I think what disappoints me the most, well, after Baron being lucky draw- is that everything else but one item is too. I really wanted those magma effects parts for a decent price as well Banshee Norn. Heck, I would have probably ordered Sailor Moon if she had a regular web release too. It all feels a bit short sighted.

I think this is gonna set a horrible precedent for future Gaim releases. If one of the most prominent designs in the show can't even get a regular web release, I truly fear for Ryugen Yomi and Dragon Energy Duke.

This is kinda weird

You'd think that if anything, Ryugen Yomi or Duke Dragon Fruit Energy would be Lucky draw territory.

But at least we know now. So we won't make the same mistake. Unless Bandai dicks us around again somehow.

To be fair, it was a form that was originally never supposed to exist.

This is not fun to hear. Yeah, not thrilled at this news. I wanted this and the magma effects. Damn.

Considering there is only one Tamashii event per year that has exclusives, I really doubt they'll save EVERY Gaim release for it and release them that way.

Wasn't Scrooge McDuck already twisted and sadistic to an extent? I haven't been following Disney Ducks for I'd say a decade now so I'm in the dark as to how McDuck is behaving these days.

Also it does seem like the "IN" thing for toy companies to do jerkish moves. Hasbro's One Steps and "Titans", Bandai's Lucky Draws and Playmates anything. It's practically like they only want money and won't fully listen to fan input these days.

Can someone explain to me how exactly lucky draw works with premium bandai?

Basically the lucky draw process with these types of things (generally through the Tamashii Web Shop) works like this. The item is available for order on their site. However the person ordering is limited to just 1. Whereas middlemen can generally order an unspecified number of a product, lucky draws are 1 per customer/account.

So you place the order and as with all web exclusives you don't pay til the item's in stock. Basically you're notified that you did win the lucky draw raffle, and therefor you've gotten the item, when they notify you to pay for it. Because even if you win the draw you're still paying for the item, it's just a lottery to determine the very few SOB's who actually get them.