Damn Playmates to Hell!!

NECA is finally doing the Eastman and Laird Shredder + Foot Clan Ninja... There is one slight catch... just like last time with the Arcade Turtles. There might be some available to buy online but only to US Addresses... What does that mean? contiguous 48 states only? all 50? Or is it 50 states + Territories (ie, Puerto Rico)?

Why does NECA have all these limitations with their product? One is obvious: Playmates Toys... They cockblocked the TMNT after we got the 4H-Made TMNT...
Now that the TMNT are under new owners...
 who can be almost as evil as

I'm not surprised that the blockade exists... It's kinda stupid though. These are aimed at Adult Collectors, while Playmates does the Kid Friendly stuff. There is no overlapping of customers. The TMNT Classics were a nice lure to collectors, but they were a bit hard to find. (and Playmates kinda cancelled the line with no Shredder, Splinter and Krang) Letting NECA do a different scale line for Adults is not going to hurt the sales of the TMNT toys for kids. Forcing NECA to this super-limited run with thousands of prohibitions makes them look like the bad guy. Yeah, I'm a bit angry that I won't be able to get a Shredder...