Posts made by Legato

My name is ehm…. D.

@Bullsmith:

Everything are taken for consideration.
Including cost, how popular the line is, marketing, boxes, sculpture, royalty, etc.
I'm sure they will need a certain % of profit so they can pay their employee, shipping, marketing, etc.

And yeah, what kind of material, what kind of paint, how complex are the paint, how long does it takes to build them, how big the figure is.
The bigger they are, the bigger container it will cost them to ship 5000pcs.

Not to mention dead stock.

And to make all that worth the time and effort, they need big margins.
For that, everything counts.

that's why everything made in china now. Cos they do care about production cost.
If not, everything will be made in japan or Gemany.

Why are you so smart?

@ninth:

My Crows x Worst Figures
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http://i.imgur.com/llxca.jpg[/hide]

Yes, I used a shopping bag for the background.

Still not sure what to limit my collection to for FBG.

Awesome stuff!!

@Blacksmith:

Why do you think VIsta is more expensive than nami?
DO you think ppl will pay more for VIsta than nami? pffff.

Do they pay more for Vista?

@Blacksmith:

so you think chopper POP should have the same price with Whitebeard POP? lol.
THey are both legit, from megahouse, and same license…...why their price are different?
is that a scam? production cost shouldn't matter at all!.........lol.
do you think POP should have the same price with OP straps? its the same onepiece license! lol.

I never said other things like sculptor, marketing, etc didn't matter.
But not counting production cost as consideration of a price is just plain stupid.

Are you a complete moron or are you just messing with me?
These things cost like 5-10$ to produce, production cost has nothing to do with anything, why do you think they make them in China?
People are willing to lay down more $$s for Whitebeard than a Chopper figure. I'm not saying production value on both is the same, but I am saying that these costs are irrelevant to your little story.

@Bullsmith:

are you ever going to sell figure lower than production cost Lupid?? pffff.

Most company will take % increase of the production cost.
Only stupid company that will spend $1,000,000 for production cost, and only take $5 profit.
Or spending $2 for production cost, and asking $1000,000 for profit.

Maybe u can start building company that didnt take production cost as a consideration.

"Hei, item A cost $2, and item B cost $1000. Lets both take the same profit."

Lol, thats just fucking stupid….
Look at prices for bootleg figures, the good looking ones, not the ones that look like crap.
20 usd shipped for SA Zoro or some shit, its not about production costs its all about copyrighting and marketing, deh.

It was never about production costs to begin with, Bullsmith =')

@Aokiji-sama:

Lol you now getting It? You slow bro lol. I want to show off mine now lol

I'm more patient, didn't use EMS…. SAL UNREG ALL THE WAY

Look what I got, bitches!! =D

@Bullsmith:

Shizuo VS Sanji,
Alter vs Megahouse
http://i325.photobucket.com/albums/k361/winkboy/durararara2.jpg

Yeah the one on the right looks more like Sanji…

@Abaddon:

As far as i known, the difference betwen the jap and pal version is that they have cut completly the second part of the game that was released for wii a few years a go. The 3ds pal version only have the UC SP1 + marineford part. I dont known why the hell they choose to cut the 2nd part if the jap version already have it… Thats the main reason why im not going to buy the game.

@Cyber-Robin:

Yeah its kinda silly. Especially cus Marineford seems to have more cutscenes than part 2 does in general. Woulda preferred they dropped that myself

It doesnt make any sense, in Japan One Piece sells kinda itself, but in Europe its a little different. I dont understand, are there going to be 2 games?

@Cyber-Robin:

Shopto. they send out postage confirmation and 10 minutes later knock on the door to say it arrived.

Unfortunately it's only part 1 and marineford mode. Kinda silly really. Woulda preferred part 1 and part 2 over marineford…again. Still a nice port.

Wait wut, they actually cut the most out of the game? Is there going to be a sequel with the cut parts?

@Enzeru:

He did it. Kolektakon's Jay aka The Mermaid Hunter strikes again. Four fuckin' Shirahoshis were ordered by him. On only two websites. That's for all the weeaboos out there who didn't get her: fuck you, care bears.

Of course I did get a set of the two at HS.

Like a boss ^^

I only got one set, enough for me lol
Could've went for HS but decided against it in the end =p

@Hallwacker:

I noticed there's a new dlc, but all i got was a vivre card to an island where i unlock a short clip of buggy at marineford. was that really all there was to it? a dlc for that?

DLC? How does that work?

No one interested in it… at all?

Oke, how about Doflamingo attacking a windmill @ Luffy's village ^^

@Valsheto:

Yeah i agree that is one of the best rogers, i like him alot, just got mine last week.

Well arent there just 2 rogers in total or something?
They are all perfect….

Even if you hate One Piece, you'd still need this figure…

@Kurohige32:

so gigant battle 2 will work on non japanese 3ds then???? stupid of me to ask since gigant battle works , weird how ds games aren't region free

DS games are region free, just not the 3DS games… Dont worry, import the game it will work!

@1Up:

Bin laden soldier edition got released lol
http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j369/mike_slang/efe02dd2.jpg

Gundam IK or somthing
[hide]http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j369/mike_slang/5f2d4962.jpg[/hide]

Bruce Lee gashopen figures or somthing
[hide]http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j369/mike_slang/3980d28d.jpg[/hide]

Micky mouse hk edition or somthing
[hide]http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j369/mike_slang/43e56a09.jpg[/hide]

Miku DVD music I think
[hide]http://i1082.photobucket.com/albums/j369/mike_slang/16934f4c.jpg[/hide]

I kinda want that Bin Laden (Dont tell the CIA).

@o0OMarshallO0o:

The "project" begins…

! http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/3400/dsc01185kd.jpg
! http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/6991/dsc01186er.jpg

Awesome, are they selling now? Thats the same sculpter as that Gol D Roger right? I WANT THEM!!

@Elisabeth:

… guilty
I got myself a Porshe.
[hide]https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-A2Jwj3TAf78/Tw15PwvaDnI/AAAAAAAAI6U/OYvkrfdBaCw/s900/2012 01 11 Porche 1.JPG

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-5_SHjI64WZ8/Tw15UBOs8iI/AAAAAAAAI6Y/jnUESXr5ybk/s600/2012 01 11 Porche 2.JPG
I like her nose. https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-hBOWG2Z0hHc/Tw15X7_YrxI/AAAAAAAAI6c/7FwaGgnBEzE/s600/2012 01 11 Porche 3.JPG Also Romance of Dawn huuuge manuscript… box. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dXIyHV-OJ1A/Tw1-RnZzKxI/AAAAAAAAI6o/Mm6f8ifA0NM/s900/2012 01 11 Porche 4.jpg Shiny shiny~ [/hide]

Btw, spoiler tags Legato, please~

I have Romance Dawn book too, so awesome ^^

If no one is gonna post their WFC pics…
ALL HAIL AFRO LUFFY

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If you are skilled with customizing PVC figures you could make a mean Afro Luffy GLM figure with this WFC head…

[edit] 2 mods quoted my post, I have put in some spoiler tags for you since I forgot. Next time do it yourself, I didnt do it on purpose but its just as easy for you.

@Cyber-Robin:

Moriah's box + Perhona's box = insane shipping.

Yeah no doubt, glad I got perona at a decent price already ^^

@Blacksmith:

Lol. I read it wrong. It happens. ;)

Isn't that like your job being the mod and all? =p

@snooky:

Sorry guys but could anyone tell me please when is the next preoder for POP?
Thanks!

@Blacksmith:

Zoro with Kizaru i think. Not sure myself.

Eh lol… Smart reply bro =')

I'd say pre-orders open next Thursday usual time... 6 PM Japan time.

BS the new mod @ Apf… 2012 is really going to be the end XD

@Cyber-Robin:

I got a Benn Beckman/Yasopp/Roux support bundled with my game. its pretty small on the back of one of the cards.

Right, now I see… Thanks, I missed that little map =p

@Marineford:

That's the EASIER way to get the support. Seriously, unless you physically own the game yourself (I'm guessing you don't) and have the password maps,

What does that mean? Are there password maps packed with the game? I didnt find any?

@cactusmomma:

Can I nominate Raithos? From what I've seen on these boards, he's pretty active and fairly well-rounded.

Yeah raithos

[edit]
How about Blacksmith as a second?

Alina, Maggie and Killax ^^

You know you want to XD

@Al!naJames:

If we are going to go back to having proper news section and daily updated release list we definitely need at least 2 moderators.

Hate phrasing myself really, but since Killax suggested this:
[hide]I've been One Piece fan for over 10 years and collecting for over 5 years.
I work for official OP dub in Russia by Comix-Art.
I'm an administrator of the first OP website in Russia (www.onepiece.ru) and it's forum (obviously) and I'm in command of over 10 OP fan-pages in both Russian and English on livejournal, deviantArt, diary, facebook and so on.
I also have a moderator status on OP Podcast forum (though sadly I'm not very active there) if that says anything…

With all that I am not trying to show off, just mean that I actually have a lot of experience with moderating.

Some people may think I have a bad temper since I am known for having an unpopular opinion, but the truth is that I never let my personal feelings get in the way of work.

Besides, it's not like you can ban anybody within this section, main work moderators do is moving posts from one thread to another to keep everything on topic and update the info - I am a hard-work when it comes down to things interesting to myself.

I really love One Piece and I am really devoted to AP since it's the eldest and biggest English fan community, after being a fan for 10 years I can not see myself loosing interest in either the series itself or collecting so I don't see myself leaving the forum anytime soon (if ever).[/hide]

And the fact that you are willing to do it instead of just being chosen by the people =p
Go for it ^^

Why dont you do it Killax

Does being a mod also mean having a bigger PM inbox?
If so, Crease should do it =p

Got Goku, not so big, but still pretty great ^^

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@richgrohl:

Does anyone here knows if this is a custom or not?

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwifw0BtYD1qapx3ao1_500.jpg

Probably, but I like it =D

Just got a 25 eur order with a 17 euro customs bill(!).
I wasnt at home so my sister paid for it…
If it was me I would have declined this crap, wth.

If its EMS standard charge is 17 eur + tax
SAL is 12,50 + tax

And they both get delivered by the same goddamn crappy postal "service".

They are just asking for customers to cheat by writing wrong numbers on the package, shame HLJ/amiami dont do that =x

Just got a 25 eur order with a 17 euro customs bill(!).
I wasnt at home so my sister paid for it…
If it was me I would have declined this crap, wth.

If its EMS standard charge is 17 eur + tax
SAL is 12,50 + tax

And they both get delivered by the same goddamn crappy postal "service".

They are just asking for customers to cheat by writing wrong numbers on the package, shame HLJ/amiami dont do that =x

Franky is too small for me to display him in the back, so that will be another skip… =(
IK roger seems like a must have, and Shanks/Luffy memory's too
I like Perona TS and Usopp POP
Too many great figures!

They should've taken this face sculpt of Blackbeard and put it on the POP =o

When are WFC being released this month?

@Duomaxwe:

I'm running out of space to put my figures, what do you guys do when this happens to you?

Take away the base if possible…

So eh no pictures yet?
I wanna know how that SSJ3 Goku turned out!!

@Al!naJames:

Yeah, let's throw BB away and do another Roger instead… grumpy looks

Haha, well Shichibukai BB is really good right? I'd rather see this newly shown Roger figure with the strawhat as a figure.
But they might as well do another set, I would wanna see Shanks with the hat too, but not the one they are releasing…

They should really finish up the Will of D Banpresto series… I want Dragon, Saul, Rouge and young Roger.

I'd like to see the "Strawhat trio" WFC set to complete this line perhaps.