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

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  • 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
  • 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.
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
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