Boaz wrote: > Just FYI. I read some article and at least in Hong Kong Z2.0 is dropping > price fast. It's either overstocking or not selling well. For US, I noticed
That's an unhealthy sign. Bandai may copy Apple's tight control on media leaks, but they just let street prices slide after 2 months? The killer is that hot kits don't see the price rises, but cold kits are dumped at bargain price. Somewhere along the supply chain someone must be absorbing the punishment. Perhaps HK is so small it flies under the radar? That still doesn't make sense, any business, no matter how big or small, can't sustain consistent losses. E.g. US retail chains took losses to clear the HG/MG kits and never touched Gundam kits again. Or perhaps 2.0 has a lower wholesale price than regular new kits? It seems natural that recolors, Ver. Ka.s and 1.5/2.0s have lower development cost so does Bandai offers a better wholesale price on these? My experience in poking around sometime ago was that "No". Bandai offers discount rates based on order size, not on what models are ordered. Of course I never managed to get a quote from Bandai, only the middlemen (e.g. HLJ), actually more often middlemen to the middleman. So somewhere near the retailer's end some people are absorbing losses in order for cold kits to clear the warehouse. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
