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Originally Posted by Shin Densetsu

Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA is a distributor for Tamashii Nations(aka Bandai Japan's Collector's Division). In addition, they also iirc, bring over Gundam plamo and MG Figurerise and One Piece model kits on behalf of Bandai Hobby.

Meanwhile Bandai America mainly deals with mass market merchandise in the US and every so often brings over import stuff from Bandai Japan, but since their focus is mass market, Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA tends to be a more concentrated and direct route for collectors as the stuff we want is not mass market.

It's also an obstacle in terms of licenses. Bandai of America, whether we like it or not, holds the license for Power Rangers in the United States. Other toys from Tamashii Nations couldn't be brought over due to other conflicting copyright claims by other companies, such as Ultra-Act Ultraman and Zoffy.

(And they're nothing like Harmony Gold. If Harmony Gold was in charge, we wouldn't even see SRC Daizyujin coming state side.... and the line would probably have disappeared in the 2000's.)