Our company is exploring the possibility of starting a retail internet
store that sells Tokyo Marui Airsoft Guns and accessories. (for a
reference see www.airsoft1.com).

==Wholesaler/Manufacturer information==

We need to know the process for importing Tokyo Marui airsoft guns. We
have visited their website but it is in Japanese
(www.tokyo-marui.co.jp).

==Process of ordering/shipping/importing Airsoft from Tokyo Marui==

We would like detailed information about the process of ordering,
shipping, and receiving products from Tokyo Marui. Who do we contact?
How do we order? What paperwork do we fill out? Do they come directly
to us or do we pick them up somewhere?

To boil the question down, we would like a detailed description of the
process from the time we make a call to our contact at Tokyo Marui to
the time when we receive or pickup the product.

==Process of ordering/shipping/importing Airsoft accessories==

We would like detailed information about wholesalers that provide high
quality airsoft accecories (masks, pellets, green gas, clips, etc?)

==Legality of importing Airsoft==

These guns look very much like real guns so we figure there may be
some legal issues and/or extra costs associated with importing them
over borders and such. We would like to learn about the legal issues
surrounding the importation of theses pellet guns from foreign
distributors to a domestic retail store.

==Legality of selling Airsoft==

While Airsoft guns are not intended to harm anyone, the pellets still
travel at an extremely high velocity and could cause serious harm if
the user does not wear the proper equipment. What are the seller
liabilities involved with a product that could cause serious harm to
someone if not used properly. *You may want to compare this to
PaintBall guns. I am sure that the legal issues are similar.

Possibly Helpful links:
http://www.jiehongsolar.com/airsoft_wholesale.htm
http://www.tokyo-marui.co.jp/
http://www.airsoft1.com/

Thank you.

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Clarification of Question by ionzoft-ga on 23 Mar 2004 19:20 PST

Hello,

I am new to google groups, but I had thought that this would have been
answered by now.  Am I missing something?  Is the price not high
enough?

Please Advise.

Thanks,
JG

I checked Marui's web page.  They are wholeseller, so there are some
stores listed in all over Japan which you can purchase their products
from, but there are no link you can order them through internet. I can
ask them to add English site on their web page.