A very uncommon floppy disk — one of simply 50 copies of Tsukihime Trial Version ever produced — was allegedly destroyed coming by 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 means that it might 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 of solely 50 copies in the world,” wrote Keripo on X/Twitter (thanks, Tom’s Hardware). “Solely to find that U.S. Customs had eliminated all 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 at the contents, they mutter “Oh my god,” beneath their breath, earlier than exclaiming: “What the f***! No means. No means. Noooo means. What… they really destroyed the floppy disk. What the hell. W-w… what the f***.”
This was what it appeared like earlier than it was shipped. The sender even took additional care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use heaps of bubble wrap to guard it. Would by no means have anticipated US Customs to each take away all that AND deliberately injury the floppy immediately… pic.twitter.com/k4tHjIuBZ5
— Keripo (@TehKeripo) February 27, 2026
When you’re questioning if the sender/vendor might’ve despatched it like that, Keripo wrote: “This [embedded above] was what it appeared like earlier than it was shipped. The sender even took additional care to sandwich it between cardboard paper and use heaps of bubble wrap to guard it. Would by no means have anticipated U.S. Customs to each take away all that AND deliberately injury the floppy immediately…
“It was truly a pal who helped me purchase and ship it. He has his personal copy, so he was in a position to do a scan and make sure its authenticity, together with some unlucky dangerous 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 as the bundle was opened, Keripo wrote: “When your rigorously packaged field containing a historic artifact arrives at the doorstep fully 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 it is best to do is whip out your digital camera and report.
“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 extra packaging is frequent for fragile Japanese collector merchandise,” they added.
It is unclear why the disk was destroyed, however some counsel the demo’s ‘Grownup Solely’ label could have been the challenge, as the legislation states “all individuals are prohibited from importing into the United States 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 decided on a case-by-case foundation.
Tsukihime is a Japanese grownup visible novel launched in 2000 developed by Sort-Moon. It has since been tailored into each an anime and manga collection. 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 to be like. The successful bid right here for this 2021 Mandarake stay public sale was 2.5 mil JPY (~$16k USD). There has been 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 meant for Tsukihime Trial Version to be the predominant attraction at a public Sort-Moon museum “that includes all their historic works earlier than they turned huge.” “Now its much more particular as the one-of-a-kind ‘destroyed by U.S. Customs’ version!” they joked.
Picture credit score: Keripo / X.
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