Yeah, I saw that. Definitely the most I've seen one sold at. I want one but could never fathom spending that much.
Seriously, I mean if you where a US buyer and had to use a agent service this would be well over 5 grand. Who could even afford to spend this much on a toy, let alone a production release.
I would think that's some fine shillery in action, but there are a lot of people out there who like this hobby and have a lot of money. I've seen toys end much higher than this, although none of them modern. That looks like someone who posted an auction, shilled it up, and will probably list 4 more next week to get inflated amounts. That being said, I have a goga to trade for that "skulletor" one...I doubt anyone has one but you never know.
I was gonna say that as well, cromag is well known. I guess he could just use it as a write off haha.
yes, he is definitely legit but i thought he has at least one already, maybe even more. i think so as well, maybe the seller got greedy as every seller on yja knows who this big whale is and thought he would continue to chase. I will offer 10,000yen less Reverse auction.
http://page6.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/f104121362 Another large-price sale. And the winning bidder seems to be buying every one that is listed lately, regardless of price. I thought this toy was high when it was around $500-$700. Does anyone know if any buyers are still able to purchase one of these direct without YJA?
I contacted a Japanese bike shop that was at one time selling Bemon Balls. They referred me to the Official Bemon YJA auction page, also adding that the Bemon are very rare, and aren't produced often.
1st release. Released June 2008. Limited to 30. Lottery thru CKA for 12,600 yen. 2nd release. Released September 2008. Limited to 30. Sold mainly thru Cosmo Knight Alpha (lotto?) and also few sold thru Bounty Hunter for 14,000 yen. 3rd release. Released November 2008. Sold as first come first serve thru CKA for 15,000 yen (15750 w/tax). 4th release. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. Released March 2009. Sold thru CKA. Some were auction off on YJA. It is known that numbered 20 and 30 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. Above photo contribute by RyanM. 5th release. Released June 2009. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. In store only lottery at CKA. 6th release. Released October 2009. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. CKA sales. A few YJ Auctions directly from Bemon. It is known that numbered 10 and 30 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. 7th release. Released April 2010. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. 2 or 3 sold thru CKA. It is known that numbered 10 and 20 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. The sales for the rest are unknown how or where. 8th release. Released July 2010. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. Only 1 sold thru CKA (lotto?). It is known that numbered 10 and 30 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. The sales for the rest are unknown how or where. 9th release. Release January 2011. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered on the header. Sales thru CKA stopped with this release. Around 5 via auction. It is known that numbered 1, 4, and 5 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. The sales for the rest are unknown how or where. 10th release. Released May 2011. Limited to 30. Each 1 is individually numbered. Early number ones were auction off directly from Bemon on YJA. It is known that numbered 1, 3, 4 and 5 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. Bounty Hunter had 2 for sale. The sales for the rest are unknown how or where. 11th release. Released September 2011. Limited to 20. Each 1 is individually numbered. Early number ones were auction off directly from Bemon on YJA. It is known that numbered 1, 3, and 4 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. Starting bid was 18,000 yen. 12th release. Limited to 20. Painted on blue vinyl. Released December 2011. Starting bid 18,000 yen. It is known that numbered 1 thru 5 were auction directly by Bemon on YJA. 13th release. Limited 20 pieces. 1 of 20 started as an official Bemon online Yahoo Japan Auction on August 28, 2012. Ended on September 2, 2012 for 106,000 yen. Others were auctioned off. 14th release. Limited 10 pieces. Sales online Japan Yahoo auction directly from Bemon. Release October 2012. Blank GID release. *Bemon has been labelling the release numbers for the painted version only and not including the blanks. So for now I will keep it that way. the labelling of the number is not on the figure itself. it is on the header. although numbered 30, it is certain that not all runs are really 30 pieces. some are much fewer than 30. the blanks were never sold publicly and does not come with header so they are indeed un-numbered. Green blank exist. No picture. At least 2 exist. Blank black. Was not publicly released. At least 2 exist. Don't know the actual release date. Pic from a blog which was dated December 2010. Blank mix color parts. Limited to 9. Released December 2010. It is known that number 8 was auctioned directly by Bemon on YJA from their feedback from buyers. Picuture from Andy's Kaiju Korner blog dated May 15, 2011 as a sale from Mandarake Shibuya.
First three are Green(Match's Famous Monsters Cover), Red, and Dark Blue. I think Dark Brown was next but I'm not sure.
I have 5 out of the first 6 figured out with the dates release thanks to the Joe's CK blog and CKA blog. Missing one more. Anyone know which one is missing and date release?
Of course! Thanks I forgot about that guy. Thanks. Now to find a picture and date release. Have a picture?
