Tking22 Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 Figmas are hit and miss for me just like Figuarts. That said, I grabbed a Link about 2 years ago, and now I have like, a dozen or something, with more on pre-order. They're usually pretty great like I said, but you get a lemon every now and then, and then there are certain ones that will have a single nagging little issue with them, just like Figuarts! I find the two lines, Figuarts and Figma, pretty much swappable in most displays and collections, which is nice. It seems between the two, you can almost always get characters from whatever licensed series you're looking for, sometimes both take a whack at the same characters, then it's neat to get to compare. I think my favorite Figmas in my collection are the Attack on Titan ones, they're all pretty amazing and detailed, and plenty of accessories too so there's plenty of display options. The one thing Figma always does better then Figuarts is that basic stands come packaged with every figure, no need to buy Tamashii Stage Act anything. I'm VERY excited for One Punch Man, I need that in my life, plus it appears the Guyver line didn't die with Guyver 1, since we're getting female Guyver 2. Good Times. Now we just need her to sell so we can stop frakking around and get a Figma Guyver 3... Quote
Big s Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 I really love the figma guyver. It's very detailed and has a lot of parts with a flexible ruber material that give it a very organic creepy feel. I hope we get more than just the female. Quote
Tking22 Posted July 14, 2016 Posted July 14, 2016 I really love the figma guyver. It's very detailed and has a lot of parts with a flexible ruber material that give it a very organic creepy feel. I hope we get more than just the female. I did my part and bought two, one to open and one to leave sealed. It really is a great Figma. Like many others I missed out on the old Max Factory Guyver units, and now they of course go for insane prices, especially the core Guyver units, so I'm ecstatic to see Figma giving us ANY new Guyver figures at all. Quote
Big s Posted July 15, 2016 Posted July 15, 2016 I actually prefer the figma guyver to the old maxfactory version. The old one does look great in the box, but it had a lot of loose pieces and parts that would just fall off, like the shoulder armor. The figma is a miniaturized version with tighter pieces and a connector for the shoulder armor and just as much if not more articulation. Quote
badboy00z Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 I know this is a Figma thread but what are everyone's opinion on Bandai's SH Figuarts line? I just ordered the Obi Wan Kenobi, Civil War Captain Merica and Iron Man. Quote
Big s Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 I prefer sh figuarts over figma, but figma does a few things figuarts doesn't like Guyver, and Tekaman, Attack on Titan and others. I guess for me it depends on if they are doing a figure of the same thing like iron man I go for the figuarts. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 I know this is a Figma thread but what are everyone's opinion on Bandai's SH Figuarts line? I just ordered the Obi Wan Kenobi, Civil War Captain Merica and Iron Man. You know there's a Figuarts thread right? Quote
Big s Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 I think he may have been trying to get a comparison between the two lines to see where to put his cash. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted July 17, 2016 Posted July 17, 2016 Hmm...I guess it can be read that way. Carry on. Quote
Big s Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 I'm surprised to see a Magicl Knight Rayearth figma for the main character on preorder. It was one of the few anime titles that got a U.S. release a couple decades ago back when choices were very limited. I had a couple of friends back in the 90s that would be very happy to hear about it. Quote
Scyla Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Are there links and pictures of the preorder? This flew totally under my radar. Quote
Big s Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Hobby search had it up last night and I think tag hobby has an article. Quote
Big s Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 To be honest I stumbled on that searching for something else, but anyway Hlj also has a preorder up. Quote
Big s Posted July 20, 2016 Posted July 20, 2016 Like you this was a surprise. I heard no news of this until last night and now I'm ordering a couple for friends. It actually looks great Quote
JB0 Posted July 21, 2016 Posted July 21, 2016 That is one of my favorite anime characters named Hikaru! I may have to buy this one. Quote
UN Spacy Posted July 23, 2016 Posted July 23, 2016 Femto FINALLY arrives in February. MSRP: 7,389 yen. Quote
Big s Posted July 25, 2016 Posted July 25, 2016 Quite a few figmas shown on tag hobby wonder festival coverage including more guyver. Quote
akt_m Posted July 26, 2016 Posted July 26, 2016 (edited) Max Factory should do Ayame too, I would then swap her body and call her Minmay. Edited July 26, 2016 by akt_m Quote
Convectuoso Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 The one Figma figure I own: Tekkaman Blade!! Quote
Big s Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 Evil was a good one too, but I'm excited for the upcoming guyver 3 that was teased. Quote
Tking22 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 First thing that confused me was that they showed off both Figma Guyver II versions, and yet, not even NY, the place that usually carries exclusive figures and alternate versions, doesn't have the movie color version either. Even more strange, why does BBTS, a US retailer, carry both Figma Guyver IIs and yet most of the usual Japanese sites don't? Oh well, at least she's coming out, plus Guyver 3! Also One Punch Man Saitama, which went up for pre-order earlier and I already grabbed, looks great, new Link and hot damn, Zelda! Lots of good news all around, plus while I didn't care for the game at all, a Bloodborn Hunter was teased as well, I know that has a lot of people's blood pumping. Quote
Dangard Ace Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 NY has/had it. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/17416-guyver-the-bioboosted-armor-figma-guyver-ii-f-movie-color-ver-limited-edition.html Quote
Tking22 Posted July 27, 2016 Posted July 27, 2016 NY has/had it. https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/17416-guyver-the-bioboosted-armor-figma-guyver-ii-f-movie-color-ver-limited-edition.html Odd. Myself and another member scanned all the Japanese sites the day this went up for pre-order and found nothing, NY included. I guess it took them a bit to list it, then it sold out anyway, which is good, the more Guyver sales the better. Quote
Big s Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Here in the U.S. Image anime also lists both guyver 2 versions for $60. They have an odd search, but if you look about 3 or 4 pages into their figma section both are still available for preorder. It is weird that they are easier to find on American sites than the Japanese ones. Quote
Scyla Posted July 28, 2016 Posted July 28, 2016 Finally a Figma Zelda: http://news.toyark.com/2016/07/27/figma-bloodborne-teased-legend-zelda-twilight-princess-figures-216402 Quote
Mommar Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 Just waiting on my package to arrive, Hulk is out now! Quote
Scyla Posted August 1, 2016 Posted August 1, 2016 Beat me to it. Zelda looks awesome there. I just realized that this is the Zelda from Twilight Princess. Maybe they are willing to release a Midna which would be awesome. Midna rocks! Quote
technoblue Posted September 21, 2016 Posted September 21, 2016 What is Celty? The lead female character from the anime Durarara!! Quote
Scyla Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 The Twilight Princess Zelda and Link figures are available for preorder. Release date is May 2017 and HLJ is carrying the DX version for Link this time (which comes with a bunch of extra stuff): https://hlj.com/product/GSC90228/Act https://hlj.com/product/GSC90227/Act https://hlj.com/product/gsc90229 Quote
Mommar Posted September 27, 2016 Posted September 27, 2016 Thanks for the heads up. I went with CDJapan because I had some points to redeem. I will point out they're both cheaper at CDJapan as well. DX Link - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-208616 Zelda - http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/NEOGDS-208618 Quote
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