From: tkim@sdcc3.ucsd.edu (Tonghyun Kim)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.anime
Subject: Re: San Diego ComicCon
Date: 18 Aug 92 01:13:56 GMT
Organization: University of California, San Diego

In article <16pgbuINNrgr@agate.berkeley.edu> wang@ocf.berkeley.edu (Albert Sze-Wei Wang) writes:
>The AGX-04 Gerbera Tetra is a model kit.  When I was down in San Diego at the
>ComicCon I picked it up with the RX-78 GP03S "Stamen."  Pony Toys was selling
>all their 1/144 models from Bandai (with exception of the larger models of
>course :) ) for $12.  Both models are really REALLY nice and they keep
>getting better and better.  One of my friends who built the RX-78 GP03S has
>stated that that model was the best one he's built.  He also bought a AGX-04
>Gerbera Tetra at the con.  I'll find out how he compares it to the RX-78
>GP03S.  As for me, I've got some building to do after I recover from what

I think Mark will find Gerbera Tetra to his liking. :) I already
finished building Gerbera Tetra and it looks VERY nice without any
coloring. It's also very easy to build and is perfectly suitable for
novice modelers. Big bummer is that Bandai gave all the spoilers for
episode 12 in the insert that came with the model.

But, still GP-03S is the best 0083 model to date.

BTW, Gerbera Tetra is Unit 4 (sort of), although it doesn't resemble any
other Gundam.

>	Finds at the convention included Vance Hu's rendition of Amuro's Nu
>Gundam and Char's Sazabi in the classic confrontation pose.  Poster prints
>of Vance's cel work were made into limited edition posters and on sale at
>the convention for $15.  The poster is larger than normal posters and was 
>printed on really REALLY thick poster board-paper.  The art was pretty 
>impressive and the colors really rich.  Eldon at Laser Perceptions was
>selling them and moving them for $20 a piece!  

If anyone's interested in this poster, I have this poster for $7.00
plus shipping.        

>carrying them including a professional studio that does professional art work
>for movie companies in promotional and production work.  Their work was
>impressive and they were also selling anime cels at FAIR prices on the side.
>I picked up a Bubble Gum Crisis 2 cel of Irene and a Bubble Gum Crisis 4
>cel of Priss on the Highway Star.  They had cels from Gundam 0080, Gundam
>0083, Z Gundam, Bubble Gum Crisis 1-4, Megazone 23, Iczer One, Kiki, City
>Hunter, and a few others I can't remember off hand. Prices ranged from $10
>to $150 for the Miyazaki cels to up to $350 for matted oversized cels used
>in pans from Gundam 0083.  Their selection was much less than the other
>vender in the dealer room selling their cels from between $60 and $500 and
>most of them were mediocre at best.  Some people could stomach buying OK
>Madoka cels for $120 but I most certainly couldn't.

Yeah, Mayhem Studio (the name of dealer) really had awesome cels at
great prices. I hear that they'll get a new shipment of cels shortly,
which will include 0083, Silent Mobius 2 and Lodoss War cels.

>In summary I found the San Diego ComicCon a dealer's dream land and with 
>such competition deals were to be found.  I had a wonderful time meeting
>people, including parties at the Last Resort with the Animag-ers (of which
>I am one), representatives from Sunrise, John O'Donnell from CPM, Robert 
>Napton from Books Nippon, and Ken and his folks from LA Hero.  We were all
>excited to see friends again and had a blast of a time.  

I found SDCC Dealer's room to be pretty worthless to anime fans.
Both Mikado and LP didn't have any new shipments and there wasn't
any special deals from either of them (although LP was selling
overstocked Macross II vol.2 for $37). Manga no Mori was really
ruthless, selling freebie promotional stuff for outrageous prices
($20 for a poster). Considering Manga no Mori gets these stuff free
from their suppliers and they're usually given free to their
customers, they were making 100% profits. 

However, Manga no Mori is worth visiting IN Japan. You can get
freebie stuff with the purchase of LD or CD. When I bought BGC! 2
there, they gave me a poster and a cel of Nene (cheesy).


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