Changes: Bluefin Brands

Revision as of 22:50, 6 July 2020

This article is about an e-retail store in the Kamen Rider Series.

Bluefin Brands aka Bluefin Corp. is an American retailer based in Anaheim, California which specializes in collectible products such as toys, figurines and hobby kits from Japanese toy brands and various intellectual properties. They were a subsidy of Nippon Imports, LLC. In 2019, Bandai Namco acquired an 80% stake the company to accelerate the import distribution of their toys to North America and internationally.^[1]

Team Rider

In 2019, a special group called Team Rider aka Team Kamen Rider was founded, whose purpose is to market and interact with fans of Kamen Rider in the North American region with David Clarke as its brand manager^[2]. The group made itself known to the public at the 2019 Anime NYC convention. This included social media, fan events at conventions and online as well as the sale and distribution of official Kamen Rider merchandise made by Bandai. The members of the group are fans of the franchise themselves and the team interacts with internet personalities in the fandom and tokusatsu news websites.^[3]

On February 22, 2020, Team Rider appeared at the 2020 New York Toy Fair for a fan meet up at the Midtown Comics shop, which featured a group photo op, deals on Bandai toys and a prize giveaway of a DX Sengoku Driver. ^[4]

On July 2020, the group announced "Heisei Week", a celebration of the Heisei Riders which counted down to Shout! Factory's streaming premiere of Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER. The event consisted of livestreams with Team Rider chatting with fans about each Heisei Rider series from July 6th to July 11th. Other activities included special merchandise announcements such as new products and bundle sales and an exclusive deal with Amazon to make US size versions of the Heisei Rider 20th anniversary T-shirts to sell on the e-retailer's website.^[5]^[6]

References

External Links

Official Site
@BluefinBrands - The company's Twitter account
@TeamRiderUS - Team Rider Official Twitter
Team Rider Instagram
Team Rider Facebook

[1] ttps://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-09-21/bandai-namco-acquires-bluefin-establishes-u.s-toy-company/.137100

[2] ttps://news.tokunation.com/2019/11/17/interview-with-david-clarke-brand-manager-of-team-rider-bluefin-brands-64205

[3] ttps://news.tokunation.com/2020/01/04/recap-our-interview-with-team-rider-from-bluefin-brands-65218

[4] ttps://news.tokunation.com/2020/01/20/team-rider-at-toy-fair-nyc-fan-meet-up-at-times-square-65492

[5] ttps://news.tokunation.com/2020/07/03/heisei-kamen-rider-apparel-now-available-on-amazon-usa-sizing-and-color-options-67666

[6] ttps://www.bluefinbrands.com/heisei-week

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 On February 22, 2020, Team Rider appeared at the 2020 New York Toy Fair for a fan meet up at the Midtown Comics shop, which featured a group photo op, deals on Bandai toys and a prize giveaway of a DX [[Sengoku Driver]]. <ref>https://news.tokunation.com/2020/01/20/team-rider-at-toy-fair-nyc-fan-meet-up-at-times-square-65492</ref>
-On July 2020, the group announced "Heisei Week", a celebration of the Heisei Riders which counted down to [[Shout! Factory]]'s streaming premiere of ''[[Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER]]''. The event consisted of livestreams with Team Rider chatting with fans about each Heisei Rider series from July 6th to July 11th. Other activities included special merchandise announcements such as new products and bundle sales and an exclusive deal with Amazon to make US size versions of the Heisei Rider 20th anniversary T-shirts to sell on the e-retailer's website.<ref>https://news.tokunation.com/2020/07/03/heisei-kamen-rider-apparel-now-available-on-amazon-usa-sizing-and-color-options-67666</ref><ref>https://www.bluefinbrands.com/heisei-week</ref>
+On July 2020, the group announced "Heisei Week", a celebration of the [[Heisei Riders]] which counted down to [[Shout! Factory]]'s streaming premiere of ''[[Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER]]''. The event consisted of livestreams with Team Rider chatting with fans about each Heisei Rider series from July 6th to July 11th. Other activities included special merchandise announcements such as new products and bundle sales and an exclusive deal with Amazon to make US size versions of the Heisei Rider 20th anniversary T-shirts to sell on the e-retailer's website.<ref>https://news.tokunation.com/2020/07/03/heisei-kamen-rider-apparel-now-available-on-amazon-usa-sizing-and-color-options-67666</ref><ref>https://www.bluefinbrands.com/heisei-week</ref>
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