Tamashii Festival
Summer 2011 Galleries

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11 thoughts on “Tamashii Festival
Summer 2011 Galleries”

  2. dorkey proves once again that he’s the single greatest canadian-cum-japanese man on all the islands. excellence again sir, you have once again made me drool uncontrollably for toys i can’t have.

  3. no kidding, dayraven. its like the mob, you think you are out- and they pull you right back in…

  5. Man, there’s just no focus, no real plan at all with this stuff now, is there?

    I mean, look at the Gundam figures. Seems like the same plan they used with the Mobile Suit In Action line when they brought that to America. “OK, so, let’s do original Gundam NO WAIT let’s focus on the 0080/0083/08th MS team OAVs! Yeah, THAT is what America wants!”

    And we see with the Godzilla Monster Arts the pain the Revoltech team had to endure in not being allowed to play in the big sand box. Boo on Bandai.

    (and they cost more. naturally.)

    And yeah, no Samurai Troopers. Armor Plus seems to have been abandoned. As usual.

    But the best part, the very most best part is this quote:

    “Starting in November, these figures are to be sold internationally, but nobody was able/willing to give me any details as to how this was going to be accomplished.”

    BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    “sold internationally” to Bandai nowadays means China, South Korea and the other Pac Rim nations. Then, maybe, France and Italy.

    I’ve lost track of how many times Bandai has tried to sell to America, the last one was the failed partnership with Toynami to sell ‘Tamashii Nation’ branded toys to comic shops. Oddly enough, $200 (and up!) toys proved to be a hard sell. Go fig.

    And yes I am sad that there won’t be any more Tekkaman Blade figures.

    1. Yes, this is a recent thing, post-Toynami.

      Bluefin..Hmmm, OK, that’s a DBA for Nippon Imports, in Irvine, Cali.

      Funny, that’s the former area of Pony Toy-Go-Round, which was the DBA of Uchino International.

      Hmm.

      They get product from a wholesaler by the name of Kubo Shoten.

      The Bandai stuff seems to come not from Japan but their Hong Kong arm, Bandai Asia Company Ltd.

      Hm hm hm.

      OK, none of this make any sense to all you guys but some pieces to one long mystery from the past I didn’t have are fitting together. 🙂

      (Bluefin needs to step up their game in getting more Gunze Sanygo paint to the hobby trade. That’s good stuff.)

  7. i almost dread asking this, but that godzilla monster arts line… what kind of scale are we talking about?

    on the new garo stuff, any idea of a suggested price point yet?

    1. The MonsterArts are only going to be six inches, which sucks considering how much they cost.

      1. So, it’s like Revoltech but twice the price! Way to go, Bandai!!

        *sigh*

        You know the King Ghedora they come out with will be at least $100, right? Dammit.

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