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SDCC 2017 Playmates exclusive Usagi

Thought I'd start this thread (didn't see one anywhere) in the hopes that people with more experience with Playmates' SDCC exclusives than me can help me get my hands on the exclusive Usagi Yojimbo figure this year.

I'm in Australia. Do Playmates do an online order and ship to US addresses kind of thing like NECA? Or is it a show-floor only kind of a deal?

Am I looking at resorting to ebay, or have online retailers (like popcultcha in Aus) picked up Playmates exclusives in the past?

Any insight would be appreciated.

I would look to ebay. Also check Big Bad Toy Store, Entertainment Earth, or any of the other big league US online toy sellers and pre-order. So far I haven't seen any promotional material other than what we saw at NYTF, or what Stan Saki talked about in his meeting at Playmates.

Playmates doesn't have a retail website. So I am not sure how they would sell direct to non-attendee collectors.

When was this announced? Lol

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Originally Posted by cloud (Post 1688386)

When was this announced? Lol

See above. Stan Sakai's Facebook posts largely.

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Originally Posted by Cobrakahn (Post 1688344)

Thanks for the heads-up. I'll keep an eye out at BBTS and EE.

Damn, this thread was misleading. I thought pictures had been shown.

I would also like to get my hands on it, but I'll the pictures first

I'm hoping to get this in the UK as well but imagine it will be hard.

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Originally Posted by Raptor86 (Post 1694264)

Still no news?

Playmates normally reveals their exclusives around July 10th-ish, so I assume it will be revealed around then.

I very much want one of these. I wonder how high the after market on this will go? sheesh...

Playmates has an Amazon shop called The Toy Box iirc. They sold some previous exclusives there. But they don't seem to really stock it anymore so who knows

Nice!

Be cool to see him with the head with the hat on.

The box art and configuration is amazing! This proves that Playmates is capable if they actually put effort into things...

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Originally Posted by Coro (Post 1696146)

The box art and configuration is amazing! This proves that Playmates is capable if they actually put effort into things...

Exactly my thought. This is one of the coolest things Playmates has done ever.

Do we know how limited this is going to be?

Retail says $30...I am willing to pay more than retail for one or 2 of these in case anyone can provide them. I want!

Same goes for me if anyone can help me out?

Uh oh.

Here's the announcement:

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Playmates Toys has announced their 2017 San Diego Comic Con Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles exclusive. It is of a Deluxe Usagi Yojimbo figure and will be available at the Nickelodeon Booth (#4113) for $30.

In Nickelodeon’s 2017 Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the samurai rabbit Usagi Yojimbo will reunite with the Ninja Turtles once again for a three-part story arc that begins airing July 23. The San Diego Comic-Con exclusive of the 2017 Usagi Yojimbo new character design action figure comes in a limited edition of 350.

This item features the newly designed Usagi Yojimbo action figure in a 5” scale, dressed in his classic blue robe, and comes with his traditional Samurai swords. Also included are two additional exclusive, interchangeable Usagi heads, his pet Tokage lizard, and a flag with Usagi’s signature emblem. All this is presented in a collector edition 5th panel storybook package, with a rerun of the 1987 Comic Book “Leonardo Meets Usagi Yojimbo in Turtle Soup and Rabbit Stew,” and the 1989 Comic Book “The Treaty.”

Source: http://toynewsi.com/news.php?itemid=29288