Selling a custom Yamcha figure

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Selling a custom Yamcha figure

Post by Brangeta » Mon Jan 09, 2012 2:29 pm

Hi guys, I know I don't post here often, but I do read from time to time. I hope this is not against the rules.

I have put my custom Yamcha figure on ebay for a very reasonable price. At $200, it's a bit less than $5 an hour for the amount of work I put into sculpting and painting it.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0728620985

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Please spread the word around that it's for sale, as it's my last custom I'm creating specifically to sell and it will probably be the only chance anyone will ever get to buy such a nice Yamcha custom figure.

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Re: Selling a custom Yamcha figure

Post by batistabus » Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:54 pm

Not to demean your effort or art work at all, but I think $200 is a bit steep. The figure looks really good, but it's not perfect. Plus, it seems pretty small. I don't think many people would be interested in a figure that costs that much and isn't even officially licensed. There are much more intricate, official products that cost less than that.

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Re: Selling a custom Yamcha figure

Post by Brangeta » Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:17 pm

Much easier customs of characters such as Turles have sold for up to $275 recently and were not nearly as well made. In fact, the Turles I'm referring to was just a Raditz body with repainted armor (no sculpting to make Turles' wrist armor even) and a Goku head, so perhaps one or two hours of work. There are no 5 inch scale Cell Saga Yamcha figures on the market by ANY manufacturer (for that matter, there is only one 5 inch scale Yamcha and it was kind of a disappointing 2003 AB release of a late DB Yamcha), so I'm very confident this should sell. Anybody who is really familiar with Irwin or Jakks figures will probably be interested in it. But Japanese-only collectors probably will not be, as the last 5 inch scale Japanese figures were Super Battle Collection in the early '90s and the Ultimate Figure Series (UFS) figures around 2004. Everything else "Yamcha" from Japan has been way too small. The closest is the HSCF Yamcha, and he's only 4.25 inches.

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Re: Selling a custom Yamcha figure

Post by Silver Sinspawn » Tue Jan 10, 2012 8:18 am

1) Multiple Bulmas?
2) $200 DOES seem a bit much. With $200, I could pay my rent for a week, and get food AND a box of beer.
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