joppewo Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Just in from Tamashii website: http://tamashii.jp/ Official Web Shop "TAMASHII WEB SHOP" opens today for USA. http://shop.tamashii.jp/ Flat rate EMS 2,000 Shipping : Usage Guide: http://shop.tamashii.jp/?mode=f2 FAQs: http://shop.tamashii.jp/?mode=f3 Quote
IXTL Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) The HG problem will probably prevent Macross items being made available through the USA Web Shop. Macross web exclusives are currently not available on the Hong Kong and Taiwan Tamashii Web shops. Edited October 24, 2014 by IXTL Quote
Duymon Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Damn you HG!!! I hate having to pay NY's scalper shipping for my web exclusives Quote
Double Spy Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I dont see macross stuff on there or Bandai model kits. Quote
IXTL Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I dont see macross stuff on there or Bandai model kits. Macross stuff aren't available because of HG. Bandai plamo are under their Hobby Division which is separate from Tamashii. Quote
skullmilitia Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Dont be so quick to think it's HG, Bandai is big time friends with BW, HG doesnt own Frontier, so there's no reason they might not sell DX on this site. Tamashi could put them up for sale, then HG would have to bring up a lawsuit, and then BW would get involved. then HG would get shut down on this bullying crap with falsing that they own the name. Quote
MacrossJunkie Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Disappointing that no Macross stuff is there, but expected. Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 interesting Just completed the Questionnaire about which items I'd like to see offered, of course I listed DX Chogokin VF-25 Renewals. -b. Quote
Saburo Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I don't see anything listed except for "One Piece" right now... get it? hehe... Quote
jvmacross Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 interesting Just completed the Questionnaire about which items I'd like to see offered, of course I listed DX Chogokin VF-25 Renewals. -b. Please tell us if there is an item of Tamashii Nations you want to buy in this webshop. * MACROSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Amen to that!!! Quote
Valkyrie Magnus Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Dont be so quick to think it's HG, Bandai is big time friends with BW, HG doesnt own Frontier, so there's no reason they might not sell DX on this site. Tamashi could put them up for sale, then HG would have to bring up a lawsuit, and then BW would get involved. then HG would get shut down on this bullying crap with falsing that they own the name. I would very much want to see that happen Quote
Sandman Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Is this just for USA or does Canada get to piggyback? Quote
Kanedas Bike Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Is this just for USA or does Canada get to piggyback? http://shop.tamashii.jp/?mode=f3 -b. Quote
treatment Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 Nice and all, but just like GSCOS-English, TWES-US will be selling items at MSRP levels, and possibly more expensive than current Yen-Dollar exchange-rates... Quote
wmkjr Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) I wonder if this will affect Bluefin Distribution or is Tamashii Nations a separate line? Edited October 24, 2014 by wmkjr Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 damn, when will HG die I assumed until they run out of money? Those people doesn't have imagination. Just limited to 'robotech'. Keep on clinging to something that doesn't materialize under their umbrella. Even starting a kickstarter for it. I'm not really against them but somehow their view on Macross property is so 80's for me. They can't move on nor they can't let go. Quote
Keiichi Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 I wonder if this will affect Bluefin Distribution or is Tamashii Nations a separate line? It shouldn't really affect Bluefin at all. Bluefin distributes standard retail releases of Bandai products (Tamashii Nations being a name used to cover a wide series of Bandai figure lines), while the Tamashii Web Shop is used solely to sell web-exclusive items, The only potential issue could come from future Dragonball Z and Megaman figures. In the past, Bluefin was able to secure distribution rights for several DBZ/Megaman figures that were web exclusives in Japan. We'll have to wait and see if Bandai decides to keep future exclusives releases in those line to themselves, or if they will continue to give Bluefin the option to distribute them. Aside from the DBZ/Megaman exception, Bluefin has never been granted the rights to distribute any other web-exclusive items over standard retail, so it should all be business as usual. Quote
Zinjo Posted October 24, 2014 Posted October 24, 2014 The HG problem will probably prevent Macross items being made available through the USA Web Shop. Macross web exclusives are currently not available on the Hong Kong and Taiwan Tamashii Web shops. HG cannot prevent US consumers from importing items directly from japan, where BW has ownership of the trademark and copyright. We can thank Yamato for that! Quote
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