[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In the case of the Gundam franchise, we (in Manila) ended up having to rely > heavily on the Gundam Caravan concept, especially when there are no Gundam > cartoons being shown. It's interesting, as the net effect is a building up of > gundam fans among the children, while the hardcore fans are serviced more by > specialty shops, rather than the larger toy chains. This division is most
Very interesting. I wonder if the newish Gundam Shop in HK represents the same trend. For 20+ years, Gunpla were sold in hobby shops and other goodies were sold in toy/hobby shops and department stores. Why would Bandai open a single-brand retail shop, not just any retail shop but a mutlistoried large floor space shop in an area that is normally too upscale for toy shops. Perhaps hobby is being squeezed out of all the general audience shops and department stores, so Bandai built a single specialty superstore to service all of Hong Kong. It's just like the Apple Store right? Best Buy won't give Macs the shelf space so Apple has to open single-brand shops. -- Dr. Core -------------------------------------------------- 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
