Some of ebay auctions...

[Skvora]

From 0.99 to 250-530. Even though it is King G and Gilvy, i do find it rather amusing to see how much people would pay to get them.

[Colodie]

Actually, as someone pointed out on ZoidFans, if you check the bid history, you'll see someone with only one or two feedback bidding multiple times. Looks like the guy is driving up the prices on his own auctions.....

[Skvora]

Thats just sad then, i mean look at those

[j*ryu]

Why would you find it amusing that I'd pay crazy money for kits I don't have and want?

Not trying to start a flame war, just curious.

Skvora said:

From 0.99 to 250-530. Even though it is King G and Gilvy, i do find it rather amusing to see how much people would pay to get them.

[Leo]

Jryu said:

Why would you find it amusing that I'd pay crazy money for kits I don't have and want?

It's a perception problem based on how strong a collector you are. Not every Zoids fan is an avid Zoids collector. Some aren't so passionate about collecting that they'd be willing to shell out that much money for one unit. The same goes for card collectors and other hobbies. People who aren't BIG fans can't understand the more driven collector's desire to own this rare and expensive model/card/coin/etc, and so it's interpreted as strange or comical.

[Skvora]

I'm a collector, but a bit sane one. No offence to you JRYU, but why spend 500 on 1 zoid, when you can scoop some other ones you don't have or some to custom, etc. Besides i'm sure that a good seller will know some sort of limit. I'd use core mammonth box as example, it more or less stays at 180-220, and judging by whats inside and what store sell them for i'd say thats fine.
I've done warhammer 40k for a few years, and thats quite a collecting. There are rare miniatures, there are ones out of print too, but then main focus is on building your army, tactics, and pretty heavy on customs, not so much on collecting every single one.
Basicly i'm saying that there are ways to spend that much money, and question is would you spends it on 1 zoid, 10-20, or something else.
I find that funny though because i would never spend that much money on a single item, just my common sense.
Aight, peace.

[Leo]

Skvora said:

I'm a collector, but a bit sane one. No offence to you JRYU, but why spend 500 on 1 zoid, when you can scoop some other ones you don't have or some to custom, etc.

Again, it's a collection thing. You collect, but I'm guessing it's not your main interest/passion. It's not a question of "sanity." Think of it as paying a lot of money for a rare piece of art. King Gojulas is a work of art in and of itself.

Besides i'm sure that a good seller will know some sort of limit. I'd use core mammonth box as example, it more or less stays at 180-220, and judging by whats inside and what store sell them for i'd say thats fine.

Those Mammoth boxes are less rare than a King G. They'll go up in value and cost more after production stops. And the whole point to an auction for the seller is to gain a high price. That's why there's no limit. You won't find a King G in any online store.

I find that funny though because i would never spend that much money on a single item, just my common sense.

Not everyone shares your world-view. Just respect the fact that other people choose to use their money to buy this rare item, and don't give them any grief about it. Heck, you probably spend money on stuff that I'd find wasteful, and vice versa.

[swamprat]

oh you don't want to even know what i have paid for some of my zoids in the past.i have learned the this.haste makes waist,waist makes worry,worry makes doubt,doubt makes fear.opps not even sure where i'm going with this but relax prices always come down sooner or later.most the time after a rerelease of the model.since i have saw um what 3-4 of them up in recent months my money is on it being released soon.sellers are selling before the bottom falls out. take deathpion how much one goes for now the were in that 500 mark before they were rereleased try to get that now.so just relax one will come along soon enuff.

keep smilin swamprat
p.s. i want one really really bad but not at no 5 bills

[j*ryu]

There are only a few zoids left that I would like to get. With your logic, rather than get one hard-to-get Gilvy or KG, I should get 250 Guysacks or Molgas. Or if I'm at Wendy's, rather than get a $6 combo meal, I should get 30 chicken nuggets. Just because you have *more*, doesn't mean it supercedes quality or uniqueness. Now if Gungys and Megatopros' and KG's and Iron Kong MKII Ltds were widely available, paying an exorbitant fee would be foolish.

I understand where you're coming from but everybody's financial situations are different obviously so it's all relative. Wheras you would buy a nice dress suit for $1000, I may only be willing to pay $300 and vice versa. You may be happy to eat a sandwich at home for lunch that costs under a buck but I may spend $25 bucks for the same meal at a sushi place.

I don't know anything about Warhammer but one could easily say that 500 miniature soldiers (?) is nowhere close to the value of one Red Ultrasaurus. Even a thousand miniatures. But that's because I don't *know* what those Warhammer figures are worth to you. All I see is a bunch of little figures. All my wife sees when she looks at KG is a big plastic dinosaur. All I see when I look at her shoe or purse collection is ?!. It's what you personally value.

And spending $500 on one item? Without divulging anything about my personal life, again, it's relative. What I will say is that I work hard so I can play hard.

I was just curious about your viewpoint, thanks.

Skvora said:

I'm a collector, but a bit sane one. No offence to you JRYU, but why spend 500 on 1 zoid, when you can scoop some other ones you don't have or some to custom, etc. Besides i'm sure that a good seller will know some sort of limit. I'd use core mammonth box as example, it more or less stays at 180-220, and judging by whats inside and what store sell them for i'd say thats fine.
I've done warhammer 40k for a few years, and thats quite a collecting. There are rare miniatures, there are ones out of print too, but then main focus is on building your army, tactics, and pretty heavy on customs, not so much on collecting every single one.
Basicly i'm saying that there are ways to spend that much money, and question is would you spends it on 1 zoid, 10-20, or something else.
I find that funny though because i would never spend that much money on a single item, just my common sense.
Aight, peace.

[Tilly]

I just don't get the shoes/purses thing, and neither does my mom...

I don't even *have* a pair of shoes at the moment...just sandals and a pair of my mom's old boots.

As much as I love Zoids, though, I have limits to what I'll spend...but hey, if someone wants to spend 500 bucks on a Zoid, at least it's going where it'll be appreciated.

[LordGale]

Yeah, my mom doesn't get why I'd be willing to pay $500, If I had it, for a King G or Gilvy. Then again, I don't know why she needs 50 pairs of shoes, but I'm not her, so it depends where you're coming from. I think Jryu's pretty accurate on that point.

[j*ryu]

I think Tilly hit it on the head. If you buy something for any price, as long as you can appreciate it then the money is definitely worth it.

When I was younger, I had some original Takatoku Valkyries my dad gave me that I sold to this guy in town . My dad passed on awhile back and now that I'm older, these toys have a great sentinemental value. If I could find that guy and he'd be willing to sell them back to me, I can guarantee you that he could just name a reasonable price and I'd pay it. No hesistation.

As for the shoe/purse thing for women, my wife is in the fashion/makeup industry. When we were in Vancouver, she was doing makeup and special efx for tv & film. Now she's working to start a new line of cosmetics. So even though I look at her shoe and purse and makeup collection and just shake my head, it's more from a "wow" factor than "i don't understand". It's part of her line of work, going to fashion shows, photo shoots and meetings where style is part of the job. But she's not snobby tho.
After all, she did get me Cannoneer Gordos, Firefox, Masterpiece Optimus Prime and Binaltech Sideswipe for Christmas. *And* she' built a couple of Zoids in her day.

Tilly said:

I just don't get the shoes/purses thing, and neither does my mom...

I don't even *have* a pair of shoes at the moment...just sandals and a pair of my mom's old boots.

As much as I love Zoids, though, I have limits to what I'll spend...but hey, if someone wants to spend 500 bucks on a Zoid, at least it's going where it'll be appreciated.

[Skvora]

Jryu said:

When I was younger, I had some original Takatoku Valkyries my dad gave me that I sold to this guy in town . My dad passed on awhile back and now that I'm older, these toys have a great sentinemental value. If I could find that guy and he'd be willing to sell them back to me, I can guarantee you that he could just name a reasonable price and I'd pay it. No hesistation.

This would be a really good reason, I have to agree there.

Personally i'd rather spend under 100$ lets say on death saurer or mad thunder and then repaint em and custom em rather than get King G or Gilvy. I get more satisfaction from what i do to something rather then gettin what someone did. Basicly if you can custom and do a great paintjob even on guysack, it might be more appealing to people than super rare zoids. Basicly make something rare yourself, and it would mean much more to you than a super rare which someone else made.

Then again it might be just me.

[CND-Conspiriter]

I was actually the person biding against the guy who was driving them up i bid first on all of those zoids fromt hat guy but now i dont have the money no....

[Genisis]

Then that would mean that I was the one who knocked you off of most of those auctions

Blackwolfphoto at your service heheheh