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Post by g86mike on Aug 28, 2013 12:48:11 GMT -6
LOL forgot about those
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Post by shifftymking on Aug 28, 2013 13:12:16 GMT -6
As much as I like a lot of the figures jakks made like friezas revenge vegeta 2nd form cell, battle damage goku and final form frieza plus cyborg frieza and king cold. Irwin overall had a better lineup and better character choice in there run. Like others said figures like dabura and the androids were spot on and at the time irwin was the only company putting out said characters so they get my vote plus like everyone allready said jakks got so lazy putting out the same characters over and over or when they did put out a new one it was just a repaint or just an awful mess of a figure.
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Post by Branjita on Aug 28, 2013 15:37:39 GMT -6
I think those arthritis hands were supposed to look like kamehameha forming hands, but... didn't work out.
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Post by Adrenaline on Aug 29, 2013 7:41:06 GMT -6
I gotta go with Irwin. No red lipstick, scoliosis backs, re-used sculpts or big heads. Don't forget arthritis hands. Hey, look. It's my Goku with broken fingers. Hope it sells well lol
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Post by Adrenaline on Sept 1, 2013 13:06:14 GMT -6
Even though I voted Irwin, I'm kind of surprised that Jakks is getting obliterated in the poll.
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Post by smalldogjr on Nov 28, 2013 23:45:36 GMT -6
Irwin's paint jobs on series 6 through 11 are fantastic, so that is who I chose. They also didn't ever just paint over a sculpt and call it a new character like Jakks did, ex: Tien having Goku's boot lines. lol I remember getting Trunks and SS, trunks then staring at their boots seeing the Goku Lase saying "what the? Oh lord Goku's boots!"
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Post by dawnofrkiu on Jan 2, 2014 8:51:08 GMT -6
i made a ssjg vegito figure
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Post by dawnofvegito on Jan 2, 2014 8:52:18 GMT -6
jakks are better to me
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Post by EisCelsius on Jan 6, 2014 21:59:08 GMT -6
Irwin for sure. Let's not forget a lot of early Jakks stuff was actually Irwin's stuff they never got a chance to release like the Pikkon and some of the Buus for instance (there's unconfirmed rumors that figures like Cyborg Freeza and Imperfect Cell are Irwin's sculpt too). Irwin's sculpts were always improving as they went along and they took chances on releasing obscure stuff no other company would. Without them we would never get stuff like Bulma, Yakon, Dabura, Spopovitch, Evil Majin Buu or the Androids. Jakks was friggin lazy with the majority of their stuff being parts swapped Saiyan figures. They only realized their mistake too late when the line was dying. Let's not mention how they made GT figures in a different scale so they wouldn't fit in with all the other Dragonball figures relased. Ya, that was a smart move. Sorry but Irwin made me excited to collect Dragonball figures and they were the best. You may be onto something about Cyborg Frieza being in the works from Irwin. This is by no means any degree of proof, but years ago when you could still walk into Wal-Mart or somewhere and buy edited DBZ VHS tapes, I wrote a letter to Irwin Toy asking them if they had any plans on releasing figures of Cyborg Frieza and King Cold. Over a month later a received a reply: "We do indeed have plans for these characters, look for them in the New Year!" Of course it took several years for it to happen and Irwin had passed on the torch to Jakks by then; but they did send me a Raditz medallion and an AB Kid Goku mini figure with their reply letter So, maybe Irwin had a hand in the Cyborg Frieza figure and maybe not, either way it was Jakks that delivered. That being said, with the likes of Cyborg Frieza, King Cold, Cell's second form, Omega Shenron and Eis Shenron under their belt I have to go with Jakks even though Irwin has a very special place in my heart (even if that special place was largely secured by AB and Bandai repacks )
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Post by Deleted on Feb 5, 2014 3:46:15 GMT -6
My vote goes to Jakks. Yes, they re-used parts too much (really towards the end mostly), and they had some horrible scaling issues. But I preferred them because their figures were more aesthetically pleasing to my eyes. For flesh on the figures they used flesh colored plastic, rather than painting it, which I preferred both in looks and because it resulted in less of a possibility of paint chipping. Also, all around I like their plastic better. It felt nicer in my hands compared to the rough material Irwin (mostly) used. And one of the biggest reasons I prefer Jakks is because they had MUCH better articulation.
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Post by Trunkhan on Mar 10, 2014 22:14:58 GMT -6
Irwin! They were the best, loved Series 4. but the Bandai SBCs were right with them. Jakks was inconsistent.
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Post by ShadowTheOtaku on Apr 13, 2014 4:57:33 GMT -6
I would have to go with Irwin
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Post by Namekian Dragon on May 26, 2014 12:19:33 GMT -6
I preferred Irwin over Jakks, preferably the earlier Irwin figures which fit in nicely with the Super Battle Collection line and seemed to be made of the same quality.
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Post by wonderandroid on May 27, 2014 13:51:00 GMT -6
irwin is more similar to the aditute of the tv series, more articulation yet, I think some of the characters are bad choice. the jakks are awsome but has a problem - they have the same body. for wwe it's good but for dbz it's not that right. if I had to choose, then I go with jakks.
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Post by smalldogjr on May 29, 2014 23:17:18 GMT -6
I kind of fell both sort of even themselves off. Jakks had there flaws with re-cycling sculpts over and over towards the end and becoming very lazy. but on the good side they brought us the dragonball figures and King cold, nova,omega, Frieza ,Frieza cyborg and Pikkon,broly,bojac to name a few, the introduced figures with new articulation that we did not see on some Irwin figures.
Irwin also had a few flaws such as figures like Pui-pui who feelt a bit weird in my opinion. he seemed kind of stiff the way his legs were, it was weird he lacked shoulder articulation, but it was not a big deal, there was also weird character choices such as Jump suit Gohan with his mouth open which I didn't see much point in him and thought the figure looked nothing like Gohan and looked more Gokuish. there was also Perfect cells paint job, I am probably the only one who was super annoyed that they didn't paint his checks purple like in the anime when he first came out. Then there was the Rubber suit changing figures lol. But these flaws are not a big deal at all. as Irwin Progressed they were getting better and better with each line they cranked out.
I feel that both Jakks and Irwin were exceptional each had there own good ideas which were executed nicely, and they both had their flaws. but both were great.
But ultimately I am going to have to go with Irwin due to Jakks laziness towards the end, re-cycling and re-painting the same sculpt, I am sure if Irwin made a Tien we wouldn't see goku's shoe lace on his foot . On top of that the main reason I am going with Irwin is because to me, they are the Pioneer of DBZ figures in America. Irwin brought us some of the Japanese SBC figures repackaged available to the American consumers. Irwin made it possible for me to have DBZ figures as a kid in the first place. Irwin gave us characters we would have never seen if not for them. The paved the way for Jakks. and I will never forget the Magic and nostalgic feeling which wormed my heart "Irwin, We Remember when we were kids" and "as seen on toonami"
Many of my childhood Christmases were exiting opening up my gifts to see Irwin figures under my tree, so Irwin holds a special place in my heart because of that
part of me will always be sad they went bankrupt, apart of me will always wish to see them resurrected from the ashes.
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