[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

I love that a lot of people are assuming the Super Sentai figuarts are particularly popular in Japan. They're the ones that never "sell out" on preorders, the ones that almost always go on heavy clearance after a few months and the bulk of them are inevitably going to end up as Tamashii web exclusives.

There's no denying that these figures are Super Sentai figures first and foremost but ask yourselves this - which are they going to want to sell more? The ones that do reasonably okay in Japan only or the ones that sell in both Japan and the US?

Bluefin aren't really regular release figures like the non-exclusive Figuarts in Japan and are a pretty niche market in the US, so that's not exactly a great comparison. The regular release Figuarts are not a limited run so I don't see why the fact that they don't sell out and go on sale is really a major point as to how popular they are in Japan, especially when, I assume, you're using websites that are targeting importers to make that comparison. And you're also assuming that people who buy Bluefin don't also buy it for Super Sentai, so how did Red Hawk and Black Condor do in the US?