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I got great deals at AX09. In the figurine department I got Witchblade main girl-$27, Ikki Tousen Kanu-$25(haggled it down to $5), And 2 random set mini figures of Evangelion (Rei and Shinji)-$5 together. I tried not buying out of impulse. Really wanted some anime dvd's but nothing caught my eyes price wise.
nice reflection! I bet there's a bunch of goodies in the dealer's hall. Also 75 dollars for a Nendoroid? COME ON. People can find this online when they get home. Usually cons have good deals not rob you out of your money :P The cheapest I've seen a nendoroid go for in a dealer's hall was $20.. let's just said I raided that booth for a couple of days at the con.
Caught Disgaea (PS2) on the cheap, but that may have been because of the re-releases. Otherwise, the prices were noticeably higher than normal.
about 8 years back I guess I used to go to Otakon to see if I could score Berserk merchandise mainly. I'd end up with other things also, but mainly I went to load up on whatever I could find dealing with berserk. These last few years have had me frustrated. All I see is dealers peddling anime porn, bleach merchandise, flashy light things, giant cheaply made swords, and overpriced video games. Last year I went looking for Claymore stuff and found a claire figurine that I knew beforehand the cost of if I ordered it online. I found it at a booth and found that it was more than twice the price which made me feel a bit uneasy about spending anymore money down there. My brother used to go looking for urusei dvd box sets and stopped going when that dealer vanished. He went with me one year after they vanished but as soon as he found out he couldn't score any urusei merchandise in the dealer room he vanished from the con and just swam at the pool at the hotel. I figured I'd just save my money this year and do my shopping online.
While $75 is highway robbery for a nendoroid, you're not exactly being truthful by saying you can get them from Japan for $20-$30. Yes, the nendie itself will only cost that, but unless you're living in Japan, there's the issue of shipping. As someone who buys a lot of figures from Japan (Thanks to Tomopop which keeps tempting me) I can tell you that it will cost you close to $20 to ship a nendie, even more for larger figures. So, that $30 nendie you buy in Japan would wind up costing you about $50 by the time it got to you.
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