they went that high? that's just plain stupid. i'm not willing to pay flipper prices. patience is the name of the game.

"Patience"?

Patience went out the window with the last RxH buyout frenzy.

Some lady offered me $500 just to get my place in line... nuts!!!

They're surely awesome figures - but I'm not even willing to come close to paying retail on them! The clear one looks awesome though! I'd spend upwards of $40 to get one of those!

Toygraph really should just do a big run of these. By big- I mean 200 or so. Considering most kaiju runs are small, I'm guessing that would nip all this flipping in the bud. Given the popularity I'm sure these would still sell out and they would definitely make their money back. Everyone who has the limited versions would be happy they have something rare and everyone who wants one at cost would get theirs. Toygraph are you listening?

I secured the yellow and red troopers for retail, I cant believe it . Hoping for the clear but prolly not.

Nice to see your not bragadocious about it!

I agree though on keeping numbers low. It helps on QC and desire for a piece, besides good things come to those who wait.

I absolutely love these troopers, I also think they are better in numbers and would love to own every one of them, however not at the expense of an over-saturated market. The astro zombies release was freakin' amazing. How cool are these guys clear vinyl removable space helmets? Seriously genious.

I have a different opinion.

I wouldn't recommend Toygraph to increase the run. In the contrary, I hope they would consider slowing down the releases and keep the run to around 30-50ish and some even smaller/secret releases in between.

Are there really that many true trooper lover out there? I doubt so.
Most will come and go.

Rather then boutique toy companies upping numbers, i think collectors should think about individual collecting style. IMHO, upping production numbers is a sure way to bring down a boutique toy company.

I agree, their is so much buzz on these guys. I'm planning on getting the next set and keep it at that without collecting anymore of them. Although the packaging is out of this world. Canned goods anyone?

If u choose to want every single version put out or go after the same toy that everyone else want, prepare to pay to do so.
If red eye and blue eye doesn;t mean anything to you, good for you, you will get one version of the trooper at some point.

I remember just a few months ago everyone wants a piece of RxH mini. Demands for upping the production number were repeatedly heard. Where are these fair weather collectors these days? What good did it do for RxH?

At this rate they are going, I have no doubt that the Troopers will eventually fade off like the mighty SB, RxH etc etc before them.

Toygraph really should just do a big run of these. By big- I mean 200 or so. Considering most kaiju runs are small, I'm guessing that would nip all this flipping in the bud. Given the popularity I'm sure these would still sell out and they would definitely make their money back. Everyone who has the limited versions would be happy they have something rare and everyone who wants one at cost would get theirs. Toygraph are you listening?

I can't remember for sure, but I think it was fr Toygraph's blog- they are not happy with the flipping and plan to release more to keep the price affordable. I guess from the producers point of view they would like as many people to own their work, its also a business for them, every producer would like sell-out runs. Still its just too popular, and I'm not sure what Toygraphs resources are like and whether they can do a 200 run. well lets keep our fingers crossed.

I've been offered that blue eyed one 4 times in the past two weeks for retail. There are plenty out there, the "hype" definitely seems to have died down.