Reynolds, Jason M. wrote: > http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10064235 > A bit redundant to have a Ver Ka kit for an MS that was designed by Katoki > if you ask me...
This is to prepare the stage for the Gundam Unicorn Ver. Ok. ;-) BTW, is there a logic behind the lack of MG G00 kits along with MG being the one-and-only (?) merchandise from Unicorn (henceforth abbreviated as GU?) Also want to point out G00 is the series with the earliest merchandise, by a LONG stretch, in the over 10,000 Yens price range. Right? The closest should be Seed, was the HGUC Meteor Unit the first one? No that's only 8000 Yens. That should leave the PG Strike Gundam as the first >10,000 Yen merchandise, which was released after the show finished. More than 1 year after the show finished, right? Perhaps you might count First Gundam... which brings the question what's a fair comparison between 1979 and 2007 pricing. I've always wondered how to compare say, a 1/60 Gelgoog kit (2500 Yens) in 1979 to the >10,000 Yens merchandise of 2007. Finance taught me to expect a doubling every 7 years. But that kind of feels wrong, it would mean a 2000 Yens goodie in 1979 is equivalent to 16,000 Yens goodie today. So finally today I check the consumer price index for Japan. Turns out in 1979 CPI was 69.7, 2004 it's 98.1 (year 2000 was defined as 100.0). Meaning pricing has only gone up 41% in 25 years. BTW for USA it's 160%, for Hong Kong it's 292% (I might have made a mistake correcting for a change in accounting in 1990). Anyway... That means a 10,000 Yens merchandise should be compared to a 7100 Yens price tag in 1979. So First Gundam didn't come anywhere close to Seed's, G00's and GU's ability to sell high price goodies during or soon after the show. Hmm I kinda made 3 topics out of this post, eh? -- 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
