[Official] Nanoblock Thread

[XasakuraX]

wah so fast pikachu is done!

u no member? if freq kino, membership quite worthwhile, imo.

 

[XasakuraX]

Btw, anyone buy from tt simply nano shop b4? Any review?

 

[StealthEagle]

wah so fast pikachu is done!

u no member? if freq kino, membership quite worthwhile, imo.

Kino prices can be very steep sometimes.

 

[lilrex21]

Kino prices can be very steep sometimes.

i get the membership, then i hold off buying until they have the 20% storewide for members

they're quite strict if you don't have the card on hand, you need to show photo ID.. so at most 2 friends can share. i leave my card with my sister.. i always pretend i forget to bring.. hahaha..

 

[XasakuraX]

HAha i scare hold off till nxt 20% sale no more what i wanted, so jus hoot first :/

No one bought from tt web shop b4 ar? Dunnoe to buy from them not:/

 

[Dominto]

Yes I had bought from simply nano. They only do postage no meetup.

 

[lilrex21]

Btw, anyone buy from tt simply nano shop b4? Any review?

i bought once from them before, no issues.

 

[obstructo]

Pokemon FTW!

 

[dreamiez]

quite sad to get such a reply from amiami

"Thank you for mailing us.

Unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control, we are unable to make Nanoblock items available on our English website. Please understand that our Japanese website cannot accept international orders.

We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for shopping at AmiAmi.

Sincerely,
AmiAmi"

 

[lilrex21]

quite sad to get such a reply from amiami

"Thank you for mailing us.

Unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control, we are unable to make Nanoblock items available on our English website. Please understand that our Japanese website cannot accept international orders.

We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for shopping at AmiAmi.

Sincerely,
AmiAmi"

oh.. so must be true la. cos the item listings are still not back on the website..

probably they realised it's affecting sales in countries with distributorship already.. so they clamping down.

 

[xiaohuiis]

so those who previously pre-order on amiami wun be able to get the stuff?

 

[XasakuraX]

Yes I had bought from simply nano. They only do postage no meetup.

i bought once from them before, no issues.

thanks for the affirmation! tonight go order.

Pokemon FTW!

pink panther where got ar?

 

[justmeasures]

thanks for the affirmation! tonight go order.

pink panther where got ar?

Yes, Simply.Nano has a good reputation. So can buy from them la.
Endorse by so many lao jiao here alr...mai tu liao. Their prices aren't cheap, but they do have kits that you can't get elsewhere in SG at a lower price.

Pink Panther is USJ exclusive...not sure if TBS still has...or check with simply.nano if they still have stock?

 

[justmeasures]

quite sad to get such a reply from amiami

"Thank you for mailing us.

Unfortunately due to circumstances out of our control, we are unable to make Nanoblock items available on our English website. Please understand that our Japanese website cannot accept international orders.

We apologize for the inconvenience.
Thank you for shopping at AmiAmi.

Sincerely,
AmiAmi"

Here's probably what sparked off a licensing dispute.

Basically, Kawada charges overseas distributors a fee for exclusive rights to sell nanoblocks in their own home countries. However, if people can buy them off AmiAmi, then they bypass the local distributors and then the local distributors won't be able to earn.

In the same way, certain special designs and kits also have extra licensing fees. I.e. Pokemon range. So...Kino in SG sells them probably because they have the licensing rights from their parent company in Japan. HOWEVER, they still have to get their supplies directly from the local distributor in SG - LM.

So, even though the local distro brought them in from JP (Blue packaging), they cannot sell them at Action City, Toys R Us etc.

So...we as the consumers have to pay more $$...simply because the item goes through the hands of 2 parts of the supply chain... =\

 

[lorettatay]

Here's probably what sparked off a licensing dispute.

Basically, Kawada charges overseas distributors a fee for exclusive rights to sell nanoblocks in their own home countries. However, if people can buy them off AmiAmi, then they bypass the local distributors and then the local distributors won't be able to earn.

In the same way, certain special designs and kits also have extra licensing fees. I.e. Pokemon range. So...Kino in SG sells them probably because they have the licensing rights from their parent company in Japan. HOWEVER, they still have to get their supplies directly from the local distributor in SG - LM.

So, even though the local distro brought them in from JP (Blue packaging), they cannot sell them at Action City, Toys R Us etc.

So...we as the consumers have to pay more $$...simply because the item goes through the hands of 2 parts of the supply chain... =\

Heng did not wait for amiami lol

 

[justmeasures]

Heng did not wait for amiami lol

BOYCOTTTTT. haha...
you and yvonne both too rich...

 

[lorettatay]

BOYCOTTTTT. haha...
you and yvonne both too rich...

not rich. just lazy to travel all the way to tbs cos i stay at pasir ris. so my only source is nanoblock fan page web shop lol...

 

[obstructo]

thanks for the affirmation! tonight go order.



pink panther where got ar?

I got it from TBS iirc.

 

[justmeasures]

I got it from TBS iirc.

was at TBS yest. didn't see if they have stock leh...

 

[StealthEagle]

Here's probably what sparked off a licensing dispute.

Basically, Kawada charges overseas distributors a fee for exclusive rights to sell nanoblocks in their own home countries. However, if people can buy them off AmiAmi, then they bypass the local distributors and then the local distributors won't be able to earn.

In the same way, certain special designs and kits also have extra licensing fees. I.e. Pokemon range. So...Kino in SG sells them probably because they have the licensing rights from their parent company in Japan. HOWEVER, they still have to get their supplies directly from the local distributor in SG - LM.

So, even though the local distro brought them in from JP (Blue packaging), they cannot sell them at Action City, Toys R Us etc.

So...we as the consumers have to pay more $$...simply because the item goes through the hands of 2 parts of the supply chain... =\

Smells like parallel imports. If local distributors can't get what the collectors want, the second choice is usually international online stores.

Can't blame AmiAmi for hurting sales (if that is even true).