[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Uh yeah, every Godzilla, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon release ever.

So ignoring the fact that you don't have a source, every Godzilla release ever? No.

That's exactly what I'm talking about, aside from the Mosugoji figure (and the Juniors which I don’t count) every Godzilla SHMA (as in Godzilla himself) was available at retail. Sure, repaints were released through the Web Shop, but not the initial version.

And the Mosugoji-one was Showa, and apparently Showa is of lesser interest in Japan. Otherwise I can’t really explain the extreme lack of it in this line.

But Heisei and Millennium? Like 70-80% of those were sold in stores. You had your sets or more unique releases exclusive to the Web-Shop, but Godzilla's and his main enemies were always retail releases.

Maybe that is a reason why this line isn’t doing well, but that's exactly what I'm thinking about: If the new mold is a Web-Exclusive release, then this line is really not doing well. Like, you can’t even blame the AvP-releases if they make a new Godzilla and don’t think it's interesting enough to sell it in stores.

Completely ignoring Bluefin, because that’s not what I’m asking, Bluefin will release it in the US anyways. It’s Japan I’m thinking about. Because sure, with Dragonball they have said it sells well enough in the US that they can keep releasing stuff even though it’s not a top-seller in Japan. At least that’s what I heard. But still, new molds of important characters (Awakening Goku, Beerus, SS Trunks) are retail-releases in Japan, not Web-Exclusives. And I don’t know about Sailor Moon but I believe main characters are sold in stores too.

So yeah, that’s what grinds my gears when it comes to SHMA. And I’m pretty sure at this point I’m thinking way too much about this and Bluefin will probably be wrong. Because I expect that the new Godzilla is unveiled next week and goes up for pre-order February 1st in Japan as usual. Or maybe they unveil it, Bluefin puts pre-orders up at the end of the week and Japan just waits until February.