[gllgt]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I mean... critical as I will be of Toei and Bandai's really strange slapdash choice of things to bring over, some is still better than none; and Shadowmoon here just about price-matches his release in Japan without having to worry about import shipping or proxy sites. If you were an American fan who was wanting this it's a bit of a godsend

When DBZ Figuarts popped up on the US store not only did they start with two available at the same time (one being US exclusive). But from that point on, all P-Bandai figures appeared on the US store. There were a couple that were skipped but those became retail releases in the US.

I do not understand the reasoning behind not including as much as they can. The P-Bandai is literally to try and cover any overhead that would make them reserved before producing a figure.

[Shin Henshin]

You should also realize P-Bandai doesn't exist JUST for Kamen Rider. The site serves other premium products for other Bandai lines. KR's the outlier due to the lower level of exposure.

Things are going to be slow if they're gonna start introducing P-Bandai Rider SHFs to the US site. They're not gonna suddenly start throwing every exclusive up.

[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by gllgt

When DBZ Figuarts popped up on the US store not only did they start with two available at the same time (one being US exclusive). But from that point on, all P-Bandai figures appeared on the US store. There were a couple that were skipped but those became retail releases in the US.

I do not understand the reasoning behind not including as much as they can. The P-Bandai is literally to try and cover any overhead that would make them reserved before producing a figure.

I agree with that! But this is still better than the 0 we had before

[gllgt]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

You should also realize P-Bandai doesn't exist JUST for Kamen Rider. The site serves other premium products for other Bandai lines. KR's the outlier due to the lower level of exposure.

Things are going to be slow if they're gonna start introducing P-Bandai Rider SHFs to the US site. They're not gonna suddenly start throwing every exclusive up.

P-Bandai isn't a physical store front. Other franchises don't take up shelf space over other franchises. KR also never puts out dozens of exclusives at the same time. And if offering too much product at the same time was actually detrimental, they wouldn't do it with Gundam which they routinely do already.

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by gllgt

And if offering too much product at the same time was actually detrimental, they wouldn't do it with Gundam which they routinely do already.

Gundam is one of their biggest properties worldwide.

[gllgt]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Gundam is one of their biggest properties worldwide.

I forgot Kamen Rider was some small obscure property and not their third biggest seller only behind Dragon Ball and Gundam respectively.

[ShiShiLeo]

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Originally Posted by gllgt

I forgot Kamen Rider was some small obscure property and not their third biggest seller only behind Dragon Ball and Gundam respectively.

in the US, Kamen Rider is nowhere near their "third biggest seller"

[gllgt]

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Originally Posted by ShiShiLeo

in the US, Kamen Rider is nowhere near their "third biggest seller"

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Gundam is one of their biggest properties worldwide.

Emphasis mine.

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by gllgt

Emphasis mine.

The Premium Bandai US store's' primary focus is the United States.

[Rabbitman]

I don?t know how big Godzilla is for Bandai, but all those SH Monsterarts releases, even the Japanese p-bandai ones, get regular retail releases in America. Those boxes are huge and cliunky too. Must be a pain in the butt to ship.

And if you are some kind of business exec who loves money, surely you would rather be paid in the ascendant Dollar, than the weakened Yen. All the US import places are getting a great windfall off this conversion rate, so surely Bandai would want to get in on that action. It?s smart for Bandai to start selling these Kamen Rider SHF in their own store, in my opinion.