I've been waiting for this news for quite some time now, but here's the good: Bandai is opening the Tamashii Web Shop for international customers. As with Good Smile Company's opening last year, international customers can now order goods that were previously only limited to the Japanese market. Just as with GSC, you are paying with PayPal and a flat shipping fee of ¥2,000 per order applies.
However, this is just a test run for Tamashii. As of current, the shop only has 1 item for order, a Figuarts Zero of Chopper - Are You Fine? ver. for ¥1,500. I am really hoping that this goes well and Bandai opens up more items from its shops. I don't want to deal with middlemen who mark up their prices way too high and would much rather buy directly.
That being said, I'm ready to send money for that PG Unicorn Full Armor Weapons Set, MG Tallgeese III, and the CMS Decade Driver. Open up the shop and the money will come soon. For bonus measure, you won't have to hear me whine about it anymore! Isn't that reason enough?
In one of those things that you can really only call a wacky coincidence, FunPub has announced that BotCon 2015 will be happening in Chicago just as TFCon Chicago is getting started. Crazy, huh? The con will be held between June 18th and 21st at the Pheasant Run Resort in Chicago/St. Charles, Illinois. More info as it becomes available!
