I don't see what is your issue with this. Don't you think Tamiya Japan are aware of how this works? Multiple Japanese shops already have opened preorders for these new products with the product info posted, just as they have done with every new release for many years already. It's year 2015 we're living in so this procedure will not be news to anyone.

I have no personal or business relationship with Tamiya. If someone runs a news website, magazine, or whatever, you're just doing your job when you publish news when you find news. It's the same whether it's real cars or RC cars you're reporting on. Some RC people, even if they are just normal customers and fans of a certain brand, seem to feel they have some sort of obligation to the brand. I never got this.

I don't have any info on these cars where it says it cannot be published. What I have published is openly available stuff that's already out there. Tamiyablog, RedRC among others run the news already.

There are many times over the years I have received info before it's publicly available. But when asked not to post it until a certain date, or keep it to myself, I have always honoured that agreement and will continue to do so. People who know me know this. But when something's already out, of course it will spread fast.

If you have a need to discuss/comment/ask more on this topic you can contact me through my blog or by a PM on here.