Is "Gundam Evolution" another BBS? I hadn't heard of it (Not suprising for me, actualy)
> > From: "Grant White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2006/04/17 Mon AM 11:09:06 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [gundam] Is "Gundam Official" dead? > > > Some of us were. The majority of the GOUF staff were Gundam Watch's > pre-existing staff along with some general members who were likely being > considered for modship there. I fell into the latter. There were alot of > discussions behind the scenes between the day-to-day staff since I > personally always felt GOUF came off as too cold and harsh. I haven't been > on good standing with most of them since GOUF closed and GW briefly > returned, though I think Dendrobium Stamen's Gundam Evolution could be a > good thing. He seems to have kept the sensible and mature discussion without > the over-the-top staff attitude. > > Whatever's in the pipeline, I hope they start paying attention to those in > their company who know the US market. Bandai can't just keep thinking that > what works in one market will do so the world over. They proved that when > they expected 21st century kids to gobble up MSG. > > > >From: G Master <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: [gundam] Is "Gundam Official" dead? > >Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2006 07:55:13 -0700 (PDT) > > > >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? > > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- The Gundam Mailing List MK-II [email protected] Archives: http://www.gundam.com/gml Help: Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this in the BODY: help list
