If you've been paying attention, you're probably aware that the recent Mandarake Zenbu 'Big Auction' featured a size-able quantity of Beastformers items, including some pretty cool and rare stuff! There were a huge number of boxed BB's and LB's that sold for very low prices, and a handful of unique stuff that I've not seen turn up on the market in my past few years of collecting. As much as I wish I could have bid on some of those higher-priced items, it was awesome just seeing complete photos of things like the punch box for the first time.
Here are some hot links to the images in case you missed any of this. I've saved all the significant ones for archival purposes once these auctions expire. Sale prices listed are the winning bids and do not include Mandarake's 10% fee.
Prize Punch Box - Sale Price: ¥120,000 (~$1,005)
Interestingly this only received one bid. The box is the coolest part to me, but also contains two clear carps and a maroon drill. I found it interesting that two of the figure boxes were from a different release series.
Punch Box Refill - Sale Price: ¥255,000 (~$2,135)
This was the biggest fish of the whole auction run, with a blue drill and two striped carps.
Maybe this was known previously, but I was unaware that this refill box was the origin of the Blue Drill and Striped Carp. Was this distribution random or controlled? I had always assumed the contents of the punch boxes were completely randomized (and knew nothing of a refill box), but this could explain the rarity of the blue drill vs the maroon one.
Diorama Display Case - Sale Price: ¥58,000 (~$485)
An acrylic store display case with the original box and instructions. Very cool!
Shield Battler 6 Set - List Price: ¥150,000 (~$1,255) - No Sale
Seems they over-valued this one, especially considering the company it was keeping. Maybe it'll turn up again on YAJ sooner or later.
Aside from the excitement of watching some of the big ticket items play out in auction, it also created an ideal opportunity for my bids on the items I was after to go relatively uncontested. I don't want to jinx myself, so I'll wait to post my winnings until I can take a photo of them in-hand, but in all I am quite satisfied!
Feel free to share if you participated as well, particularly if you won one of the rarer items I mentioned above. It'd be cool to know some of those will soon be living within the LRG community
Edited by bachamn, 12 December 2014 - 07:36 AM.