Akilae Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Anybody know the going price for one of these babies? Box: The seller is asking for roughly $320. Have a friend who's looking to buy, and since I just got some vastly overpriced FPs from the same seller, just wanted to see what you guys thought before telling my friend go/no go.
Mechamaniac Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Well, first off, that's a bootleg, so let that be your guide. $320 is VASTLY overpriced for that thing.
Fortress_Maximus Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Well still it makes a nice display piece or custom project if you aren't a MISB collector. However that price is unreasonable.
glane21 Posted March 29, 2005 Posted March 29, 2005 Those pics are from this auction: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 which ended the other day at $192. So either this guy is stealing pictures or he won the auction and is looking to pump some profit out of you. So I would avoid the deal. That said, I would like to get ahold of one of these to see if ther is any manufacturer's mark on the feet and if it has all the firing mechanisms like the Takatoku, or is stripped like the Bandai.
Akilae Posted March 30, 2005 Author Posted March 30, 2005 Ran a few more searches and found out his MO: Apparently the dude imports rare and hard to fine items from all over the world, doubles the price, and sells them to locals who aren't really sharp on the price. Damn I'm glad I haggled like the bad customer I am over the FPs Pointed him to tisinc and managed to get the price lowered to a more resonable level (still overpriced... bastard insisted in charging more than double for shipping costs citing "packing material" when it was only newspapers). Got called a few names, but it was worth it. lol, thanx to you MW folks for making me an informed customer, haha
ewilen Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 That Tranship Robo version has shown up before. Possibly by Matsushiro. Reports are that it does indeed have the firing mechanisms like the Takatoku. If I were a hardcore collector, I'd probably pay more for it than the Matchbox version, but less than for the Takatoku.
Godzilla Posted March 30, 2005 Posted March 30, 2005 For $320? Tell him to sit and spin on it. That is way overpriced.
promethuem5 Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 GOOOOOOO Titanship ROBOOOOOOOO!! Sounds neat, but not 320 neat.
Retracting Head Ter Ter Posted March 31, 2005 Posted March 31, 2005 Bootleg or not I would buy it. But not more then 120-150. Tranship Robo!!!
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