September 2006

The best is yet to come

ExVee - September 14, 2006

If you're seeing this then that means from your point of view, the major part of our behind the scenes work over the past few weeks has been completed in part or possibly in whole depending when you read this. I told you there wouldn't really be anything to see once we got that bit done. While we're not quite ready to officially open the doors again and resume our work here, it's not far off now. Once we're back to regular operations, we'll give you a little more detail into exactly what we've been doing during this hiatus. In the meantime, you can look forward to a load of fresh content very soon!

While you wait for something interesting...

RAC, 09/15/2006

While ExVee kindly toils on the backend stuff that makes the site possible, I have an update on a piece of news I first mentioned during Zeta Project II. Seven months since the five-volume release of Zeta Gundam was revealed to feature different, more accurate subtitles than the earlier complete boxset, Bandai has announced though the AnimeonDVD forums that there will be no replacement program for the boxset owners.

From Bandai's perspective, or from what I assume to be Bandai's perspective, this both makes sense and doesn't make sense. It does make sense because the profit margin on dubbed anime series is razor-thin, particularly when a series never aired on television. It doesn't make sense because, for one, you're essentially stating that you place greater value on your $150 dollar customers than your $200 dollar customers. Those being the customers that waited through years of delays for the series to be released at all.

It also doesn't give people a lot of faith in your first-edition DVDs, as in this case early adapters have not only endured the inevitable "sucker price," but a special sucker edition with limited foil sucker packaging.

It also means that you sorta lied that the boxset was very likely the only release that the series would see in North America. Oops!

The other thing I wish Bandai would consider is that those 200-dollar marks (like myself) are also what remains of Gundam core fanbase in North America. Now, I believe a franchise needs to stretch beyond its existing fanbase to survive, or else it becomes stagnant, shrunken, and irrelevant. (I'm glaring in the direction of the US comics industry, presently.) But nothing can be built without a strong foundation. Gundam's foundation in this hemisphere has been continually eroded- through the actions of Bandai America, through bad timing, and though the meddling of other corporate entities both here and abroad. I can only speak for myself, but personally there's not a lot of goodwill left to squander here.

Anyway, that's plenty editorializing out of me. If you own the discs in question and would like to make an opinion of any sort known, clicking here to visit Bandai's Customer Service form is the best way to do it. Be civil- they obviously think little enough of us already. (Okay, that's the last of the editiorializing. Promise!) Should anything change about this story, you'll see it here, trust me.

And thankfully, more interesting, less-ranty content is on the way. Check back soon!

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	September 2006 The best is yet to come ExVee - September 14, 2006 If you're seeing this then that means from your point of view, the major part of our behind the scenes work over the past few weeks has been completed in part or possibly in whole depending when you read this. I told you there wouldn't really be anything to see once we got that bit done. While we're not quite ready to officially open the doors again and resume our work here, it's not far off now. Once we're back to regular operations, we'll give you a little more detail into exactly what we've been doing during this hiatus. In the meantime, you can look forward to a load of fresh content very soon! While you wait for something interesting... RAC, 09/15/2006 While ExVee kindly toils on the backend stuff that makes the site possible, I have an update on a piece of news I first mentioned during Zeta Project II. Seven months since the five-volume release of Zeta Gundam was revealed to feature different, more accurate subtitles than the earlier complete boxset, Bandai has announced though the AnimeonDVD forums that there will be no replacement program for the boxset owners. From Bandai's perspective, or from what I assume to be Bandai's perspective, this both makes sense and doesn't make sense. It does make sense because the profit margin on dubbed anime series is razor-thin, particularly when a series never aired on television. It doesn't make sense because, for one, you're essentially stating that you place greater value on your $150 dollar customers than your $200 dollar customers. Those being the customers that waited through years of delays for the series to be released at all. It also doesn't give people a lot of faith in your first-edition DVDs, as in this case early adapters have not only endured the inevitable "sucker price," but a special sucker edition with limited foil sucker packaging. It also means that you sorta lied that the boxset was very likely the only release that the series would see in North America. Oops! The other thing I wish Bandai would consider is that those 200-dollar marks (like myself) are also what remains of Gundam core fanbase in North America. Now, I believe a franchise needs to stretch beyond its existing fanbase to survive, or else it becomes stagnant, shrunken, and irrelevant. (I'm glaring in the direction of the US comics industry, presently.) But nothing can be built without a strong foundation. Gundam's foundation in this hemisphere has been continually eroded- through the actions of Bandai America, through bad timing, and though the meddling of other corporate entities both here and abroad. I can only speak for myself, but personally there's not a lot of goodwill left to squander here. Anyway, that's plenty editorializing out of me. If you own the discs in question and would like to make an opinion of any sort known, clicking here to visit Bandai's Customer Service form is the best way to do it. Be civil- they obviously think little enough of us already. (Okay, that's the last of the editiorializing. Promise!) Should anything change about this story, you'll see it here, trust me. And thankfully, more interesting, less-ranty content is on the way. Check back soon!	Latest Reviews: 2012/02/03 - Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form 2012/02/03 - SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Den-O Climax Form 2012/02/02 - Kamen Rider Den-O Five Form Change Set 2012/02/02 - Momotaros Uncontracted Version 2012/02/01 - Kamen Rider Den-O Liner Form 2012/02/01 - Kamen Rider Den-O Plat Form & Momotaros Search Reviews Older Archived Updates

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