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Expat Export Scopedog
by Roger Harkavy : Radar, Radar! : 07.22.04 4:44pm EST
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Breaking news! Roving reporters Ken Abbe and Harvey Kung have just gotten information about Yamato USA's 1/12 Scopedog toy. It will be available mid-2005 at the earliest, will retail in the US for over $100, includes a Chirico Cuvie figure with dubious articulation, and apparently "turns into a tank".
Despite that last bit of information, collected verbatim from the Yamato USA sales rep who probably has enough of a life not to know what the words "down form" mean, the previous points paint a more detailed picture of what to expect and when.
One thing to consider regarding Yamato product, though: Initial prototypes of the Q-Rau they showed off last year were noticeably larger than what was eventually released. In this day and age of computer-assisted design, it's a pretty simple matter to scale a toy up or down to meet price points, manufacturing requirements, etc. What we see and hear at the shows today may not necessarily be true tomorrow.
Despite that last bit of information, collected verbatim from the Yamato USA sales rep who probably has enough of a life not to know what the words "down form" mean, the previous points paint a more detailed picture of what to expect and when.
One thing to consider regarding Yamato product, though: Initial prototypes of the Q-Rau they showed off last year were noticeably larger than what was eventually released. In this day and age of computer-assisted design, it's a pretty simple matter to scale a toy up or down to meet price points, manufacturing requirements, etc. What we see and hear at the shows today may not necessarily be true tomorrow.