New products, but not to America?

Ah it's the post Christmas period. Merry Christmas all and a happy New Year. A couple of noteworthy mentions of Arte Tokio. Firstly I got a message from someone wanting to order from them. This person had been told that Arte Tokio was not at the time accepting orders from America and would be contacted when they are. I found this somewhat odd, and decided to do a tiny bit of investigating. I concluded that it could be because of the time of year. Arte Tokio has stated on their website that they are on holiday from "New Years holiday is from December 27th to January 3rd.". (from http://www.artetokio.com/english/index.html) Though that's possibly the reason why an order couldn't be placed, it's not a concrete explanation as I received the message on the 21st of Dec, which is before their holiday time.

Another reason that occurred to me this might be is that they might be putting off accepting orders as part of negotiations with a reseller. There is something on their site that I had not noticed before:

"
Accepting application for overseas sales companies.
Arte Tokio is now accepting application for corporations currently involved in overseas sales. While negotiations with interested companies are now underway for Europe, Russia, America, China and other offers will be declined, the opportunity for sales in Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and other countries is still open. Corporations interested in the latter countries are requested to contact us, along with an explanation of their company overview, by email.
"
on http://www.artetokio.com/english/aboutus.html


I'm generally leaning towards the notion that they are a small Nipon-centric company which is probably very busy currently, and probably doesn't want to take on business that it can't meet just yet, particularly from a client base that isn't their core.


Now on to other nice shinies. Well Arte Tokio has expanded their inventory, and this time it's stuff I would have particularly wanted, namely a long camisole, a different coloured wig and glasses (yes for the doll, not for me!).






image and screen capture from
http://www.artetokio.com/english/order03.html


And of particular note also, is this.


image from
http://www.artetokio.com/felice_an2.html

at the time this was written, you can see this doll only on the Japanese version of the site. Thinking about it, though I am happy with the custom Felice An I have now, and currently profess that of the body choices available, I'd choose the 'normal' Arte 060, however if this version of Felice were available when I was ordering, I probably would have gotten her instead. Guess that's the nature of commerce, keep making more stuff you want to get later.


Now on to a little nit picking. Firstly, I thought of getting glasses for Felice because I though she might look cute in them. Though there are glasses on the site now, I probably wouldn't be getting a pair, as I'd prefer them in a different style. I do realise that you can get doll accessories from elsewhere, but well, I didn't want to be shopping around and maybe gamble that the products wouldn't fit quite right. I'm not buying anything right now, so this is a hypothetical 'if I bought right now' speech.

Secondly, when I got Felice, my intention had been to have her with black hair, something I won't be doing for a while I think. But the site, at the time this was written is lacking in black wigs; though I am otherwise impressed by the range posted, and would probably have gotten a brown one. Probably the 'Gothic Twin tail Brown'.


image from
http://www.artetokio.com/english/order03.html


Yeaap, the more I look at the new Adult Felice An, the more I'm convinced I would have gotten her, considering that if I could have I would have gotten Tamaki. Since Adult Felice An is not a character licensed to Arte Tokio by someone else, I imagine it will be a short while before she's available on the English version of the site.