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Bandai no longer allowing third-party stores to sell Gunpla/products internationally




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Strike105



Joined: 21 Sep 2014
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 17, 2022 2:04 am Reply with quote
When I woke up yesterday, I saw news that the online shop, HobbySearch, had completely purged all of its Bandai product listings, including Gunpla.

HobbySearch was a valuable resource for many builders, as most listings had in-depth image galleries that often included manual scans, and photos of the part runners, which most other sites don't provide.

I sent an Email to HobbySearch to enquire about this, and they just got back to me at around midnight EST with this:


I also posted this to Facebook, and I saw where someone shared this:


So yeah, it looks like Bandai is disallowing all third party stores that they supply stock to from shipping their internationally for the foreseeable future.
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