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An extraordinarily rare floppy disk — one of just 50 copies of Tsukihime Trial Edition ever produced — was allegedly destroyed coming through U.S. Customs.
Collector Keripo shared a video of themselves opening the demo floppy disk delivery on X/Twitter, only to discover the disk had been damaged in such a way that it could only have been deliberate. Across the original packaging tape is another labelled "Opened and Resealed By Customs." It's unclear if it was courier DHL or U.S. Customs that destroyed the disk.
"My Tsukhime Trial Edition (月姫 体験版) finally arrived, one of only 50 copies in the world," wrote Keripo on X/Twitter (thanks, Tom's Hardware). "Only to discover that U.S. Customs had removed all the bubble wrap and physically destroyed the floppy disk. Will file a report, but literally crying right now."
The tweet includes a video of Keripo opening the package. Getting a peek at the contents, they mutter "Oh my god," under their breath, before exclaiming: "What the f***! No way. No way. Noooo way. What… they actually destroyed the floppy disk. What the hell. W-w… what the f***."
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If you're wondering if the sender/seller could've sent it like that, Keripo wrote: "This [embedded above] was what it looked like before it was shipped. The sender even took extra care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use lots of bubble wrap to protect it. Would never have expected U.S. Customs to both remove all that AND intentionally damage the floppy directly…
"It was actually a friend who helped me buy and ship it. He has his own copy, so he was able to do a scan and confirm its authenticity, including some unfortunate bad sectors. But the value isn't the content but the physical collectors item, which has been damaged beyond repair."
Challenged on why they just-so-happened to be recording as the package was opened, Keripo wrote: "When your carefully packaged box containing a historical artifact arrives at your doorstep completely ripped apart and barely held together with 'Opened and resealed by Customs' tape, plus makes rattling noises that it shouldn't when you pick it up, the first thing you should do is whip out your camera and record.
"The video is real, U.S. Customs opened/resealed the box poorly, the item is genuine, not a fake, the package shipped from my friend in Portugal, not Japan, the excess packaging is common for fragile Japanese collector item," they added.
It's unclear why the disk was destroyed, but some suggest the demo's 'Adult Only' label may have been the issue, as the law states "all persons are prohibited from importing into the United States from any foreign country [...] any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article which is obscene or immoral." What constitutes "obscene or immortal" is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Tsukihime is a Japanese adult visual novel released in 2000 developed by Type-Moon. It has since been adapted into both an anime and manga series. Keripo hasn't said how much they paid for Tsukihime Trial Edition, but did point to what they described as an authentic auction listing for it, which went for around $16,000.
Keripo added that they intended for Tsukihime Trial Edition to be the main attraction at a public Type-Moon museum "featuring all their historical works before they became big." "Now its even more special as the one-of-a-kind 'destroyed by U.S. Customs' edition!" they joked.
Bonus: Sender seething & malding in a youtube comments section:
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An extraordinarily rare floppy disk — one of just 50 copies of Tsukihime Trial Edition ever produced — was allegedly destroyed coming through U.S. Customs.
Collector Keripo shared a video of themselves opening the demo floppy disk delivery on X/Twitter, only to discover the disk had been damaged in such a way that it could only have been deliberate. Across the original packaging tape is another labelled "Opened and Resealed By Customs." It's unclear if it was courier DHL or U.S. Customs that destroyed the disk.
"My Tsukhime Trial Edition (月姫 体験版) finally arrived, one of only 50 copies in the world," wrote Keripo on X/Twitter (thanks, Tom's Hardware). "Only to discover that U.S. Customs had removed all the bubble wrap and physically destroyed the floppy disk. Will file a report, but literally crying right now."
The tweet includes a video of Keripo opening the package. Getting a peek at the contents, they mutter "Oh my god," under their breath, before exclaiming: "What the f***! No way. No way. Noooo way. What… they actually destroyed the floppy disk. What the hell. W-w… what the f***."
(source, a)
If you're wondering if the sender/seller could've sent it like that, Keripo wrote: "This [embedded above] was what it looked like before it was shipped. The sender even took extra care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use lots of bubble wrap to protect it. Would never have expected U.S. Customs to both remove all that AND intentionally damage the floppy directly…
"It was actually a friend who helped me buy and ship it. He has his own copy, so he was able to do a scan and confirm its authenticity, including some unfortunate bad sectors. But the value isn't the content but the physical collectors item, which has been damaged beyond repair."
Challenged on why they just-so-happened to be recording as the package was opened, Keripo wrote: "When your carefully packaged box containing a historical artifact arrives at your doorstep completely ripped apart and barely held together with 'Opened and resealed by Customs' tape, plus makes rattling noises that it shouldn't when you pick it up, the first thing you should do is whip out your camera and record.
"The video is real, U.S. Customs opened/resealed the box poorly, the item is genuine, not a fake, the package shipped from my friend in Portugal, not Japan, the excess packaging is common for fragile Japanese collector item," they added.
It's unclear why the disk was destroyed, but some suggest the demo's 'Adult Only' label may have been the issue, as the law states "all persons are prohibited from importing into the United States from any foreign country [...] any obscene book, pamphlet, paper, writing, advertisement, circular, print, picture, drawing, or other representation, figure, or image on or of paper or other material, or any cast, instrument, or other article which is obscene or immoral." What constitutes "obscene or immortal" is determined on a case-by-case basis.
Tsukihime is a Japanese adult visual novel released in 2000 developed by Type-Moon. It has since been adapted into both an anime and manga series. Keripo hasn't said how much they paid for Tsukihime Trial Edition, but did point to what they described as an authentic auction listing for it, which went for around $16,000.
Keripo added that they intended for Tsukihime Trial Edition to be the main attraction at a public Type-Moon museum "featuring all their historical works before they became big." "Now its even more special as the one-of-a-kind 'destroyed by U.S. Customs' edition!" they joked.
Bonus: Sender seething & malding in a youtube comments section:
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