Weren't the staffers from GundamWatch? I've always found that forum extremely insular to outside fans. But I could be wrong there.
I found the GOUF a good place to go to, but I was more active on the Gundam Action Figure section than anywhere else. So I didn't get to see much of the Fanboy destiny stuff. Still all we have to do is wait for the next big Gundam push and see how that is handled. We can hope the suits have rethought there strategy for cracking the US market. Cause I would dearly like to see some GAF/MSIA back on the shelves here. Domo arigato, Nick Webmaster - http://www.alt-world.com --- Grant White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > As always, I'd say it's a variety of factors. Bandai > seems to be in somewhat > of a shuffle right now, probably because of the > recent Namco merger. I'd > imagine Gundam is the least of their concerns in the > US right now. It was > also said at Gundam Evolution that the guy who held > the job of updating the > sites has quit, so the actual website content > creators are sitting on this > info that isn't going where it needs to (the MS Saga > site is another > casualty). > > GOUF seemed all over the place. The staff didn't > seem to like the > membership, the membership didn't seem to like the > staff...effectively, > Bandai were paying bandwidth so 12 year olds could > tell the world "Wing > Zero/Freedom ROCKS!!1". I think there was a good > concept there for a forum > there but it was perhaps too little too late. > Doesn't help that the timing > for when they pulled the plug made it look like it > was because of Destiny's > finale. > > I think at the moment Gundam in the US is, to quote > Monty Python, 'resting'. > The franchise has kept being pushed due to > Bandai/Sunrise in Japan being > unwilling to accept that it hasn't caught on but > after SEED flopped outside > of DVD sales and CN having no interest in Destiny > they may have realised > unless they sit down and come up with a sensible > foreign business strategy > the success they're after will never come. > Personally, I still think they > shot themselves in the foot with the issues that > screwed up SD Gundam Force > post-episode 26 appearing in the US. It wasn't to > most fans liking but that > series offered the franchise the closest it's > perhaps had to a US foothold > since Wing. > > >From: G Master <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [gundam] Is "Gundam Official" dead? > >Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:01:16 -0700 (PDT) > > > >The Gundam bubble burst in the USA about 2 years > ago > >now, Seed sort of nailed the coffin lid down with > the > >way it was being edited and shown on CN. > > > >What was really needed was a heavily rotated show > at a > >prime-time position of 5.30 ever week day. You > know, > >like Gundam Wing which single handedly did crack > the > >US market open for all things Gundam for two years. > > > >I was saddened we lost GOUF, there isn't really > that > >many friend Gundam forums out there. I am guessing > >that Bandai are pulling back waiting for the next > big > >Gundam show to launch at us. > > > >Crap even Mobile Gundam Fighter kept the US market > >alive... Once again another Gundam Anime that was > put > >into a heavy rotated timeslot. You think they might > of > >actually got the idea, eh? > > > >Anyhow, Gundam will always be around for the fans, > but > >this fanbase wont be a as big as it used to be for > a > >very long time. > >Domo arigato, > >Nick > >Webmaster - http://www.alt-world.com > > > > > >--- Mike Lovejoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Well, ever since "GOUF" (Gundam Official User > > > Forums) closed, Bandai has kind of given up on > > > attempting to revive the US Gundam Market. Its > > > actually ironic in that the "failure" to revive > it > > > is Bandai's fault. The Forum was supposed to > get > > > people to GO and also get a feel for the > interest in > > > Gundam. By the amount of users who had signed > up > > > with GOUF and the traffic that GO was getting at > > > that time, things were all set to start "moving > > > ahead" again. However, the next steps to revive > it > > > were not taken for some reason and Bandai shut > GOUF > > > down. Since that, GO's traffic has slowed way > down > > > and updates as you've noted have been > non-existant. > > > > > > > > > Bob Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: As > far > > > as I can see, it hasn't been updated since > August > > > 2005 and there's nothing at all on it about SEED > > > Destiny. I guess they've given up on any > marketing > > > at all for Gundam in the US now. Anyone know for > > > sure? > > > > > > > ************************************************** > > > W.A. Bob Allen > > > > > > EARTH FIRST! - We'll log the other planets > later! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > > Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. 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