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** The trope comes into effect harder for the Wonder Festival releases, which aren't stocked on any import sites short of middlemen. No [http://www.goodsmile.info/product/en/3200/Kyubey+Soft+Vinyl+Figure.html life-sized] [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica|Kyubey figure]] for you!
*** Recently subverted in that GSC decided to allow international customers to order their summer 2011 WF exclusives (including the aforementioned Kyubey) directly from them, [[Double Subverted|albeit for one week only]].
* The Banpresto ''[[MOTHER]]'' and ''[[Earthbound|MOTHER 2]]'' replica figures of the series' clay-model official art. Not at all surprising, considering how [[Screwed By the Network|the series is traditionally treated]] [[No Export for You/Video Games|outside of Japan]]. That, and the fact that they came from those UFO crane games. ''MOTHER'' fans who aren't living in Japan and who want them are pretty much forced to import them from eBay, and they're already approaching the point of being [[Crack
* Most of Bandai's collector's toylines ([[SH Figuarts]], [[Robot Spirits]], Myth Cloth, etc.) outside of Asia are this, including the dreaded ''Tamashii Web Shop'' exclusive sets, or the ''Tamashii Festival Expo'' exclusives. Both require a middleman or an online shop to ship to the US/Europe to buy them.
** Subverted recently with Bluefin Distribution, who has made a deal with Bandai to distribute their collector products to Amazon and US hobby shops. The Tamashii Web exclusives still apply, though.
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