And he threw the mannequin away out of guilt
With a mannequin for nearly each cellular go well with within the franchise at completely different constructing ranges there’s a Gundam plastic mannequin or gun for nearly everybody. Nonetheless, some shops that gun fashions don’t seal the containers, permitting patrons to swap the field lids and illegally buy a mannequin for a cheaper price. And that’s precisely what reportedly occurred on August 11 on the Hobbyland Akihabara retailer.
Gundam: ©SOTSU・SUNRISE ©SOTSU・SUNRISE・MBS Copyright ©Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc. All rights reserved., Photograph: Hobbyland Akihabara
The issue got here to gentle in X (previously Twitter) messages from Hobbyland Akihabara on August 13. Within the first of 5 messages, the shop said that clients had been not allowed to open their doorways gun containers to examine the contents. As an alternative, clients ought to ask the employees on the checkout.
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
It’s forbidden to open the field earlier than buy.
Please contact the worker on the checkout.It has been found that the contents of HGCE Drive Impulse and HGUC Gundam have been swapped.
We apologize to our clients and ask to your understanding.#HOBBYLAND#Akihabara#modelhome#Gunpla#BANDAI#Plastic mannequin picture.twitter.com/Gce8i4MXQ3
— HOBBYLAND Akihabara (@Hobbyland_akiba) August 13, 2024
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
Don’t open the field earlier than buy. Test with the cashier.
An incident has been found the place the contents of HGCE Drive Impulse and HGUC Gundam have been swapped. We apologize to our clients and ask to your understanding.
Hobbyland Akihabara made this choice after discovering {that a} male buyer had allegedly swapped the covers of the containers gun fashions to purposely decrease the value of the mannequin he wished to buy. In a later publish from the shop, they revealed that the shopper had swapped field covers between a Excessive Grade (HG) Cosmic Period (CE) Drive Impulse Gundam and Gundam Aerial, between an Entry Grade (EG) Nu Gundam and an HG Common Century (UC) RX-78 Gundam, between the HGCE Drive Impulse Gundam and the EG Nu Gundam, and between the HGUC RX-78 Gundam and the Gundam Aerial.
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
To jot down it in an comprehensible manner,
Antenna (impulse)…Purchased by the prison on the eleventh
EGν (RX-78)…Purchased by a international buyer on the twelfth
Impulse (EGν)…Clients who made a purchase order on the twelfth visited the shop on the thirteenth.
RX-78 (antenna)…found throughout stock examine after the incidentWill probably be so
It seems that a number of replacements had been carried out earlier than Aerial (Impulse) was bought.— HOBBYLAND Akihabara (@Hobbyland_akiba) August 13, 2024
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
To make it simpler to grasp,
Air (Impulse)… Bought by the perpetrator on the 11
EGν(RX-78)… A international buyer purchased it on the twelfth.
Impulse (EGν)… A buyer who purchased it on the twelfth got here to the shop on the thirteenth.
RX-78 (Air)… Found throughout stock examine after the incidentThe Aerial (Impulse) was modified a number of occasions earlier than it was bought.
Hobbyland Akihabara in an X/Twitter The publish gave the alleged perpetrator till 8pm on August 13 to contact the shop. In the event that they didn’t, the shop would report the crime to the police. Hobbyland Akihabara even posted a follow-up message 40 minutes earlier than the deadline, noting that the shop had his info as a result of the fee was made utilizing the digital fee service Paypay.
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
Present standing of this incident
Utilizing a retailer clerk’s particular sense of odor (to reply to crimes) and surveillance cameras.
The perpetrator is nearly recognized 🧒🫵
You may suppose that this retailer has little safety consciousness, however in actual fact we’ve got put in 4 full HD safety cameras.
The picture of the face is ideal👌
If we’ve got not heard from you by 8pm as we speak, we are going to report the injury. https://t.co/PIXrMjqu6l
— HOBBYLAND Akihabara (@Hobbyland_akiba) August 13, 2024
HOBBYLAND Akihabara
The present standing of this incident.
With the assistance of the shop employees’s particular sense of odor (to fight crime) and surveillance cameras, the perpetrator has been kind of recognized🧒🫵
It’s possible you’ll suppose that the safety of our retailer shouldn’t be optimum, however we’ve got put in 4 Full HD safety cameras.
The face is captured completely👌If I have never heard from you by 8pm as we speak, we are going to file a report.
As a result of it pertains to my future life.
that is your final probability
Nonetheless 40 minutes till 8pm
Contact me!!
Once I paid I used PayPal so
I am unable to run away 🤦🏻♂️
Please 🙏 https://t.co/6AloSGZ7M9
— HOBBYLAND Akihabara (@Hobbyland_akiba) August 13, 2024
As a result of that is one thing that can have an effect on your future.
That is your final probability
Solely 40 minutes left till 8pm
Contact us!
You paid with PayPay, so you’ll be able to’t get out of it🤦🏻♂️
Please🙏
Sadly, the perpetrator didn’t contact Hobbyland Akihabara by the 8:00 PM deadline. Nonetheless, in line with a report from Fuji Information Community (FNN) on August 14, the person confirmed up on the retailer whereas the information company was interviewing the supervisor of Hobbyland Akihabara. FNN posted a part of the ordeal on their YouTube channel.
In the course of the assembly it was revealed that the perpetrator was not solely the gunhowever then threw it away out of guilt. When the supervisor of Hobbyland Akihabara pressed him to say why he had dedicated fraud, the person stated he had been tempted. The interplay reportedly lasted for an hour, after which the supervisor stated he would nonetheless report it to the police.
Sources: Hobbyland Akihabara’s X/Twitter account (hyperlink 2, hyperlink 3, hyperlink 4, hyperlink 5) through Esuteru, Fuji New Community, Fuji Information Community’s YouTube channel
