Cheers
Leonardo

We'll fight them on the Beaches!

The BGEX is like a kids' toy - the Legioss Chest panel is nothing more than a cover - there is no more compartment there, has "hollow" knee joints which looks really bad, proportions are bad mecha wise and all the plastic just hurts it - feels like a $20 toy.

I had a look again at the Toynami the other day and rues how many crap products have been produced in the Mospeada line - first was the CM's Cyclone which was absolutely bad - followed by the Megahouse Cyclone - which fell apart if you so much sniff at it (literally) and now this.

I just get the feeling that CM's put in the diecast landing gear and joints etc to justify the "Gohkin" part otherwise the fans would feel completely cheated!

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by the way, does the Cm's Ingram really that bad. I'm planing to get mine since HLJ discounted the item.

-Andrew

And as for age, note I said "CDX founders", not "anime collecting old-timers" or some-such.
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Remember that Hasbro's $20 figure is mass-produced in the hundreds of thousands, made of crappy plastic and shipped via slow boat from China. It's like comparing a Ferrari to a Hyundai. And believe me Ferraris aren't without flaws considering their cost.

I made the argument before that the price is largely due to the limited run, QC, and expensive materials. I'd estimate that no more than 10,000 of these were produced and I wouldn't be surprised if it was much less.

Up until now, POM plastic in toys has been used in some key joint areas where even metal was too fragile. (Yamato Valkyries two main hinges are POM) This appears to be made almost entirely of POM. I've seen many a comment how crappy the plastic looks, "like model kit plastic". It's deceiving since POM is strong like metal but still looks like styrene. I'd guess the materials are a large part of the cost, it's just that most assume it's the same ABS that everything else is made of so the price seems way too high.

I know most people don't follow plastics and their use in manufacture, so it's a hard sell for CM's to try to educate people about some new plastic being the reason it's so costly. Maybe they should try to do what Popy did in the 70's with "Chogokin Super Alloy", aka zinc. Maybe that's what "Brave Gokin EX" is. A commercial of it being thrown against a wall and the house falling down or something.

Could it be cheaper? Yes. I'm sure CM's knew that interest was high so they inflated the price a bit. But I bet the unit cost for CM's is around $160-$200. I've seen these wholesale for no less than $200, so that says something about their costs if you remember your economics.

Just to add, the Iota (green one) is available through CM's directly. You can go through a broker like celga or something to get it, and the Zeta (red one) is being sold normally after all.

My guess is you're going to see many of these for sale on auction from disillusioned buyers, so either cash in on someone else's misfortune or wait and laugh at us saps when it goes on clearance at HLJ for 70% off like the Ingram.

Besides, humidity and snow will slowly destroy their toys, the dry heat of the desert preserves ours like the pyramids.

And rather envious as well. All yous CDX founders are all together over on the East Coast and are all buddy-buddy, and then there's just little-ole me over here on the West all by me onesome-self. I don't really like that. No.
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