NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Why so expensive???

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**Kilkrazy**

http://www.hlj.com/product/xps00889

**Platuan4th**

I remember that movie...

**Stern Sternguard**

Looks really cool, but I could think of a few things I'd rather have on my desk / shelves that cost a lot less.

**EmperorsChampion**

That thing is pretty crazy...

**Blitza da warboy**

Tbh, that looks more ugly and overly complicated to look good. It's only gimmick that I see is that it transforms, and is part of a movie.

**Perkustin**

Reminds me of Shagohad but slightly less cool.

**DarknessEternal**

I would refuse to own that for free.

**Grot 6**

It's more then meets the eye.

**Commander Cain**

The detail is fantastic on that model! It would be great fun to own one of these, not to sure what I would do with it though!

**KingCracker**

Finally a Tau Titan.....and priced correctly as well

**BattleBrother**

What is that from?

**motorhead1945**

Holy gak - that thing would be awesome for Admech / Looted Orks.

Still, for ~800 €, I could by a full army + paints with ease....

**Murdock129**

Go to mantic motorhead, you could buy one of every army they sell for that + paints and stuff lol

**Necros**

For that kinda money, it better be able to wash my cloths and mow my lawn too.

**solkan**

Kilkrazy wrote:NOOOOOOOOOOOO! Why so expensive???

From a different website: http://www.gunjap.net/site/?p=12427

complete transformation:
G-1: TANK mode
G-2: Standing mode
Made of high strength resin cast & polyurethane
Model already painted
Sculpted by: X-PLUS HK (Executive Producer: Hosokawa Mitsuhiko)
Length: Approximately 40cm (G1 mode)
Height: Approximately 25cm (G2 mode)
Price:…….99,750 Yen
Release date: End of August or will be in early September 2011

Edit: There is confusion whether this thing is 1:8 scale. It's based on the 1:8 movie prop.

And most importantly:
The Japanese page: http://www.ric-toy.ne.jp/item_gunhed.html
And the Japanese page showing how you transform the model between modes: http://www.ric-toy.ne.jp/gunhed_tf.html

How can price be an object when it does that?

**Kroothawk**

For that price, you can buy a real army in Africa

**Breotan**

Yea, it wants to be a transformer but...

**Mick A**

BattleBrother wrote:What is that from?

From a film and comic series called 'Gunhed', worth it if you like big robot manga...

Mick

**Absolutionis**

Why does the giant wheelchair robot have grabbers on its toes?

**solkan**

Absolutionis wrote:Why does the giant wheelchair robot have grabbers on its toes?

Because it's a giant robot from a 1989 movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunhed_%28film%29

**ShumaGorath**

So its a car that transforms into a robot in a car?

**Death By Monkeys**

Holy crap! Gunhead! Awesome!

I find it pretty funny that folks freak out about the price of this, but not over the price of FW Titans...

**snake**

Needs more dakka.

**kenshin620**

Death By Monkeys wrote:Holy crap! Gunhead! Awesome!

I find it pretty funny that folks freak out about the price of this, but not over the price of FW Titans...

We do! Why do you think a lot of warhounds are scratch built

**nerdfest09**

For that price, you can buy a real army in Africa

Lol,

Haven't seen the movie nor do i actually know what is i'm looking at but it does appear to be damn cool

Nerdfest09

**Hekal Xul**

Was the price listed 95 thou yen?
That's at the lower end of expensive Japanese GKs.
Volks and WSC had flagship kits in the Five Star Stories range that were nearly twice that amount. They weren't offfered as pre-paints either....

**Mike Noble**

I can see a tau titan looking like that without the wheels.

But 95,000 yen? Balls....

**Worglock**

kenshin620 wrote:
Death By Monkeys wrote:Holy crap! Gunhead! Awesome!

I find it pretty funny that folks freak out about the price of this, but not over the price of FW Titans...

We do! Why do you think a lot of warhounds are scratch built

I think there should be a "badly" in that line somewhere.

Indifferent to this model.

**Chibi Bodge-Battle**

Good grief Worglock
Is there not a post you make without insulting someone on Dakka?

Some people make their own as much for the creativity and challenge as the inhibitive cost of the model.
Kudos to them for having a crack at it.

£740?
did someone add an extra nought on by mistake?
It says it is only 25cm tall in standing mode/40cm long in lowered, so it doesn't seem as big as I thought given the 1:8 scale.

**ph34r**

I was going to immediately report this thread as total spam based on the title, but then I saw that a moderator posted it, making it exempt from normal posting guidelines.

Also this model is so hella overpriced it's a joke. It has a terrible coolness to cost ratio. The model doesn't even look good, it looks goofy and impractical. Even more so than 40k.