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Don't worry man, you know I got Bobe's items in sight when he doesn't come for them.... MWUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh yeah, what does he have on hold??? :lol:;)

wouldn't you like to know? haha, never!!! It's mine, all mine!!! :p:D:lol:

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I live in the bay area, and drove down to Frank n Sons when i went to the BotCon convention last month.

When ever i go to cons i always bring my video camera to film my convention adventures.

I video taped, BotCon, Wonder-Con, Fanime-Con, and every little collector convention that comes to town.

But you know what happened at Frank n Beans?

I was filming for about 2 minutes (just walking around, nothing in particuler) when security came up to me and was yelling at me to turn off the camera.

I asked why, and that pissed them off even more.

So anyways, i turned off my camera and said fine, then he said "take the camera outside. You can't even have the camera on the grounds".

I was shocked and asked if he was serious.

They said yes, no filming on the property.

Then I said that i was a tourist to the area, and that i go to a lot of collector shows, and they always encourage filming.

That seemed to get them mad and they escorted me out back to my car and watched me put my camera back in the car. Only then was i allowed back in to Frank n Beans.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Was there a sign somewhere i missed that said "no filming!"

Grrrr................ :angry:

Oh well......... :(

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I live in the bay area, and drove down to Frank n Sons when i went to the BotCon convention last month.

When ever i go to cons i always bring my video camera to film my convention adventures.

I video taped, BotCon, Wonder-Con, Fanime-Con, and every little collector convention that comes to town.

But you know what happened at Frank n Beans?

I was filming for about 2 minutes (just walking around, nothing in particuler) when security came up to me and was yelling at me to turn off the camera.

I asked why, and that pissed them off even more.

So anyways, i turned off my camera and said fine, then he said "take the camera outside. You can't even have the camera on the grounds".

I was shocked and asked if he was serious.

They said yes, no filming on the property.

Then I said that i was a tourist to the area, and that i go to a lot of collector shows, and they always encourage filming.

That seemed to get them mad and they escorted me out back to my car and watched me put my camera back in the car. Only then was i allowed back in to Frank n Beans.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Was there a sign somewhere i missed that said "no filming!"

Grrrr................ :angry:

Oh well......... :(

wow, never heard of that happening before, but then again I never thought about taping anything there. I think they do that to protect their vendors as alot, if not all, sell some sort of bootleg item. So I can see where they are coming from. Anyway, sorry if that left a bad impression about frank and sons. It's not really that bad! :p:D:lol:

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I live in the bay area, and drove down to Frank n Sons when i went to the BotCon convention last month.

When ever i go to cons i always bring my video camera to film my convention adventures.

I video taped, BotCon, Wonder-Con, Fanime-Con, and every little collector convention that comes to town.

But you know what happened at Frank n Beans?

I was filming for about 2 minutes (just walking around, nothing in particuler) when security came up to me and was yelling at me to turn off the camera.

I asked why, and that pissed them off even more.

So anyways, i turned off my camera and said fine, then he said "take the camera outside. You can't even have the camera on the grounds".

I was shocked and asked if he was serious.

They said yes, no filming on the property.

Then I said that i was a tourist to the area, and that i go to a lot of collector shows, and they always encourage filming.

That seemed to get them mad and they escorted me out back to my car and watched me put my camera back in the car. Only then was i allowed back in to Frank n Beans.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Was there a sign somewhere i missed that said "no filming!"

Grrrr................    :angry:

Oh well.........  :(

wow, never heard of that happening before, but then again I never thought about taping anything there. I think they do that to protect their vendors as alot, if not all, sell some sort of bootleg item. So I can see where they are coming from. Anyway, sorry if that left a bad impression about frank and sons. It's not really that bad! :p:D:lol:

I've never heard of that happening before either, but next time I'm there I'll ask some of the guys why that's the case.

Hope that didn't leave too much of a bad taste in your mouth and you at least got to do some fine shopping. F&S is pretty cool if you think about it. A wide variety of dealers everywhere every wednesday and saturday, with free parking and free admission. How can you beat that?! :D

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I live in the bay area, and drove down to Frank n Sons when i went to the BotCon convention last month.

When ever i go to cons i always bring my video camera to film my convention adventures.

I video taped, BotCon, Wonder-Con, Fanime-Con, and every little collector convention that comes to town.

But you know what happened at Frank n Beans?

I was filming for about 2 minutes (just walking around, nothing in particuler) when security came up to me and was yelling at me to turn off the camera.

I asked why, and that pissed them off even more.

So anyways, i turned off my camera and said fine, then he said "take the camera outside. You can't even have the camera on the grounds".

I was shocked and asked if he was serious.

They said yes, no filming on the property.

Then I said that i was a tourist to the area, and that i go to a lot of collector shows, and they always encourage filming.

That seemed to get them mad and they escorted me out back to my car and watched me put my camera back in the car. Only then was i allowed back in to Frank n Beans.

Has this happened to anyone else?

Was there a sign somewhere i missed that said "no filming!"

Grrrr................    :angry:

Oh well.........   :(

wow, never heard of that happening before, but then again I never thought about taping anything there. I think they do that to protect their vendors as alot, if not all, sell some sort of bootleg item. So I can see where they are coming from. Anyway, sorry if that left a bad impression about frank and sons. It's not really that bad! :p:D:lol:

I've never heard of that happening before either, but next time I'm there I'll ask some of the guys why that's the case.

Hope that didn't leave too much of a bad taste in your mouth and you at least got to do some fine shopping. F&S is pretty cool if you think about it. A wide variety of dealers everywhere every wednesday and saturday, with free parking and free admission. How can you beat that?! :D

if they also gave everything away for free, i think that would beat that :lol:

:p:D;)

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wow, I actually went to frank and sons this weekend for the first time in like 2 or 3 months! Now that's a long time for me! Anyway, I met up with EXO and Eternal D, I left with nothing and they left with two handfuls of toys. As for what was there.... not much, yoshi and tsinc both had the 1/60 gbp armors in for 45 bucks. Tsinc was probably the only ones who had a bunch of 1/48's left. But of course they were running like 175+ and that's without the fast packs! :blink: That's about it for macross. Um.... we saw some hot white chick that played some part in terminator 3. We couldn't figure out who or in what scene she played, but she was hot anyway. I looked around and ran across a Jungle Fiver boxset from bots master!! wooo hooo!! I don't know if you guys remember that cartoon, but I loved it! Never knew they had a boxset for the combiner. I'ma pick up that bad boy next week when I go again! :p:D:lol:

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BoBe-Patt Posted on Aug 8 2004, 12:50 PM

wow, I actually went to frank and sons this weekend for the first time in like 2 or 3 months! Now that's a long time for me! Anyway, I met up with EXO and Eternal D, I left with nothing and they left with two handfuls of toys. As for what was there.... not much, yoshi and tsinc both had the 1/60 gbp armors in for 45 bucks. Tsinc was probably the only ones who had a bunch of 1/48's left. But of course they were running like 175+ and that's without the fast packs! That's about it for macross. Um.... we saw some hot white chick that played some part in terminator 3. We couldn't figure out who or in what scene she played, but she was hot anyway. I looked around and ran across a Jungle Fiver boxset from bots master!! wooo hooo!! I don't know if you guys remember that cartoon, but I loved it! Never knew they had a boxset for the combiner. I'ma pick up that bad boy next week when I go again!

Hey, B.P., w/c 1/48 were you referring to? I bought a 1J from tisinc 2 wed. ago and I got it for $130. I really hope he hadn't put the price up coz my best bud is gonna be picking up a 1S HIKARU in the next week. I'd hate for him to pay $40 more on his next VALK!

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BoBe-Patt Posted on Aug 8 2004, 12:50 PM

wow, I actually went to frank and sons this weekend for the first time in like 2 or 3 months! Now that's a long time for me! Anyway, I met up with EXO and Eternal D, I left with nothing and they left with two handfuls of toys. As for what was there.... not much, yoshi and tsinc both had the 1/60 gbp armors in for 45 bucks. Tsinc was probably the only ones who had a bunch of 1/48's left. But of course they were running like 175+ and that's without the fast packs! That's about it for macross. Um.... we saw some hot white chick that played some part in terminator 3. We couldn't figure out who or in what scene she played, but she was hot anyway. I looked around and ran across a Jungle Fiver boxset from bots master!! wooo hooo!! I don't know if you guys remember that cartoon, but I loved it! Never knew they had a boxset for the combiner. I'ma pick up that bad boy next week when I go again!

Hey, B.P., w/c 1/48 were you referring to? I bought a 1J from tisinc 2 wed. ago and I got it for $130. I really hope he hadn't put the price up coz my best bud is gonna be picking up a 1S HIKARU in the next week. I'd hate for him to pay $40 more on his next VALK!

The 1/48's that I was talking about were the first three in black boxes.

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are 1/48's getting harder to get?

Short answer... yes, and more expensive.

Long answer... Supplies of several models are running low. Many places are sold out. This causes the dealers who still have stock to raise their prices, which sucks, but hey, it's capitalism, remember?

I have been known to get a little nutty with my budget for 1/48s (oh, who am I kidding - I'm a sick freak for these suckers) and have almost single-handedly driven up the price. I apologize, folks, but they're just so friggin' cool! I need a 12-step program for my 1/48 addiction!

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Looks like I will being making my first trip to F&S this Saturday. I'll be on the lookout for anything Macross. Anything thing I should know before I enter the place?

Is there an admission?

Free or paid parking?

Does cash get you a better deal than CC?

Who should I deal with and where will I find them?

Anything else I should know?

Thanks!

P.S. Hope to see some members over there :rolleyes: .

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Looks like I will being making my first trip to F&S this Saturday. I'll be on the lookout for anything Macross. Anything thing I should know before I enter the place?

Is there an admission?

Free or paid parking?

Does cash get you a better deal than CC?

Who should I deal with and where will I find them?

Anything else I should know?

Thanks!

P.S. Hope to see some members over there :rolleyes: .

Sup dood!! I'll be there with EXO, hopefully other members can make it too like Soze and Rohby. Anyway here's some answer to your questions:

-Free admission

-Free parking (just get there early as possible to get the g-spots!)

-Cash always gets you a better deal then CC. Some vendors there only take Cash.

-You should deal with Yoshi, Haji, George, Alex, and Tsinc. If you don't know who these people are then you'll just have to meet up with me and Alex! :p:D:lol:

-Get there early in case new stuff comes in that might sell out if you come late! And especially if this is your first time cause you never know if Tsinc will close early on you! Tsinc has the most 1/48's there at frank and sons.

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aight, I know this is pretty late, but here's a list of people who are meeting up tomorrow at frank and sons:

Me

EXO

Solscud

Soze?

Jasonkimberson

1 VF 2 NV

Goldenboy

I guess that's it. Whoever else wants to go, Just look for a big group of us. There's never a big group walking around, so if you see one, it's most likely us. So hit us up!! :p:D:lol:

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aight, I know this is pretty late, but here's a list of people who are meeting up tomorrow at frank and sons:

Me

EXO

Solscud

Soze?

Jasonkimberson

1 VF 2 NV

Goldenboy

I guess that's it. Whoever else wants to go, Just look for a big group of us. There's never a big group walking around, so if you see one, it's most likely us. So hit us up!! :p:D:lol:

When Jesse came down there was even more people. I'll be a fw steps ahead of you guys trying to steal all the deals... :ph34r:

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I second that, BARONY! I've been looking for a ROY figure(Set 2?) in F&S for the last 4 weeks now and still haven't found any :( . Made me sorry I didn't pick up the last one from YOSHI(?) 2 months ago, grrrrr :angry: ! So, AAAJIN, if you find that HIKARU figure anywhere, buy like right away ;) !

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I second that, BARONY! I've been looking for a ROY figure(Set 2?) in F&S for the last 4 weeks now and still haven't found any  . Made me sorry I didn't pick up the last one from YOSHI(?) 2 months ago, grrrrr  ! So, AAAJIN, if you find that HIKARU figure anywhere, buy like right away  !

hey, I have an extra CMS roy if you want. just PM me

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I second that, BARONY! I've been looking for a ROY figure(Set 2?) in F&S for the last 4 weeks now and still haven't found any  . Made me sorry I didn't pick up the last one from YOSHI(?) 2 months ago, grrrrr  ! So, AAAJIN, if you find that HIKARU figure anywhere, buy like right away  !

hey, I have an extra CMS roy if you want. just PM me

wait a minute, weren't you looking for some? or at least one?

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I second that, BARONY! I've been looking for a ROY figure(Set 2?) in F&S for the last 4 weeks now and still haven't found any  . Made me sorry I didn't pick up the last one from YOSHI(?) 2 months ago, grrrrr  ! So, AAAJIN, if you find that HIKARU figure anywhere, buy like right away  !

hey, I have an extra CMS roy if you want. just PM me

wait a minute, weren't you looking for some? or at least one?

yup, but I got 2 thanks to members here ~! & so I decided that i only need 1 of em...

and thanks bobe for searching em (F&S) for me before i got the offers from 2 other members here

aaajin

EDITED: grammar...im a slow learner...

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I second that, BARONY! I've been looking for a ROY figure(Set 2?) in F&S for the last 4 weeks now and still haven't found any :( . Made me sorry I didn't pick up the last one from YOSHI(?) 2 months ago, grrrrr :angry: ! So, AAAJIN, if you find that HIKARU figure anywhere, buy like right away ;) !

got an offer from a member for quite a steep price...better use it to buy a valk instead...or maybe another alpha...haha...

ALPHA? no..just kiddin (haha)

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Has anyone seen the launch arms at F&S?. How much do they go for there?

Yup, saw one today (8/28/04) at TISNC for $45.00 ... OUCH! :blink:

It was a pretty slow Saturday there, not much of anything. Yoshi was out, & by 12 noon, Little Anime Shop wasn't open yet.

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xstoys Posted on Aug 28 2004, 10:17 PM

Yup, saw one today (8/28/04) at TISNC for $45.00 ... OUCH!

Hmmmm.....$45, that's w/ no tax if you pay cash. That's actually not so bad. Those stands usually go for $40-$42 and that's not including tax 'n shipping. But still, the FLEXI-DISPLAY stands are better!! :D:)

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Yup, saw one today (8/28/04) at TISNC for $45.00 ... OUCH! :blink:

It was a pretty slow Saturday there, not much of anything.  Yoshi was out, & by 12 noon, Little Anime Shop wasn't open yet.

Yeah...that is a little more than I wanted to pay....I was hoping more in the $30-35 range.

Thanks for the info xstoys.

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