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Website · by **Baltan II** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:08 am

I know that the lot of us as adult collectors generally want Showa stuff badly, but from Bandai's perspective, going with the Heisei designs must make sense. For the most part, Showa Godzillas are going to be most recognizable to older fans, but Heisei has crossover appeal within Japan as well as abroad (cable TV, Trendmasters, etc.) and hits older collectors (most of us) as well as newer collectors and guys remembering the Big G from childhood.

The kids that grew up on the Millenium stuff won't be of quite the right age to be interested in or afford a line this expensive, and Showa stuff won't register as much with the younger generations. I suspect that Bandai did the numbers on this kind of market research to determine stuff like what I'm just postulating here. Or they threw darts at a Godzilla dartboard to determine who they make first. Hell if I know, but I'll be buying SHMAs regardless!

by **king_ghidorah** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:19 am

by **MekaGojira3k** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 12:14 pm

by **Shin_Edda_Robo!!!!!** » Sat Aug 06, 2011 11:54 pm

by **Timz** » Tue Aug 09, 2011 11:56 pm

by **MekaGojira3k** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 12:05 am

by **Thomas** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:34 am

Nobody expects the Spani... err Wal-Mart! Their chief weapon is low prices. Low prices and fear. Their two main weapons are low prices, and fear... and ruthless efficiency. Their three weapons are

Well you all know where the rest of that is going.

by **Timz** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:46 am

well Walmart is selling just a small tiny bit of action figures in the 50 to 100 dollar range. Link: http://www.walmart.com/search/search-ng ... 871+500002

Well, we will just have to see how Tamashii gets friendly with the retail giants. If Amazon has signed up, then that might give way to other retail giants signing on, at least in "online" stock offerings.

by **sachiel** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 1:56 am

by **walshiam** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:37 am

by **BrollySupersj** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 2:43 am

by **MekaGojira3k** » Wed Aug 10, 2011 8:52 am

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by **sachiel** » Thu Aug 11, 2011 11:19 pm

by **emeGoji** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 9:09 pm

by **Thomas** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:28 pm

What's wrong with the pictures on the Sideshow site?

by **Timz** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:31 pm

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by **Timz** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:43 pm

by **Godzilla 2000** » Sat Aug 13, 2011 11:29 pm

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