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    Default Tokyo Toy Show....

    Man, a gripe...
    Tokyo Toy Show is a great reason to have kids.
    Not so much if your an adult looking to get toys.

    No free Arms Micron, because an Adult can transform a damn Bumblebee.
    NO Nemesis Convoy, sold out before 10am.
    Did get the clear first edition Optimus, and WILL try to go back tommorow morning to get my Nemesis...

    GRRRRR

    /end Rant.

    On the great side, picked up some nice stuff, got some Arms Micron from the capsules, got some Generations Books, will maybe get Dezarus (saw him for $200)...

    Just Saying =)

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    Were you able to take photos?

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    Sorry if I offend, but F**K the Tokyo Toy Show.
    Got up at 6:30, got to the place an hour and a half before it opened to get in line. Entry at 9am, got through the lines and inside by 9:06. In the line for the Black Convoy at 9:10, and the damn thing sells out at 9:15.
    I know we get stuff from online retailers and its a great chance to own exclusives, but if Im there and cant get them cause the hobbit looking otas are buying them out for online stores.. really pissed off over it.
    Offered a guy 10,000 yen for one (somehow he had 4), he laughed and said, 20,000...

    But yeah, got a few of the line up, MPs and the two Lucky Draws. Didnt see the Kabaya Fort Max though.
    No laptop, and cant put camera stuff up til I get back.. apologies =(
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    Bugger about your exclusives experience. Apart from that was there enough good displays and cool stuff to make it worth it or is this a kind of 'never again' show?
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    They should enforce a limit of 1 or 2 exclusive toys per customer to prevent scalping. I got a black Convoy from JafCon 9 back in 2000... but I guess the scalpers may not have been as bad back then. <shrug> Scalpers suck. (the fact he immediately jacked the price up to 20,000JPY proves it... that son-of-an-unwed-couple!! )

    Also... people shouldn't buy from scalpers too. The best way to combat scalpers is to drive them out of business (they wouldn't be doing this despicable act if they didn't have customers).

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    How much did the the nemesis convoy and clear convoy cost at the show?
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    Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post
    They should enforce a limit of 1 or 2 exclusive toys per customer to prevent scalping.
    There was supposed to be a limit of 2 set per person. The guy with 4 was probably part of a team of profiteers holding someone elses. The million dollar question is always how do you stop 10 people grabbing as many as a convention allows and then pool it for profit?
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    There was meant to be a limit, but the people selling the exclusives either didn't remember, or they didn't have a way to prevent people from coming back for more.
    (or the number they produced was only a few hundred, and should have been a one-per-person limit)

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    Yeah, show was great. I think i'd be singing its praises otherwise

    Each exclusive was 5,000 yen, with as was said, a limit of 2 for each figure.
    The clear convoys werent really moving much.
    (still a nice figure and I am glad I got one)

    The show is worth checking out if your into everything. A little wasted if you only like.TFs.
    Took heaps of lego pics! They were awesome!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by swoop View Post
    How much did the the nemesis convoy and clear convoy cost at the show?
    5,000yen each (about AU$65), meaning a 300% increase within 20 minutes.

    It's a shame when people only buy things as a short-term investment (scalping) with no interest in the item themselves, when there are real fans missing out on paying the original price.

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