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Posted by Ralph Wood on May 8, 2025, 6:03:39, in reply to "Aotori ( ? who ? ) 1/350th USS Atlanta and USS San Diego due in UK in June"
When I googled Aotori, I got:
1) a private Instagram account
2) a Pakistani site that features this Chinese sewing machine company:
https://aotori.enic.pk/
And 3) this tantalizing tidbit:
https://tsurumai-hobby.jp/maker/aotori-model?srsltid=AfmBOoovnzK-N-q2pYtTzEJWQgcC4a5xFtIN_I-UC9GpdxqUTxwds-J5
When I put the Japanese characters in parentheses into a translator, it came out "Hasegawa." The Japanese below that says, essentially "sorry, no products available."
What I am concluding is that Hasegawa may be "sponsoring" a new entry into the plastic kit market. The Chinese sewing machine company might be wanting to diversify (??)
For whatever this might be worth. 
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I receive the HLJ newsletter and the latest announced ship kits are the Aotori ( ? who ? ) 1/350th USS Atlanta and USS San Diego due in UK in June.
See ;
https://www.hlj.com/search/?q=*&productFilter=addedDate%3ALast%2030%20days%3B%3BaddedDate%3ALast%207%20days%3B%3Bcategory%3AShips#
UK cost is £84.15, reduced from a nominal £105.17.
I searched google but could not trace the company "Aotori".
Whether this will get into the USA, or not, (and at what price) I cannot say.
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