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NEWS: Platinum 30 Million Yen Gundam


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Faceman



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:40 pm Reply with quote
One question: Why?
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LightYagami



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:47 pm Reply with quote
Yes they look cool and but isn't this a little bit excessive?
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davidlaw1985



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:53 pm Reply with quote
I would be too tempted to paint the platinum one.
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NGE1113



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 12:58 pm Reply with quote
LightYagami wrote:
Yes they look cool and but isn't this a little bit excessive?


Agreed. It even puts that life-size Rei Ayanami doll mentioned a while back to shame. Yeesh.
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Asako



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 1:38 pm Reply with quote
I think some super duper hardcore fans would get it Smile

Maybe an otaku wedding present to the Rei Ayanami life size figure? Shocked
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 2:17 pm Reply with quote
Asako wrote:
I think some super duper hardcore fans would get it Smile

Maybe an otaku wedding present to the Rei Ayanami life size figure? Shocked


HAHAHAHAHA

seriously though, i wouldn't be surprised if people actually bought them. remember Gundam is still huge there, and rich collectors will get one simply because they can.
i'll tell you this though: i sure as hell wouldn't be showing it around to people. it would be locked up tight. Wink

do you think it's heavy?
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Lowlife187



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 3:50 pm Reply with quote
NGE1113 wrote:
Agreed. It even puts that life-size Rei Ayanami doll mentioned a while back to shame. Yeesh.



Where do I buy that doll?? Embarassed

Anyway, The audience that grew up on Gundam are now older and have more money to spend. Who was it that went on the space flight dressed as Char?

what I am trying to say is that there is someone, somewhere that will buy this.
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Ktimene's Lover



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 8:10 pm Reply with quote
For that money, I could get an Aston Martin Vanquish, Ferrari 599 or Scaglietti. Talk about pricey.
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When I think of a Gundam Model with a price like that I'm thinking, life sized, fully functional and able to carry around a full grown adult. But I suppose something like that would be very impractical to try to market and would be more like 30 Billion Yen.
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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 10:26 pm Reply with quote
Yeah, for that price, I hope the gun actually works!
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britannicamoore



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PostPosted: Mon Apr 02, 2007 11:59 pm Reply with quote
sweet. i'd love to wake up with one of those standing next to me.
are they still working on making the huge ones for pilots?
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ikillchicken



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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 12:18 am Reply with quote
BleuVII wrote:
Yeah, for that price, I hope the gun actually works!


for that money I better be able to get my ass in it and fly around in space.
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Abarenbo Shogun



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Lowlife187 wrote:
Who was it that went on the space flight dressed as Char?


Daisuke Enomoto never went up. He failed a test or two and was rejected.
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 03, 2007 9:27 am Reply with quote
Ctimene's Lover wrote:
For that money, I could get an Aston Martin Vanquish, Ferrari 599 or Scaglietti. Talk about pricey.


But the Gundam won't cost nearly as much to operate or insure :-p

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Dune



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Unless you accidentally break this tiny thing and need to buy a new one. Twisted Evil
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