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Tamiya getting lazy -- or more likely , they've somethink good coming in the near future-- i hope 😵
Tamiya have been reboxing kits for the Japanese market more than 40 years. The only reason it's become well known outside Japan in recent years is because the Internet allows us to see (and therefore order) their domestic releases.
They do it because it makes it easier for the local market to obtain overseas kits - importing into Japan is not always straightforward so companies like Italeri have long had arrangements with Tamiya to rebox kits - sometimes Tamiya add extra sprues and sometimes they don't.
Remember also that nearly 90% of Tamiya's sales are to their own domestic market - international exports only account for a small proportion of their sales.
Regards,
John