That doesn't require any communication skills. You just enter the competition and win by random chance. I won a chrome silver Bluestreak reissue that way when I preordered eHobby Megaplex (they automatically put all preorders into a draw). You do need a Japanese residential address though. But yeah, bugging them won't win you any random draw prizes, only luck!(or lots of money if you want to buy one off the aftermarket)
I'm so glad I've never had this type of issue on any of my figures, but from reading threads and listening to TF podcast these issues sound really common.
Out of the 1663 Transformers that I've purchased over a span of 28 years, I've only ever had it happen once. I'd say it's a freakishly rare occurrence IMHO.![]()