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

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wow. what a colorway. very classy, great paintjob.
guessing maker paints these on his own?

this colorway brings back many good feelings.
when in tokyo ...besides garamon
vintage mecha godzilla most impressive toy
on the shelves of mandarake.

many thanks for sharing pics man!!!

 

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I really don't know why but I love this toy ...
F*cking Awesome !

 

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Ugh I wish I stopped coming to this thread, every time someone posts amazing photos like these my empty wallet sheds a tear.

 

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Great shots chimply.kaiju. I was thrilled to actually go to the post office for once. (Missed the mail man yesterday) Anyways, this dude is so much fun!

 

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Just received mine and will be posting shots later if I manage to find some spare time. I love the vinyl colour, grey but with a olive shade that sits perfectly with the mint green touches (and contrasts very well with the dark red mouth and the yellow egg yoke missle). And he shines as if he'd been lubed! Brilliant toy that's all I can say.

 

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Here we go... Made it all the way to Italy!!



And ready to join his older brother:

 

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I expect epic battle photos of these two. Wait now you can create your own Cyborg Gorilla-ju!

 

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definitely : 2 cyborgs were made for the red edition, same for the blue edition.

 

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How is someone on the board for 2 years and doesn't know that? Cmon, take that down man.

This whole situation is lame. There's no good "better him then others flipping it man" argument. It's lame. It's not my place to tell these guys how to conduct business, but it is my place to state my opinion, being that this is some lame crap. Maaaaybe if we got a "charity" excuse, but otherwise, meh. Sucks.

 

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Well people post the lottery info on the days now too, it's not surprising.

Morons.

oh this is the same person who tried trading common pus pieces for a nag right? makes sense

 

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There are 3 cyborgs for the red edition now per HS.

 

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I can't wait to find some time and bring these two to battle it out in the countryside!

 

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Agree...Lame...

I had assumed this went out with the original lotto. I wonder if this is the new way HS plans to sell his stuff..?

 

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Gotta say, it's lame for us, but not so much for him. Maybe he needs the money. Who knows.

 

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interesting......

I wonder if he is testing the market for a price increase of some kind. meaning if he can sell this one-off for $500 then maybe he knows he can raise his price to $250-$300.

 

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Yeah I saw that too. I am hoping that maybe since it's a super limited edition he figured it was the best way to sell it? Maybe use those proceeds to set up future releases? Maybe it's me being naive though, given the secondary market prices on these. I'm not Hirota so I can't say what's on his mind. I doubt he would go through all the trouble to set up selling overseas then suddenly change it to auctions?

 

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It's not hard for anyone to imagine how tempting it is for these makers to go that route with what they see on the aftermarket, but at the same time the way I look at things, why take advantage of something good, keep it steady etc.. but im also not trying to run a business with it.

I have tons of respect for HxS, the quality of his toys are mind blowing and I am grateful that he decided to sell overseas. Hopefully this won't be a trend for his regular releases, if so I would just stop collecting them like anyone else who goes that route. Its sucks, but none of these toys are worth $1000 to me.

 

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i think everyone here agrees we would rather have the toy maker get the money rather than the flippers. but at $200 after conversion and shipping, it's already expensive even at retail.

 

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it's a double edged sword

in one hand you want the figure to stay at the current price but flippers will end up lining their pockets

on the other hand, the artist gets the extra money charged per figure, flippers get less (if any), but you end up paying more

 

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you guys read into things too much. also, talking for 10 pages about how much you love it really gives the flippers who read the board more fodder to go on.

I think $160 is fine for what they are. if he has a run of 3 and wants to sell them on yja, why not do it to fund future releases?

we all know who is going to win it anyway, I don't know why anyone would even bother being disappointed.

 

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I agree. Let's not go crazy with wild speculation and turn this in to a Nag forum.