Thu 2008/01/31 23:00
Why do these shelves look so sad n empty? Because one of the Kotobukiya stores in Akiba had a closing down sale. Due to the 90% off, they managed to get rid of a load of figures and Gundams. I wish I knew about this closing down sale ToT. The Kotobukiya and some newly released figures were not discounted though and am guessing that they will be shipped to their shop in the Radio Kaikan building. Kotobukiya by policy dont discount their own products as they would receive complaints from other sellers who stock Kotobukiya figures. Images via Akibaos.
Posted on Thu 2008/01/31 23:00 by
Raven, AMV & MAD maker, Otaku
O_O OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!! MY ARMORED CORES T-T and the other plastic models i wanted to buy T-T nothing in the shelves...................v-v
(ID #25406) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:02
90% Closing Sale?? That's the biggest discount I've seen in my life for figures, gundams, etc.
(ID #25407) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:17
That's the biggest sale I've ever seen, period. It's almost free. I can just imagine the crowd. I wonder if there were any fights that broke out?
(ID #25498) Posted on 2008/02/01 22:59
90% off!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i wish i was in akihabara during that day ToT
(ID #25408) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:24
suneo (登録日: 2007/12/17 20:30)
let me join in... 90 freakin % off??! Total figure collector's wet dream... ToT and here we are paying full price or more to import them here in the states lol...
(ID #25410) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:32
Oh man, 90% off. Imagine the savings...
(ID #25440) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:43
Part human, part student, 100% loser
90% off?! Fudge! If the figure is like 5000 yen then after the discount it'll be... Really cheap!
(ID #25411) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:34
Really cheap and great if you want to make yourself a profit. ^^;
(ID #25449) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:11
I live in the Australian "Outback". The nearest Anime/ Gundam/ Figure store is over 500km away so i hardly get to sales. I have no Credit Card either so buying online or by phone is a negatory. As for me ever getting to Akihabara it is about as real as if it ever snowed here. ToT Can someone please buy me something from Akihabara? LOL- you can stay with me for free if you ever come down under in exchange!
(ID #25413) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:45
Geez, do you at least like where you live? Australia seems like a place I'd wanna visit someday, it always has seemed so neat to me.
(ID #25597) Posted on 2008/02/02 03:07
wow! 90% off O.O i wonder what that place looked like during the sale i'm thinking the chaos that WonderFest has but confined in a small space lolz XDDD
(ID #25414) Posted on 2008/02/01 14:58
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Holy cow!! 90% discount!! By the way, why is the store closing down?
(ID #25418) Posted on 2008/02/01 15:15
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
because they have a new store? ('~')
(ID #25432) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:08
bankrupt?
(ID #25456) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:47
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
@gordon, Hmm, I don't know, but Danny didn't seem to imply that the store in Radio Kaikan is a new store, or is it actually quite new? ^^ @lin-da-kenobi Maybe the store is not getting enough customers? ^^
(ID #25469) Posted on 2008/02/01 18:26
Akihabara = lots of concurrence between shops. Maybe this one was not well situated? Lacked good advertisement? Put too heavy prices? Sold products no one cares about? Was a victim of a conspiracy? Who knows?
(ID #25487) Posted on 2008/02/01 20:46
Director/代表取締役
Radio Kaikan has two kotobukiya stores - one opened last year-ish on the first floor.
(ID #25522) Posted on 2008/02/02 00:19
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
my bets on moving to a new location. transferring all of the old stock wont be cheap so its better to just give them away.*oops, meant sell them on discount*
(ID #25677) Posted on 2008/02/02 12:05
radical anime fan in Singapore; starting to freeze up. Mmm, end-of-year weather. (登録日: 2007/01/25 22:08)
Polytechnic Freshman. Mmm... fresh.
Sometimes i really wonder why my interests and my birthplace are an entire continent apart...
(ID #25419) Posted on 2008/02/01 15:30
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
Me also wonders why... ToT
(ID #25424) Posted on 2008/02/01 15:52
Fortunately, we actually are on the same continent as Japan. Eh... but i guess that's not helping still.
(ID #25429) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:05
ひきこもり/Hikikomori. Suits my current state more than a 大学生/University Student. ^^
LOL you're right >_< It must be that Japan is so far away while we want to be there so much that it feels as if Japan is on a different continent.. ^^
(ID #25436) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:14
(sob sob) i wonder the same thing buuu!
(ID #25457) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:48
VF-25 Pilot. Universariate Scholar.
let me join in as well. I feel i have been robbed of my birthright.(metaphorically speaking)
(ID #25679) Posted on 2008/02/02 12:06
I wanna cry =.='
(ID #25422) Posted on 2008/02/01 15:44
Holy shi- A fire sale with stuff I actually want lawl.
(ID #25434) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:10
Aimless Traveler
There goes all the Armored Cores. Shops round' my place probably won't do this, not even with a 10% discount.
(ID #25437) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:14
McMaster Engineering Student Fall 08
I know just how you feel danny! A music/movie store near my had a similar sale going on (they were going out of business) and all the merchandise was about 90% off as well. Unfortunately, just like you, i was unaware of this circumstance until way after the merchandise was sold out... which was a pain in the butt, especially considering that there were many anime dvds to be had. Luckily, this was around Christmas time and one of my friends bought me a couple anime dvds for cheap as a present :3 Blast it all, and the damn affair of being oblivious to these situations!
(ID #25439) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:42
I am guessing this is the one in the Kitazawa Building, along Chuo-dori. If it is - can't think of another Kotobukiya store in Akiba - it's probably because their recent expansion in the Rajikan made it too much of a loss maker.
(ID #25443) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:48
I wished I was there but all seemed too late now *sob* 90% is as good as giving it away for free man.
(ID #25444) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:49
That's sad to see an otaku store closing like that, but even sadder to come too late when there is a huge sale like this...
(ID #25445) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:49
This is a time I wish that I live in Japan!!!!!!!!!! I wanna be there!!!!!!
(ID #25446) Posted on 2008/02/01 16:50
Policy & Research Officer
oh you didn't know about the sale ... i wanted to blog about it but i forgot .. I think i read about it earlier on Akibablog or moeyo
(ID #25448) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:08
I guess just being in Akihabara doesn't guarantee sales. But I don't understand why they had two Kotobukiya store in the first place and I never knew about the existence of this one(only knew the one in Radio Kaihen).
(ID #25451) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:24
damn man 90% discount!! =0 the owner must've been really desperate to sell all of 'em, maybe bankrupt huh?!
(ID #25458) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:51
90% off for most items. Great way to attract customers and have them buy out everything before closing but thats losing profit and such such such. Wish I was there...
(ID #25461) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:56
Such a beautiful moment and yet so far from my reach.
(ID #25463) Posted on 2008/02/01 17:56
Hehe, would have loved to have been there myself just to witness the stampede of otaku raiding the store for all it's worth. Of course, I would've liked to pick up a bargain myself but, judging from the aftermath, I doubt I would have succeeded! XD
(ID #25472) Posted on 2008/02/01 18:58
I think I'll stick by buying stuff at normal prices, without the need to push through a crowd to get to the register ^^'
(ID #25476) Posted on 2008/02/01 19:43
i hope when i get to akiba to be some little nice stores to buy in stuff....
(ID #25479) Posted on 2008/02/01 19:55
Student
Not only does Japan have the stores, but they have the sales! I'm completely... jealous...-_- 90% is too good to be true! Only in Japan I guess.
(ID #25480) Posted on 2008/02/01 20:01
I wish there'd be something like that here in my country T_T 90% off is quite unbelievable but there it is!
(ID #25488) Posted on 2008/02/01 21:23
... dunno
Unbelievable T_T ... 90% ? In Germany, i can only dream of this ... I'm envious of the lucky ones, who was there at the right time.
(ID #25491) Posted on 2008/02/01 21:54
一折! That's pretty desperate for sure. Too bad once they happen they end way too quickly, therefore you have to be very lucky or very alert to have noticed this at the right time.
(ID #25492) Posted on 2008/02/01 22:11
JR. College Student
Something tells me it's not 90% off everything probably like the already-cheap, old, stuff.
(ID #25502) Posted on 2008/02/01 23:27
TK-8316 / 宅男 Otaku / 工程师 Engineer
i wonder how many lives were lost in this crazy sale. ('~')
(ID #25527) Posted on 2008/02/02 00:21
Procrastinator Extraordinaire
I'd imagine the place to be a lot more messy and hectic after a 90% off sale what with all the otaku fighting over the stuff and all.
(ID #25563) Posted on 2008/02/02 01:52
Dropping computers, starting all over again at Journalism
90% discount... life imitates art.
(ID #25598) Posted on 2008/02/02 03:08
I wonder how long the queue was before the sale.
(ID #25637) Posted on 2008/02/02 07:52
I... Wish I was there. I mean, the largest discount there is here is 50% on books, and that's with coupons and a membership card, and only for books. Non-otaku books, alas.
(ID #25653) Posted on 2008/02/02 09:30
waaaaa, 90% off? 1st time see this kind of discount....
(ID #25678) Posted on 2008/02/02 12:06
Accountant by day, Gunpla-crazed otaku by night
The most discount around here is 10-20%, and the nett prices are still higher than Japan retail. Somehow, I've got a bad feeling I should have ran out of Narita Airport and made a beeline for Akihabara when I was transitioning through Tokyo last week.
(ID #25705) Posted on 2008/02/02 14:37
University Student.
I envy those lucky people who managed to get whichever figure they wanted at that 90% discount. Wished I was there too!! uguu~
(ID #25727) Posted on 2008/02/02 16:26
omg ;-; 90% discount~ i wish i was there T_T
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