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Post by B- on Sept 28, 2012 15:15:22 GMT -5
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Post by actionawesome on Sept 28, 2012 20:21:17 GMT -5
Oh how I want Sun Vulcan. Actually, I will confess I want ALL the main sentai mecha. I am not even what I would call a die hard Super Sentai/Power Rangers fan and I want them. I will keep hoping for them. It is just unknown to me who the demographic target for SRC REALLY is.
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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 29, 2012 23:43:44 GMT -5
There're so many people waiting for Sun Vulcan, it's not even funny...  Come on Bandai!!! I personally would like the head and hands extra big on this guy just like the show though.. |
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Post by actionawesome on Sept 30, 2012 11:12:29 GMT -5
I wonder if we started writing massive amounts of letters to Bandai if they would actually take note that people want the Sentai figures in SRC!
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Post by Chen on Sept 30, 2012 11:51:17 GMT -5
Write letters to Bandai Japan? Well considering they probably couldn't read them most would get put in a shredder since they wouldn't have a Japanese return address on it. Again besides a few here and there most SOC, SRC's or whatever is marketed for the Japanese people. If they do or don't make a figure it's because their market research tells them that the Japanese collectors want or don't want a certain figure.
Like it or not collectors outside of Japan are just along for the ride. If they don't make a Sun Vulcan or a Mazinger Weapon set or whatever its because their main market doesn't care if it get's made or not. Don't blame Bandai for not making a figure someone from outside of Japan in timbucktoo wants, blame the Japanese collecting community for not wanting or having different/unique tastes.
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Post by greengetterguy on Sept 30, 2012 13:03:39 GMT -5
Well, If I was a Bandai employee of any capacity especially in marketing dept, I defifnitely would read this site, just to guage how international market is like.
I guess domestic market still rules as far as Japanese collectable goes..
But that Sun Vulcan is so awesome and I don't even like Sentai....
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Post by Chen on Sept 30, 2012 13:30:46 GMT -5
It's not even so much about markets then it's about licensing. I'm sure Bandai would love to sell toys all over the world but licensing issues limits where they can sell. Bandai is smart enough to know that "Japan only" toys get sold all over the world and they have a rough idea of what outside market trends are but in the end they are for the most part a Japanese company, making Japanese toys, for the Japanese market.
What really needs to be done is that markets outside of Japan need a way to voice what they want to see. Things like Bluefin help a bit but for the most part their just interpreters of what Bandai does. They could still be "Japan only" toys but at least markets outside of Japan would get a bone.
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Post by actionawesome on Sept 30, 2012 13:53:35 GMT -5
Yeah. I am not so sure Bluefin is actually listening. They might be but I am not so sure.
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Sept 30, 2012 18:52:35 GMT -5
I am just here for the ride, so even when I would like to see Bandai make the stuff I want, I know it always will be Japan wants. So I just don't buy what I'm not interested in anymore. No more completist for any line...  }D |
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Post by actionawesome on Sept 30, 2012 19:36:30 GMT -5
I am just here for the ride, so even when I would like to see Bandai make the stuff I want, I know it always will be Japan wants. So I just don't buy what I'm not interested in anymore. No more completist for any line... }D Smart way to be I suspect. |
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Post by B- on Oct 1, 2012 19:20:34 GMT -5
Check the base below we all hoped for in the SRC line,did they scrap that to give us the DX line hangar?,it looks similar!!the basic hangar part anyhow,Imagine if they added to the DX hangar and made the top portion?? Either way I wish "Now Planning" was still true dont you guys? a REAL Maz hangar..Oh my God..!I just like to daydream about what COULD have been in this line,Imagine bases for all the classics made in SRC size?Think of all the little Popy bases but Re-realized for SRC! Note how the hangar part even has the small truck lift etc..looks almost exactly like the DX.  |
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Post by droutmaster on Oct 1, 2012 19:38:56 GMT -5
well it would depend i guess, but if they do a base diorama for Mazinger Z then wouldn't they have to make more bases for each robot?
i could see base diorama but at its on separate line as oppose been part of the SRC line.
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Post by B- on Oct 1, 2012 21:19:09 GMT -5
The base was supposed to come out for the SRC line.
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Post by magengar on Oct 1, 2012 21:38:29 GMT -5
Given the smaller size of the figures in the SRC line,
I can see the idea of bases for the robots in that line.
My guess is it's easier to make base sets for the
SRC line than it would be for the SOCs and now the DX line.
zozo-mag
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Post by actionawesome on Oct 1, 2012 23:31:16 GMT -5
Check the base below we all hoped for in the SRC line,did they scrap that to give us the DX line hangar?,it looks similar!!the basic hangar part anyhow,Imagine if they added to the DX hangar and made the top portion?? Either way I wish "Now Planning" was still true dont you guys? a REAL Maz hangar..Oh my God..!I just like to daydream about what COULD have been in this line,Imagine bases for all the classics made in SRC size?Think of all the little Popy bases but Re-realized for SRC! Note how the hangar part even has the small truck lift etc..looks almost exactly like the DX. I need to blow this up. I think I will build it. One SRC size and one SOC size. |
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Post by plasmawing on Oct 2, 2012 12:00:51 GMT -5
Guys ID LOVE to see it happen but I really dont think so.They will just continue making these ugly multicolored things that noone knows the names of but kids in Japan mainly. An example being Mazinger weapons pack 2,that should be a taken for granted release,BUT where is it?Lost amongst a ton of no-name SRCs that will be long forgotten novelty items in a year or 2. I'm pretty sure this line isn't targeted at children. The price of SRCs would be prohibitively expensive for most kids. Also recall that the "new" super robots like Zeorymer and Dai-Guard are 10-20 years old now. Well, If I was a Bandai employee of any capacity especially in marketing dept, I defifnitely would read this site, just to guage how international market is like. I guess domestic market still rules as far as Japanese collectable goes.. But that Sun Vulcan is so awesome and I don't even like Sentai.... I think you're seriously overestimating the size and significance of this site. Even for a niche hobby, this is a pretty small community. As Chen said, Bandai's primary market is Japanese collectors. The market for mecha toys doesn't seem to be too big outside of Japan, so it makes sense for them to focus on the Japanese market. Bandai does actually seem to be intent on giving the fans what they want. Gunbuster, Gurren Lagann, and Might Gaine were all on the "most wanted" list, while Sun Vulcan wasn't. I think Bandai might occasionally throw the western market a bone, though. From what I've heard, Zyuranger wasn't that popular in Japan, but they still released Daizyujin. |
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Post by B- on Oct 2, 2012 17:07:42 GMT -5
Guys ID LOVE to see it happen but I really dont think so.They will just continue making these ugly multicolored things that noone knows the names of but kids in Japan mainly. An example being Mazinger weapons pack 2,that should be a taken for granted release,BUT where is it?Lost amongst a ton of no-name SRCs that will be long forgotten novelty items in a year or 2. I'm pretty sure this line isn't targeted at children. The price of SRCs would be prohibitively expensive for most kids. Also recall that the "new" super robots like Zeorymer and Dai-Guard are 10-20 years old now. You know what I meant.Natives to Japan know these mechas better than anyone here,most US collectors dont watch any anime,even the classics,let alone these modern obscurities of the past 20 years,which is new to me when we are talking robot anime.I mean look at the head honcho at Collection DX one of the biggest robot communities,he always says he knows nothing of the animes,he just likes the toys! So whether its Japanese kids from 6 to 35 they know these better than us is what Im getting at.Most US collectors and even European collectors are mostly interested in classics,I guarantee you say Grendizer or Super ArmorGear Dendoh-meyer-king-ioh,Its Grendy EVERY time! |
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Post by TheMazingerZ on Oct 2, 2012 17:37:12 GMT -5
To me the SRC line is heading the same way as the Revoltech line. They seldom come out with characters I'm interested in. The two last ones, Gurren Lagann and Gunbuster are all sorts of cool and I'm getting them, but in all reality the don't really matter much to me. I may get them and turn around and sell them right away, or I may hold on to them for a while... who knows. It's okay thou, as I'm saving up for that most awesome CM's Grendizer coming up, The Evolution Toys Atlanger and their Gaiking the Great, and hopefully the Scrander & Iron Cutter add-on Set for the SOC DX Mazinger. That's about it in my book at this time... }D |
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Post by B- on Oct 2, 2012 18:04:42 GMT -5
For me all those too,plus ofcourse CMs Boss Palder,hes on top of my list right under Grendizer,standing next to Atlanger!
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2012 18:15:06 GMT -5
I would really hope to see Bandai release more Super Robots classics under its SRC line like Danguard Ace, Diapolon, and Tryder G7.
Sure they will be non-transforming, non-combining, but they would really have awesome proportions and pose-ability. And they will fill many collector's gaps until a proper SOC or Brave Gokin version of these classics is released.
p.s. - Yeah, yeah, Yamato released a Danguard Ace. But I honestly think that Bandai or CM's Corp could have released a better version of this robot.
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? Probably too plain looking to include in the series now.Simplicity to me is golden,guess hes not "busy" enough for most fans.Love his Voltes like feet!
