Mommar Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Ugh, had to pay upfront for the both of them too. All we need is Mk I now and that's every Iron Man armor from every movie (IM3's ridiculous catalog not withstanding.) Edited September 28, 2017 by Mommar Quote
Tking22 Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 1 hour ago, Mommar said: Ugh, had to pay upfront for the both of them too. All we need is Mk I now and that's every Iron Man armor from every movie (IM3's ridiculous catalog not withstanding.) Same here, I just need that sweet, sweet MK I announcement and I'm good on Figuarts Iron/Tony stuff. I'm certain MK IV will also get a Bluefin release with another Hall piece, but I bought enough stand alone Halls to make it to 6, so I'm grabbing this stand alone MK IV at NY. Very expensive month September was, I gave NY a ton of money for new POs, Kurogane Chogokin Big O, Figuarts MK IV, ANIME Gelgoog, Figuarts Maul Speeder, Side Labor Unit 3 Patlabor. These guys get a healthy chunk of every check I make. Quote
Atheonyirh Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 The mk VII hasn't been released yet, IIRC. That's the one I'm waiting for personally. Quote
Mommar Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) Star Lord and Rocket showed up today. I'm surprised I haven't seen a single review online for them. Edited September 28, 2017 by Mommar Quote
Mommar Posted September 28, 2017 Posted September 28, 2017 2 hours ago, Atheonyirh said: The mk VII hasn't been released yet, IIRC. That's the one I'm waiting for personally. Yes it has, a long time ago with the Avengers releases. Quote
Atheonyirh Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Mommar said: Yes it has, a long time ago with the Avengers releases. IIRC Figma did one, but not Figuarts? 1 hour ago, Mommar said: Star Lord and Rocket showed up today. I'm surprised I haven't seen a single review online for them. http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/52012328.html is a Rocket Raccoon review at least. Starlord didn't release until the 22nd however so maybe that's resulted in the delays. There was a 2chan thread for it at least. Quote
Mommar Posted September 29, 2017 Posted September 29, 2017 Yeah, Starlord and Rocket are not great figures. As a matter of fact the Marvel Legends figures look just as good and pose better plus they come with more accessories. Other than the fact Figuarts are smaller and they fit in with the rest of the Avengers lineup this is probably two of the worst of the Marvel releases so far IMO. Starlords arms are so skinny and miss-proportioned. Quote
Mommar Posted October 8, 2017 Posted October 8, 2017 Looks like we missed Thor Ragnarock Thor and Hulk announcements... to be honest The Mezco figures look like the ones to get this time. Quote
treatment Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 (edited) pbandai, but so awesome!!! http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000117030/ so much character... so meme friendly... Edited October 10, 2017 by treatment Quote
hachi Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 There seems to be a sale of selected figures on HLJ: https://hlj.com/scripts/hljlist?SaleGroup=WEEKLYFIG102017 Mikumo is there but I'm not really tempted. Quote
Tking22 Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 10 hours ago, treatment said: pbandai, but so awesome!!! http://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000117030/ so much character... so meme friendly... Did this guy just go up for PO in Japan or something? I pre-ordered him from BBTS weeks ago. Quote
treatment Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 2 hours ago, Tking22 said: Did this guy just go up for PO in Japan or something? I pre-ordered him from BBTS weeks ago. It was up on CDJ last night. Quote
Mommar Posted October 10, 2017 Posted October 10, 2017 8 hours ago, Tking22 said: Did this guy just go up for PO in Japan or something? I pre-ordered him from BBTS weeks ago. Yeah, I did last month too. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 Does anyone here both have a Figuarts 'Body Kun DX Set' and an Iron Man figures? Can someone post a pic of them together? Would love to see how tall the Body Kun besides an Iron Man figure. Preferably the one that has a 'shoe' feet rather than a naked feet. Thanks in advance. Quote
Mommar Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 I can't help you, I didn't get any of the Body Kun figures. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 56 minutes ago, Mommar said: I can't help you, I didn't get any of the Body Kun figures. No worries. Thanks Mommar. Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 18, 2017 Posted October 18, 2017 (edited) Found some Figuarts photos last night from The Fwoosh that shows Tony Stark beside an Iron Man Mk XLII and besides a Body Kun figure. So I merge two photos using Tony Stark as the point guide just to have a scale/size comparison. I'll just leave it here for comparing purposes. Edited October 18, 2017 by no3Ljm Quote
no3Ljm Posted October 24, 2017 Posted October 24, 2017 Figuarts blog post regarding Batpod's 'articulations': http://blog.livedoor.jp/shfiguarts/archives/1068366345.html Quote
Mommar Posted October 25, 2017 Posted October 25, 2017 (edited) Figuarts Donald Duck Preview. Pretty cool looking actually. Unfortunately he looks like he's less poseable than the Figuarts Mario and Luigi figures were. Also, anybody notice Shredder just up and disappeared after a year of nothing? I wonder if the TMNT line is dead after their horribly engineered Turtles. Edited October 25, 2017 by Mommar Quote
Dangard Ace Posted October 31, 2017 Posted October 31, 2017 My order for the new Phasma and FO Stormtrooper finally arrived and NY did include the BB9E droid. I didn’t order any special pack. Happy i jumped on it when you guys said NY was including them. Quote
davidwhangchoi Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 KH II donald up on hlj https://hlj.com/product/max06517 Quote
Mommar Posted November 1, 2017 Posted November 1, 2017 Looks like Thor and Hulk are available for Pre-order. Thor with Lightning effects parts:https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/22927-shfiguarts-thor-thor-ragnarok-thunder-effect-set-limited-edition.html Regular Thor: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/22926-shfiguarts-thor-thor-ragnarok-limited-edition.html Hulk: https://www.nippon-yasan.com/figures/22929-shfiguarts-hulk-thor-ragnarok-limited-edition.html Quote
Mommar Posted November 2, 2017 Posted November 2, 2017 Well I can verify if you buy the Elite Pretorian Guard and FIrst Order Executioner together from CDJapan you do not get the special BB Unit like what happened with Nippon-Yassan. Not a surprise but still a dammit from my perspective. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted November 22, 2017 Posted November 22, 2017 http://news.toyark.com/2017/11/22/sh-figuarts-last-jedi-luke-skywalker-new-hope-darth-vader-278936 Quote
Mommar Posted November 22, 2017 Posted November 22, 2017 Fat Luke! Also Kingdom hearts Goofy for fans of that. http://news.toyark.com/2017/11/22/sh-figuarts-kingdom-hearts-2-goofy-preview-278944 Quote
Tking22 Posted November 22, 2017 Posted November 22, 2017 Goofy is bought, as is Old "Grey" Luke, and the new ANH Vader with actual cloth goods will definitely be mine! I guess Bandai learned their lesson when it comes to capes, just do cloth goods, the original Figuarts Vader, Kylo, Thor, anyone with a cape really suffered from this, so it's very good to see Last Jedi Luke comes with cloth goods for his cloak out of the box. Quote
Black Valkyrie Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 http://news.toyark.com/2017/11/27/star-wars-new-hope-darth-vader-sh-figuarts-279184 Quote
Mommar Posted November 27, 2017 Posted November 27, 2017 I wonder why only the cape of fabric. The under robe would benefit from being fabric. At the very least the bit from the belt down. Quote
mikeszekely Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 So, I collect Transformers, and I didn't want to get into other action figures or toys because I didn't want to feel like my space is cluttered (although it is, but with Transformers...). But I'm a huge Mega Man fan, and when I saw the S.H. Figuarts Mega Man Zero (from Mega Man Zero, not Zero from Mega Man X) for $25 I jumped on it. It's a cool figure, really impressed with the articulation, although it's a little smaller than I thought it would be. Well, like I said, I got him for $25. I thought I might like a Mega Man from the NES series, or X and Zero from Mega Man X, but they all seem super expensive. What's up wtih that? Quote
Mommar Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 (edited) Because they're older figures. I wasn't even collecting Figuarts when they came out as the D-Arts versions five or six years ago. Even the Sentinel figures from the last two years are massively rare and expensive now. Edited November 28, 2017 by Mommar Quote
mikeszekely Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 17 minutes ago, Mommar said: Because they're older figures. I wasn't even collecting Figuarts when they came out as the D-Arts versions five or six years ago. Even the Sentinel figures from the last two years are massively rare and expensive now. Does Bandai ever reissue them? Or do new versions of characters they already did? Or am I just SOL? Quote
Mommar Posted November 28, 2017 Posted November 28, 2017 1 hour ago, mikeszekely said: Does Bandai ever reissue them? Or do new versions of characters they already did? Or am I just SOL? I don't think they ever have. I've never seen them. I jumped at the Sentinel 4inch Nel toys when they were released because I didn't see a time when Bandai would re-release the Mega Man stuff again. Quote
mikeszekely Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 Well, like I said, Zero's my first SH Figuarts toy. And the first thing I really noticed about him was that he's pretty small and very light. Maybe I'm just used to the first and third party Masterpiece-style Transformers I've been buying; Zero's similar in height to FansToys's Spindrift (their version of Seaspray), and Spindrift is a brick compared to Zero. The second thing that struck me, though, was the number of joints. For Transformers, if a joint bends 90 degrees (45 for ankles) I'm pretty happy, and an ab crunch is a rare luxury. But Zero's got tons of joints, almost all of them ball joints, that generally make him much more articulate than I'm used to in a toy. So I went and found some pictures from the Mega Man Zero Complete Works book and decided to try to replicate them. And... yeah, I can't quite get them exact. It boils down to two things. The first is that, while he does have a ton of joints, some of them don't quite have the range I'd expect. Like he's got a joint where his neck connects to his head, and another where his neck connects to his torso, but he can't tilt his head forward as much as I'd expect. The pivots in his ankles aren't that great. Ball joints at the waist and mid torso, but his pelvic thrust is no match for his lineart. He's got butterfly joints, which is better than most Transformers, but I couldn't really use them while raising his arm laterally, and his lateral shoulder movement is pretty limited to about 90 degrees. Now, some of that (like the ankle tilts) I'd have liked better, and some of it I can accept as the reality of making a toy vs drawing a picture. But the other thing that made posing him a chore is his hair. Seriously, it's like 30% of his mass, and that makes him seriously back-heavy. Zero is a toy that really could have used a stand, but why would they include that when they're probably making bank by selling them separately? Aside from articulation, there's a lot I really like about this figure. Aesthetically Bandai really nailed the character. Everything is either molded or painted the correct color (except the gem in his helmet, which should be more of a blue than green). Lines on his abdomen and back are molded in, and there are even little touches like how the little saber pommels can be removed from the holsters on his legs. He comes with two faces, a stoic one and a yelling one, and that's about all the expressions Zero has in the games, so that's fair. He's got four pairs of hands; left and right fists, open hands, holding stuff hands, and holding stuff hands with trigger fingers, which again seems perfectly adequate. He has his Buster Shot, Z-Saber, Triple Rod, and Shield Boomerang. The Z-Saber's blade can be removed; I didn't check if the blade can be removed from the Triple Rod. The Shield boomerang is molded onto an additional cuff part. And... that's about it. I suppose it's greedy to want a hand with the Zero Knuckle, or to want the Chain Rod and Recoil Rod and a second Z-Saber, as the included weapons do cover the first game (the art of him dual-wielding Z-Sabers was from Mega Man Zero 2). That said, a Z-Saber blade with a slashing effect would have been really nice. All-in-all, I'd say I like him. He's probably the best representation of this version of Zero in toy form, and if you're a fan of the series like I am he's well worth the $25 I spent. That said, I see a lot of other Figuarts toys are closer to the $35-$45 range, and that price would be pushing it for this guy. The little annoyances like his back-heavy nature and overall small size and light weight don't really make me want to buy more Figuarts toys at that price. And with most of the other SH Figuarts/D-Arts Megaman figures in the $65-$165 price range it's safe to say I won't be picking up classic Mega Man or Bass, or the Mega Man X versions of X and Zero. Quote
Scyla Posted November 29, 2017 Posted November 29, 2017 (edited) You should take a look at the Truforce Megaman X. It was produced by Sentinel and is probably the best action figure in my collection. You can get him at BBTS for $65 right now which is a mighty fine deal. He‘s heavy too. http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/Product/VariationDetails/18158 Edited November 29, 2017 by Scyla Quote
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