spanner Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Someone just got lucky : http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1359173.html dang that's extremely cheap for a Roy! regardless that its an Arcadia re-issue.. nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 Someone just got lucky : http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1359173.html You? If so, congratulations! That's a great purchase. If not, that someone is so lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaajin Posted July 25, 2014 Share Posted July 25, 2014 You? If so, congratulations! That's a great purchase. If not, that someone is so lucky. Oh no, not me. Yea someone did get lucky but its not me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyll2 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 VF-4G at 35k yen http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1241468.html another armored pack for ozma at 18k http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1002445.html too bad, I saw it all too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro2k6 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 VF-4G at 35k yen http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1241468.html another armored pack for ozma at 18k http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1002445.html too bad, I saw it all too late. I saw early this morning the VF-4 available but I don't want it. And for armour, I saw it Saturday morning and I get it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
close313 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 I wanted that VF-4, but my pockets were empty at the time.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Very bottom of my list of Macross. Probably get a re-release before I buy one haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedas Bike Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 VF-4G at 35k yen http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1241468.html another armored pack for ozma at 18k http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1002445.html too bad, I saw it all too late. So happy that I didn't see that VF-4G! I absolutely would have pulled the trigger. -b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 So happy that I didn't see that VF-4G! I absolutely would have pulled the trigger. -b. b, you have so many!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 not as many Roy's as you have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest davidwhangchoi Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 not as many Roy's as you have you got the prized miria. that's what counts:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Haha. One prize down, many more to go Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedas Bike Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 b, you have so many!! But...but...MOAR. not as many Roy's as you have Shout out! And QFT. Haha. One prize down, many more to go So true. -b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Exactly, if I'm allowed to change the name of this franchise, it should be SDF Money, Money Plus, Money 7, Money Frontier and because of that we always end up with Money Zero !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
no3Ljm Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 VF-4G at 35k yen http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-1241468.html *snip* One day I just didn't surf the web and this happened. Oh well... My Face: My Wallet: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spanner Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 VF-X on Mandarake.. cheap(ish) but not sure about condition listed as damaged? http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/shop/en/item_s-519417.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 People bitch about destroids, but they always sell super fast. Usually between $60-75 bucks too. + Shipping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedas Bike Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 People bitch about destroids, but they always sell super fast. Usually between $60-75 bucks too. + Shipping. They sell really fast except for when they're released at retail. Big difference. -b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technoblue Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I find myself 'window shopping' the Destroid Tomahawks that are still warming retail shelves. I don't know why, but I can't even bring myself to pay >$100USD for the weathering versions. I think someone mentioned that a ground crew would be a good incentive for future releases. I think that's a great idea! Future Destroid releases need something or else they will be loss leaders. I guess Arcadia will figure it out eventually, if they intend to make the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
close313 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I think Arcadia figured out that they shouldn't make destroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Idk.. that's hard to say categorically. Most shops don't sell out of Macross SDF items. 1/48s and 1/60 Yamatos were still in stock back in 2013 before Yamato went out of business. I got a Hik 30th that way. The 30th is still in stock at a lot of places. The destroids might have sold slower especially if there was a lot to buy at that time + they made a crap load of them. I think we're just comparing apples to oranges with the old behavior or Bandai Frontier stuff, which was probably smaller runs and harder to get. Plus Frontier has a newer and younger fanbase who might be more enthusiastic, sans all the American fans who have to import because of Harmony Ghoul. Arcadia will make destroids! They should just make them made to order. Edited July 29, 2014 by Gakken85 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechapilot77 Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I find myself 'window shopping' the Destroid Tomahawks that are still warming retail shelves. I don't know why, but I can't even bring myself to pay >$100USD for the weathering versions. I think someone mentioned that a ground crew would be a good incentive for future releases. I think that's a great idea! Future Destroid releases need something or else they will be loss leaders. I guess Arcadia will figure it out eventually, if they intend to make the rest. wait, where are you that you still see them on retail shelves? destroilds come with some ground crew arleady, no? at least the tomohawk does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
technoblue Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) I don't 'see' them per se. However, hkcollectibles still has the weathering tomahawk on sale and in stock. I toss it in and out of my cart, along with the VF-19P and the unpainted VF-1A kit when I browse the site. It's virtual window shopping. Edited July 29, 2014 by technoblue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedas Bike Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Idk.. that's hard to say categorically. Most shops don't sell out of Macross SDF items. 1/48s and 1/60 Yamatos were still in stock back in 2013 before Yamato went out of business. I got a Hik 30th that way. The 30th is still in stock at a lot of places. The destroids might have sold slower especially if there was a lot to buy at that time + they made a crap load of them. I think we're just comparing apples to oranges with the old behavior or Bandai Frontier stuff, which was probably smaller runs and harder to get. Plus Frontier has a newer and younger fanbase who might be more enthusiastic, sans all the American fans who have to import because of Harmony Ghoul. Arcadia will make destroids! They should just make them made to order. Must have missed it, but I don't think anyone is comparing Bandai Frontier v1 or v2 to Yamato Macross Destroids (or using that as a case study for Arcadia Macross Destroids). There is truth that Yamato flooded the market and there were a lot of Macross items that warmed the shelves, Valkyries and Destroids alike but the point remains that Valks are the more popular choice/purchase. Seeing how long a Destroid last at sites like Mandarake or Jungle or how they sell at auction isn't the best barometer for retail sales because the folks buying actually target those items and probably do so because there is no other buying alternative. I would bet dollars to donuts that if Arcadia released these at retail with a standard production run you'd end up seeing the same type of clearance bin behavior as with the unpopular 30th Anniversary VF-1J. You do speak truth that IF Arcadia did them made to order it'd be the better bet. -b. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 It's hard to say if they can or can not make money on a new destroid. They already have the bottom mold, I guess it's one of those gambles that arcadia must choose. It's disappointing for us not to have the complete set though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 It'll happen. Mr. K wants to do it and it's pretty much all passion projects at this point. Unless they lose money on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticYeti Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Storefront "damaged box" off of Mandarake. $78 shipped, and arrived fast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkymonkeyjavajunky Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Storefront "damaged box" off of Mandarake. $78 shipped, and arrived fast. That box looks to be in great shape. Where is the damage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticYeti Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 That box looks to be in great shape. Where is the damage? I couldn't find any. One of the sides was opened and retaped. The inside plastic shells were still taped shut. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treatment Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 No smell (ciggies, pee, etc), too? Then it's a good buy for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reïvaj Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 @Chaotic Yeti: Are the 25S SP the same colour than Alto's? Except for the yellow, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticYeti Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I don't have Alto's supers. They are darker than the 25a's, and Luca's. The thrusters are a lighter silver, where as on the 25a's and Luca's they are dark gray/black. They smell like plastic. They look like the set on anymoon.com Edited July 30, 2014 by ChaoticYeti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skullmilitia Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Nice work Yeti, I snagged a Set of Ozma supers for 67$ shipped off an American E-store. They still have some for 75$, but no one apparently want's to buy them lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChaoticYeti Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Nice work Yeti, I snagged a Set of Ozma supers for 67$ shipped off an American E-store. They still have some for 75$, but no one apparently want's to buy them lol. Sweet. I went looking when I saw the Ozma reissue was incoming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gakken85 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Did Ozama use supers much in the show? Wasn't he mostly armored? I forget haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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