Slave IV

Well, considering all our toys are artificial, their abundance or scarcity is also always artificial. The point is, there is no reason for Bandai to make more than they are in the current market unless the reason is so collectors can get the items easier at the expense of Bandai losing profits from other products they could be making more money off of. Somehow, I don’t think many successful companies would go that route to please a minute fraction of their customers.

Pretty much as the last two posts pointed out. I think the numbers are so low for Macross that any excess produced will lead to a period where either retailers have stock sitting around (Arcadia) or resellers not being able to move at higher prices. Once that initial stock dries up, Macross items become rare due to the low numbers to begin with so anyone who missed out is looking at prices inflating significantly. This market is too niche for anyone to expect companies to just "make more" whenever they fail to secure a preorder.

I really doubt this is a case of not as many people buying Roys though. I think it might be a perfect example of how small the real Macross collecting community is. People always complain about how hard it is to get preorders and it's true but I don't think the easy answer many people express of "make more" works. I'm willing to bet Bandai does look at sales numbers and makes adjustments based on projected sales and they probably did produce more Roys than they did for some others. It's just such a small community that even if they made a relatively small amount more for the production world, like let's say 1000 more units than usual, that makes a huge difference in how long stock lingers and all the people who collect Macross and want the figure to end up getting it. When you calculate the extra amount of profit the small numbers generate for Bandai, I think it is easy to see why they will usually tend towards producing less. It's much easier and more profitable for them to free up factory resources for things that sell in greater numbers with higher profit margins.

Look forward to seeing that all set up! Sweet!

Might as well add the Regults as well. Maybe some strategically placed HMR will work for the bg figures?

Ah, you found my two most wanted HW! Where?

Cool! That 300SL is sweet too. Need to find one of those as well.

Those are sweet guns for $1. Better than what they come with.

I had situations where PayPal CS advised me to charge back through my CC company and I did just that. No issues.

The payment is just facilitated by PayPal. The money from your cc went to the shop and will be refunded from the shop. Either way, PayPal doesn’t seem to give a crap because they just want anyone to use them as much as possible.

You can definitely go through your credit card company. I’d say to just wait but wouldn’t blame you for getting your money back. The one time I ordered from nin-nin, they never sent my item. I waited until a couple months after the release date to inquire with them about it. They never responded to anything and I gave them several weeks to respond each time. So, got my money back and have never shopped there again.

Pretty cool!

I would rob you if I could! j/k, beautiful collection!

Oooo, that’s a nice Benz 2 pk. I’m still trying to find the single 500E and RS2.

Haha, the Willy Wonka meme seems appropriate. It’s like so many toy collectors never saw those movies or at least never learned the lesson those Oompa Loompas were teaching. But I guess that makes sense when it’s a bunch of adults collecting toys. 😝

Lol maybe. My kids also always ask me "why were toys so much better when you were a kid?" every time I show them stuff from my archives. They seem to appreciate the classics.

Wow! Pretty cheap. If I can't find mine or if it doesn't work, I might have to buy one for the family. Great alternative to screen time games.

Paypal sucks but it's nice to have an additional layer of protection. Credit cards have always offered better and longer protection than PP in my experience.

Oooo, that brings back memories. I had no idea some of those items were Takatoku. that 9x9 color tile button game machine was awesome. Gotta find mine.

CDJ has been lowest or one of the lower prices in the last few but I have no way of getting an order in time.

No but how many people who aren’t going to preorder this because of the extra cost as the primary reason? That’s why.

Nice @xoxokin

Couldn’t that easily just be a case of mistransformation? Happens a lot with Bandai.

On top of deals some shops might get on shipping, I think it’s not unlikely that some of the shops charging a lot more are just milking it where they can.

Gyakuten-Oh! Another Super Robot lost in my childhood memory that I was reminded of when I saw the recent model kit release. So glad to have this beautiful fingerprint magnet in my collection!