Tue 2008/12/02 05:24
Folks who are visiting Tokyo now may want to get long to Asobit Hobby in Akiba as they are having a sale where many Gundam stuff is discounted up to 70%. Most sales that I've come across are full of stuff that nobody wants though - stuff that the retailers need to get rid of. Any sales worth going to in your area? Via AkibaMap.
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Part time student, part time worker, full-time geek.
Nothing like that in my area sadly. They are still charging $44 USD for the Nanoha Figma that came out who knows how long ago.
(ID #394639) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:36
do not have shop here...That work going for it I mean...LOL believe me they don't give discount xD
(ID #394644) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:39
Otaku, High School Student, Aspiring Animator
For today only the Verizon store is selling phones for as low as $30. Gonna pick up a couple $50 enV2's today. ^_^
(ID #394646) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:40
Student/Panel liner
Whoa, are you serious? I wanted an enV2 before, but the price tag put me off -_-. I have a Juke. What sale was this, and what was the occasion?
(ID #395592) Posted on 2008/12/02 17:22
Student, Otaku, She-Geek(Sheek lol)
Sales on figures mostly consist of older figures, alot from the To Heart series, or Bome figure. Some Rah DX ones too. They're the only ones I've encounted at any rate.
(ID #394655) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:44
Hotdog Repairman
There's a surprising amount of pre-Christmas sales goin on this year because of the slow economy. I've finished my gift shopping already. No gundam sale stuff around here tho.
(ID #394660) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:48
> .. stuff that the retailers need to get rid of Hmm, I have noticed it too, it's very hard to find something really good from discount sales. But of course it depends on that you are expecting to find:)
(ID #394662) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:50
Video Reviewer of Anime Figures, Mecha and Merch (youtube.com/user/Actar576295)
Conventions (AFA08) are basically the bargain/clearance paradise.
(ID #394663) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:51
Sales? What sales?
(ID #394670) Posted on 2008/12/02 05:55
:( I wish we had an anime store here. The only one around here closed down. Well, the owner was kind of an asshole, but still >_<
(ID #394682) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:00
Eroge blogger
I think I know which one you're talking about. Although honestly, their anime consisted mainly of DVDs and North American copies of manga. It would've been nice if they had more miscellaneous items, like figures and stuff. Too much mainstream stuff. That and, I know it more as the Magic store since my friend went to play in tourneys there...
(ID #394706) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:30
we should all make a anime figure store and be rish =.= ( or made cafe ^^)
(ID #394689) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:03
Extremely Poor College Student
from the title i thought japan really needed money and were going to be selling the whole akihabara district
(ID #394695) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:15
Second that ... lol
(ID #394943) Posted on 2008/12/02 10:23
Just your average anime fan and blogger...
third that
(ID #395224) Posted on 2008/12/02 12:57
fourth that
(ID #395745) Posted on 2008/12/02 20:15
I remember a Newbury Comics store in Boston was moving a short distance away (from a commercial area to a more tourist place). So they had a huge sale because they were literally trying to get rid of the store's entire stock of dvds, comics, toys etc. I was able to get 2 Mon-Sieur Bome figures cheap. Sadly the new store is lacking. I can't think of any other good sales although Rightstuf.com from now till Dec 7 is having a HUGE bargain sale of DVDs. I've gotten a couple of good entire series of 6 DVDs and Box for less than $50.
(ID #394702) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:27
Scientist, unemployed.
Yeah. The entire Lain series and OST for $6 a pop. Some stuff for $4/disc.
(ID #394868) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:24
one thing about CDjapan sales I dont like is even though they advertise up to 70% off, all the good stuff is only 10% off and that annoys me I like rightstuf.com sales
(ID #394703) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:28
The only store I know is an online store that has a huge sale of anime dvds. They have up to 95% off of msrp on mainly anime dvds this whole week.
(ID #394705) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:30
care to share what online store?
(ID #394780) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:07
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/
(ID #394909) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:57
Oops looks like someone already mentioned the site earlier. Gomen -_-
(ID #394913) Posted on 2008/12/02 10:01
US Navy Sailor
I seldom see sales here though I did get some Kanon figures I wanted slightly discounted at Gamers. In Houston, Bedrock had major sales on everything around Halloween. Don't know if they still do that.
(ID #394707) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:31
Tequila (Registered on 2008/08/26 22:40)
There are no hobby shops over here, if they had. I would probably end up buying useless/unwanted stuff just because it was selling cheap XD
(ID #394717) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:45
amatuer bum
ohhhh hawt hawt hawt ! I do believe I see me some Death Scythe gundam. I would love to buy nephew that for christmas.... unfortunately he has a large number of years to go before he is old enough to handle that. (he's about 10 months old)
(ID #394725) Posted on 2008/12/02 06:52
oh Danny, i'm sure your house won't be big enough very soon ^^ amazing sales
(ID #394731) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:02
Scientist, unemployed.
He'll have to get a garage.
(ID #394869) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:25
Most of the time it's either useless stuff or not that significant of a sale. Had a local place that had all used DVDs for $5. Normally they are $7 so it didn't matter too much, but I ended up getting some good deals, like the entire series of Serial Experiments Lain for $20, Nausicaa for $5, and Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust for $5.
(ID #394735) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:04
time to switch to Blu Ray !!!!!! ^^
(ID #394791) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:17
You've said you need to get back into Gunpla - buy the whole lot Danny ;D
(ID #394736) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:06
>_< zzzaaam 70% off. You don't ever see that here, even if they are models nobody wants...
(ID #394744) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:23
I am really going to miss the "Lucky bag" sales of new years day. Amazon hada some good video game deals on black friday. Some games a week old were half off (left 4 dead)... Other than that, most places had the word "SALE!" plastered everywhere, but nothing was any cheaper than normal.
(ID #394757) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:34
Full time nerd
Well PC fair in Malaysia is gearing up soon and depending on which state you're in, it's either to clear out old stock like in Penang or its more like a computer expo like in KL
(ID #394766) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:45
Oh god, I wish I had money and was in Japan right now. I so have a thirst for some Gunpla about now ^^I
(ID #394773) Posted on 2008/12/02 07:59
Web Designer, Boxer, StreetFighter, Anime Collector and Gamer
No figma's? :3
(ID #394781) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:07
Anyone knows if they got Perfect grade Gundam figures on the discount?
(ID #394782) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:08
Certainly no sale in the Japan Centre in London... *cries at the price of stuff I bought there*
(ID #394783) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:08
Otaku
Last time I was in a local store they put a little discount in some stuff, but the boxes were in really bad conditions, nobody is going to buy that.
(ID #394804) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:37
marvin (Registered on 2006/12/25 00:54)
sale on figures and gunpla are very rare in the philippines. The biggest discount I had for gunpla was 10%. although I do remember they were selling some kits at 50% off in Akihabara when I was there.
(ID #394805) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:38
Student Otaku (ITM Student) and ACG NA Staff
Not much sales here... There are barely a sell here... Online stores always have sales so I'm happy. I wish I was in Akiba....so many good stuff for sale!!!!!!
(ID #394819) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:52
student
last time america had a sale somebody got tramplede to death........
(ID #394826) Posted on 2008/12/02 08:58
i got to say that for black friday there were a lot of good stuff especially for internet, but not so much as to pay with credit card... i wish i was in akiba too
(ID #394834) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:01
Student
Who's/what's that blurred? Adult material? :D
(ID #394896) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:46
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
If something, figure shops around here will only raise the prices on figures that too many people want. Most figure stores in Brazil would rather keep the figures forever rather than giving big discounts on them... unfortunately. In my last trip to figure shopping, I've seen several figures that I've seen a couple of years ago in the same spot and same price. Kinda sad.
(ID #394904) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:51
lol the title really surprised me. though someone was selling the whole of akiba on ebay or something XD
(ID #394907) Posted on 2008/12/02 09:54
My goodness 70% off. Thats a very very good bargain.
(ID #394924) Posted on 2008/12/02 10:11
Hmmm... there was alot of figurines going at low prices at AFA'08. but that was over. anyway, can always hunt ard on sundays at China Square Central for what you wan.
(ID #394972) Posted on 2008/12/02 10:48
ha, misleading title. no figure shops here, so no such sales.
(ID #395005) Posted on 2008/12/02 11:18
I don't know I haven't seen any sales, but then again if there were sales it'd be on crap nobody wants and have absolutely nothing to do with figures/anime
(ID #395052) Posted on 2008/12/02 11:37
Part trooper, part -timer, 100% loser...
Woah 70%?! This beats the sale during AFA!
(ID #395058) Posted on 2008/12/02 11:39
anyone that goes in the shop that has a 70% discount is gonna have a truck rdy to bring it back to his home ^.^
(ID #395082) Posted on 2008/12/02 11:48
Someone needs to hurry up and develop commercial human teleportation so that I can take advantage of these deals... ^^
(ID #395109) Posted on 2008/12/02 12:01
university film student
Well, if you think about it a store wouldn't have a sale unless it couldn't move its stock...otherwise, why discount items and make less money? You don't keep stuff unless you know you can sell it later, otherwise you get rid of it to fill your shelves with something that will. Which is why I suppose anime stores around here never really have a sale and have small discounts at best. There's so few of them around that stock is bound to be move eventually, and restocking is done so infrequently and in such little amounts that they're not really in a rush to clear up shelve space.
(ID #395111) Posted on 2008/12/02 12:02
Kokoro Kotonoha's personal trainer
It's rare for Anime retailers in Los Angeles to throw sales similiar to this one. Usually when they do have sales they also place things nobody wants on sale. At Kinokuniya Bookstore in L.A. they have old magazines up to 80% off, because of how old these magazines are. They have that sale about twice a year though.
(ID #395186) Posted on 2008/12/02 12:36
very rare in my region must wait around 3-4 years until sale!!!
(ID #395231) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:01
Same type of sales... useless crap! :(
(ID #395263) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:13
Student artist
Is there such thing as a black friday or something similar to it in japan?
(ID #395277) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:19
Studio Bleach founder/owner
I wish I knew about this sooner. Mostly because a friend of mine said today that she and her boyfriend are going to celebrate Christmas in Obama, Japan. Oh well... She would not have gotten me anything, and I am not sure if she is a Gundam fan. XP
(ID #395287) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:26
Black Friday (traditional start of holiday shopping season) just happened. It's supposed to be a really big sale but I really had nothing that I needed. There was a laptop that's 300 dollars.
(ID #395288) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:28
Game Designer & 2D Artist
isn't that a MG wing zero I spot on the left? and nobody want them there? waw
(ID #395330) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:46
Nope, there ain't no Wing Zero there in the pic, you were probably looking at a GP01fb
(ID #395361) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:59
Game Designer & 2D Artist
ah you're right, my bad :P I should've known, most of them are 1st gen MGs and an oldies HG grade 1/100
(ID #395511) Posted on 2008/12/02 16:01
I want to be there!
(ID #395344) Posted on 2008/12/02 13:52
anime/cosplay events organizer
yep. we have some hobby sales here especially before the holidays ^^
(ID #395497) Posted on 2008/12/02 15:49
Graphic Design student | Receptionist | Otaku
Uu~ I wish we had more sales here >.< Nice ot see Gundam models going for cheaper though.. they can be pretty expensive at times ..
(ID #395512) Posted on 2008/12/02 16:01
王オタク ｘ 天才様
Damn, I wish I was there around now...
(ID #395518) Posted on 2008/12/02 16:05
wooow... i'd be happy to see a gundam sale around here.... sigh~
(ID #395522) Posted on 2008/12/02 16:07
When sales go on here, people go nuts...I mean some store employee got stampeded to death, a 8 month pregnant woman was injured, and 2 people got shot at a kids toy store...
(ID #395556) Posted on 2008/12/02 16:54
Student
That PG Zaku II is beckoning me..
(ID #395616) Posted on 2008/12/02 17:48
Mechanical Engineering student
70% discount? You have got to be kidding me! O_o Sales here can only have discounts as high as 10% only x_x
(ID #395670) Posted on 2008/12/02 19:04
Daigakusei [Consular and Diplomatic Affairs]
this is one of the reasons why Japan is great! oh and i see Deathscythe [w00t!]^^
(ID #395772) Posted on 2008/12/02 21:06
Recently bought a few beauties myself at a fraction of their original cost (which I base on AmiAmi's non-discounted prices). I'd very much like that Perfect Grade Zaku II at the back though.
(ID #395803) Posted on 2008/12/02 21:40
System Design Engineering (UWaterloo)
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/ for some of my online shopping. But that's it. Other than that, not a lot of stores around my region are discounting big time -_-
(ID #395887) Posted on 2008/12/02 22:52
nothing like that in my country... :(
(ID #395950) Posted on 2008/12/02 23:22
I like gundams..especially Zakus & Gouf..If only I can teleport to that place so I can buy them all..T_T
(ID #395984) Posted on 2008/12/02 23:37
Software Developer / Programmer
SALE? Wtf is that? Its a four-letter word we can never use around here xD
(ID #396244) Posted on 2008/12/03 02:43
SALE? I have some money to spare. Wish i was there right nao.
(ID #396408) Posted on 2008/12/03 05:12
No sales... just rip offs.
(ID #396476) Posted on 2008/12/03 06:13
hmmmm the word Gundam Kit does not exist around here LOL!
(ID #396488) Posted on 2008/12/03 06:30
LOL, those model kit would still SELL FOR ALOT here in the USA. Should've been in Japan, pick a cargo of those cheap toys and sell em for high prices here to the little kids, make mulas!
(ID #396640) Posted on 2008/12/03 10:03
OH MY GOD!!!
(ID #396654) Posted on 2008/12/03 10:12
Programmer Trainee
A lot of new figmas are out this month. Hope I can pass by a local store to check them out
(ID #397148) Posted on 2008/12/03 17:36
lol. very cheap. but i think is that cheap because of the economy crisis, anyone are buying as before.
(ID #397538) Posted on 2008/12/04 01:05
Student.
During christmas is the best time to go buy anime goods. I know of 4 anime/manga stores (all up to 30mins away) and chirstmas is TRULY the best time of the year. Some sales would be "buy 4 get 1 free", "buy 2 get 1 half off". Also, I think that the holidays is the time that they would want to get rid of most items, and bring in new stuff for the new year. I live in Toronto, Canada. but when ever I go to the states, Shopping for manga there is one of the best things ever, there is so much more to choose from, and going to a regular book store is about just as good as an anime/manga shop. Though dress shopping is very fun as well. haha :3
(ID #399352) Posted on 2008/12/05 10:35
Programmer
Hi, This is alora.Sales on figures mostly consists of older figures, alot from the Heart series or Bome figures. ============ annika <a href=http://mls.fastrealestate.net/b/mls-listings> MLS listings</a>
(ID #451437) Posted on 2009/01/17 13:33
no sells like that near my area. would be nice.
(ID #534148) Posted on 2009/03/26 06:08
geniemaster (Registered on 2009/05/11 15:47)
Do they always have sales at the end of the year?
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