Sunday, November 9, 2014

[Misc] SHF Japan ver. vs SHF Asian ver.

If you're a SHF collector, I'm sure you've came across the terms "Japan ver." and "Asian ver." frequently. Some sellers claimed that Japan ver. is better than the Asian ver. in terms of QC, in order to justified why they're selling the Japan ver. at higher price... But is what they claimed true?

So here's the official announcement from Bandai regarding this matter:

Please note that Tamashii Nations product specification does not vary depending on market of release unless otherwise specified. Stickers and packaging elements may differ depending on the territory the product is sold in for license related reasons. With regards to a product series where license labels differ in color or are applied/not applied based on the market which they are sold in, assertions that a difference in licensor sticker color or existence/non-existence of a license sticker reflects upon the quality or production location of the products are purely false. The application of and different colors of the aforementioned stickers solely reflect on licensor policy and are not intended to be used as a measure of value or grade of quality. All official Tamashii Nations products uphold the same level of quality control regardless of the market in which they are sold or color of any license sticker on packaging. 
*You can read Bandai's statement HERE

Apparently, this "SHF Japan ver. vs SHF Asian ver." issue is not new. Collectors had been discussing about this ever since. When I just started collecting action figures, it also puzzled me that Bandai would release two versions of action figures and keep the best one for Japan. But is that true? Is there any difference between Japan ver. & Asia version? Fortunately I've found an interesting article written few years ago, which compare the difference between the SHF Japan ver. and SHF Asian ver.:

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