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                        Finally found a 1/350 PL Refit in Japan...

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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Finally found a 1/350 PL Refit in Japan...
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Friday, July 22, 2005 8:45 AM
                        FInally found a 1/350 Polar Lights Refit Enterprise here in Japan...but I didn't get it! I'm happy enough with the little Bandai Enterprise.

                        I almost picked it up. It's going for 7,700 yen, or about $70 USD. Is that a decent price?

                        Still kinda thinking about it...which of course means if I do decide to go back and get it, it's sure to ge GONE!
                        ~Brian
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                        LemonJello
                        • Member since
                          February 2004
                        • From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa
                        Posted by LemonJello on Friday, July 22, 2005 9:36 AM
                        Ain't that the truth! Seems like any time I see a kit I want I don't have money, and when I have money, I can't find the kit I want. I got into the bad habit while in Okinawa of "see it, buy it!" and had to break that when we moved back stateside.
                        A day in the Corps is like a day on the farm; every meal is a banquet, every paycheck a fortune, every formation a parade... The Marine Corps is a department of the Navy? Yeah...The Men's Department.
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                        maxx1969
                        • Member since
                          May 2004
                        • From: Oregon
                        Posted by maxx1969 on Friday, July 22, 2005 12:48 PM
                        Buy it...buy it...buy itBig Smile [:D] Besides you have never test fit something like this in your life. I sat speechless just looking at it all taped together on my bench. After my wife wiped the drool off my chin while I showed her the ripples in the arboretum streams, the little itty bitty worker bees...ahhhhhh...

                        No really though it is one of the most impressive kits I have bought. At $70 US it doesn't sound bad for a markup in Japan. I got mine for $40 but have seen local shops here in the States put it out on the shelf for as much as $65 (gouge the fansCensored [censored])
                        ~Matt T Meyer
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 22, 2005 10:48 PM
                        $70 to buy it in Japan is a very good price. The ship is huge, so shipping is expensive. Buying it from StarshipModeler.com would cost $45 plus about $30 postage to Japan.

                        Linda
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Friday, July 22, 2005 10:49 PM
                        Yeah, that mark-ups not too outrageous. You should buy it!

                        As I might have mentioned, I saw the 1/1000 TOS kit selling for almost ¥4000 here in Tokyo. Didn't buy here, of course.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 23, 2005 9:32 AM
                        I shipped 1 to Iizuka city and it was 36$ and I live on the West coast. 70$ is a great price.
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                        J-Hulk
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Tochigi, Japan
                        Posted by J-Hulk on Saturday, July 23, 2005 10:17 AM
                        Ooooh, looks like I'd better hustle on back to that shop!

                        Thanks for the input, folks.

                        By the way, I finally found my over to SSM!
                        Nice site!
                        ~Brian
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                        ua0124
                        • Member since
                          January 2004
                        • From: Arizona
                        Posted by ua0124 on Monday, July 25, 2005 11:19 PM
                        Not a bad price at all. I would recomment that you get it. I bought mine for $55 US.
                        Ernie If I can not do something about a problem, it's not my problem; it is a fact of life...
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