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What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Sun Sep 07, 2008 9:52 pm
by violentpig
Just thought I'd give my 2 cents on what I think might be hot on the scene right now, and what might have cooled off. It may help give people an indication what to be on the lookout for deal-wise, and maybe what they should hold off on until it cools down a bit. If the thread seems useful at all (which I'm on the fence on) I'll do it monthly.

HOT:

Raiden - The Medicom RAH figure has definately resparked interest in him. The Raiden Kubrick closed at $300 last time on ebay (sealed). The UDF figure and variant are more common, but anything to do with Raiden (figures, games, posters) is pretty hot right now.

MGS2 - May partly be spillover from Raiden's popularity. Sealed original MGS2 games are rare and are closing higher on ebay than ever before. This include JPN versions. An MGS2 shareholder I estimate would fetch $400-$500 if listed right now.

MGS3 RAH figures - Easily averaging 300+ on ebay. To get one lower than that is a "good price" right now. I like to think these will cool off in the near future, but maybe not. $300+ may be the new price standard for these.


NOT:

MGS3 - Subsistence and Subsistence LE seem to be on the low side right now. May be a good idea to snag one if you haven't yet. Even the MGS3 premium package can be attained under $100 on Yahoo Japan - for now anyways. Other than the shareholder version, all the other MGS3 games are either "cold" or "steady" at the moment.

Saga DVD's - MGS Saga vol1 was red hot a few months ago, closing between $80-$100. Now those days seem quite distant as you should be able to get one for a third of that. Saga vol2 you can get even cheaper than that.

MGS4 games/systems - Still quite common and easy to find. So common in fact in the MGS3 LE systems are closing below retail price with resellers taking a hit on them.



Just my 2 cents from what I follow from auction closes.

Re: What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:42 am
by micster
The Konamistyle MGS4 shirts come out next week and are supposedly super super limited; There available on Play-Asia so try to get one now else you'll have to use YA and eBay to find them - Making them even more expensive than they are now

Re: What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 11:46 am
by TSi
each shirt for 50$? seems very expensive for "shirts"

Re: What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 1:00 pm
by micster
TSi wrote:each shirt for 50$? seems very expensive for "shirts"
Yes they are super super expensive, But cos of the limited amount made they will probably sell for more on auctions after

Re: What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:28 pm
by violentpig
Thanks for the heads up micster, I actually didn't know about those. $50 for a shirt is pricey, but like you said it could immediately turn into a $75-100 item on the auction sites!

EDIT: konamistyle retail price is 3,990Y so play-asia is only marking them up $10. Very fair I'd say. I think I'll go order the black one.

Re: What's hot, what's not - September 08

Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2008 10:01 am
by micster
Oh dear, Are play-asia having some troubles getting stock of the shirt maybe?

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Also lol at 'recent order' cos I ordered it near the end of July.