[Paladin]

The new combined effort, "Bandai Namco Collectibles" will begin operations in January 2019.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/new...ompany/.137100

[Librarian]

I really hope this increases the amount of imports.

If they could find a way to get minipla more readily available in America I'd be so down for that, as well as other products that are of a higher tier than normal toy sales like the SOC sentai mecha.

And if this would mean an easier way to get Shodo stateside, that'd be fantastic too!

[Electric Turahk]

Will definitely be hoping for the best from this. It does sound good.

[Shin Henshin]

Considering how hard Bluefin suddenly dropped the ball on promoting releases and doing more than just western properties, I can only hope for the best here.

Bandai obviously knows there's a western market for their JP toy lines. I hope they can capitalize well.

[IgnikaMarcus]

Hopefully this means I can actually get some replacement parts for my HG kits.

[Yarlick]

Here just hoping that Bandai does the same thing in Europe...
I know that Cosmic Group is the main distributor in Europe, but it wouldn't hurt to straight up have Bandai there.

[Sevenlima]

Could Hasbro and Mattel be the next ?

[dexilay]

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Originally Posted by Sevenlima

Could Hasbro and Mattel be the next ?

You mean like Bandai buying either of those companies? Yeah there’s not a chance of that happening.

[acdcguy]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sevenlima

Could Hasbro and Mattel be the next ?

There’s a better chance of Hasbro buying Bandai before Bandai could buy Hasbro. Hasbro is worth way more. But I doubt Japanese laws would allow an American company to buy one of Japan’s largest toy companies.

[Sevenlima]

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Originally Posted by acdcguy

There’s a better chance of Hasbro buying Bandai before Bandai could buy Hasbro. Hasbro is worth way more. But I doubt Japanese laws would allow an American company to buy one of Japan’s largest toy companies.

But Bandai revenue is 678,3 billions.