Forum - View topicNEWS: Good Smile Company Establishes Overseas Distributor
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Blanchimont
 Posts: 3584 Location: Finland |
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With both yen and dollar as weak as they are against euro at the moment, can't see this affecting us customers in Europe much, especially as shipping charge is likely to be about the same whichever side one orders from.
A little worried if there's some articles that won't be brought over, or if some might get modified, and what effect that would have(hopefully none) on the usual stores for this stuff... |
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Having wholesale level importation would be great for costs, but yeah that's what I'm always worried about whenever there's a Japanese company in charge, who are typically more risk averse and worried about image or saving face. |
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Dessa
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I'm excited about this. Figuarts became a lot easier to get when Blufin started doing direct US releases.
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The King of Harts
 Posts: 6712 Location: Mount Crawford, Virginia |
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Why you do this GSC? I've been so good about keeping my figure collecting to a minimum, but now you're going to wave a US shop in my face to make it easier (and hopefully cheaper without having to pay shipping) for me to get your stuff? HOW DARE YOU!
I swear, if this site has a point system, I may have to teach GSC a lesson by buying out everything they have. That'll teach them! |
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Sailor S
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You and me both. I'm gonna have to start getting creative with where I put my Detolfs, since I'm rapidly running out of space. I suppose as long as I have a path to my bookcases, DVD shelves, kitchen, bathrooom, and bedroom, the rest of the space here is free to clog up with cabinets! |
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7994 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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Cool, on the off chance that I ever buy any more figures, which for me is rare. I only have 7.
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Emerje
 Posts: 7424 Location: Maine |
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What's not mentioned in the article is that the new company is a partnership between GSC and Kotobukiya. Koto has been doing their own thing in North America for years successfully so this is a good thing for everyone. On the downside the US$ price isn't much different from the yen on the same items and it's higher when you factor in the big discounts that Japanese exporters give.
What I'm mainly interested in is what they'll be doing with exclusives. If we can get things like Wonder Festival exclusives at lower domestic prices and without the 2,000yen flat rate shipping I'll be very, very happy. Emerje |
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Blanchimont
Posts: 3584 Location: Finland |
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There's at least one Kotobukiya figure (from Togainu no Chi) that I have read comments of that's supposedly censored when bought from their US store. |
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