Takara MP-23 Exhaust

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  1. daimchoc

    daimchoc Well-Known Member

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  2. stilettoheels

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    It helps to have in my line of work.

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    Just and FYI

    EVERYONE. who has ordered stickers.

    THEY HAVE SHIPPED!!!

    100% all caught up and ready for more.. LOL
     
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    [​IMG]

    made for giggles
     

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  6. GerwalkMode

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    Looks like second hand prices for this guy are going through the roof, almost 4 times the original Japanese adjusted price. Glad I got a few of them.

    $177.50


    In Hand Takara Transformers Masterpiece MP 23 Exhaust MISB | eBay

    I wonder if it will keep going up, or they will print more for other markets that will filter out. I imagine nobody is going to list them either way, even if China does a run sites will get cease and desist orders.

    I'm sure a KO is coming, since Wheeljack is KO'd... but serious collectors want the real deal for a collection.
     
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    Awesome news ! I can't wait to see what these look like in hand.
     
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    Its all puff and fluff.

    A ton of these things were preordered even before Penis Morris got involved. They are just in Japan, not spread around, but not scarce to warrant the current knee jerk over reaction going rate.

    There are a ton of them floating around by any guesstimates, so sell them now or wait for the crash.

    Good looking figure however, got mine the other day but haven't had a chance to play with him yet, just a once over for obvious stuff wrong in car mode.
     
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    That is one of the funniest gifs I have seen in a long time.
     
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    Idk.. I don't think Takara would make as many with the inability to sell them. It could eventually be the rarest MP of all.
     
  11. Dark Skull

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    The problem is, I don't recall seeing how many Takara produced. I'm sure there's more than the "2000" MP-18Bs, but at the same token, if the two HK sellers I ordered from couldn't get their stock largely due to the suppliers not being able to fulfill their own orders, and the fact that some who did were not able to ship to US buyers because of *ahem*, as you so eloquently put it, "Penis Morris," then regardless, this will be somewhat difficult for a large part of the fandom to obtain at the normal/original retail price.

    However, if one were to know someone in Japan (as someone here stated they did) to get them one, then they can get one at retail. But how many of us have that luxury? For those who don't know about those Japanese sites that are willing to ship to US buyers, if they didn't get them at the original retail price, they're having to pay at least $130 now. The ebay prices are probably those people making a quick yet nominal buck off of the hype. And yet, for those buying the figure for the marked up rate.....it's "warranted" to them.


    I don't like to speculate on that like as if it was a stock that's about to shoot up in price. For all we know, 3.8 may be right. After the hype dies down and people get a hold of their senses and stop paying the ridiculous prices, I'm sure we'll see more stock show up somewhere, somehow. And then it may even be slightly less than what the current rate is on ebay. For an item like this with it's notoriety though, I can't even expect it to go for less than $100. Thanks to Philip Morris.
     
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    Well some of the older MP's are starting to get rare now and are going up in price. MP-01 is going for $350 now.

    I'm talking the long run. In 5 years? Who knows.
     
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    Maybe. It all depends on how others see it. If they think it's worth it, then even that $177 auction will be nothing but a drop in the bucket. In fact, looking up the completed listings, there have been two that have sold for higher:

    $182.50

    $180.50

    And the cheapest one?

    $67 shipped

    And that was about 8 days ago.
     
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    that one for $67 was a preorder, so who knows if it even gets filled.

    i can see this hitting 300 sometime.
     
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    Yeah, especially since the feedback shows all "private" status. One can only assume it got filled. If so, someone dodged a bullet :lol  But there were a lot of them around that price that had a March date on it. Who knows.
     
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    Mine is also listed as a private status. Has anyone else had it take 3 days to get from the USPS sorting facility in Jamaica Queens, to another USPS facility in Brooklyn!
     
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    Mine just went into customs in Los Angeles. :D  I should get one sometime this week :D 
     
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    There's one set of Star Saber and Exhaust on AE right now. You have to buy them as a set and there's no discount.. $280 for both.
     
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    That's like around 110-120 for Exhaust. If this thing reaches 300, I am selling mine.
     
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    i will NEVER sell mine.
    Evvverrrrrrrrrr
    I'm too much in love!!
     
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