On 2/28/06, Dr. Core <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
That part was just reflecting to what you said about absorbing cost in general. As said, I think Z 2.0 is dropping price due to overstocking.
There're many banpesto and similar specialty store now in HK versus the model stores that keep closing. What do you think?
True, that's why I wonder on the "still?" part. But the history and the presence is surely showing that Bandai is having Hong Kong as at least as strong a market as Korea. Look at the Dengeki competition or like, they're usually available for Japan & Hong Kong, or Japan & Hong Kong & Korea. That represents the importance of HK market for gunpla.
China is probably still too early a market Bandai would put its foot in, and also it will have to worry about all the bootleg... so it must be having one eye closed for that market.
US? Ha!
Boaz MyTurnASpace wrote:
> to sell its kits, if you are getting certain "hot" kits you got to get some
> "cold" kits as well. So it's the retailers who's paying. And that's why in
> HK market the old kits price can fluturate a lot.
Sure for _older_ kits. But Z2.0 is barely two months old. It takes
almost that long for new kits to show up in US retail shops, and it's
already being dumped in HK?
That part was just reflecting to what you said about absorbing cost in general. As said, I think Z 2.0 is dropping price due to overstocking.
Anyhow one must assume that things work out over the "block booking".
Otherwise HK retailers would just drop the whole damn product line in
flavor of Banpesto twinkets. Those things (e.g. Gundam
Collection/Neo) must be making a mint for everyone.
There're many banpesto and similar specialty store now in HK versus the model stores that keep closing. What do you think?
> You're kidding me right? I believe HK is (still?) the second largest Bandai
> model market.
Are you sure? I definitely believe the HK is up near the top in terms
of Bandai-loyalty. The number of kit sale per capita per year must be
way up there next to Japan itself. But it's still just one city.
What's the pop now? 7 millions? That's still 1/40 of the US
population or almost 1/200 of CN population. Without numbers in front
of us, I can _perhaps_ believe that HKers buys 40x more Gundam
kits/goodies than USers, on average. I can perhaps believe that HKers
buys 200x more Gundam kits than CNers, but that won't last more than a
few years. CN will never be as loyal a market as HK, but it will
easily out-size HK. Actually if Bandai can get only 1% market
penetration in CN, it will already outweight Japan itself.
True, that's why I wonder on the "still?" part. But the history and the presence is surely showing that Bandai is having Hong Kong as at least as strong a market as Korea. Look at the Dengeki competition or like, they're usually available for Japan & Hong Kong, or Japan & Hong Kong & Korea. That represents the importance of HK market for gunpla.
China is probably still too early a market Bandai would put its foot in, and also it will have to worry about all the bootleg... so it must be having one eye closed for that market.
US? Ha!
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Boaz
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