My point of view on the price issue:
1. Yes, Yamato prices are reasonable.
2. Retailers and e-tailers have to eat (if they sold an incredible amount of units they could charge less $ per unit). So there´s no way they are in this game for free.
3. Yamato is the only company which is making low demand products (insert here: König Monster, Q-Rau and hopefully other enemy mechs) for a niche market represented by our beloved universe called Macross. Which leads us to:
4. Only one company producing toys (no competition): Monopoly.
5. As a result from this monopoly there is no competition among rival companies to make the prices go down.
6. It´s not like Macross products cost like a piece of jewelry.
7. Do I have to say that Yamato products rock?
So, possible actions against prices for the non satisfied customer:
1. Wait months until prices go down, if they ever go down. (I can´t wait, I suck, I buy things when they hit the streets ).
2. Start a boycott and don´t buy Macross products for a long period of time and see what hapens. Two things could happen: prices go down or there is no more Macross franchise. (Again, I suck, I can´t wait, I´d go against the monopoly and buy Macross products)
3. Start your own company and sell the products for cheap or better yet give them away for free.
4. Move to Hong Kong to get reduced prices.
Disclaimer 1: I´m not ridiculously rich, I live in a country (Argentina) where our currency works more or less like this: 3 pesos against U$S 1 (now do the math and see how much I end up paying for my beloved Macross products )
Disclaimer2: this post is an ironic attempt at the "prices debate", and the purpose is to make people smile.
Disclaimer3: I´d like to thank haterist for the true spirit, and I do believe him when he says that if he had a Yamato account he´d hook us all up at wholesale prices. This is what makes our community special when compared to others.
Please Yamato MAKE the Regult, the Nousjadeul-Ger and other destroids, all at 1/60.