Originally Posted by
niznai
I am not sure how Tamiya can force HK shops not to send to the EU? Take their sales away? That would really hurt Tamiya, because the highest sales outside Japan are from HK.
On the other hand the EU is protected by their import duties which are quite high anyway.
I know this from 100% source. It's a fact!
All big players in HK (RCmart, rcjaz etc.) stopped sending out Tam parts and kits to EU. It began in their Ebay shops 1 year ago.
Example:
This means, they cannot send it to my address. Same with RCMart. Year ago there was never a problem.