Goku’s collectors are left wondering what fate awaits their beautiful sons after a bad storm caused the massive One Apus container ship can lose over $ 200 million in cargo in the Pacific Ocean, northwest of Hawaii, late last month.
The ship was hit by a massive storm on November 30, which, conformable Reuters, led to a swelling that caused it to roll over, dislocating over 1,800 containers. Back safely in the port of Japan, the ship’s cargo looks like a giant collapsed the Jenga set. Fortunately, no one on board he was seriously injured.
The same cannot be said for Gokus and other action figures who appear to have been on board at the time. Fans who pre-ordered the extremely rare Figuarts Ultra Instinct Sign transformation Dragon Ball ZGoku from the Premium Bandai store, at the beginning of this year, received an e-mail yesterday announcing that their sold-out collectibles are moving on One Apus and at least they will arrive long after the previous delivery dates from December.
“The container carrying Bandai products was hit by a strong storm and lost many containers near Hawaii,” Premium Bandai wrote in an email to customers distributed with Kotaku by Goku enthusiast Kevin Snow. “The ship is in Kobe Port, Japan, to investigate its damage. It will take a few weeks to over a month. We are currently waiting to hear about the condition of the container from the authority and will notify you of any shipping information as soon as it is available. “(The company did not immediately respond to a request from Kotaku for comment.)
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Goku Ultra Instinct Sign figures, which were priced at $ 60 a piece when pre-orders rose during the summer, were originally supposed to be exclusively for conventions, but were to be sold online after the events were canceled due to the ongoing covid-19 pandemic. Many are now listed for more than twice as long as on Ebay and other reseller sites.
“They all sold out in fifteen minutes (I got one in that order), which obviously drove people crazy,” Snow said. Kotaku in an email. “It’s from the popular ‘Figuarts’ line and many collectors from this line are complete, including me. So, Bandai opened another pre-order period for Gokus, which lasted about a week, practically selling them on an “order” basis. Once the pre-order window is over, Gokus is gone. “
According to Snow, the first batch of pre-orders was shipped well, but the “custom” batch was the one on One West, leaving many collectors simply waiting and hoping that their orders would survive and not be damaged. . . The Android 17, 18 numbers and the launch in the US of Kid Gohan seem to have been on board at the time of the accident.
“[H]In addition, we can get an answer about their plan if the Gohans get lost, “wrote a collector from TheFwoosh action figurines forum. “People joke about this kind of thing all the time and the fact that it actually happened sucks,” wrote another on action figures underscore.
Some collectors are now frantically trying to buy duplicates of figures that are still available, such as Kid Gohan, where their worst fears are realized. For those who want to complete their Figuarts set with Ultra Instinct Sign Goku, however, this is not an option unless Bandai decides to make another batch to order.