Quote Originally Posted by MEEEGGGAAATTTRRROOONNN!!! View Post
Some blame should be placed on TT because at least have some low-res grainy "do not copy" pics on hand so that the suppliers know what they're hocking.
If a retailer decides to break embargo (or even before they have been given details) and put a preorder up it's not Takara's fault.

The only thing you could possibly blame Takara for is if it was a situation like the new Intel 7700k. A bunch of publications and some retailers decided to break embargo and publish reviews and take preorders months ahead of the January 3rd date. The important thing is Intel did nothing to take down the reviews, cancel preorders, threaten legal action or anything like that despite it getting Intel bad press because the reviews were based on pre-alpha firmware that ran the CPU incredibly hot. That hurt every publisher and retailer that played by the rules and respected the embargo.