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Post by 尹 眞悟 on Jan 28, 2007 17:21:24 GMT -5
Word is that this will be made to order only so there will only be as many of these as people manage to order which in the long run means unless the Japanese go nuts scalping it'll be fairly hard to come by...
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Post by Xehn on Jan 28, 2007 21:19:21 GMT -5
...So... they're made when they're ordered? That's a very odd way to do things. O-o
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Post by 尹 眞悟 on Jan 28, 2007 21:23:59 GMT -5
No, they're made based on the orders they get >_> eg, 1000 orders recevied, 1000 made, 1500 orders received, 1500 made.
Combine this with the fact that it seems to be limited to 1 zoid per shipping address it seems these will be rather limited indeed.
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Post by rantinan on Jan 29, 2007 1:56:08 GMT -5
...So... they're made when they're ordered? That's a very odd way to do things. O-o Nope. Its an absolutely standard practice for most small run items, espicaly convention ones. one of the cons i work for does a limited edition miniature. We manufacture exactly what is ordered plus a 10% over run. and thats all. keeps our costs down. |
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Post by Pawl on Jan 29, 2007 15:25:34 GMT -5
...So... they're made when they're ordered? That's a very odd way to do things. O-o Nope. Its an absolutely standard practice for most small run items, espicaly convention ones. one of the cons i work for does a limited edition miniature. We manufacture exactly what is ordered plus a 10% over run. and thats all. keeps our costs down. Cheers for that info. What does that mean in terms of the practicality of getting hold of one? I suppose, nothing really when compared to something like RezTiger given that the same rules would have applied to that too...  |
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Post by rantinan on Jan 29, 2007 17:26:56 GMT -5
IF they are doing it that way, it meens good luck getting one. Prepared to be scalped on YJA.
Consider, if they have 1500 pre orders and do 10% overrun and have 2% defects.
this leaves 8% of 1500, or 120 unclaimed units. Now assume that the games company is oging to hold back anywhere from 10-50 for promotional and or executive purposes, and there is at best 110 spare ones. The worst part is that on a larger run you go for a smaller % of overrun. So don't expect there to be many spare at all.
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Post by raul on Feb 6, 2007 10:30:04 GMT -5
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Post by vishus on Feb 6, 2007 10:50:26 GMT -5
Doh...this is absolute torture. I guess a pic saved to my comp will have to suffice  |
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Post by Charlie on Feb 6, 2007 11:07:20 GMT -5
I thought it was 1000 pieces and you had to earn 4400 Zi Points to get it.
It's basically a SL with a CP-01, new headpiece, new top and bottom weapons, and a new backbooster.
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Post by DigitalMan on Feb 6, 2007 13:41:21 GMT -5
AH-HA! I thought I recognized CP-01. I know my giant cannons o' d00m  So then we just need those new pieces... *hopes for a bootleg* |
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Post by 尹 眞悟 on Feb 6, 2007 20:14:02 GMT -5
The answer's pretty much in the question really, it's not like they're going to want to release a crappy limited no one wants.
And yeah Charlie's right, 1000 "pieces" (regulated number?) costs 4,400 Zi-points (1 Zi-point is 1 yen) though that price includes shipping apparently. Folks have until the end of Feb to make their order.
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Post by Dano on Feb 7, 2007 0:23:00 GMT -5
  It's really a great looking Zoid. EDIT: pictures posted inline in case somebody misses the URL link in a previous post. (like I did, haha) |
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Post by AbsumZero on Feb 7, 2007 0:50:44 GMT -5
Ouch. Am I wrong, or did they also remold the head in addition to all the new weapons? Now they're just being cruel.
Edit: Nevermind, I missed Charlie's post. I wish they'd done that sort of thing back when the NJR/Genesis lines were alive and kicking instead of just recolors packed with seperately available weapons. It's kind of bittersweet; definitely nice to see what could be considered a new entry in the motorized lineup after what feels like forever, but on the other hand it's sad to see it being used to sell a video-game tie-in rather than the reverse.
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Post by zed on Feb 7, 2007 5:12:48 GMT -5
And yeah Charlie's right, 1000 "pieces" (regulated number?) costs 4,400 Zi-points (1 Zi-point is 1 yen) though that price includes shipping apparently. Folks have until the end of Feb to make their order. 4,400 Zi Points !  Are you sure ? Is there some way to earn them online ? Say you get 30 Zi Points from the average model, thats almost 150 models... zed |
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Are you sure ? Is there some way to earn them online ?