Tamashii Nations article on Forbes.com
Mar 10, 2016 12:24:57 GMT -5
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Post by borutesfaibu on Mar 10, 2016 12:24:57 GMT -5
Not sure if anyone's posted this yet (Did a quick search on the site but didn't see any).
Anyway, Forbes.com has a nice article about Tamashii Nations full of awesome info on a lot of things. They touch on SHF, chogokins, processes and hints on future stuff.
www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/03/02/bandai-is-building-its-very-own-tamashii-nation/#7234d8bc1363
Some things that grabbed me:
- They mentioned how showa era mechas are still popular in certain countries like italy and that kinda gave me hope that the SOC line and the like are not dead yet within bandai. That or just more Mazinger Zs for everyone :/
- They were actually interested in getting Pacific Rim. With a new movie now more certain to come out I hope they try to get a license again and make them this time. SRC Jaegers and Monsterarts Kaijus please!
- There's a part in it where they talk about SHF and trying to make a distinction between highly-articulated figures and mass market figures and how some licensors unfortunately don't see it that way. When I read this, I thought of Marvel and Star Wars and how they seemingly aren't able to sell their SHF versions on the US market because of those two's relationship with hasbro. They do mention that there's good news coming soon so hopefully it's in regards to this with Mezco now doing 6-inch Marvel figures.
Anyway, Forbes.com has a nice article about Tamashii Nations full of awesome info on a lot of things. They touch on SHF, chogokins, processes and hints on future stuff.
www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2016/03/02/bandai-is-building-its-very-own-tamashii-nation/#7234d8bc1363
Some things that grabbed me:
- They mentioned how showa era mechas are still popular in certain countries like italy and that kinda gave me hope that the SOC line and the like are not dead yet within bandai. That or just more Mazinger Zs for everyone :/
- They were actually interested in getting Pacific Rim. With a new movie now more certain to come out I hope they try to get a license again and make them this time. SRC Jaegers and Monsterarts Kaijus please!
- There's a part in it where they talk about SHF and trying to make a distinction between highly-articulated figures and mass market figures and how some licensors unfortunately don't see it that way. When I read this, I thought of Marvel and Star Wars and how they seemingly aren't able to sell their SHF versions on the US market because of those two's relationship with hasbro. They do mention that there's good news coming soon so hopefully it's in regards to this with Mezco now doing 6-inch Marvel figures.
