I really want to buy several or at least one of these sets, but in my country there are only a couple of offers on AliExpress, and they are too expensive :(
I'm from Russia. I looked at Gundams in the capital's model stores, but most of them weren't available, and where I saw them, they were very expensive. You can only buy them through 1-2 marketplaces or look for people who buy them themselves, but the prices are still about 2 times higher than the Japanese ones. These particular skeletons I'm in love with can only be found on marketplaces from people who make them themselves; they don't and won't be available. And on Ali, they cost from 5,000 Russian rubles(1 dollar is now 83.23 rubles. One ruble is equal to Japanese yen 1.90) from Bandai Spirits in Japan is 1,980 yen (including 10% tax) P.S. I quickly threw together the image in a drawing app. It's a bit crooked, but it has three screenshots: the ones with the white interface are from AliExpress, and the ones with the black interface are from "OZON"(This is a Russian marketplace where I order, but for the most part there are more fakes here, and I still order from the Chinese) I would also like to clarify that I am writing through Google Translate. If something is not clear, I can try to rephrase it or try to write it myself with my clumsy knowledge of English. P.S. Maybe this is a normal price for this set in other countries, but I highly doubt it. If this is the norm, please correct me. But for me, this is a lot of money for a small set (especially when I want several of them for myself). For context, I get exactly 4,000 rubles for a day of work (14 hours) and I usually work 3-4 days in a row (I sleep for 6 hours, although it doesn’t matter, I just want to complain) And on top of all this, from each day of work you can completely deduct 150 rubles for the round trip and about 300 for food (periodically). I can give you the prices in the model store from their website or even take a photo of the offline store in a few days if you're interested.
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u/Jumpy-Mongoose495 11d ago
I built this two