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| Lack of local gunpla; there are no places where I live to buy Gundams | |
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| Topic Started: Feb 19 2010, 08:00 PM (4,577 Views) | |
| iamok | Feb 19 2010, 08:00 PM Post #1 |
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Of course my parents decided to immigrate to Canada, and why not?. We have good schools, good jobs, a solid economy(for the most part), and we have free health care(.....ya "free"......). why would anyone not like living in this country? I'll tell you why, NO GUNPLA!!!! I live in the capital of the nation, Ottawa. Its not the biggest city ever and unfortunately dose not have a single anime/hobby store where you can buy decent gundam model kits(small fan base and such). The one store that does has only four kits, with prices that are double the online price( all hgs from the first season of 00). Ya, most people would say, "why not just buy kits online?" Well my friends, when you live in a country like Canada the price of the kits plus shipping is usually way expensive. And I know stores like hobby wave have decent deals on shipping if you buy multiple kits, but when you're looking at mgs the cost is still high. sigh* why do gundams have to be sooo awesome!!!!! 
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| tc012009 | Feb 19 2010, 09:08 PM Post #2 |
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Excluding the Gunpla problems, Canada is one of the best countries I have ever had the pleasure to visit. I usually try to visit Toronto every couple of years to attend the Film Festival and love the culture and people. We have the same problems regarding gundam in Europe and have to rely almost totally on online ordering. |
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| Reaper | Feb 19 2010, 09:13 PM Post #3 |
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I have the same problem. We do have a gunpla store BUT they stock on OLD kits. HGUC Zeong,Seed kits and so on. Also the MG is also limited to Seed and a few UC kits. They used to sell PG. All the kits are way to overpriced! Now I go to HK to stock on kits. 
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| Call me Ski | Feb 19 2010, 09:27 PM Post #4 |
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My hobbystore has a variety of gunpla and if they dont have a gundam that i want i usually ask if they can order for me. I suggest you do the same, If that doesnt work then try to call your old hobbystore and try to work something out  ....Online stores are your last stand but i bet you can find another way 
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| WenHan | Feb 19 2010, 09:47 PM Post #5 |
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Dang I wanted HGUC Zeong but could never find it |
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| Reaper | Feb 19 2010, 09:50 PM Post #6 |
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You live in HK? Try Kwang Wa Street. HK has the latest kits, but not some of the older kits. The only old kits I could find were in the HK Gunpla Convention. Good luck finding the HGUC Zeong. |
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| WenHan | Feb 19 2010, 09:55 PM Post #7 |
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I found FG Gundam for 20 |
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| Reaper | Feb 19 2010, 10:01 PM Post #8 |
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20 hk dollars? WAH LA, SO EXPENSIVE! |
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| tsundere | Feb 19 2010, 10:39 PM Post #9 |
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I thought in Europe would be easier to get Gundam kit while I am on South East Asia would be a little difficult. |
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| Reaper | Feb 19 2010, 10:42 PM Post #10 |
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Well, I come from Vietnam(the south), so you can expect how little Gunpla there is here. |
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| AdamL316 | Feb 20 2010, 02:17 AM Post #11 |
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I feel your pain about no Gunpla in Canada, in fact, in my city, there are no hobby stores at all. There is one store that does sell Gunpla, a game/anime store but they sell mostly KO kits surprisingly, TT Hongli to be exact, I have no idea where they got them... but, no matter what brand they have, it's very overpriced, ($25+ for a HG), they were even asking $99 for MG Nu Gundam. So my only option is to buy online. |
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| Midnight Star | Feb 20 2010, 09:43 AM Post #12 |
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you know what the worst thing about this is... those prices are cheap for me... |
 
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| ditzy | Feb 20 2010, 10:05 AM Post #13 |
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One of this days i'll post a pic of the stores I get gunpla locally in this thread,, Our country pretty much sucks but it's never short on gunpla lol |
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| Tiger4Ruler | Feb 20 2010, 11:24 AM Post #14 |
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Europe only option is buy online with the risk of customs or pay-overpriced. |
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oh i feel your pain. im in arizona, and in tucson, its a big city, but ive only seen one store that carries gunpla. whicih is Hobby Town USA. Their way over priced, they wanted 35 dollars for a two pack of sds |
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| Yoji | Feb 21 2010, 09:30 PM Post #16 |
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most of the part in ASIA do have their gundams if i am right. i also went to north pole and i didnt find any gundam out there even i do visit santa clause house and said that they don't have gunpla for gifts. hehe |
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| Deleted User | Feb 22 2010, 03:37 AM Post #17 |
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I pay 18HKD. How much you pay? |
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| Zero Exia | Feb 22 2010, 01:38 PM Post #18 |
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I live in a small town in Tennessee and I have to drive 1 hour to find a hobby store which is HobbyTown USA and like commandermetal said. Too overpriced for gundams and they only have 00 gundams HG like 35-49 bucks. No MG or PG |
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| kazthehack | Feb 22 2010, 02:01 PM Post #19 |
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Gupla kits are not that faraway but Resins, Option parts, Spare parts are per order basis, and then prices would be usually murdered by the customs. It the worst part is, the taxes the customs lays upon you is depending on their mood. |
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| iamok | Feb 23 2010, 06:16 PM Post #20 |
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It almost makes me want to cry..... some kits are expensive enough, like the master grade s-gundam and ounce you add shipping to Ottawa there's just no point. |
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Feb 23 2010, 10:56 PM Post #21 |
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I've got a local hobby shop that sells some Gunpla and some D&D and comic stuff. Problem is, they are WAY overpriced. They had the 1/144 Seraphim for $24.98 and the 00 Raiser Designer Colors for $34.98. Though, the did have that giant Dygenguar model kit there. I didn't dare look at the price on that thing. |
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| Ben404 | Feb 23 2010, 11:28 PM Post #22 |
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I have about 3 places to go get gunpla from. Hobbytown and a local joint. I almost got a 20 dollar Zaku 2.0 but the guy kept on saying it was coming from Japan and I gave up after a month. Online for me. |
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| Avalanche_Ex | Feb 24 2010, 01:52 AM Post #23 |
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I def get them online, because I was very shocked. Ignition mode exia was like ~100 and I got mine around 60 bucks at HLJ. Also Hi nu was like 128 there, I was so surprised. Also, the Rx-78-2 2.0. is like 91 bucks..... O_O |
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| B34TM3CH | Feb 24 2010, 07:52 PM Post #24 |
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True dat, there are no gunpla stores in Texas. I would think that Canada would have a lot. |
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| newtype89 | Feb 25 2010, 05:25 PM Post #25 |
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wow and I complained when I have to take the red line to get to tokyokid in boston it mat be a hour ride but at lest I get gunpla at its regular price I mean most MG are around what 4000yen and at the place I go to there around 40 $ USD and they evan down price the older hits I saw a MG hi new for around 35$ when the normal price is what 80 90 USD il never complain agin |
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| iamok | Feb 27 2010, 05:33 PM Post #26 |
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shipping always kills me. |
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| B34TM3CH | Feb 27 2010, 06:00 PM Post #27 |
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Can not not agree. Just when you thought your order on HLJ was a steal... shipping comes around and punches you in the face. |
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| newtype89 | Feb 27 2010, 11:03 PM Post #28 |
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witch is the resun I dont order from thar often |
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Feb 27 2010, 11:32 PM Post #29 |
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I dont think there is a single place selling gundam models in my country. HLJ and ishop2go are my go-to for kits. |
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| B34TM3CH | Feb 28 2010, 12:46 AM Post #30 |
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Hows the shipping/service for ishop2go? |
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