Best place other than ebay for Maximus?

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  1. Ceasar121, Mar 13, 2008
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    Anyone know of a good place to find a Brave Maximus? Cheapest and OR most reliable? Seems everytime I find one on EBay the price goes from in my range to out of my range in mere 10 minutes before the auction is up. I should've never traded my Fort Max as a kid for that damn Sega Genesis :( 
     
  2. jorod74, Mar 13, 2008
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    u did what?
    omg.
    i feel woozy....for a genesis?????

    kids....ugh.
     
  3. Ace96, Mar 13, 2008
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    You did what.......(hits floor)
     
  4. Lumpy, Mar 13, 2008
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    well, it depends on what your budget is, but i doubt you could find one for less then 300, maybe less if the person didnt know what they had...
     
  5. DELTAsnake, Mar 13, 2008
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    Are you look for a Japanies Brave Max? Because a Korean version gose for less than the Japanies version. Going for the Korean version may help keep him in your budget range.
     
  6. VictoryLeo19, Mar 13, 2008
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    im kinda lookin for a place online to get one too, preferably anything under 400 for a japenese version or RID version, it was released with RID wasnt it?
     
  7. XJunky, Mar 13, 2008
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    There's no version from RiD. It didn't pass safety laws. Does the CR Brave Maximus go for more than $400 now? Jeez.

    ~X
     
  8. Backstop, Mar 13, 2008
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    these really sell for over $400+ now? Damm,
     
  9. Red leader, Mar 13, 2008
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    I sold my brave max for £260 :)  loose, got to love that exchange rate
     
  10. Pravus Prime, Mar 13, 2008
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    Wow, hadn't realized the prices has skyrocketed so. Glad I got mine when CR was first coming out way back when.
     
  11. Lumpy, Mar 13, 2008
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    yeah, its gone up in price alot...i'm just about done selling my korean MIB version for 400....
     
  12. Megatronwp38, Mar 13, 2008
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    Wow, I Got Mine For Under $100 Brand New Back In The Day.
     
  13. Dolza_Khyron, Mar 13, 2008
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    there is a sealed one, for like $600 at toys and joys online, how ever, i'm personally waiting, since i fear buying one for $600, then encore rereleases, grand max or something, for $200 lol...

    *note exact price is Price: $599.95 at toys and joys online*
     
  14. Paradigm-Shift Prime, Mar 13, 2008
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    He's not just going to magically be up on ebay all the time, but as long as you have a bit of patience you can get either version for $250-300 complete without box there. They don't all sell for $400+ (just silly imo, it's not vintage!). Some do, but others don't...I'd say it's worth the couple of hundred $ to be patient with it and that finding BIN ones soon after they're listed is your best bet.

    I just got a Korean one a month ago from ebay on a $215 best offer (plus $40 shipping), including two black custom double-blasters. I'd just missed BINing a Jap one with box for $250 the day before that too.
     
  15. Paradigm-Shift Prime, Mar 13, 2008
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    As outlined in my last post, I wouldn't really say he's actually worth that much. A set of crazy people with too much money that just got into TFs are burning big cash on him and other 'must have' TFs but these people will be exhausted eventually, not to mention he still often sells for *only* $250-300.
     
  16. Necrophon, Mar 13, 2008
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    Wow! I must have got a deal and didn't know it. I nabbed Brave Maximus MIB two years ago for only $185! Or is it only the original Fortress Maximus that's going for so much?
     
  17. Paradigm-Shift Prime, Mar 13, 2008
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    See, that's the 'joke'. Some people are starting to grab up Brave Maximus as if he were Fortress Maximus. It's like an artificial (but not universal, my $215 last month isn't a bad increase from $185 two years ago) price increase/skyrocket by association.
     
  18. perithimus, Mar 13, 2008
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    I paid $350 for mine. I paid a little more I know but I wanted him. I would not have paid much more than I did though. I have absolutely no patience so I am willing to pay a little more rather than waiting.
     
  19. Paradigm-Shift Prime, Mar 13, 2008
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    Compared to the $500-600 prices some crazy people are paying, that's not even that bad. Still sort of high to me, but obviously not to others out there.
     
  20. perithimus, Mar 13, 2008
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    lol yeah I would not pay that much.
     
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