sanjii said:How often does new Berserk merchandise tend to come out, is there usually new stuff every year?
Aazealh said:Art of War releases merchandise regularly, and there are usually a few new kits each year that are presented during hobby festivals (like the Wonder Festival).
sanjii said:I think there was a pretty big festival recently
sanjii said:was any Berserk stuff announced there that you know of?
Aazealh said:It was Wonder Festival 2010 [Winter].
Products aren't "announced" during festivals, they're sold (the makers get a temporary license that allows them to legally sell a product only during the festival). The kits n°2 and 5 that HITReza posted were available there. Some others were probably also present (like the cute Schierke kit I posted in your other thread), but I can't give you an exhaustive list.
sanjii said:Producers, such as Megahouse, often have prototypes for new products at these festivals, for instance Megahouse had prototypes for at least four previously unannounced One Piece figures that would be released later in the year.
Aazealh said:But that's an actual company, not an amateur kit maker. The only company that currently regularly releases Berserk products is Art of War, and they don't attend festivals.
Aazealh said:Hey there,
Not all of these are new. Here's some basic information:
1) I might have seen this one before but I'm not sure. No idea where it's from anyway.
2) New kit by "tonboya".
3) From last year, also by tonboya.
4) A bust from Gill Gill. Came out a while ago, Derek has one.
5) Is from Headlong and is recent. The best Zodd bust out there IMHO.
HITReza said:thanks. :)
do you know the scale of the headlongs new zodd kit?
Aazealh said:(the makers get a temporary license that allows them to legally sell a product only during the festival).
Maiku said:This is incorrect. There are no temporary licenses.
The quantities are so small that the license holders typically don't care. It also spreads fandom for the property.
この日 だけしか販売が許可されない既存キャラクターのキット(いわゆる「版権もの」)
Maiku said:This is incorrect. There are no temporary licenses.
Aazealh said:Ah so they just put those little NTV stickers on the boxes for fun then.
I think I might understand what you're trying to say (that each kit maker does not have to get an individual license specific to each copyright holder), but your reasoning is wrong. License holders do care, small quantities or not. There's a reason those kits are only sold during festivals, and that's because festivals have temporary licenses (or permissions, call it whatever you want). It says so right there on Wonder Festival's official website: http://www.kaiyodo.co.jp/wf/garage.html
If it were only a matter of license holders not caring about small quantities then kit makers would directly sell their products on their websites or in shops.
Maiku said:Licensing infers a per product approval process and a royalty fee.
DirectDK said:Here's another one. Quite intense, ahaha...
yesmilord said:That is AWESOME.
Any idea how large it is?
Aazealh said:Old school Guts from volume 2:
Pretty cool I think. And here's even a link to the auction: http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h139749408