Do you guys think Bandai will ever rerelease the Storm Troopers? I really wish I had gotten 3 when they first came out, so I'd like at least one more. It also doesn't seem like Mandarake ever carries them.

I hope so. I planned to pick up a second on Mandarake, but I've never seen it on there. :/

It is apparently actually Disney doing this and may extend to other items like Figuarts. :(

Breach of contract it seems...

(Edit: Ignore what you may have seen, was going off of comments there, but I can still see stuff on AmiAmi so doesn't look like anything more than models has been pulled yet.)

That sounds practically like region-locking for toys.

Ah, Disney, much as I love you, you really do enforce those annoying licensing and copyright issues.

You love Disney? I've long since lost all respect for them.

Well fuck. I hope they don't yank the SHFs.

I'm the Frozen fan, it should be no surprise. :lol I love the creative side to Disney. I love Disney Princesses, Star Wars, Pixar, countless animated movies and I'm also pretty fond of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The majority of my entertainment interests are owned by Disney.

On the other hand, their corporate side can be quite nasty and they are possibly emblematic of everything that is wrong with copyright culture. But I've long learned to never hold too much respect for the corporate side of any creative organisation. Or even the author/creator of any work. Too often they disappoint.

So yes, I love Disney as a brand, but as a corporate figure, they can showcase some of the worst aspects of corporate culture and of intellectual protectionism. Unfortunately, unlike other companies, they're very good at it and they do just enough good to not look foolish. Regardless, I still love their movies and their products and I'll giggle like a kid in any of their Disney Resorts.

Uh what? Disney can not tell stores who they can and can not sell their supply to.

I think Disney is like "We want people in the US to buy our stuff and not from other countries!".

But they can tell Bandai who they can supply, per their contract.