Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Others

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

Congrats Ana! All of the Stretch Monsters from this run are awesome.

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

Loving the eye-popping orange on yours Ana. Congrats!

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

Ana! Hi! Super nice. Happy for you!

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

^ Thank you, guys!!! xo xo xo xo

I literally jumped off my seat when I saw HxS email because I was dreaming of a King Gorilla Ju!...

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

You didn't hurt yourself doing that did you? LOL

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

^ No, I didn't hurt myself because I fell on Itamu's lap... Nothing like having a HxS mecha beast around!

 

Re: Hirota Saigansho: Gorilla-ju, Mecha Gorilla-ju, & Tyrann

LMFAO!!! It must have been pillow soft than! X'D

 

Mandarake prices have become literally absurd. Still love the toys and maker but wow. If you don't get lucky there is no way to own one.

 

Yeah I should have known, but it's impossible to find a decent price on there. I don't really even look anymore. I got a Zangira on there for 120 6 months back, and that was it. Now the same toy is 200, and any MVH is like 500 to 1000. It's ebay. Worse.

 

In other news, water is wet.....

 

Haven't we all seen bubbles and crashes in other parts of the toy market?

Tulip mania or tulipomania (Dutch names include: tulpenmanie, tulpomanie, tulpenwoede, tulpengekte and bollengekte) was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the recently introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed.[2]

At the peak of tulip mania, in March 1637, some single tulip bulbs sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble (or economic bubble),[3] although some researchers have noted that the Kipper- und Wipperzeit episode in 1619–22, a Europe-wide chain of debasement of the metal content of coins to fund warfare, featured mania-like similarities to a bubble.[4] The term "tulip mania" is now often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble when asset prices deviate from intrinsic values.[5]

 

You say that like we learn from past events...

 

When I overpay for a toy, I do it with full knowledge of the inherent folly of my actions.
Unfortunately that doesn't make me any less stupid.

 

Let's not forget that Tulip Mania was highlighted in the movie "Wall Street 2".

“This is the greatest bubble story of all time… they call it the Tulip Mania.”- Gordon Gekko

I never liked the unsavory character of Gordon Gekko, but it's undeniable that there's hidden wisdom in the aforementioned quote regarding bubbles that rise and burst.

 

The only thing I want to know is when there will be another lottery for a Kraken?!

 

One can only hope.

 

Even crazier;
http://ekizo.mandarake.co.jp/auction/item/itemsListEn.html?s=14&from=20160720&q=z76+Gorilla+Beast

 

^ Dude live auctions, yes outrageously priced live auctions but live none the less.

 

Like the new aliens in the Mr. X set.

 

@phantomfauna nice eye! I saw it and was happy to see this set around in new colors. It was even better when I went back and saw those heads you speak of. Super cool!