Blade Runner Blaster news: model kit version of the Tomenosuke Blaster is coming

[Petseal]

If you're in the States, you can contact Tomenosuke's distributor here, Muni-san

mmunegumi@gmail.com

You can tell him I sent ya.

Karl

Thanks Karl for the email address! I used it to ask Muni san a few questions like if he knew when the release date yet, the price and if there was a distributor in Canada. Here is his response...

"Yes, we are now developing TOMENOSUKE Blaster kit with Marushin.
It will be available sometime March-April and you can order it from us.

Currently we do not have any distributors in the US and Canada, but we can ship it from Japan because it is kit.
Please feel free to tell your fellows about kit and the website in English will be made for order once the kt is available.

Thanks again and keep in touch.

Mune"

So there you go. Nothing yet on the cost but now we have an approximate release date, which I assume would be subject to change!
Later fellow BR fans, Petseal

 

[Nwerke]

Please please please please let this be metal, and affordable. I know those are mutually exclusive, but miracles happen, right? Right?

 

[benhs1898]

Please please please please let this be metal, and affordable. I know those are mutually exclusive, but miracles happen, right? Right?

I'm right there with you. I want one of these so bad but only if it's the right price and worth the money.

 

[MooCriket]

I would love an affordable blaster. Fingers and toes crossed.

 

[Marv]

Watching this with eager anticipation

 

[DaveG]

According to a Japanese friend of minet hat translated their webpage for me the orders for the kit closed February 19th at 11:59 and now the image of the box art ays SOLD OUT.

Are we too late???

 

[Marv]

Gutting, but to be honest had a little saving to do costing approximately $1000

 

[benhs1898]

Seriously? That is stupid.

 

[noble]

I am now informed that the information above applies instead to some Japan-only sales of five sets of blaster PARTS that had been requested by fans:

1. Receiver / zinc die casting
2. Trigger guard and Screw / zinc die casting and steel (same size screw used on the police model)
3. Laser Sight / aluminum
4. Binding post / steel and zinc die casting
5. Grips / amber colored resin plastic (same color used for world con model)

Order deadline for those SETS OF PARTS is Feb.19, 23:59 JST. But you can't order them from outside of Japan.

I think that only applies to those special Japan orders.

 

[Mr Webber]

Just when I thought life was good enough with an all metal SidKit.:facepalm

I have an account with a company called Rinkya, they purshase items for you that are only available in Japan and also place bids for you on the Japanese version of ebay. They take care of everything including shipping. The fees arent for the faint hearted though. Think i`ll use it again.

 

[Clutch]

The kit is $1000?

 

[noble]

I would wait and get confirmation from Phase Pistol.

 

[DaveG]

Okay, good news! I just got this email from Eno at Tomenosuke:

hi,David.

Thanks for your contact.

Kit version of the blade runner blaster

We will rerease it within 2 months,
We can’t accept any pre^order yet,

Please check the bellow page and blog,
”ò‘Ë‚ŽR —¯”V•¤“X –{“XF—¯”V•ƒuƒ‰ƒXƒ^[
???? ????? ??????

Thanks,

eno

 

[JD Douglas]

Okay, good news! I just got this email from Eno at Tomenosuke:...Please check the bellow page and blog...???? ????? ??????

Argh!

Every time I've gone to the blog (BTW, many thanks for the updates!), I've seen this row of blaster thumbnails with what seemed like an errant Ghostbusters hearse between them. So this time I click through and find a bunch of nifty art, including this triptych:

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Which is totally awesome and totally sold out!

Why me?

This is yet another discovery I've made of something I love that I can't have. So here I go again on the hunt. Searching. Waiting. Eventually overpaying...This is how you're supposed to do it, right? Get in the game late, pay high premiums and big markups to third parties?

Internet, you are a cruel mistress...

- JD

(Sorry for the derail...nothing to see here...move along, move along.)

 

[staermose]

Argh!

Which is totally awesome and totally sold out!

Why me?

This is yet another discovery I've made of something I love that I can't have. So here I go again on the hunt. Searching. Waiting. Eventually overpaying...This is how you're supposed to do it, right? Get in the game late, pay high premiums and big markups to third parties?

Internet, you are a cruel mistress...

- JD

(Sorry for the derail...nothing to see here...move along, move along.)

Not really, I've sent you a PM

 

[Knightjar]

My knowledge of Japanese is embarrassingly minimal and all I can understand on that page is "Sold Out". Fingers crossed we can order a kit soon!

Please check the bellow page and blog,
”ò‘Ë‚ŽR —¯”V•¤“X –{“XF—¯”V•ƒuƒ‰ƒXƒ^[
???? ????? ??????

Thanks,

eno

 

[JD Douglas]

Not really, I've sent you a PM

Yes you did, and thank you very much! (One more reason to love RPF!)

For those interested, his great artwork is available on Society6 - Staermose Posters | Society6.

Thanks again, Staermose!

- JD

 

[Rylo]

Excited about this one, myself!

-Rylo

 

[rotembk]

New blog post about pre-ordering the kit, the gist of which is this:

and, if I understand correctly, the first 200 pre-orders will also receive for free police model conversion parts:

 

[Tom1971]

According to the currency converter 49,800 Japanese Yen (JYN) is $541.711.


How do I order if that is correct????????