tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post1866139859603665224..comments2024-03-09T05:08:45.557+08:00Comments on Heroic Decepticon: HK Market Watch - lots of vintage G1s in!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-33728637658620029762012-08-28T19:11:03.430+08:002012-08-28T19:11:03.430+08:00may i know where is this shop?may i know where is this shop?angryJerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01371811249743600816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-25139345123163080252012-01-10T13:13:13.519+08:002012-01-10T13:13:13.519+08:00@ Roger - It's true the pickings are slim. I h...@ Roger - It's true the pickings are slim. I have been told as much by the shop owner. The prices are also now laughably stupid. Also, anything that is not a local release (ie: USA release) is usually more expensive in Japan than elsewhere, strangely. No suprise that human alliance stuff costs more.Heroic Decepticonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017245701029351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-73172606631120801502012-01-03T22:27:01.112+08:002012-01-03T22:27:01.112+08:00I went the week of November 5th last year and it&#...I went the week of November 5th last year and it's pretty pathetic. I went to all of the shops you'd mentioned in your toy shop map (thanks for that) and only the shops in Osaka were in any way approaching decent. Saw two Black Zaraks with very bad boxes. Saw a Fortress Maximus with a decent box in Mandaraka Akibahara with prices that made me laugh. Heck, the pickings were so slim, they Rogernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-34166451570341060502012-01-03T17:14:40.112+08:002012-01-03T17:14:40.112+08:00@ VF1 - hey buddy! To be more accurate, they were ...@ VF1 - hey buddy! To be more accurate, they were not all priced expensive, only D-108 and D-109 were - fella was asking HKD$4280 for the set, which on any estimation is just too much to pay. I called the shop today and apparently, they were sold (indeed there are people willing to pay, I don't understand).<br /><br />As I understand it, these were purchased by the shop over the entire Heroic Decepticonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017245701029351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-1701810232028039412012-01-03T17:12:03.246+08:002012-01-03T17:12:03.246+08:00@ Roger - when did you go to Japan? From memory, t...@ Roger - when did you go to Japan? From memory, there were lots of vintage G1s there on the few trips that I went. All these probably came from the usual G1 powerhouses in Japan like Mandarake and Hero Gangu. The shop-owner knows the owners/ managers well and so he gets his own private review when there, even before the stuff hits the shop shelves.Heroic Decepticonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18017245701029351849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-24501286621438821372012-01-03T06:14:50.329+08:002012-01-03T06:14:50.329+08:00Hey HD,
Those are some nice looking items, but it...Hey HD,<br /><br />Those are some nice looking items, but it's a shame they were priced so high. Any particular reason why all these goodies were released on New Years Day? I wonder if they were all purchased recently from Japan or whether they saved them to be released on the New Year.VF1noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2683625406708498876.post-4839233741564421082012-01-02T13:43:10.674+08:002012-01-02T13:43:10.674+08:00It's funny. I went to Japan and G1s over there...It's funny. I went to Japan and G1s over there weren't this plentiful and yet all of these must have been sourced from Japan. <br /><br />A real coup would be to find out where all of these come from. My suspicion is that they know some old Takara employee who must have absconded with left over stocks when the G1 era had winded down. <br /><br />My guess is that you are a lawyer :)Rogernoreply@blogger.com