An awfully uncommon floppy disk — one among simply 50 copies of Tsukihime Trial Version ever produced — was allegedly destroyed coming by means of U.S. Customs.
Collector Keripo shared a video of themselves opening the demo floppy disk supply on X/Twitter, solely to find the disk had been broken in such a method that it may solely have been deliberate. Throughout the unique packaging tape is one other labelled “Opened and Resealed By Customs.” It is unclear if it was courier DHL or U.S. Customs that destroyed the disk.
“My Tsukhime Trial Version (月姫 体験版) lastly arrived, one among solely 50 copies on this planet,” wrote Keripo on X/Twitter (thanks, Tom’s {Hardware}). “Solely to find that U.S. Customs had eliminated all of the bubble wrap and bodily destroyed the floppy disk. Will file a report, however actually crying proper now.”
The tweet features a video of Keripo opening the bundle. Getting a peek on the contents, they mutter “Oh my god,” beneath their breath, earlier than exclaiming: “What the f***! No method. No method. Noooo method. What… they really destroyed the floppy disk. What the hell. W-w… what the f***.”
This was what it regarded like earlier than it was shipped. The sender even took further care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use numerous bubble wrap to guard it. Would by no means have anticipated US Customs to each take away all that AND deliberately harm the floppy instantly… pic.twitter.com/k4tHjIuBZ5
— Keripo (@TehKeripo) February 27, 2026
If you happen to’re questioning if the sender/vendor may’ve despatched it like that, Keripo wrote: “This [embedded above] was what it regarded like earlier than it was shipped. The sender even took further care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use numerous bubble wrap to guard it. Would by no means have anticipated U.S. Customs to each take away all that AND deliberately harm the floppy instantly…
“It was really a pal who helped me purchase and ship it. He has his personal copy, so he was capable of do a scan and ensure its authenticity, together with some unlucky unhealthy sectors. However the worth is not the content material however the bodily collectors merchandise, which has been broken past restore.”
Challenged on why they just-so-happened to be recording because the bundle was opened, Keripo wrote: “When your fastidiously packaged field containing a historic artifact arrives at your step utterly ripped aside and barely held along with ‘Opened and resealed by Customs’ tape, plus makes rattling noises that it should not whenever you choose it up, the very first thing you need to do is whip out your digicam and document.
“The video is actual, U.S. Customs opened/resealed the field poorly, the merchandise is real, not a faux, the bundle shipped from my pal in Portugal, not Japan, the surplus packaging is widespread for fragile Japanese collector merchandise,” they added.
It is unclear why the disk was destroyed, however some recommend the demo’s ‘Grownup Solely’ label might have been the problem, because the legislation states “all individuals are prohibited from importing into the USA from any international nation […] any obscene e book, pamphlet, paper, writing, commercial, round, print, image, drawing, or different illustration, determine, or picture on or of paper or different materials, or any forged, instrument, or different article which is obscene or immoral.” What constitutes “obscene or immortal” is set on a case-by-case foundation.
Tsukihime is a Japanese grownup visible novel launched in 2000 developed by Kind-Moon. It has since been tailored into each an anime and manga sequence. Keripo hasn’t stated how a lot they paid for Tsukihime Trial Version, however did level to what they described as an genuine public sale itemizing for it, which went for round $16,000.
That is what an genuine public sale itemizing of a Tsukihime Preview Version seems like. The successful bid right here for this 2021 Mandarake stay public sale was 2.5 mil JPY (~$16k USD). There was no legit public itemizing for Tsukihime Trial Version in over 15 years so that is the closest… pic.twitter.com/xsnQJgiL4x
— Keripo (@TehKeripo) March 2, 2026
IGN has requested the U.S. Customs and Border Safety division for remark.
Keripo added that they supposed for Tsukihime Trial Version to be the primary attraction at a public Kind-Moon museum “that includes all their historic works earlier than they grew to become massive.” “Now its much more particular because the one-of-a-kind ‘destroyed by U.S. Customs’ version!” they joked.
Picture credit score: Keripo / X.
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