Tamashii Nations Award 2010

Tamashii Nation launched a new fans feedback feature called "Tamashii Nations Award 2010" yesterday. Through Tamashii Web, Bandai is calling out to fans to vote for their favorite item from Tamashii Nation, released between April 1st, 2009 and March 31st, 2010.



The campaign has started since yesterday (April 28th) and will end on May 6th. 100 regular releases and limited items from Tamashii Nation will be given out to the participants in this campaign through lucky draw style.



To vote, you need to check out the specific item no. assigned to each "contestant" in the award first, which can be found in this page. There are 272 items listed from 54 categories, a whooping number. ^^

1. Robot Damashii = 39,
2. S.H. Figuarts = 24,
3. S.I.C. = 6,
4. S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii = 9,
5. S.I.C. Takumi Damashii = 1,
6. Manga Realization = 4,
7. Chogokin = 3,
8. Soul of Chogokin = 7,
9. DX Chogokin = 5,
10. Chogokin for the Adult = 1,
11. Saint Seiya Myth Cloth series = 11,
12. Armor Plus = 2,
13. Soul of Popynica = 2,
14. G.F.F. Metal Composite = 1,
15. G.F.F.N. = 2
16. Keroro Fix Figuration = 2,
17. Formania = 1,
18. SDX = 5,
19. VF Hi-Metal = 1,
20. VF100's = 3,
21. Chouzoukei Damashii = 10,
22. Pu Pu Pu Strap = 1,
23. Pu Pu Pu Netsuke = 1,
24. Half Age Girls = 2,
25. Evangelion R-Style = 3,
26. R-Style = 1,
27. PC Pasotomo = 4,
28. Chibi Voice = 2,
29. Big Foot Player = 1,
30. Project BM! = 1,
31. Twist Action Form = 2,
32. Jumbo Machinder Neo = 1,
33. Soft Vinyl Damashii = 2,
34. Ultra Heroine Fantasy SFX Teenage Girl Collection = 1,
35. 1/8 Figurine = 1,
36. Calendar Characters = 1,
37. Tamashii Web Shop limited Robot Damashii = 20,
38. Tamashii Web Shop limited S.H. Figuarts = 16,
39. Tamashii Web Shop limited DX Chogokin = 4,
40. Tamashii Web Shop limited Chogokin = 1,
41. Tamashii Web Shop limited Soul of Chogokin = 2,
42. Tamashii Web Shop limited Saint Seiya Myth Cloth Appendix = 2,
43. Tamashii Web Shop limited Saint Seiya Myth Cloth = 2,
44. Tamashii Web Shop limited S.I.C. = 4
45. Tamashii Web Shop limited SDX = 3,
46. Tamashii Web Shop limited Jibun Damashii = 2,
47. Tamashii Web Shop limited G.F.F.N. = 1,
48. Tamashii Web Shop limited In Action!! OffShoot = 1,
49. Tamashii Web Shop limited Big Foot Player = 1,
50. Magazine, event & other channel limited Robot Damashii = 5,
51. Magazine, event & other channel limited S.H. Figuarts = 6,
52. Magazine, event & other channel limited Seiya Myth Cloth = 5,
53. Magazine, event & other channel limited Soul of Chogokin = 3,
54. Magazine, event & other channel limited other items = 23.

From the list, you can see that 101 items are limited release, which made up of 37 percent of the entire collection. From we, we can safely deduct that many releases from Tamashii Nation, or Bandai Collector Division, are meant for their exclusive collection value, which holds true to the department's name.

The second step in participating in the campaign is the answer a set of questions related to your selected item through this page (Click yes after selecting the left radio button). Quite a hard task for international fans because the entire questionnaire is in Japanese. Also, it's mentioned that the campaign is Japan limited, and the lucky draw present will not be delivered to oversea addresses.

There are 5 categories of award to be voted:
* Overall: Applicable to all items. Pick up to 3 items.

* Packaging: Item with the best packaging. Pick only 1 item.

* Gimmick: Item with the most impressive gimmicks. Pick only 1 item.

* "Amazing" section: Items with the best elements of surprise - features one didn't expect of, such as color, realization of certain designer's style, pure amazement that the project is pursued in the first place and so on. Pick only 1 item.

* Proportion: Items with the best proportion and coolest appearance design. Pick only 1 item.

Each person can only answer the questionnaire once, or the chance of winning the lucky draw prizes will be forfeited.

The result will be published in Late May, with 10 winners from the Overall section, and 3 winners each from the other 4 sections.

Images and information are from Tamashii Web.