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Post by xiombarg on Feb 8, 2011 12:02:56 GMT -5
Nice pics! I'll take as many SRW bots as Bandai dishes out.
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 3, 2011 12:00:15 GMT -5
Yamato is doing great job and produce toys with great quality and design. (my Queadluun-Rau Miria and my Koening monster are beautifull) Do you know how much people are in this company ?... ... 3 people ! I would guess they probably sub contract out almost everything they do, and probably have their regulars they work with.
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 2, 2011 11:58:36 GMT -5
Pre-order for Weissritter is in my bag! Woo-hoo!
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Post by xiombarg on Feb 1, 2011 12:24:54 GMT -5
It seems Yamato has really gone through a learning process with their engineering. But after having to deal with the issues they've faced with the earlier Valkyries, Yamato has the experience under their belt to make excellent renditions of moderately complex figures.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 30, 2011 20:29:52 GMT -5
Yeah, the sale prices on the CLAT makes it sooo tempting. 9800 yen for that thing is an absolute steal.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 30, 2011 15:39:50 GMT -5
I would love to see a gun metal Ingram.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 30, 2011 15:36:28 GMT -5
I wanted the purple cast when it came out, but I only ever found one on Yahoo Japan and it was 40000 yen. So what is the size on this?
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 30, 2011 15:31:04 GMT -5
More and more I'm feeling like Yamato is really doing a great job. Their quality seems quite consistent, they've been expanding their product offerings into some very cool areas, and upping their game with great engineering. Their last few noteworthy products like the Zoids Shield Liger, the 1:24 Ingram, and their SDF-1 are all stellar productions. As some companies have started to pull back and lose some presence in the market place, Yamato seems to really be kicking butt. I for one and am really glad to see them moving forward like this. It's good for their company and it's great for us collectors. Good job Yamato!
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 30, 2011 15:10:25 GMT -5
Well, if nothing else this sure has us talking about it, which at least in one respect works to their advantage.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 28, 2011 15:39:16 GMT -5
I should clarify that it holds it's poses fairly well, but because of it's height there is a lot of leverage to be balanced and I wouldn't leave it on the shelf without support.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 28, 2011 15:16:29 GMT -5
It's sad, but I actually don't have the 1/12 Votom and I've haven't had the chance to inspect one in person to be able to make an accurate assessment.
I'm not sure if I really have a figure that I can compare it to, because it's not really like a SOC. In a lot of ways the best SOCs achieve more because of diecast content and extreme engineering, such as Baikanfu. But if you like the Ingram design (which I love) this thing really brings a degree of articulated realism, awesome display, and a superior implementation of gimmicks that hasn't been seen in an Ingram figure before. So quite honestly I'm not really sure what to compare it to.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 28, 2011 11:49:29 GMT -5
Yeah you're right. I do use a stand to display mine and though he can do almost any pose he's not exactly stable. I guess I let the size and super cool gimmicks get to my head and over shadow the engineering deficiencies.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 28, 2011 0:00:53 GMT -5
Ok, so I've had this thing for awhile now and I've been holding off from posting about it as I've let my feelings percolate about it. Final conclusion you ask? KILLER FIGURE. There is practically nothing about this figure that does not absolutely rock in the figure collecting world. I know this is no big surprise, but really the whole production is just absolutely stunning and ranks in my top three favorite figures I own.
Just a side note here. Even though the Yamato Ingram is heads and shoulders above CMs Ingram, there is still a place for the little CM Ingram. The Yamato is the ultimate rendition of all Ingrams ever produced, but the CM version is an easy, handheld, action figure toy that is easy to mess around with. You can't beat the Yamato. Very, very few figures can even comparatively stand in it's same class as it blows most figures to dust. It's stellar. But at the same time, not a table top toy to monkey around with, or even to try out quick new poses. I'm probably going to be giving away the CM as a Christmas or birthday present to one of my nephews, but if it wasn't for this, I I would still hang on to it, as it is still a nice little solid figure.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 27, 2011 23:29:33 GMT -5
Frankly, Bandai probably disappoints me more than anyone with their re-issues, because they don't just release repaints, they upgrade the features or add extras, which seems to be an obvious ploy to get people to buy it twice in order to have the "best" version. But the best version should always be the first release ethically speaking because it's the one that had collectors taking a "leap of faith" to support the figure to begin with.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 27, 2011 12:01:41 GMT -5
I pretty much agree with Lurker. I'll just add that market value isn't so much a matter of what listings are at a given time, but how much people are actually paying for it, and if you look at resolved ebay sales like Lurker points out, it usually becomes fairly clear what the market value really is. I mean, if you want to get technical you can average these resolved sales with Yahoo Japan sales, forum sales or anything else. But the point is that market value isn't any individual sale or an unsold listing, it's all finalized sales averaged within a specified amount of time.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 26, 2011 23:46:56 GMT -5
True, but I like to use this thread to expose people to things they wouldn't see otherwise. A lot of our members don't go near the Tokusatsu sentai room (including myself actually) and I thought these figures were pretty cool generally..
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 26, 2011 22:37:54 GMT -5
themazingers, look, I'm not saying this to be a jerk, but I'm not really sure if you know for yourself what you are trying to say. I mean, can you tell me what this "anything" is that I have no knowledge of? And how about if you summarize it. Just give us a quick explanation.
The ebay listings.. Again, why don't you tell me what it is you see in these three ebay listings, since you are the one that posted them. Maybe I'll save us both a little bit of time by saying that a value in any marketplace.. stocks, bonds, robots.. is figured as an average and the amount that changes over a period of time. So anyway, go ahead and tell me what these listings mean to you.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 26, 2011 20:23:20 GMT -5
I love when you make things personal xiombarg. How did this end up as being a matter of the value of the toys I own and how much I value them? Sigh... nevermind, I really don't care that much to begin with. But I'll tell you what, take some time to do some real research and then, if you want to, we can discuss it offline. Like I stated, we will just have to wait and see what happens... }D themazingers, you can say this kind of stuff like "it's so sad" and "I don't really care" and all that, but it still doesn't make your arguments valid. I mean if that's your tactic for backing out fine, but it's a cheap cop out for being able to construct an objective argument. So if you read your own posts it seems pretty obvious that you're really just talking about pure speculations based upon your own opinions, which I'm supposing is what you construe as "research". In your own words ebay isn't a good place to determine the value of toys, so if we aren't using an objective marketplace, then what?.. we're supposed to take your "research" and subjective opinion as "the real value" of toys? Kind of pointless don't you think? And look, if anyone cares in this entire forum, it's you. I don't even have to go into this as it's fairly self evident.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 26, 2011 18:46:23 GMT -5
I'm not sure what relevance your argument has themazingerz. So the core of what you are saying is that a reissue of toys YOU own makes no difference on how much YOU value them. Well so what? Based upon everything you've said, you're argument only applies to you and making the assumption that it applies to any other collector is pure conjecture. We're talking about the value in a marketplace here, not how much anyone of us values a figure in our minds.
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Post by xiombarg on Jan 26, 2011 14:22:17 GMT -5
A reissue would definitely and unequivocally drop the value of the original. There's no question about that. The toy is expensive purely because of its reputation and rarity; Sato's signature is a sidenote. As for them reissuing it, that's wishful thinking at best. Frankly the toy isn't even all that great in the grand scheme of things. I don't miss mine at all. I agree. Saying that the value wouldn't go down is in effect saying that the core value is in the rarity for the sake of being rare, which makes no sense. Somewhat related is the Getter reissues. Getter 1 was selling for as high as a $1000. With the reissues that have a slightly different paint job, the original Getter 1 is selling for maybe $500. And that's a big maybe. The original is more rare, but who really cares when it's the same robot as the reissue?
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