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02-07-2022, 10:14 AM | #6291 |
Suprise Gamma Future
Join Date: Feb 2020
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Hey so I remember that one of the star gate writers said writing 26 episodes by themself was a hellish experience. This makes me wonder how the hell do some toku writers write 48+ episodes a year? Like do they have less editorial stuff to go through? More support? Are they just more used to crunch? Any ideas or info?
Meanwhile trying to write original or entirely new episodes for a show (especially ones with stringent internal logic and timelines) would definitely be hellish.
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02-08-2022, 01:45 AM | #6292 |
Rider of the End
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Hey Everybody! Ive always wondered this about rider toys but what factors determine how high the price is for a toy on the aftermarket. Ive just been looking at gaim and some stuff from other series and the prices for like the final form items at times has been bonkers, i know gaim is popular and thats a factor, but i used to see it with stuff from less popular series as well. Its just something thats always confounded me when hunting for stuff and was wondering if somebody knew why some stuff goes so far up in price, especially retail stuff, like the suprise future shift car set. Is it just scalpers?
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02-08-2022, 01:58 AM | #6293 |
Stronger Than You
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It's not really scalpers, but just limited availability. Like, you have an item released in a handful of Asian territories (And, in specifically Gaim's case, not China), that was only available for less than a year before being discontinued, and has been off the market for, like 7 years.
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02-08-2022, 02:22 AM | #6294 |
Reiei
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Hey Everybody! Ive always wondered this about rider toys but what factors determine how high the price is for a toy on the aftermarket. Ive just been looking at gaim and some stuff from other series and the prices for like the final form items at times has been bonkers, i know gaim is popular and thats a factor, but i used to see it with stuff from less popular series as well. Its just something thats always confounded me when hunting for stuff and was wondering if somebody knew why some stuff goes so far up in price, especially retail stuff, like the suprise future shift car set. Is it just scalpers?
Going back to popularity, a character's popularity will make sure they skyrocket in the aftermarket. It starts with someone probably selling the figure for a high price in Yahoo Auctions, so they become a rarity since not many will purchase it because of the price. Aftermarkets like Mandarake start to notice and thus put up advertisements around looking for said figure for this price. At least that's what I think those huge posters of lists of figures with price beneath them in Akibahara were for. They certainly didn't have have them in stock in that store, so I deduced they were looking for them. Just my two cents. |
02-08-2022, 04:47 PM | #6295 |
Tokusatsu Hero
Join Date: Aug 2013
Location: Maryland
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I'm starting to feel nostalgic when I used to watch Kamen Rider weekly. I did watch the first two episodes of Zero-One, and it was cool. I hope the rest of the show will make me a fan of the series again. I lost interest in the series with Ghost. I try to watch Build in 2018, but I forgot to finish it (It wans't bad).
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02-09-2022, 12:42 AM | #6296 |
Rider of the End
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Popularity is one of the higher factors, I feel. Especially P-Bandai. Scalping I think is really only a problem for retail items and Ultraman stuff. A common reason I see around, especially during, say, a SHF Ultraman's release window, were 'Chinese bots' or something. Premium Bandai has already been combatting this by outright banning foreigners from checking out the P-Bandai page. Dunno how effective that has been tho.
Going back to popularity, a character's popularity will make sure they skyrocket in the aftermarket. It starts with someone probably selling the figure for a high price in Yahoo Auctions, so they become a rarity since not many will purchase it because of the price. Aftermarkets like Mandarake start to notice and thus put up advertisements around looking for said figure for this price. At least that's what I think those huge posters of lists of figures with price beneath them in Akibahara were for. They certainly didn't have have them in stock in that store, so I deduced they were looking for them. Just my two cents. Last edited by KaiserBlue; 02-09-2022 at 12:44 AM.. |
02-09-2022, 04:43 AM | #6297 |
Reiei
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Yeah, i get popularity and higher priced sales creating trends, but im confounded how the suprise future shift car set, which was retail, goes for so much. Drive wasnt and isnt that popular a show, and the set was for a movie that not many ppl liked, as well as being retail. Im just seeing a lot of spikes on stuff that wouldnt otherwise sell at such high prices. I love drive as a show and toyline, but the prices for shift next and tridoron key loose, without the newton eyecon, are like 80, more if its complete or with packaging. Just weird that drive stuff is pricier. The sad thing is even p-bandai stuff comes down in th secpndary market, but drive stuff has steadily gone up in price for a bunch of retail items.
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02-09-2022, 02:16 PM | #6298 |
Rider of the End
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: NYC
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Thats probably it. Next drive/ dark drive was a pretty nice suit anyway, and nice the belt had sounds for it. Probably that more than anything else.
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02-21-2022, 05:42 PM | #6299 |
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How do you all picture a female Ouja in Reiwa? We haven’t seen a female rider who has Asakura’s character as a psychopath criminal. Imagine someone like Juri Han!
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02-23-2022, 11:44 AM | #6300 |
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Well when I saw the Rider shows go up that was going to help me out so I started with V3 and Amazon so I could watch from the beginning. If they have the 1st episode ever up bring it. I'll stream this line on You Tube.
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