Comments on: Yamato

Detachable main engine nozzle

lukehu — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:03:11 -0400

In my opinion, the most ingenious part of the model is its detachable main engine nozzle. This design made its overall length 40 cm possible.

Unfortunately, Taito has not reused this ingenious idea on any other ship models.

What we have here is a

JoshB — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:12:39 -0400

What we have here is a classic case of someone getting into the industry without truly knowing their audience. People learned years ago that you just can't infiltrate an active community and plug a site. The users rebel. Even if your intentions were pure and you just didn't know, this is going to be what happens in pretty much any on-line community you join to try and promote your business.

It also shows a bit of naiveté on your part that somehow we would be the ones benefiting from your site. We've been around for almost 8 years and get millions of pageviews a month. You? We had started CDX with the business model that you have now - all types of collections, for all types of users. But the thing we found is that people who collect things like pens and dolls are not active internet users. And they can't relate to people who collect boys action toys, which is where the heavy net users are. So what happens is your site becomes decidedly lop-sided, and the communities can't interact, because they can't relate. Thus they only discuss on a superficial level, and a tight community that does not make.

I'd be more than happy to talk about promotion ideas with you, in regards to advertising opportunities and sponsorship, but please, don't spam our comments sections. I'm leaving this up because I think it is a healthy discussion, but if it happens again, you will be banned. Feel free to join active discussions and have your URL in your signature though, ok?

Josh

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Thanks Atom, Wow, All

Shogundan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:22:53 -0400

Thanks Atom,
Wow, All this response. I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing. At least people are reading what I write...LOL
-Dan

I got a hold of the Taito

Gigamach — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:15:04 -0400

I got a hold of the Taito Raideen, actually. 1050 Yen. I lucked out, and other than a little travel wear (I had to stuff him and his bag into a bag already full of stuff...not a lot of protection) I'm stoked. Taito...who knew? Pretty great stuff there.

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Nice review

Atom — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:44:57 -0400

Yeah, your gonna have fun here. I foresee great and entertaining reviews in your future. :) Seriously, nice review.

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I agree. That was totally

NekroDave — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:24:08 -0400

I agree. That was totally bush league.

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Gets out the Pitch Fork and Torch

Atom — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:05:00 -0400

Like others have said, this is a bit slimy. Especially from a poster who has only registered today. And for the record we are a bit more than a "blog". Think before you post please.
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Japanese crane game prizes

kidnicky — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:17:22 -0400

Japanese crane game prizes are a whole nother ball game compared to the stuff you'd see around here. I have Gamera (from Gamera 2) and Irys (from Gamera 3) vinyls that were crane prizes,and honestly,they look better than a lot of Bandais. It's just like the difference in quality between vending machine toys here compared to there.

You joined the site minutes

duke togo — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 19:15:17 -0400

You joined the site minutes before you posted, then put some phony comment about something looking like a good piece. You didn't read the terms of conduct it seems either. You could've contacted the webmaster asking for an ad or mention instead of dropping a URL into a comment.

I'm not accusing you of being malicious or trying to steal members away, but it was just very blatant in how you approached the plugging of your site, and it could've been handled differently.

It's up to the powers that be what to make of it, I just felt it needed to be addressed. I've seen too many sites get loaded with spam in the comments section that it causes the webmaster to remove the feature. Especially small fan-based ones like CDX.

Something further...

animatedbat — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:11:23 -0400

Just a heads up, it's not my intention at all to draw traffic away from CDX, quite the opposite honestly. We want both the collectors who run this blog, and those who frequent it to share their collections and collectibles with us. Not only can you share your items, but you can also link back to blogs, favorite stores, or even your own ebay sales on our site.

Anyone from CDX who uses our site is encouraged to link back to CDX, as it would be a great way to share insight and information on new and old collectibles that pertain to the items posted on the CDX blog and Micurio.

Belive me, Micurio is much more than just a mere Flickr group. Everything I said in my original post, I meant. We need enthusiastic collectors, and blogs such as this are a great place to find the type of collectors who can help us build great content on Micurio. If we can help CDX gain exposure at the same time, all the better!

Hey animatedbat

Shogundan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:06:51 -0400

Thank you so much for the complement. I am really flattered for the offer of writing on your site. However, my loyalty is to JoshB and the CDX staff. Thanks again.

-Dan

You say $15, but that's the

Shogundan — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 18:03:50 -0400

Duke,
Yup, You read correctly. I picked it up for $15.00 on ebay. shipping was $9.00 from the seller. So grand total out of pocket was $24.00.
-Dan

You say $15, but that's the

duke togo — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:53:27 -0400

You say $15, but that's the price it's marked. What did you pay? These usually go on ebay for $40-$50 shipped.

spam

duke togo — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:50:56 -0400

My point was someone coming out of nowhere, asking readers to go somwhere else to post, and dropping a URL to God knows where.

There are other ways of going about it that would make it less spam-like.

I don't run the site, but I frequent it enough to feel a connection to it, and seeing weird stuff like that put me off.

Like gokin? Try www.bigsteel.com to get your free Godmars!

No different in my opinion.

The site looks legit and maybe some will go there, but it's basically a flickr group, but getting someone else's site hits instead of CDX.

for £8 UK thats a must

Blitz — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 17:32:59 -0400

for £8 UK thats a must have... even if I have yet to watch it...
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