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Post by erikla on Jul 17, 2013 11:14:39 GMT -5
True it is unofficial. I wonder if that's why they included a smirking face on the figure lol..
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Post by erikla on Jul 21, 2013 3:50:32 GMT -5
This seems to be a really limited release. I see two on eBay and I don't see much anywhere else
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Post by kingdom2000toys on Jul 21, 2013 12:18:42 GMT -5
This seems to be a really limited release. I see two on eBay and I don't see much anywhere else Looks like it. Initial price at release was $109 with shipping. Now it looks to be at $160 with shipping. I think it was pretty limited. It was never all over the place. Only a couple of shops had it.
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Post by surlyj on Jul 21, 2013 12:53:43 GMT -5
Well one seller listed a few more on ebay for $130 shipped. I offered him $100. He came back with $128.50. Lol, what it is about all these HK dealers? So many of them put in the "make an offer" option, but they are only ever willing to accept like a dollar less. I actually had one guy message me after I made an offer "due to high shipping cost I can't accept any less"... Ok, that's fine, but why have the offer option there at all?
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Post by kingdom2000toys on Jul 21, 2013 13:52:15 GMT -5
Well one seller listed a few more on ebay for $130 shipped. I offered him $100. He came back with $128.50. Lol, what it is about all these HK dealers? So many of them put in the "make an offer" option, but they are only ever willing to accept like a dollar less. I actually had one guy message me after I made an offer "due to high shipping cost I can't accept any less"... Ok, that's fine, but why have the offer option there at all? Yea, I hate those sellers. They are fishy. And most of the times, they are asking like $350 for a $200 item. Best Offer is listed and they Counter Offer with a $348.50 and say "So sorry, due to high cost we can only offer small discount." After the 3rd time with a different seller of the same ilk (esthertool, pansylock, momo-japan, etc..), I gave up on making BEST OFFERS with any of them.
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Post by twoducks on Jul 21, 2013 14:32:35 GMT -5
Well one seller listed a few more on ebay for $130 shipped. I offered him $100. He came back with $128.50. Lol, what it is about all these HK dealers? So many of them put in the "make an offer" option, but they are only ever willing to accept like a dollar less. I actually had one guy message me after I made an offer "due to high shipping cost I can't accept any less"... Ok, that's fine, but why have the offer option there at all? Wow, you got a better counter offer than what I usually get from those types of sellers. Normally they only offer me $0,50 less lol
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Post by erikla on Jul 21, 2013 15:00:35 GMT -5
Esthertool CherryTab etc etc all the same seller. They set the make-an-offer in error I believe because all their items have that but they never negotiate
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Post by supergetterv on Jul 21, 2013 15:04:58 GMT -5
The way I see it, the price for this is only going to climb. It is a unofficial unlicense item and it already is hard to come by. Only a couple of online retailer had it and most were sold by eBay seller. This isn't a regularly release item that all kinds of online store sell. Most online retailer don't even dare to sell it cause they can get in trouble for selling this bootleg Voltron. It's a HK only item from what I can tell, cause the company is from HK. Really can't predict if this company will do additional runs.
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Post by erikla on Jul 21, 2013 15:25:51 GMT -5
The way I see it, the price for this is only going to climb. It is a unofficial unlicense item and it already is hard to come by. Only a couple of online retailer had it and most were sold by eBay seller. This isn't a regularly release item that all kinds of online store sell. Most online retailer don't even dare to sell it cause they can get in trouble for selling this bootleg Voltron. It's a HK only item from what I can tell, cause the company is from HK. Really can't predict if this company will do additional runs. Agreed. It'll be interesting to see how this bootleg items price will go. Is the company who made it coming out with anything else?
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Post by demonseed on Jul 21, 2013 15:28:35 GMT -5
It's funny we all have the same experience with the make a offer.
As far the availability of this guy... Just a guess and maybe I'm playing devil advocate, but why wouldn't this company run more of these? Seems like they have the capability and we know there's no lic issues holding them up.
I'm glad I got this guy early. I never would've know about him without RJ.com. Thanks fellas.
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Post by demonseed on Jul 21, 2013 15:38:20 GMT -5
The way I see it, the price for this is only going to climb. It is a unofficial unlicense item and it already is hard to come by. Only a couple of online retailer had it and most were sold by eBay seller. This isn't a regularly release item that all kinds of online store sell. Most online retailer don't even dare to sell it cause they can get in trouble for selling this bootleg Voltron. It's a HK only item from what I can tell, cause the company is from HK. Really can't predict if this company will do additional runs. Agreed. It'll be interesting to see how this bootleg items price will go. Is the company who made it coming out with anything else? Def a bootleg, but they "appear" to have their sh*t together. I wouldn't be shocked to see them run more if the demand is there, why not? I hope we get the Dairugger. Not familiar with Pizza Cat. Check out their Facebook page www.facebook.com/TongmengDreamEx
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Post by surlyj on Jul 21, 2013 16:03:24 GMT -5
At $130 it's somewhat tempting to buy, but really only because any higher is out of the question. I just spent too much at SDCC tho, and I didn't buy enough stuff to resell and make money on to cover my expenses. So while I want to buy this... Just not sure I can.
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Post by supergetterv on Jul 21, 2013 16:29:11 GMT -5
Not doubting they can do additional runs but no one knows if they will. The problem is the demand itself in HK and in addition, who they can get to sell these outside of HK. Making these for sale the sellers from HK to sell only profits those sellers. The main company itself sells these at 6500 yen or roughly 65$ USD. Why produce additional runs to let these guys profit. Because they don't sell outside of HK themselves, the demand will not be as high. The main thing is that these are still bootleg and pretty much illegal. The company itself doesn't want to get into too much trouble making these readily available. It will always be a risk anything they produce additional runs. Last thing they want is to have the stock confiscated by the officials. For that reason, It is hard and a risk for legit any company to stock and sell these.
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Post by erikla on Jul 21, 2013 21:22:42 GMT -5
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Post by speedy1701 on Jul 31, 2013 9:34:52 GMT -5
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Post by erikla on Jul 31, 2013 22:09:20 GMT -5
Got mine and I love it!! Not paint issues and the light up gimmick works great. Really love this gokin! It's also rare which just makes it even more cool to own
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Post by erikla on Jul 31, 2013 22:13:00 GMT -5
This is Esthertool an INFAMOUS Chinese seller who is not trustworthy. He has multiple names (CherryTab and others) and always under prices other vendors. Buy at your own risk
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Post by erikla on Jul 31, 2013 22:13:46 GMT -5
This is Esthertool an INFAMOUS Chinese seller who is not trustworthy. He has multiple names (CherryTab and others) and always under prices other vendors. Buy at your own risk I can confirm its the same vendor
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Post by erikla on Jul 31, 2013 22:14:49 GMT -5
The consensus is there will not be a reissue because it is an unlicensed product
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Post by speedy1701 on Aug 1, 2013 7:45:18 GMT -5
This is Esthertool an INFAMOUS Chinese seller who is not trustworthy. He has multiple names (CherryTab and others) and always under prices other vendors. Buy at your own risk I can confirm its the same vendor Hi erikla. Have you had a bad experience with this guy?
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