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Trasure Island has the new 1/48 TV Max when I was there 2 Wednesdays ago. I picked up from them the YF-1R MPC from them for $45.

I'm planning on going to F&S to get a Q-Rau tomorrow.

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If you guys are planning on buying anything from treasure island, I suggest you get there hella early cuz they leave hella early. They need to stay open until 4 at least!!! But yeah, the earlier the better. :p:D:lol:

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yah, treasure island has them.  $185 for max, and $120 for q-rau i think...

if you're going to get a q-rau, PM Soze, he's got them.

10 bucks less too!

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Treasure Island sold me B stock Max and Millia for $180 each.

Also picked up a Collection #13 Targetmaster Hot Rod from them for $32.

Got to F&S at 10am and Little Anime shop still wasn't open when we left at 11:30.

Yoshi was absent also today. His wife and daughter were there so he must be in Japan right now.

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ack...Soze needs to post all his extra stuff here for for us So Cal ppl. Chow coulda saved some more on the max and millia if you had bought from him.

went today around 3:45 with my cousin(he's from north ridge area so doesn't make it down too often). He bought an airsoft gun, his first, and is playing with it right now. I walked by little anime shop and yoshi's place around that time, both were closed...needless to say TISINC was closed already. didn't look around much as we needed to head to fry's.

man, I gotta stop going there, everytime I go, I say I'm not going to buy anything, but I always do. no more F&S's for 2 weeks!

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ack...Soze needs to post all his extra stuff here for for us So Cal ppl. Chow coulda saved some more on the max and millia if you had bought from him.

Hmmm....Good lookin out Eternal D.

Well I still need to buy my doubles of:

VF-1A Hikaru Reissue

VF-1S Focker Reissue

VF-1J Hikaru

Super VF-1J Hikaru

Queadluun Rau

Super VF-1J Max

Super VF-1J Millia

So if Soze has these has these available in Minty boxes, then I'll throw some business his way. I usually get my first ones from Treasure Island because they seem to get them first and their boxes are less than mint, but that's OK for the ones I'm gonna open. I double up on releases for the MIB.

I hear ya though, I used to go to F&S every Wednesday when I worked in L.A. but I'm down to about every 2 weeks now.

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ack...Soze needs to post all his extra stuff here for for us So Cal ppl.  Chow coulda saved some more on the max and millia if you had bought from him.

Hmmm....Good lookin out Eternal D.

Well I still need to buy my doubles of:

VF-1A Hikaru Reissue

VF-1S Focker Reissue

VF-1J Hikaru

Super VF-1J Hikaru

Queadluun Rau

Super VF-1J Max

Super VF-1J Millia

So if Soze has these has these available in Minty boxes, then I'll throw some business his way. I usually get my first ones from Treasure Island because they seem to get them first and their boxes are less than mint, but that's OK for the ones I'm gonna open. I double up on releases for the MIB.

I hear ya though, I used to go to F&S every Wednesday when I worked in L.A. but I'm down to about every 2 weeks now.

Hey Chow..

I've got minty Q-Rau's

I can't say I have anymore minty Max VF-1J's or Millia VF-1J's though... they went to Eternal_D and a few others already :p I still have 2 max's left as well as some Millia's in good but not mint boxes. Just have dents on some of the corners, although they are not huge sized dents.

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Oh yeah, forgot to say that when I was talking to Alex from Little Anime Shop about 2 or 3 weeks ago, he said he got a Cease and Desist from I think either Harmony Gold or Toynami. :angry:

Anyone talk to him since then?

U Serious??? That's f'ed up man!

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Yeah, that's what Alex told me.

He said some of the Toynami or HG guys (can't remember which) bought some stuff from him at the Shrine and then hit him with a C&D a couple of days later.

UnF*ckinBelievable :angry:

So I guess they hit everyone selling Bandai Re-issues as well as Yamatos?

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Yeah, that's what Alex told me.

He said some of the Toynami or HG guys (can't remember which) bought some stuff from him at the Shrine and then hit him with a C&D a couple of days later.

UnF*ckinBelievable :angry:

That's so frakking underhanded!!! Buy crap from him and then turn around and give him that crap. WTF!?!?! Sounds like something that no talent company would do though. THey're probably tearing apart the Yamatos right now and looking to see how they can bootleg it "legally". What ever... I'm sick of them. They can rot in hell with their cheap ass MPCs!!! :angry::angry::angry:

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks. So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products. I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

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Yeah, that's what Alex told me.

He said some of the Toynami or HG guys (can't remember which) bought some stuff from him at the Shrine and then hit him with a C&D a couple of days later.

UnF*ckinBelievable  :angry:

That's so frakking underhanded!!! Buy crap from him and then turn around and give him that crap. WTF!?!?! Sounds like something that no talent company would do though. THey're probably tearing apart the Yamatos right now and looking to see how they can bootleg it "legally". What ever... I'm sick of them. They can rot in hell with their cheap ass MPCs!!! :angry::angry::angry:

That is easily the crappiest thing I've heard from them in quite some time.

The funniest thing is - I'm sure they were busy "coming up with new and inventive designs for their crapass MPC line" by buying the stuff in the first place.

Only Toynami would steal ideas and then turn around and shoot the messenger like that all in one setting. <_<

Just when you think the BS is done with... :angry:

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I think we should retaliate by burning a pile of MPC's in front of both toynami and harmony gold's offices and a sign that reads "Yamato rules!!" Or "Yamato fo life!!"

:p:D:lol:

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks. So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products. I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

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Yeah, that's what Alex told me.

He said some of the Toynami or HG guys (can't remember which) bought some stuff from him at the Shrine and then hit him with a C&D a couple of days later.

UnF*ckinBelievable  :angry:

That's so frakking underhanded!!! Buy crap from him and then turn around and give him that crap. WTF!?!?! Sounds like something that no talent company would do though. THey're probably tearing apart the Yamatos right now and looking to see how they can bootleg it "legally". What ever... I'm sick of them. They can rot in hell with their cheap ass MPCs!!! :angry::angry::angry:

That is easily the crappiest thing I've heard from them in quite some time.

The funniest thing is - I'm sure they were busy "coming up with new and inventive designs for their crapass MPC line" by buying the stuff in the first place.

Only Toynami would steal ideas and then turn around and shoot the messenger like that all in one setting. <_<

Just when you think the BS is done with... :angry:

Coming soon: Toynami's MPC Veritech, version 1.5!

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

Ummmm i think you completely misunderstood that post.

Translation: Instead of making a better Toynami toy than the Yamato toys..... they would rather send C&D letters to keep the Yamato toys out of circulation so that they can keep the Yamato toys from being preferred over their MPC toys.

What does that have to do with getting a Yamato online or not???

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Oh yeah, forgot to say that when I was talking to Alex from Little Anime Shop about 2 or 3 weeks ago, he said he got a Cease and Desist from I think either Harmony Gold or Toynami. :angry:

Anyone talk to him since then?

Alex need not despair. Technically, you don't need a lawyer to challenge them. Just tell Alex to write a polite letter back to whomever it was (HG or Toynami) who sent the C&D in the first place and request conclusive and specific evidence that he is selling a product that infringes on their rights.

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

Ummmm i think you completely misunderstood that post.

Translation: Instead of making a better Toynami toy than the Yamato toys..... they would rather send C&D letters to keep the Yamato toys out of circulation so that they can keep the Yamato toys from being preferred over their MPC toys.

What does that have to do with getting a Yamato online or not???

you suggested they bought them to backward engeneer them.

their stupid. hence why yamato get;s my money. I dont; care about party lines. whoever meakes the best toy wins my money.

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

Ummmm i think you completely misunderstood that post.

Translation: Instead of making a better Toynami toy than the Yamato toys..... they would rather send C&D letters to keep the Yamato toys out of circulation so that they can keep the Yamato toys from being preferred over their MPC toys.

What does that have to do with getting a Yamato online or not???

you suggested they bought them to backward engeneer them.

their stupid. hence why yamato get;s my money. I dont; care about party lines. whoever meakes the best toy wins my money.

Putting words in my mouth...... :rolleyes:

I didn't suggest they bought them to reverse engineer them.....

I was implying they should IMPROVE THEIR LINE instead of sending C&D letters.

Read Carefully...

I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.
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Yeah, that's what Alex told me.

He said some of the Toynami or HG guys (can't remember which) bought some stuff from him at the Shrine and then hit him with a C&D a couple of days later.

UnF*ckinBelievable  :angry:

Maybe that Alex guy is just out of stock and is trying to blow smoke up your ass. I was there that day and over-heard that conversation and afterwards I asked him when he's getting more Yamato valks in and he said in about a month. So if he got a letter telling him to C&D then why would he be getting more valks to sell? I've come to find out that a lot of dealers at Frank and Sons are full of piss & wind. Maybe he got one and maybe he didn't, I just wouldn't call it a fact unless I actually saw the letter.

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if he got it, that doesn't mean he has to listen to it... The vendor community is pretty tight, especially at F&S. When you see one fold, you'll see all of them fold. That would mean something is up.

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

Ummmm i think you completely misunderstood that post.

Translation: Instead of making a better Toynami toy than the Yamato toys..... they would rather send C&D letters to keep the Yamato toys out of circulation so that they can keep the Yamato toys from being preferred over their MPC toys.

What does that have to do with getting a Yamato online or not???

you suggested they bought them to backward engeneer them.

their stupid. hence why yamato get;s my money. I dont; care about party lines. whoever meakes the best toy wins my money.

Putting words in my mouth...... :rolleyes:

I didn't suggest they bought them to reverse engineer them.....

I was implying they should IMPROVE THEIR LINE instead of sending C&D letters.

Read Carefully...

I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

oops sorry. I was replying to exo. lol.

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I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

they can eaisly get a yamato. they dont; need to get it form any particual dealer. jsut buy itonline or form any retailer.

Ummmm i think you completely misunderstood that post.

Translation: Instead of making a better Toynami toy than the Yamato toys..... they would rather send C&D letters to keep the Yamato toys out of circulation so that they can keep the Yamato toys from being preferred over their MPC toys.

What does that have to do with getting a Yamato online or not???

you suggested they bought them to backward engeneer them.

their stupid. hence why yamato get;s my money. I dont; care about party lines. whoever meakes the best toy wins my money.

Putting words in my mouth...... :rolleyes:

I didn't suggest they bought them to reverse engineer them.....

I was implying they should IMPROVE THEIR LINE instead of sending C&D letters.

Read Carefully...

I hope this doesn't get more widespread.... it really... really...really sucks.  So this is what they have to resort to in order to sell their products.  I guess C&D letter is easier than making a better toy.

oops sorry. I was replying to exo. lol.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure >EXO< was jokingly making a sarcastic comment there, so don't take it too seriously.

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Hi guys. Never been to F&S. But I'm going to be in LA on Saturday and I need the following:

All 1/48 scale

Hikaru 1A (re-issue)

Hikaru 1S

Roy 1S (re-issue)

Max 1A

Milia 1J

Can I be pretty confident that these will be around? If so, will I be able to at least peer through the clear plastic to inspect for QC issues before buying?

Oh, and. . . are there other vendors there selling Macross stuff besides TISINC? Cuz the prices on their site seem a bit steep in some areas.

Are prices generally lower at F&S?

Thanks!

H

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Hi guys.  Never been to F&S.  But I'm going to be in LA on Saturday and I need the following:

All 1/48 scale

Hikaru 1A (re-issue)

Hikaru 1S

Roy 1S (re-issue)

Max 1A

Milia 1J

Can I be pretty confident that these will be around?  If so, will I be able to at least peer through the clear plastic to inspect for QC issues before buying?

Oh, and. . . are there other vendors there selling Macross stuff besides TISINC?  Cuz the prices on their site seem a bit steep in some areas.

Are prices generally lower at F&S?

Thanks!

H

Hikaru 1A (re-issue) = 135 (at TISINC) only one that has that one too

Hikaru 1S = Alex has this one for 119 but the box is pretty messed up

(I bought the last one from TISINC last night, so they may not have any more unless they bring more in...)

Max 1A = Not there will not find anywhere there

Milia 1J = $185 (at TISINC) 205 at some other vendor

Can I be pretty confident that these will be around?

Look above

If so, will I be able to at least peer through the clear plastic to inspect for QC issues before buying?

Yes

are there other vendors there selling Macross stuff besides TISINC?

Yes but not very many, they may have one valk or two....

Are prices generally lower at F&S?

Yes because no shipping and no tax if you pay with cash.

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