Ya, I think you're right. I've pretty much given up on the idea of collecting all of the Kyutama anyway. I'll just keep collecting them until they're too much of a headache. I just bought the first 2 Kyutama sets so I'll collect at least that many.

I got an email back from AmiAmi last night. They aren't in on the Pegasus campaign either, not that they had most of the eligible items in stock anyway.

So thats AmiAmi, CS, and HLJ all apparently not having anything to do with the promo
Is this normal?
Unless its a specific brick and mortar promotion like when they release stuff for Cinema goers i can't see the sense behind it
Unless it will be a last minute thing where the stores will announce it a day or two before the start

AmiAmi, from what I've read, doesn't usually participate in these promotions so it was a longshot. I haven't done business with CSToys since they screwed up the Sid Lock Seed promotion so I couldn't say. I'm pretty sure HLJ did the Rainbow Ressha, but that's the last one I seem to recall.

I'm guessing it is just probably too much trouble for them to deal with. HLJ had issues with the Kamen Rider Stage promotion, too, as I recall. It looks like Mandarake, Jungle, or YJA are going to be about the only way to get these.

Sorta related: Is there an issue with the Chameleon one? I saw some people complaining on Twitter but I didn't get the full story.

HLJ did both the Ex Aid Eyecon promotion and the Proto Mighty Action X Gashat so I'm guessing that further proves your theory about it being too much hassle
Sorry if this is a dumb question but what are Jungle and YJA?

Did they? I didn't realize that. Thanks for the info!

Jungle Toys Japan (http://jungle-scs.co.jp/sale_en/) and Yahoo Japan Auctions. You need a proxy to buy from YJA, though.

What happened with the Sid Lock Seed promotion? I wasn't in the fandom at that point in time.

You had to buy two sets (the DX Durian & Donguri and the DX Kurumi & Matsubokkuri, as I recall) from the same retailer in order to get the Sid Lock Seed. They require payment up front for their preorders which is totally understandable. But, when the time came for the second set to release it turns out they had put a credit card on file with Bandai that had insufficient funds available. So all of their orders for those were cancelled. They were honest and owned up to it and gave everyone a refund and, purportedly, a credit with the store. I never actually received mine (the credit, I got the refund).

It was pretty inconvenient and it ended up costing a lot more money to get the set and the bonus item. It just seemed like a rookie mistake for a company that had been around for so long and it was even more a kick in the teeth considering they already had everyone's money for the things. For me, it was the last straw. Four of the five orders I'd placed with them had been messed up in some way so I decided to cut my losses and pick a new retailer.

Granted, there is no perfect store and everyone has horror stories about some place or another. Plenty of people have never had an issue with them, it was just too much for me. I didn't feel like taking any more chances.

I see. They're my main store, at least at this moment, so that's interesting to hear.

Not Chamaleon, but the Tokage (lizard) KyuTama is going to be a lucky draw item. One of those find the winning ticket in your candy things, it seems.

Still not as bad as Mizugane...