The Japanese retailer Amiami should be very familiar with Tomopop readers. Known as the #1 retailer in Japan for figures and a great spot to find new figures, they've decided to throw open their doors to the international market for the first time. The prices are still the same and exclusives will be available on the site. Only shipping method so far will be EMS, but the discounts that Amiami offers should help to offset that.

As for my random curiosity, I wonder what this will mean for a lot of other sites. For as long as anyone can remember, we've pretty much been held at retail price while crying at seeing Japanese-only sites offering discounts that we could not get. Will the other sites start offering discounts of this sort of nature? The PG Gundam Double O Raiser is going for only 18,200 yen instead of 25,000 yen. That translates to about $80 off. I think I know where I'm going to pre-order from now on.

[Amiami English Site]