Gregory Himes wrote:

> --- Kathleen <rocket98@gte.net> wrote:
> > Ok...who has one? And how much did you pay for it, if you don't mind
> > me
> > asking.
>
> They should be selling for about $23-25 retail.  They used to sell
> about $30.00 over ebay (start at $19.99, but always go up).
>
> I got mine at a convention for $20, as I also got a couple of stuffed
> Ryo's and Ken's.  They should also run the same price.
>

My daughter got me a Ken-ohki at Suncoast for Mother's Day. ;-)
It was $20, which I thought was not too bad.

> The official versions are all put out by Animaxis (a China based
> manugacturer IIRC).  If they do not have an Animaxis tag, they ARE a
> cheap knockoff -- which is what I expect, as wholesale prices should
> really be more like $9.50 to $10 each.
> However, with the recent popularity of TM! and the amount of the toys
> just being sold over ebay, it might actually be real (price drops due to
> massive volume).

Yeah, I just put in a call but the salesman was not in.
I would be very surprised that someone knocked off this item, so I am
thinking that it is just an overstock situation or perhaps they are
'irregulars'. Since the company is clearly catering to the Latino
community, this might be a good place to hide your mistakes...
I would be pretty horrified to see Ryo-ohki at Pic and Save or Tuesday
Morning (our local catalog overstock store).

> If you can actually check with the company who distributes the product
> catalog, ask them who the manufacturer is...
>

Yes, that will be my first question and to find out if they are first
quality.

>
> I could go for one or two more Ryo's, Ken's, or a couple-of Mogwai...
> ^_^

LOL!
The Mowgli's (have the catalog handy, it is a bunch of black and white
xerox pages stapled together) look adorable. They are a finger puppet, a
hand puppet, a coin purse and a windup toy.

Wow...he called me back as I was writing this.
They are a sister company to Animaxis (Animatrix?) and these are summer
promotional prices. (Yes, the sales rep is a Japanese-American, but fourth
gen American, knows not a single word of Japanese, nor has no clue that
Ryo-ohki isn't just a bunny. . So that isn't the tie in to the anime
products! LOL!)  They are first quality and the real thing.

Hmmm...I wonder if Kuuta knows about this.

Kath