys we have. But it is worth pointing out that the 0D and 0A that came before it had some major issues that had to be ironed out for the 0S to be as good as it is.
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But how many other companies that you know of that don't mainly focus on high end collectibles deliver enough to satisfy all customers everytime? The only one I can think of is TakaraTomy but they definitely have had issues when it comes to some of the MP items the produce. For Macross, the only other real player is Arcadia and they can do it because their entire business is centered around High End Macross toys. Bandai makes toys from kiddie stuff to high end and for just about every popular brand across the world. Macross is a spec of dust to them. HMR often do go through the same preorder madness situations but it hasn't been as bad since they are smaller, cheaper to make and most likely have higher profit margin and therefore make business sense to produce more of.
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YES! These are reasonable responses! We all love our Macross here and want as much as we can get! We just need to deal with the reality of the situation and it doesn't help to blame and get upset at others over it.
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Don't take anything I said personally, lol! I never said Greed did not exist before capitalism but capitalism definitely encourages more greed. As for stepping your game up, I mean those F5 and cart navigating skills! I've missed out on a couple preorders lately and every time I go through a preorder madness, I learn little things that help me possibly be successful the next time. Of course, there is always luck involved as with any "game". I've never blamed anyone for my missing out on a preorder although I did want to destroy NY for that crap they pulled with carjacking my ass and saying they were sold out only to have the item I had in my cart relisted for higher by the time I finished reading their email. I'm very happy that they seem to be doing something to stop that from happening now. As for communicating with Bandai, doesn't hurt. Maybe they will listen like they did with MB Eva but in the end, it will be about their own bottom line to make that decision and no matter how we feel about it, Macross doesn't have much financial pull in the retail world compared to a lot of other properties that Bandai produces.
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That seems like a completely reasonable deal at this moment. Congrats!
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It is annoying that we can't buy what we want when we have the money to do so. But this has always been the case with relatively low volume niche items since as long as I can remember. It's just a different ballpark now but same game. In the whole scheme of things, I think this is still better than driving hundreds of miles across towns to try to find something and still never see it.
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Yeah, it sucks. NY does though. I never have to login there because I'm always logged in.
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Yeah, the cockpits definitely seem too small and my first impression is that no way a Zentrad fits in there. The only gripe about the figures is they don't come with Zentrads that fit inside but in reality, it's not a big deal because I always display with cockpits closed and in action against VF-1s and Destroids. There are varying sizes of Zentrads though so they could possibly fit the smallest specimens.
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In the whole scheme of things and toys you can get at various prices, the Glaug is absolutely worth more than $100 to me. Keep in mind that original price was around $100 or more shipped and that's what I got mine for. No way I would let go of mine for $110, that's for sure. It's probably worth closer to $200 to my personal collection. I'm actually surprised that the price is basically still MSRP. This is another one of those cases where the price stays the same or even drops and then when all the initial stock disappears, it could climb fast (like the Regults).
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Your most recent Macross or toy purchase! General thread.
Slave IV replied to Gakken85's topic in Hall Of The Super Topics
Hell yeah! That is a great pickup for that price! Congrats! -
Greed is the result of capitalism. You can't say you love capitalism and then blame people who are capitalizing on the market when it doesn't work out for you. People love blaming anything but themselves when something doesn't work out. Just step your game up! If you really want to blame anyone, the only ones to blame are the retail shops who should be providing a good service to their customers. That includes websites that can handle the demand when needed. So far, only NY seems to be doing anything to address that matter.
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I won't alter it at all. You deserve credit for thinking of and making it. Thanks!
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LOL! great take on the wallet busting GIF! Mind if I share this around?
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Again, I'm not going to get into that too much here but greed is the capitalistic way. There is no scenario in capitalism where you can fault someone for trying to maximize their profits unless they are breaking some law to do so. Even with the price hikes, as people have pointed out and I also noticed, the NY prices are still usually below secondary market prices.
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Stop telling Bandai to raise prices!!! The reason they can have lower prices is because of their competitive advantage of being a larger, multinational corporation with a lot more resources that allow them to produce more items at a lower per item cost than Arcadia. This type of economy has a lot of issues I won’t get into here but as long as we are using it, we should let the good parts about it play out. Bandai’s job is to produce and distribute their items to retailers. It’s the retailers job to provide a good experience and deliver these products to the end consumers. Any issues with the market should correct itself if each part does their job well. Right now, based on the last year of experience with all the shops, it seems like NY is the only shop trying new things to make it better for all of us. Don't get me wrong, I was ready to throw NY on a pitchfork and wish them to Hell like many people after the last few items I mentioned in the last post but now I’m seeing the changes they are making might be for the better.
