ToyFarce News: Start Your Week Bankrupt with Bandai Tamashii Nations' 30+ Pre-Orders!

"I'm so glad I woke up at 2am EST for this!" said a toy collector from Concord, New Hampshire, after spending ¥219,810 (about $1,460) to pre-order all the new offerings that Bandai Tamashii Nations had for us today. "It was either get the new figures or pay my rent!". Bandai Tamashii Nations had a staggering 30+ new items that went for pre-order today on all the Japanese toy websites, and tons of collectors had set their alarm clock to try and participate to the 'bloodbath', as those are usually referred to... ToyFarce investigated.

Today (March 4th), at 4pm Japan time (about 2am EST/ 11pm PST), Bandai Tamashii Nations added a boatload of new S.H.Figuarts items for pre-orders on Japanese toy websites. In that list of items, several fan-favorites and sought after figures, which meant collectors had to be quick on their feet (and computer mouses/cellphones) if they wanted to grab more than one. As usual, tons of items were only up for pre-order for mere seconds before ending up with the 'Pre-order sold out' banner (which is a concept in itself... how is something that isn't even out yet already sold out? Can't they just...make more? Do they hate money?)



"It's unfair that they always put it at 2am, because some people have to work the next day..." said a toy collector from New Jersey who doesn't understand the concept of different time zones. "I had to set my alarm clock at 1:55am, to be able to already log in and click refresh a few times until the figures that I wanted appeared." Unfortunately, no luck this time. "The figure that I wanted the most was in my cart, but as I tried to pay for it, it told me it was already gone, so then I went for the second item that I wanted the most, and it was also gone. Then the website kept crashing... I guess I'll just have to wait for it to be available on more websites in the US..."

Did you manage to secure your S.H.Figuarts pre-orders? Which did you grab? Let us know in the comments!

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