TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 17, 2018 15:12:30 GMT -6
yeah, i've noticed that too. mogen How do you usually go about cutting the heads off, do you start at the neck, X-acto blade? and how would you recommend heating the figure up, blow drier or soaking in hot water Branjita , did you and adrenaline have experience with WCF heads for customs? any tips appreciated
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 17, 2018 11:58:41 GMT -6
I recently purchased some WCF's with the intention of doing Dragon Stars head swaps. I saw the potential for Hit, Zamasu, Gowasu, Black and even Merged Zamasu. Unfortunately, none of the newer WCF characters have unnattached heads that slide onto pegs like older releases. The heads are attached at a seal on the underneck(?) *UPDATE: Being somewhat impatient, i approached with a thin swiss army keychain-blade that was able to be inserted into small crevices where the neck meets head. Zamasu and Gowasu were actually attached the same as the old style WCF's. The thing is, they were glued as well... head pulling, neck stretching/extending, and full 360 head turning was neccessary. That and some blade insertion eventually made them come off rather clean to my surprise, but only after much persistence and worry of breaking the figure. The goku Blacks were a much more ardent ordeal. i had to essentially excavate the neck from the head using repetitive deep inserts of the blade. I thought i was screwing everything up, but they are hollowed out once you get to a certain point in the head. The WCF' heads fit well enough on figuarts and dragon stars neck pegs, albeit some pushing and forcing. i havent received my wcf hit head yet so i just tried to color him purple and panel line. Gotta say, I'm having fun with dragon stars and applaud their character choices so far. Glad the sculpts are starting to live up to that. Bring on Jiren, Cabba, and Kale
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 16, 2018 15:31:43 GMT -6
Guys! If You're interested in the new wave with vegeta blue, zamasu, and Black, check or call your local gamestops now! I've been checking every gamestop i've been near for the past 2 weeks and have only seen frieza in one store. I chatted with an employee and was told that since collectors have caught wind of these, they come in and clean them out immediately. Decided to call my local gamestop today and see if they even had any at this point. The guy said "we got a bunch of new ones in today..." I drove down there asap and sure enough there was black, zamasau, and vegeta blue in front of the same frieza that no one had touched lol
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 8, 2018 9:55:26 GMT -6
I swear to god it's tradition for them to pose the figures, especially new ones, in the most unsightly way possible
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 8, 2018 9:49:59 GMT -6
timone317 , you said so many things i wanted to touch and expand upon and i have to thank you. Writing my initial post was draining enough, lol. As you mentioned, there are just so many design choices i'm confused with as well. For one is the vegeta diaper crotches.... its just ridiculous when that area looks way more natural and works about 95% as well on the original release from 2011. And the same goes for the torso joints. I may be in the minority here but i HATE THEM!!! i like the idea of ab crunch, and on figures like warrior awakening and tien its great. But with Gi's and other stuff it ends up completely breaking up the figure for me with an ugly line right through the middle of the chest. The old way worked toally fine for things like saiyan armour vegetas body. on the super vegeta and armour 2.0 figures, it just totally takes me out. Its like they were okay with sacrificing the immersion and sculpt of the figure for 7% more articulation. Accessories have gone to crap too. Remember when Cell came with a freaking ground ripping up, piece of earth to hold his long ass beam dong. it even had the trail in the ground and waves rippling with little rocks stuck in them. Now we get crap like adult gohans mini, lifeless, dildo, and blacks burnt plastic mit... like you know they could have made an energy sword look so much sicker, ala Dragonball fighterz. and then its like, ok.... so you're telling me Black gets a completely new SSrose hair sculpt that we've never seen, presumably made for the figure, but you couldn't then at least make it accurate or look distinctly like the character? and then what in the world would posses you to not include evil, smirking, smiling faces for the fan favorite rose form!? all i can think is that we're gonna see that hair sculpt in yellow on a brand new SS SON GOKU 2.0 edition! and im gonna freaking explode.
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Apr 3, 2018 17:45:34 GMT -6
Does anyone else feel slightly upset/ offended/ frustrated with tamashii nations and dragon ball figuarts recently? I say recently, but this can be observed in the last couple of years.
I vividly remember when this line was newborn and quite frankly, grasping for air. Marveling at the quality and detail, as well as technical achievements of the figuarts line, my forray into serious (or organized) collecting began.
At that time, we were praying to get a release past manga gohan and the pictured gray ss vegeta prototype.
My mind was BLOWN when Figuarts SS Trunks was revealed....
With base AND SS hair, 4 faces for EACH form! removable sword/sheath! and 6 SETS of hands!
Not to mention purchased through prime for $35.99
It felt like we made it. We at last had all 4 main super saiyans.
Fast forward 7 years (Holy crap) and we finally have characters like Nappa, Yamcha and Tien.
In a way, now we really have made it.
However, those are 3 shining examples of current figuarts... There are many recent and upcoming releases that i cannot overlook as anything but a hasty and stingy disservice to the customer and character. Given the price point among everything else, each release deserves the care, detail and accuracy that past figures were given (which was during a much less favorable time for the company and line.)
I want to discuss the recent Decsions made, Graphic changes, manufacturing, sculpting and paint choices; as well as accessory inclusion and overall package content.
I felt compelled to create this thread as there are upcoming figures i was very excited for, but cant help but feel let down about:
Majin Vegeta's Hair Goku Black's hair and face selection Kid Goku's face selection and face sculpts Gotenks'... scale...pants...face....
The worst part is that i will very likely buy them all anyways. I love this line dearly, and it was a truly a dream to think of so many characters being made in this light.
Unfortunately, the reality of the price, as well inaccurate and updated figures is becoming not only expensive, but stressful and almost insulting.
I know business practices and profits will always rule, but I really wanted to vent about this!
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Mar 25, 2018 21:02:21 GMT -6
I can't believe i'm saying this, but from what i've seen, I may actually like the dragon stars goku black rose better than the figuarts! He has accurate hair, and an actual smirk!! lasombra can you post some out of box pics, and comparison with a figuarts if possible,please?!
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Dec 20, 2016 18:04:22 GMT -6
Can someone who has the ROS satan post a pic of him next to any figuarts? preferrably a goku? Plz and thank you
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Dec 2, 2016 20:53:28 GMT -6
Wow... those are absolutely beautiful. Sometimes I wish I just collected Gashapons. Would make my collection so much more manageable space wise. Plus it has the best diversity of characters. That yemma is incredible
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Oct 17, 2016 18:37:56 GMT -6
How about a picture?
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Aug 28, 2016 4:21:38 GMT -6
Very tasteful display. Hey, what kind of Oozaru is that (in your original post)? Thats the ichiban kuji Oozaru from 2008 by Banpresto. One of my favorites KHDownloads
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Aug 27, 2016 16:43:48 GMT -6
Alot of these arent perfectly in scale, and this being an iphone panorama shot kind of distorts some of the sizes, but some are pretty decent fill ins with figuarts
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Aug 27, 2016 16:35:19 GMT -6
Id like to say im back and am going to be posting more, but idk, something about this site isnt the same and just seems dead now a days. I still take pride in my figuarts centered displays though. I usually go for saga setups, here's my Tournament/Buu Saga. What do you guys think, should i focus on scenes more, or keep with sagas? If so what saga should i do next?
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Aug 15, 2016 15:42:53 GMT -6
Dude... Intense. I was starting to think i had a lot of figures, maybe too many, but now i dont think so! lol
That is one impressive collection. Is your wife/partner cool with it? i sometimes find myself feeling a little self conscious with my collection and how others perceive me having fing boxes and boxes of "toys".
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TPereZ
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Ore.. SANJOU!
Posts: 285
Species: Saiyan
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Post by TPereZ on Aug 11, 2016 13:38:48 GMT -6
Game: Sonic Adventure 2 Battle Level: Emerald Coast Character: Shadow... edge master alert lol Boom: I'm not gonna subject myself to playing/watching that I love the classic sonic games as well, but SA2 had a huge impact on me and was something I played with all my friends.
I think it would have been cool to include favorite songs as well, but that's really hard to narrow down haha - Labyrinth Zone - Sky Chase Zone - Lava Reef Zone - Mystic Ruin - Aquatic Mine/ Metal Harbor
I could really pick tons of songs from SA2. The mix between metal-driven, hip hop and jazz songs couldn't have appealed to me more and I believe helped shape my taste in music
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