[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by ARQ

You have to remember that even if it is a Web exclusive, to japanese collectors it's almost as simple as buying the thing on Amazon. Only us non japan based fans have to pay a middleman. We are not the target audience so it's pretty useless to lambast bandai/tamashii for their practices when it's perfectly serviceable to their home Base. It's also a form for a show that's ended already so it's risky to be releasing it like this that's why it's a Web exclusive so they don't over produce it.

This is sort of the point I was trying to hit home. We as western fans feel entitled to a certain degree of ease in collecting that we shouldn't be when we're buying items from a market that isn't local to us, or frankly really even intended for us. It's great when things work in our favor. But in this case it's only logical that this release would turn out the way it has. Furor over Bandai/Tamashiis reasoning behind making Tridoron an exclusive is misplaced though, and that's whats' most frustrating about the situation.