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You can make out the prices in that picture? I think my eyes are going.They look exactly the same and Toynami has a rock solid reputation for two things:
1) Not addressing issues
2) Marketing vapor-ware

So I expect we'll never see these for sale and if we do they'll be exactly the same as the first releases.

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You can make out the prices in that picture? I think my eyes are going.They look exactly the same and Toynami has a rock solid reputation for two things:

1) Not addressing issues

2) Marketing vapor-ware

So I expect we'll never see these for sale and if we do they'll be exactly the same as the first releases.

Sorry, the price wasn't visible from the posted pic. Try this one:

http://www.figures.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=575122&title=toynami&cat=20412

Pretty clearly says "MSRP: $140".

They have to be smoking some seriously powerful weed to think we're going to fork over $140 if they're shipping the exact same product. That's getting into the territory of Bandai/Yamato/Arcadia releases which, while not without their own QC issues, were miles apart from what Toynami put out. From what I can recall, I thought the original MPC Alphas were $70-$80 retail. Granted, that was a few years ago, but I don't think it warrants nearly doubling the price, especially if it's the exact same crappy product.

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EDIT: Sorry, I realize this is a WTB thread. I apologize for derailing the topic. I'll move the discussion over to the MOSPEADA thread in the Anime sub-forum.

The Alphas were $79.99 and were available on Robotech.com for a long time for $59.99. I think I bought a couple for $39.99 at Gamestop.

Ok, so street price was less than that. But assuming a similar pricing structure, that $140 Alpha gets discounted to around $100... that's still outrageous for that trainwreck of a product. That's just sheer arrogance on their part to think that people will pick those up at those prices.

Then again, maybe people will go for it -- I think I see MPC Alphas going for that much on eBay. SMH.

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