YCare, ya' know if you're able to speak to eHobby, I'd highly recommend that you get them to send the info. I know the information is probably available on the web, etc. However at least in my personal experience, when "you" have caused some govt officials some "trouble", they expect you to grovel and spoon-feed them with the information they want (and sometimes the information they want is very -vague-). In short, it's almost like you've done them wrong and you have to "plead sorry" "plead forgive me" for it.
You pretty much have to have all the holes/grey area covered. I'm crossing my fingers for you mate.
Well I already contacted eHobby to ask sending the certificate whatever, but if they do it by mail it will take forever, so... I "provided" the eHobby Asia certificates by fax to the customs. This way it's eHobby Asia's documents and not mine, so I'm not responsible for it ^^
But anyway, it's my gf handling the thing all in Japanese, so I'm sure she must be apologizing a lot either way.
Crossing fingers indeed... waiting for feedback from customs now.
(21-05-2010 03:41 PM)GingaNinga Wrote: [ -> ](That's what you get for leaving this comment Ycare "Good buyer! Recommended even though Canadian" lol)
EDIT:
Well, we got our confirmation for good: Full Metal handguns are NOT legal in Japan.
Don't ask me why full assault rifle are, cuz this makes no sense, but whatever, this is Japan, half makes no sense here.
I'm checking with eHobby Asia for sending disassembled (sounds like it's a service they can provide), or if plain refund, depends on the costs there...
PS: that sux big time. And wtf was the matter with the scarf anyway if the hold up was the gun. BS.
Wow. I am sorry you had to find out the hard way.
I wonder if they would have to send the hand guns in two separate packages?
I think, from my understanding, that the full metal issue is that "maybe" a full metal handgun "could be used" (or confused) as a real gun easier because there are people with real ones in Japan. They of course have licenses to own them. You probably have to get a license to own a full metal toy pistol as well. Assault weapons aren't legally owned, so there is no chance to confuse them, so it's OK...and there is probably an understanding that a toy M4 would never be converted to a real gun because it couldn't with stand a real bullet. Just a guess...but all the same, raw deal!
Now we know.
Really? Licenses fo firearms for civilians? As far as I'm concerned firearms are globally illegal for any civilian, I thought even licensed has recently been revoked. I remember reading about that. But I've been wrong before... like for this goddam full metal thing.
And another update: Full metal PISTOLS are forbidden. Assault rifles, bazookas, whatever, are fine, pistols aren't.
Great.
So we know now that full metal pistols are illegal, but I wonder about slides? Sa we recall, this thread started as a discussion about slides. Did they happen to mention anything to you Ycare about slides?
Thank you for clarifying for us that Metal Pistols are infact illegal. I am sorry we had to learn this through your misfortune. They didn't threaten you with charges or anything did they? Just sent the package back?
I'll update the situation on my package hopefully on Monday, customs closed for now.
Ginga, the law mentions only "Full metal pistols" to be illegal. Slides are fine, and as a matter of fact if I could convince the customs that the gun wasn't full metal, they would be ok releasing it.
I guess that explains the note mentioned in the Desert Eagle full metal kit. Choose one, either make the slide metal or make the frame metal.
The logical (loophole-ish) step now is to choose guns that are by nature, NOT full metal for realism, like Glocks, USPs, 2011's
