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Originally Posted by KaiserBlue

If these are made to order and are just additional stock made on top of the stock sold locally via pb h.k, what is honestly the downside of making these available for sale on pb u.s when all of that is there?

You have the right to disagree, but a lot of those questions dont apply to pb, I'll give it to you that he shouldnt get mad so quick, as i mentioned prior, since that shfs sale was only a month ago like you said. But that doesnt change that its 1. Really easy to do, even from a sales perspective and 2. they still deserve ciriticsm for how at times theyve been essentially forcing the fandom to buy their releases in the hopes of pb. I get it like hype wise and to generate interest they can show to japan, but it still feels shitty. Especially when h.k is getting Evil and they could just open up orders on our end to produce some more figures.

Regardless on if we, the consumers, can't see any obvious downsides, it's still a discussion the bigwigs of the company have to have, and then decide on if it's worth it or not. Everything requires approval first and foremost. Heck, one downside could be that the cost of production and shipping could be seen as not being worth it for how many sales they get. Keep in mind though, I do not work for Bandai; I don't know the exact specific details they would discuss. I just know that it's something that companies tend to take their time on. "Easy to do" does not always equal "easy way of making a profit."

Also, no one is forcing anyone to buy anything. Many complained they didn't like how the Black Ichigo figure was used as the measuring stick. Heck, I didn't like the choice, personally. As such, I didn't buy it. Simple as. Does it suck that it wasn't what many people wanted? Absolutely. But it's just what we currently have to go on, and we have to wait and see if Bandai/Toei decides it's worth it or not.