And pretty much all of the other figures and licensed Hasbro stuff. The only characters that seem to turn out ok are the 6 inch black troopers.
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Disney Blocks Bandai From Selling Star Wars Merchandise Outside of Japan
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And pretty much all of the other figures and licensed Hasbro stuff. The only characters that seem to turn out ok are the 6 inch black troopers.
That makes sense. There have already been a bunch of japanese sw figures released already.
I wouldn't worry about any of this, if you have the figuarts preordered.
It's actually pretty great - the picture in the OT just isn't very flattering.
WadiumArcadium
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The new Black Series figures are pretty great. There's been a few duds as well but the overall quality's been consistently good.
Blackstarhat
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Ah well i just import
IdreamofHIME
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Smuggling cheese into Russia and Toys out of Japan.
When will we find world peace?!
When will we find world peace?!
This is such a great line of figures. I have Vader pre-ordered, as well as Samurai Boba Fett. Already have a samurai storm trooper.
I just hope I can still import them in the future. Really sucks that it's happening.
Hasbro ones are cheap as fuck tho and they have this sort of unified price with all their similar lines (like marvel figures).
The saddest part? They're still better than their western competitors, compare Marvel figures to DC figures and...well, it's basically like the comparisson in the OP.
s_mirage
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What's to stop people from just using a proxy service?
Nothing, but using a proxy can add a fair bit more to the price and means longer delivery time, which isn't ideal.
Haloid1177
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Lol I own their Vader, the plastic cape/robes are shit. The figure looks cool yeah but it's not worth double what the Black Series figure is.
Yup. They also lost a few hundred theater screens for Ultron due to a boycott, Disney's business people miss the forest for the trees.
Revell and Hasbro aren't even worth the plastic they're made with, but hard too hate too much...Bandia should stop cheapening out when it comes to contracts (as long as it doesn't affect the quality X_X)
billy beane
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I'm not a toy guy, but this is really stupid. Do they think people interested in the Japanese toys will now buy the shitty Hasbro toys because they can't get the others?
I forgot just how gross Star Wars can get with merchandising since it's been 10 years since the last one, but fuck everything surrounding the movie is almost making me not wanna see it. Good thing the movie looks good.
I forgot just how gross Star Wars can get with merchandising since it's been 10 years since the last one, but fuck everything surrounding the movie is almost making me not wanna see it. Good thing the movie looks good.
SenorArdilla
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Forcing people in the US have to buy shitty Hasbro toys over figure kits from Glorious Nippon.
Though, Disney could come in and say that because of "huge demand" they would stock Japanese figure kits on their online store.
Though, Disney could come in and say that because of "huge demand" they would stock Japanese figure kits on their online store.
And promptly get sued by Hasbro for breaking the licensing contract.
Petit Melon
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...I have figuarts and the samurai series on pre-order. I hope they're not cancelled.
It's irrelevant if there's a single toy sold or not. Hasbro probably paid a lot of money for exclusive US rights.
Yeah, that's gonna suck if they are =[ I need that new Vader...I have figuarts and the samurai series on pre-order. I hope they're not cancelled.
Seductivpancakes
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I would like to think the lightsaber should at least have some effort in it.
The hilt looks like a hot dog with plasma in the center.
GentlemanCrow
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I love the bandai kits for the droids. I have a few duplicates completed and still boxed. They fit the black series very well.
That's a particularly bad picture of the BS Luke. It's great in hand. There are some really weird paint choices on the other figure. Golden hair?
So far it seems just Bandai's 1/12 scale models have been removed. Hopefully the SHFs remain available.
There really is no comparison.
That's a particularly bad picture of the BS Luke. It's great in hand. There are some really weird paint choices on the other figure. Golden hair?
SenorArdilla
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billy beane
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But that isn't my problem as a consumer. As a consumer, I want the best product available. If Hasbro wants my business, make a better product.
As I said, I'm not an action figure guy, so it really doesn't matter to me, I just don't like the idea of being told I can't buy something.
HammerOfThor
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I haven't heard anything from my supplier so I hope they can send me some of the SH Figuarts figures I ordered without an issue.
lastplayed
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Does this block exports to other countries?
I bought and made these kits from Hobbylink Japan a while ago, Bandai's making some amazing stuff and I'll be so fucking mad if they release TFA kits and I can't get them.
I bought and made these kits from Hobbylink Japan a while ago, Bandai's making some amazing stuff and I'll be so fucking mad if they release TFA kits and I can't get them.
Honestly us Americans love hot dogs so I understand this.
Does this block exports to other countries?
I bought and made these kits from Hobbylink Japan a while ago, Bandai's making some amazing stuff and I'll be so fucking mad if they release TFA kits and I can't get them.
I think the idea is to get them removed from sites that ship internationally. The english AmiAmi and Hobbysearch for example no longer have the model kits on listed for sale.
I'm actually talking the regular 3.75" figures that used to have knee, elbow, waist joints but all the sudden don't.
There's actually a 3.75" Black Series line coming with all that articulation returning, but it's Walmart exclusive.
TAJ
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The Figuarts Jedi Luke has a great-looking face, but the mid-torso seam and leg/hip joints look like shit. The hair paint is lol. And the Black Series one supports the infinitely superior open collar look.
That is exactly what's happening. You wont be able to get any of the new TFA kits shipped to you from HLJ or other sites. You could get them from other sources in Japan though like ebay or other sites. HLJ can still ship kits based on the old movies though it seems.
Actually since you are one of the few people that post in the scale model thread I would help you out except I'll be going through a move here in the near future and won't be settled down till December or so. If you atill need help after then let me know...
lastplayed
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Well that.. sucks. I don't get it though, I was under the impression that Bandai had the current rights to make SW model kits, recently handed over from Fine Molds. Not sure what Disney has to gain by blocking me from buying model kits...
Anyway, that's a generous offer thanks! I'll see how it plays out, there's nothing in their line up that I desperately need for now.
BattleMonkey
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Just gonna increase the costs to get them here.
As mentioned earlier in the thread.
Hasbro paid Disney for exclusive US rights to a number of products.
If Disney doesn't abide by the terms of the contract (which typically includes enforcement) then Hasbro gets to sue Disney for lots of money. This would include not just the license fee, but also things like lost profits.
It's not Hasbro. Hasbro doesn't care about model kits nor make them. It's Revell. Revell has produced their own line of inferior model kits for the movie and feel threatened by Bandai's vastly superior products. Haven't seen any evidence at all of the ban being applied to anything other than scale model kits.
lastplayed
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Ah that makes more sense. Bloody Revell.
GentlemanCrow
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Has anyone made any Trade Federation comparisons yet?
lastplayed
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This is a crisis.
It's funny because companies like Hot Toys and Bandai never had the Star Wars license until Disney took over, but now we're getting cockblocked when it comes to quality stuff anyway.
Oddly enough I haven't bothered with any of the Figuarts Star Wars stuff yet anyway. I've heard mixed reactions to them, though obviously they blow anything by Hasbro out of the water.
Oddly enough I haven't bothered with any of the Figuarts Star Wars stuff yet anyway. I've heard mixed reactions to them, though obviously they blow anything by Hasbro out of the water.
Controlled Chaos
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Amiami has removed every single star wars revoltech figure, except Vader. They're all up on their Japanese site....... HLJ has them all up, but they have most of the old model kits up too. They also removed the R2 and R5 kit...... There has too be more to this... What other reason is their for the pulling of the Revoltech's?
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