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 Blue Biskup Tankizaados?? 
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It is kind of funny that these places would so blatantly offer these just moments after the solicitation from the manufacturer without even confirming how many they will receive. As many of you noticed this weekend, we had the ful color Tankizaado, and we have a nice size order of the clear blue in. Blue/purple has not been solicited yet. If you were looking for any of these, before you rush off to other sites in a panic, you should check in with your local Japanese vinyl shop. Not sure what the prices elsewhere are, but I now ours will be thr regular retail. I sure hope those other places get the number in that they sold out before confirmation.......


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Brian,


I apologize for the bad form of directing boardmembers to other sites for these items. I didn't know S7 was getting these until after the fact. (although Glenn did alert us a couple of times).

Totally agree we should be supporting the hometeam!

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hi brian
ur sure ur selling clear blue online as i was
just asking for them 2 days ago by email
but wasnt offered any. but maybe thats
only me which is 100 % ok as im not the
most frequent costumer. thanks.

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I support cheaper shipping!

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Hey there Brian, I bought my Takizaados for $75, Ramos offered them here through S7 for $95. Are you gonna lower the price to regular retail ?

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question 1: The clear blue has only been solicited from the manufacturer. None have shipped yet, we usually don't post stuff until we have it in hand or a shipping confirmation so that no one gets antsy or disappointed.

question 2: $75 is well below the retail asked and suggested by the manufacturer, and would be a no margin situation. Based on what they were sold to us at, we sold them for the price the manufacturer asked us to sell them for, and not more. Anyone else would be intentionally undercutting everyone and the manufacturer to sell. While a very normal practice, I will bet they don't have employees or an actual store. If they do, I am confused how they keep the doors open.

question 3: not trying to bag on who is buying where, it was more my point that everyone (stores) got shorted on their full color orders, so I bet they will be shorted on the clears as well. A preorder won't save you there if the shop does not get them.


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just got the orange in and a little disappointed.
thought they were much bigger but actually they
are way smaller than they appear on pics.
imo too tiny to show the full beauty of this amazing sculpture.

...probably will come out with a second size later! :wink:

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scary...pushead? nah...it's not sudden interest - i've been buying stuff directly from him since about 1982 in fact.

i WAS though trying to catch up on some stuff though. i *think* as of today i'm fully caught up now though! :)


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So I got my blue Tankizaados, sorry Super 7. I should have checked here first. I really should know better by now.

Anyway, the paint is a little off compared to the picture circulating and it has silver eyes instead off gold. Has anyone else noticed this on his or hers? I know there’s always some variance between mock-ups and the finished product, this was just a little disappointing. For some reason I really liked the gold eyes.

He's still very nice but not quite the same amount of color brilliance I was hoping for...


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bigstar13 wrote:
So I got my blue Tankizaados, sorry Super 7. I should have checked here first. I really should know better by now.

Anyway, the paint is a little off compared to the picture circulating and it has silver eyes instead off gold. Has anyone else noticed this on his or hers? I know there’s always some variance between mock-ups and the finished product, this was just a little disappointing. For some reason I really liked the gold eyes.

He's still very nice but not quite the same amount of color brilliance I was hoping for...


These are out already?

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Mine came in the mail today. I think the color turned out great on these. I believe the gold eyes/grill are going to be on the clear ones when they come out.


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I ordered the clear and blue/purple already. I would actually love to order these from a US shop I'm more familiar with. Unfortunately, I never can tell who's getting what.


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You need one.

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great shot

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wow - that is a great shot! I have mine on order and cant wait. Wish I could actually confirm which stores where getting them and when. I would have loved to get set up with a preorder from a great US store like S7. Brian, maybe a preorder or confirmed release date would keep people interested. I know supplies are limited, but we need our vinyl!!


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Got my shipping notice from Fewmany yesterday! Can't wait.


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Insane photo. The black background really make the colours pop...


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yep I got a shipping confirmation from a US shop for the clear with blue spray!! I can't wait to see it in person.


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They are starting to wash ashore! Just came today!!


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Got my clear blue one yesterday.
Wish they were a bit larger, but still think they're amazing.
Thought the head, or the creature on top, would rotate but that's not the case.


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man I think they are a perfect size. if they were any bigger they would take up to much room.


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The guy on top does rotate, just 1 articulation - but I love it. I finally have the whole set on my desk - Im alittle upset tho, my clear has bubbles allover it and it has a crease on the bottom half with a inner drip that looks terrible.


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liquidsky wrote:
Got my clear blue one yesterday.
Wish they were a bit larger, but still think they're amazing.
Thought the head, or the creature on top, would rotate but that's not the case.


The top half does rotate, you just need to give it a bit of force the first time. And I agree with VGA, these are the perfect size, not too small and big enough to appreciate the sculpt. If they were any bigger, it would be hard to display all 6. there are 3 more colorways coming out. I'm guessing an orange one will be in there, but I'm not sure about the rest.


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