Slave IV
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Yeah, Bandai doesn’t care about what happens after retail and in most cases, they only need to worry about filling their orders with retailers so they are not trying to artificially inflate prices. They just supply based on retail shop orders, their own assessment of demand and how much they are willing to take away from other, more lucrative products. HLJ and most other websites selling these things just need to up their bandwidth and adjust their software to accommodate spikes for high demand items. AmiAmi seems to be trying something new but it still has bugs. Its easy to explain how NY is able to have it still in stock. They have a set amount to begin with but they predetermine how many they want to sell at what prices. Their model is to grab initial preorders by offering the lowest prices, then after a certain amount, they raise the price to make up for the earlier discount or stop orders until release and raise the price then. If an item is extremely hot, they can decide to raise the price even more accordingly.
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We could have but possibly still wouldn’t have. Doesn’t seem like something worth worrying over. Personally, I’m glad we got those other releases. Some of the best toys for the HMR or any toy line to come out. And it’s safe to say that if Bandai didn’t do those, we wouldn’t have toys of those mecha for a very long time to come.
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Yeah, mykombini cancelled my 31A order saying it was out of stock and then it was back in stock with the price raised.
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1/48+fp's, 1/60+fp's, 1/72, 1/2k, 1/3k,1/100 and now 1/144
Slave IV replied to VF-18S Hornet's topic in Toys
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Haha, again, love to see the fun pics you guys are posting. I play with my toys but that usually means I'm transforming them and swooshing around. I rarely take pics of that but should more often.
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I have a feeling that Arcadia's cost to make a Valk is absolutely higher than Bandai's. I agree selling more at a lower cost sounds good but I also think most Macross fans overestimate the immediate demand for these things. Sure, eventually supply runs dry and prices almost always go up but that sometimes takes years, which could be death for a company that mostly just makes Macross toys and doesn't have multiple lines of much more profitable properties to sustain it.
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All at a lower price? Even if it might mean they go out of business because of it?
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Totally agree with this. Even though I’ve mentioned my dislike of the milking they do, I still try to support and promote them but it is pretty clear most fans that know about this are not biting.
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NYs wheel of death was nerve racking but got one. Night!
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Almost everything in multinational business is strategic. Their costs on this project were likely not as high as others since most of the design and tech is decades old. Plus, we have seen cost cutting corners cut like lower quality tampo and tolerance issues. Still, I'm glad mine seems to be in good shape with the only issue being the wings not lining up perfect in Battroid mode. Overall, it is a great toy, IMO..In fact, the best despite some of the improvements it could still have.
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Wait, does this mean the Toynami 1/100 Valk I have is the best since I got it for free? Nooooooo!
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Cool, thanks!
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How did you switch? Just email them? I sent them two emails to switch and they never responded.
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1. DX VF-1J 2. Arcadia VF-0S 3. Chunky Monkey Close behind PF SDF-1, V2 1/60 M&M & Roy 1S, HMR GPB VF-1J & Monster, Yamato 1/48 Low Vis Valks. I don’t think I can catorgoize any Macross toy as least favorite. I think I have a Toynami 1/100 that I never opened that I could put in the lowest spot.
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You are correct although my use of it was more due to influence of seeing it on other forums.
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Not sure what is meant by no screws either. The screws give Yeti stands their infinite adjustability and I would want to have them.
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#teamMiria > * This!
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If you just use the cheapest shipping every time, you end up with the same thing in your hand and never run into that problem. I get it though, just saying.
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The bar has been raised. Looks good! Although the banking feature the stand was made for is lost without more parts.
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Haha, it only took Bandai 35 years to come up with this superior arm mechanism on a premium Valk while copying a bunch of things off of that terrible Yamato company. I mean, everyone should start cutting parts off their toys and then blame the company when it doesn’t work out. Sorry, the situation sucks and I hope it gets worked out. I hope that last post was just a vent out of frustration.
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I was pretty indifferent as to if the 1/60 armor was made or not before but after seeing these pics, I definitely hope it gets made and I need FEXT to acknowledge my request to switch to the D.
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Excellent! That’s the one I requested my order be changed to.
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I don’t even see those. Where’s the rest of Walkure in SHF? I want Makina! But if they don’t make them, I’m fine. I’m in this for the Valks. If some good figures are made, just an added bonus.
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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
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