Has anybody seen those Ayanami Rei figures by Yamato on Ebay?
They either seem to be about £32 (from the US) or £5 (almost always from 
China).
Some have blue bases and some have brown  - does anyone know if the cheap 
ones are knock-offs? I'm thinking 'yes' at this point.

Hoodoo(tobyandmaz@ntlworld.com) added

> Has anybody seen those Ayanami Rei figures by Yamato on Ebay?
> They either seem to be about £32 (from the US) or £5 (almost 
> always from China).
> Some have blue bases and some have brown  - does anyone know if 
> the cheap ones are knock-offs? I'm thinking 'yes' at this point.

Do you mean these http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT34487  ?
List price is shown as about £33.24 so, yes at £5 they've got to be knock-offs.


== Peter ==
-----------------------------------------------------
"Neither age nor height matter."
(Misaki Suzuhara: Angelic Layer)

>> Has anybody seen those Ayanami Rei figures by Yamato on Ebay?
>> They either seem to be about $B!W(B32 (from the US) or $B!W(B5 (almost
>> always from China).
>> Some have blue bases and some have brown  - does anyone know if
>> the cheap ones are knock-offs? I'm thinking 'yes' at this point.
>
> Do you mean these http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT34487  ?
> List price is shown as about $B!W(B33.24 so, yes at $B!W(B5 they've got to be 
> knock-offs.
>
>
> == Peter ==
> -----------------------------------------------------
> "Neither age nor height matter."
> (Misaki Suzuhara: Angelic Layer)
>

Thanks, Peter! There seems to be this one 
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EVA-Rei-Ayanami-Yamato-1-6-Resin-Painted-Figure_W0QQitemZ110231222558QQihZ001QQcategoryZ348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Which is priced between the two, and am a bit tempted - any thoughts?

On 2008-05-01 23:13:00 +0100, starhunter@cix.co.uk (Peter Boulter) said:

> Hoodoo(tobyandmaz@ntlworld.com) added
> 
>>>> Has anybody seen those Ayanami Rei figures by Yamato on Ebay?
>>>> They either seem to be about $B!W(B32 (from the US) or
>>>> $B!W(B5 (almost always from China).
>>>> Some have blue bases and some have brown  - does anyone know if
>>>> the cheap ones are knock-offs? I'm thinking 'yes' at this point.
>>> 
>>> Do you mean these http://www.hlj.com/product/YMT34487  ?
>>> List price is shown as about $B!W(B33.24 so, yes at
>>> $B!W(B5 they've got to be knock-offs.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> == Peter ==
>>> -----------------------------------------------------
>>> "Neither age nor height matter."
>>> (Misaki Suzuhara: Angelic Layer)
>>> 
>> 
>> Thanks, Peter! There seems to be this one
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EVA-Rei-Ayanami-Yamato-1-6-Resin-Painted-Figu
>> re_W0QQitemZ110231222558QQihZ001QQcategoryZ348QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrd
>> Z1QQcmdZViewItem
>> 
>> Which is priced between the two, and am a bit tempted - any
>> thoughts?
> 
> From the picture on the page that looks the same as the item HLJ have listed,
> but at a lower price.  HLJ are showing the model as discontinued, which I would
> have thought would put the price of existing models up rather than down.  But
> on the other hand it might be that the seller just wants to clear some old
> stock.
> 
> The phrase that comes to mind is; "if it's too good to be true, it 
> probably is".
> And if I read the details correctly, the postage is nearly as much as the
> model!
> 
> 
> 
> == Peter ==
> -----------------------------------------------------
> "Neither age nor height matter."
> (Misaki Suzuhara: Angelic Layer)


First post here. As a friend of an eBay seller, I can say you usually 
mark up something as stupidly low with about 15% over the price you 
paid for it as the profit margin as the price-to-match before the 
object **will** sell.

Low prices attract attention and so does bid-fury.

Why not have both?