cteno4 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 That’s nice to hear. Hopefully their Chinese production companies are in better shape now. jeff Link to comment
katoftw Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 (edited) There was talk a while back about moving some (or all) production back to Japan. Making their models 10%-20% cheaper. But going on a two car for 9000 yen. I paid double that (18,700jpy) for the 3 car Ibusuki no Tamatebako set a year ago. 4500 yen per car is so much better than 6000+ yen per car. This looks like 25% cheaper. Hopefully a good sign of things to come. Edited June 20, 2019 by katoftw Link to comment
cteno4 Posted June 20, 2019 Share Posted June 20, 2019 That would be good for better control but will take time to onshore and labor is tight in japan. But not the chaos at times with Chinese productions. Setting up with a new production company can be really expensive and time consuming. After having to change factories 2 times my design partner got out of doing product work when the second factory went poof. jeff Link to comment
Pashina12 Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 How is MicroAce for reissuing stuff they've done in the past? Should I wait for a potential future reissue of the ED77, or should I just try find one on Yahoo Auctions? (Same with the Asia Express set...) Link to comment
railsquid Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 (edited) I'm happy to be corrected, but my impression is MicroAce have a huge back catalogue, a lot of which is quite obscure and I personally wouldn't bet on anything other than a very small proportion of that reappearing in the forseeable future, especially as the second-hand market is awash with older MicroAce stuff at often very reasonable prices (not the Asia Express stuff though, that's on my Rule 1 Purchase List, but not at the prices it goes for). It's also conceivable (though I don't have a factual basis for this) that since whatever factory/production difficulties they had a while back, they may not have access to the older tooling. Edited June 21, 2019 by railsquid Link to comment
Martijn Meerts Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 MicroAce has in the past very rarely done reissues, so I definitely wouldn't expect them to reissue anything but the most popular trains (the redid the blue Rapi:t when they also did the Peach Rapi:t for example) Link to comment
Densha Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 In case the licensing issues are resolved and the Keihan 800 will be released after all, I will try to explain the differences between the old logo releases. The original A8360 release is that of the very first formation as it looked like the day it first went into service in 1997. The A8361 release was going to be another formation modelling how it looked like just before it received the new logo in 2007. Compared to the 1997 situation, this means that the car numbers on the front are now next the destination board instead of next to the Keihan logo, that the lamps at the end of each car are now smaller, that the seats in the cab cars were rearranged, and that the seats in the cab cars are now light blue coloured. Pretty much very small differences, but perhaps big to die-hard fans. In short, these are the points in time the several MicroAce models were going to be placed at. A8360 - 1997 A8361 - 2007 A8362 - 2008 A8363 - 2017 2 Link to comment
katoftw Posted July 19, 2019 Share Posted July 19, 2019 If anyone missed out on rhe Maya34. It is up for pre order again. 1 1 Link to comment
Gordon Werner Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 (edited) Edited August 7, 2019 by Gordon Werner 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 New releases from MA: Seibu Series 10000 Red Arrow Classic, Keikyu Type 1500-1700 Renewaled Car Renewaled, Seibu Railway Series 10000 Formation VVVF, Seibu Series 10000 Red Arrow Kanahei`s Small Animals a Relaxed Travel to Kawagoe by Taking a Ride on Seibu Railway` Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 And this seemed to be under the radar... Probably due to the license issue again and most of the usual online retailers like HS or Ami don't carry them for pre-orders: http://www.microace-arii.co.jp/poster/img/19_09_1w.jpg 1 Link to comment
railsquid Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 15 minutes ago, JR 500系 said: And this seemed to be under the radar... Probably due to the license issue again and most of the usual online retailers like HS or Ami don't carry them for pre-orders: http://www.microace-arii.co.jp/poster/img/19_09_1w.jpg Oh gawd, they didn't did they? Kansai Kitty disease is spreading. Time to emigrate, methinks. 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted September 18, 2019 Share Posted September 18, 2019 Better get the mrs and kid out of the infection zone squid! Just imagine your wife’s horror if the squidlette becomes a hello kitty zombie! image flashing thru my head of zombies with hello kitty features eating the brains out of some rail fan on a platform... meme of too much hello kitty can be hazardous to your health... cheers, jeff Link to comment
VJM Posted September 29, 2019 Share Posted September 29, 2019 On 9/18/2019 at 8:19 PM, JR 500系 said: And this seemed to be under the radar... Probably due to the license issue again and most of the usual online retailers like HS or Ami don't carry them for pre-orders: http://www.microace-arii.co.jp/poster/img/19_09_1w.jpg Even though it’s a 10 car set, the price is enough to put you off, whatever your position on Sanrio characters. 2 Link to comment
nah00 Posted September 30, 2019 Share Posted September 30, 2019 Agreed, especially seeing as it comes with Rapidos (though I think all MA does) and no interior lighting. The Tomix Mizukaze retails for less than this (online at least) and detail and feature wise is another league. Link to comment
Ochanomizu Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Hello, Overpriced by ¥20,000! 3 Link to comment
railsquid Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 Personally I'd rather just set fire to five 10,000 notes. 1 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 18 hours ago, railsquid said: Personally I'd rather just set fire to five 10,000 notes. buy a boat instead. jeff 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 On 10/22/2019 at 3:35 PM, railsquid said: Personally I'd rather just set fire to five 10,000 notes. I could seriously do with 50k more... 🤣 Let me know before you burn any ok? 😛 1 Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 MicroAce new and re-releases scheduled Feb 2020 New releases: Joshin Electric Railway Type 700 (2-Car Set) Keikyu Type 800 Remodeled Middle Car Formation (6-Car Set) Keikyu Type 800 Revival Color (6-Car Set) Re-Releases: KIHA140+47 `Isaburo / Shinpei` with Additional Car (3-Car Set) Keio DEYA901 / DEYA902 / KUYA911 / SAYA912 (4-Car Set) Needless to say, I am so NOT going to miss that Isaburo-Shinpei this time! That Keio DEya is pretty awesome too! 🙂 Link to comment
Yavianice Posted October 24, 2019 Share Posted October 24, 2019 Really want the Keio DEya but that places me in the Keio trap. Must resist! Link to comment
JR 500系 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 While the Isaburo Shinpei is a must get... that Keio Deya is SUPER SUPER attractive... I didn't know it had inspection lights! 1 Link to comment
cteno4 Posted October 28, 2019 Share Posted October 28, 2019 Must resist more mow... resistance is futile... jeff 1 Link to comment
katoftw Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 I thought they would have released a newer Hayato no Kaze before re-releasing the Isaburo Shinpei again. Link to comment
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