Bad news from Bluefin's twitter on Gaim figuarts.

Well this sucks since I didn't pre-order the retail Gaim figuarts yet because I was waiting for Bluefin.

Tamashii drop was last night. Preorders opened at 12 AM PST, rather than the 11 PM PST that they'd been doing during recent drops.

It would have been nice had they told us that MONTHS ago before they went up for preorder in Japan.

I just don't understand why these are suddenly a no go when they have been doing everything else Kamen Rider. I could understand the web exclusives, but not the retail ones.

BUT since the domestic guys (looking at you BBTS) offered us the pre-orders...hopefully they will come with those bonus back grounds.

Well, great. Not only did I miss out on the backgrounds, but I probably missed out on the Figuarts entirely.

*sigh*

No Gaim?! Im about to cry my eyes out now man.

I've never waited for Bluefin because living in the UK doesn't really effect me, though who have they released in the past? It just seems odd if they were to release Gaim if there's no material to support it in the west.

*shoulder pat*

They've been porting the domestic-released Rider stuff since Fourze at least. Fourze, Meteor, Wizard, Beast, Blade, Garren, the Showa Riders, the alternate forms, etc. So it's not like a Rider series not airing in the west has ever stopped them before.

They release Ultraman stuff and Ultraman is no different then Kamen Rider. Ultraman didn't had a TV show since 2003. Kamen Rider has a decent enough fans that can support Kamen Rider figuarts in the US. Streaming sites did help Kamen Rider become morenpopular since 2009 or 2010.