MP 53+ Crosscut(Takara Tomy Mall Exclusive)

[griffin]

Aside from the hefty price, I don't see why we need pre-orders 8 months before release. April next year feels like a whole year away, and the excitement dies off before these long-term pre-orders get released.
Don't they trust these over-priced figures selling, so they only make enough to cover orders?
That would also prevent these more expensive figures from being discounted later, if they aren't warming shelves or flooding retailers with excess stock.

[griffin]

A couple of cheaper options to the au$198 at EBGames - OMP and FalconsHanger - both at sg$100 (in Singapore) before postage.
(the sg$ and au$ are usually close enough to parity to not need to convert)