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Nom De Plume De Fanboy
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Joined: 14 Jan 2011
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Location: inland US west, pretty rural
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:35 pm
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Um, this is nice, I guess. Though I think this is one of those things that you really don't want your guests to see in your living room, maybe.
Now, if it was Gits's Motoko Kusanagi, I'm there.
I'm just curious as to why now? Takahashi, of all people, surely doesn't need the money. Are all the Lum fans aging out of the buying demographic and the merchandisers are just trying to get the last bit of money?
Just wondering.
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Touma
Joined: 29 Aug 2007
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Location: Colorado, USA
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 4:54 pm
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That is definitely out of my price range, but I would like to see some pictures of a finished statue.
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AJ (LordNikon)
Joined: 14 Apr 2009
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Location: Kyoto
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 6:08 pm
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My wife is still pissed at me for spending ¥50'000 on that Apple Watch I bought in Shibuya last month. I'd hate to think of her reaction if I spent a mil for a life sized Lum statue. Probably cheaper than the divorce lawyer I'm sure.
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Minimimiau
Joined: 06 Oct 2013
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Location: somewhere on this planet.
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 8:07 pm
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It is a nice and easy chance to win, but... I wont participate, If I win, I don't know what to do with it.
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FishifiedPotato
Joined: 03 Nov 2015
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:00 pm
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Nom De Plume De Fanboy wrote: | I'm just curious as to why now? Takahashi, of all people, surely doesn't need the money. Are all the Lum fans aging out of the buying demographic and the merchandisers are just trying to get the last bit of money?
Just wondering. |
Urusei Yatura is considered a timeless series Space Battleship Yamato or Fist of the North Star. Characters, scenes, and themes are still relevant in Japan's pop culture and influential in animanga today.
A lot of UY merchandise is still released, and this is evidently the cream of the crop.
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HyugaHinata
Joined: 25 Jun 2005
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Posted: Fri Dec 18, 2015 11:03 pm
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For 10 grand, they'd better paint it for the buyer.
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Lady Multi
Joined: 11 Dec 2004
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:12 am
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Looks cool but it would just end up in storage for like...forever...on my end.
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Topgunguy
Joined: 08 Dec 2015
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:37 am
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I'd so buy it if I had the money
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leafy sea dragon
Joined: 27 Oct 2009
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Location: Another Kingdom
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 5:30 am
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Nom De Plume De Fanboy wrote: | I'm just curious as to why now? Takahashi, of all people, surely doesn't need the money. Are all the Lum fans aging out of the buying demographic and the merchandisers are just trying to get the last bit of money?
Just wondering. |
My guess is that it's the opposite: They're aging INTO the demographic that has this kind of disposable income.
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here-and-faraway
Joined: 21 Jun 2007
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Location: Sunny California
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:01 am
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I always wonder where these kind of statues end up. I'd love to see how their buyers display them in their homes.
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DavidShallcross
Joined: 19 Feb 2008
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:11 am
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I see some non-Japanese have already liked the facebook page. I wonder if international shipping is included for the winner? At 25 kg, it could be expensive, although small in comparison to the $8300 it would cost to buy one.
I also wonder if this will be able to hold a static electric charge, once it is all painted.
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FLCLGainax
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 10:32 am
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Looks like something a certain anime distribution company would have in their main office...
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Brutannica
Joined: 18 Mar 2007
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 12:41 pm
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HyugaHinata wrote: | For 10 grand, they'd better paint it for the buyer. |
They will.
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SamuelSpade
Joined: 09 Dec 2015
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:19 pm
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They could have made it out of something other than plastic. Even if its good plastic. If someone is going to pay 10 grand for Lum to begin with, he or she has money to burn and can afford more expensive materials.
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Blanchimont
Joined: 25 Feb 2012
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Location: Finland
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Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:52 pm
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SamuelSpade wrote: | They could have made it out of something other than plastic. Even if its good plastic. If someone is going to pay 10 grand for Lum to begin with, he or she has money to burn and can afford more expensive materials. |
If they had opted for a ball-jointed version, the price would have gone up several times*, but you'd have a poseable figure. Though this option would be more practical for someone less scantily-clad character because of the joints(dolls usually use real fabric)...
* Or not. Going by the sites I visit and what I remember from past listings, the prices for dolls seem to have fallen a lot over the last years. Or perhaps I'm just imagining it?...
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