Greg Roch of Comic Readers in Regina, Saskatchewan saw the news that Upper Deck is changing its shipping policy on new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases and suggests other companies follow suit.

Dean Phillips of Krypton Comics in Omaha, Nebraska saw the news that Upper Deck is changing its shipping policy on new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases and gives Upper Deck his appreciation.

Bob Cosner of Bob's Baseball Cards in Des Moines, Iowa, who was one of the retailers that sent a Talk Back comment on Upper Deck's past release date policies, saw the news that Upper Deck is changing its shipping policy on new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases and gives Upper Deck his kudos.

Daniel McAbee of The Tangled Web in Spartanburg, South Carolina saw the news that Upper Deck is changing its shipping policy on new Yu-Gi-Oh! releases and shares his reaction.

Responding to widespread discontent among its game and hobby store customers, Upper Deck is changing its shipping policies on the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG to give game and hobby stores an advantage over its mass merchant and other chain customers.

Rich Henry, Senior Vice President of Sales at the Upper Deck Company, saw the recent comments on ICv2 on Upper Deck's release times to the various channels through which it sells the Yu-Gi-Oh! TCG, and sent us this open letter to hobby retailers.

David Loftus of AK Comics in Beloit, Wisconsin saw the comment from Paula Fuge of Gnome Games and shares his comments on Upper Deck release dates, and on the number of Yu-Gi-Oh! releases.

In issue #9 of the ICv2 Retailers Guide to Anime/Manga , we report that the manga market continued its robust growth in 2004.

Bob Cosner of Bob's Baseball Cards in Des Moines, Iowa saw a recent interview with an Upper Deck spokesperson and was 'amazed' at the answers in the context of current Upper Deck release patterns to its sales channels.

Paula Fuge of Gnome Games in Green Bay, Wisconsin has some comments on when Upper Deck releases products to its sales channels.