QUOTE(infested_ysy @ Jun 17 2006, 11:49 AM)
For some odd reasons, the newer magazines are now selling at RM18 (the issue where they gave Trombe ver. Guarlion) over here in Melaka too, compared to the previous RM15 they have, for copies that comes with free crap.
AFAIK, all the Taiwan version are printed much more later compared the the Japanese versions (later by one or two months, IIRC), due to some agreement they have with the Japanese publishers (like animu DVDs, given how they're going to be sold cheaper than the Japanese version, cheap Japanese people would buy the Taiwan version instead, and the original Japanese producers would not profit much). They all costs RM15 (or RM18 right now) in retail if they come with free crap, RM7 (or RM8 right now) if they don't.
It's standard procedure to have a thick piece of cardboard the size of the magazine itself to cover the free gift they have. Though for some odd reason again, I saw some of the recent magazines that came with the Guarlion didn't have the cardboard support, and the magazines are all bent due to the tight shrink wrap

You mean all included the latest issue from Taiwan also selling at RM 18 or RM 9 ??
The April issue you got is come with a cupboard?
All the outdated April issues selling in the market is not with the cupboard
I think it's due to the reason that they opened the original package & teared off the "offensive" page 137
and then they didn't put back the cupboard before wrap the magazine again
I've heard that got people get an EMPTY box of the free gift
which means nothing inside the box
so I think it might be the employee from the reseller stole the toy inside