jibi
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Post by jibi on Apr 12, 2024 11:07:25 GMT -6
Hello friends! Does anyone know anything about this action figure? The scale? the brand?... Does it scale with irwin / jakks figures? Thanks!
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Post by Branjita on Apr 12, 2024 16:23:19 GMT -6
That's one of the 4 (3?) oldest Giochi Preziosi figures. PGV would know whether they scale. I don't remember. I just remember they are all quite ugly. The Kid Goku is probably the best one.
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Post by chaotic on Apr 14, 2024 12:02:31 GMT -6
I honestly prefer the way S.H. Figuarts final form Cooler and the Frieza figures scale with Jakks/Irwin/DBS Evolve figures over the S.H. figuarts line especially third form Frieza. Frieza saga Vegeta is the only Jakks figure I have, I used to have more than this but sold the collection due to some burnout I was dealing with at the time. I would love to get King Kai and Garlic Jr again someday if I can find them for a descent price in good condition.
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Post by Branjita on Apr 15, 2024 8:17:34 GMT -6
The SHF Frieza form 3 is definitely good for 5 inch scale! The form 2 is a bit large. I've been watching DBZ again and coincidentally I was on the episode where Piccolo fights Frieza 2 and then 3 this morning, and Frieza 2 is only around 1 head taller than Piccolo. Of course, the Evolve Piccolo is pretty short, but... Piccolo wasn't massively tall yet in DBZ... he was only half a head taller than Tien at this point. So, the Evolve Piccolo is probably a little short even for Tien, so that just kind of demonstrates that the Frieza 2 is a bit tall. Better to have a Frieza form 2 that's too tall than one that's too small though. The Irwin one just isn't big enough...
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Post by chaotic on Apr 17, 2024 22:01:26 GMT -6
The SHF Frieza form 3 is definitely good for 5 inch scale! The form 2 is a bit large. I've been watching DBZ again and coincidentally I was on the episode where Piccolo fights Frieza 2 and then 3 this morning, and Frieza 2 is only around 1 head taller than Piccolo. Of course, the Evolve Piccolo is pretty short, but... Piccolo wasn't massively tall yet in DBZ... he was only half a head taller than Tien at this point. So, the Evolve Piccolo is probably a little short even for Tien, so that just kind of demonstrates that the Frieza 2 is a bit tall. Better to have a Frieza form 2 that's too tall than one that's too small though. The Irwin one just isn't big enough... Yeah S.H. Figuarts second form Frieza is kinda more King Cold sized next to Piccolo. If we ever get a Dragon Stars second form Frieza the same size as Dragon Stars final form Cooler it would probably look much more appropriately in scale next to evolve Piccolo.
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Post by Branjita on Apr 18, 2024 8:17:17 GMT -6
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cmakhk
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Post by cmakhk on Jul 5, 2024 4:13:32 GMT -6
Bought a set of bootleg HG Broly just for the baby Broly that scale with 5", which contained many other useless Broly figures. Want another one for baby Goku but I don't want to buy the whole set again. Bought a bootleg fat Buu playing gameboy with replaceable heads, just for the angry head and gameboy. The head is a bit smaller than sbc head. I guess it will work on both Jakks and shf. (For Jakks and shf you will need to drill a hole in the bottom yourself) Since my AB Bulma's bike turned yellow, I just saw someone selling a bootleg shf Bulma set that was cheaper than Taobao so I bought it. The bootleg Bulma (on the right) feels like slightly taller and thinner than the original one but it's hard to tell. Overall, they're pretty much the same except the bootleg don't have the gun and watch painted. I didn't want to extend the legs of Evolve Piccolo, so I bought the shf one, but it looks a little too wide. Although I made a custom of twisting kid buu, there were now cheap bootlegs of the LG one so I bought one. It's scale with shf too. I've always wanted to put that holder of sacred water into my Korin Tower, and it finally released bootlegs. I wanted to swap out the AB Yajirobe for a wcf head, but since I have one more Agostini Yajirobe so I picked it instead and customized it a little bit. With the wcf teapot I finally got everything I wanted for Korin Tower.
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Post by Branjita on Jul 5, 2024 8:00:06 GMT -6
Awesome post Cmak!!! I really like that baby Broly!
I love that Gameboy!
It's interesting that the bootleg SHF Bulma is slightly taller. Good to know that the watch and gun not being painted painted properly is the way to tell them apart.
I'm not familiar with the Goku and Korin. Is that an old Imagination gashapon from 10+ years ago? I don't recognize it.
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cmakhk
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Post by cmakhk on Jul 5, 2024 18:18:31 GMT -6
There're total 6 dioramas in this bootleg set. It's some old dioramas that were released a long time ago. I remember the legit one of the holder of sacred water being very expensive. Forgot to mention, there was a bootleg of Cell husk being released. (The pic is not from me) I guess it's the shf one. It looks better than the Figure Rise one I got and is much cheaper. Makes me consider whether I should buy one.
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Post by Branjita on Aug 8, 2024 12:10:29 GMT -6
Ichibansho King Kai is basically the same size as Irwin's King Kai. Was Irwin's figure a little too large for 5 inch scale...? Yeah, but I accept it since King Kai's size changes so much from scene to scene.
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Post by Branjita on Aug 20, 2024 8:28:30 GMT -6
It's possible that there are a small number of UDM child characters that will scale with 5 inch scale well enough. Some of them will definitely come close to scaling with 4 inch scale...
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Post by Branjita on Aug 26, 2024 10:39:28 GMT -6
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cmakhk
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Post by cmakhk on Sept 6, 2024 4:06:54 GMT -6
I got the new series of Evolve, so from now on I'll be using Goku in normal form as a reference. Bought a shf Vegeta of movie RoF when I saw a cheap one. I don't know why the bootlegs skip it. I swap its head with an Evolve one, still obviously larger than Evolve Vegeta. Looks like customize the Evolve one will be the best way to have an articulated Vegeta of RoF. Bought a bootleg shf Cell husk, better and much cheaper than the Figure rise one. Bought the King Furry and Master Mutaito of dragon archives. To my surprise, the King Furry has a glass on its nose. Master Mutaito look like close to 4" scale. As usual, I used its head for custom. Bought a bootleg skinny Master Roshi. I guess it supposed to shf size but it's too small to be scale with the shf huge Master Roshi. (I only have a bootleg one for reference) I just bought it for custom of skinny Gogeta. There's a Bansho Fan appear in the anime after the 23rd World Tournament. I bought a bootleg Master Roshi since it carried this fan. (The first figure carry it was Chi Chi of Dragonball Styling I guess) Master Roshi is dressed like he was when he first met Chi Chi, but I don't remember when he wore sneakers. It is almost the same size as the custom one I have on the right. (There're bootlegs exactly the same as my custom now) Bought a kid Krillin from Taobao that may be came from a diorama. It's the same size as the dwc but looks like a better base for custom, with a better magazine than the Popy Magnet Figure. (This magazine looks like the one in the anime, while the popy one on right looks more like the one in the manga) I painted Master Rossi as he looked when he got the shrunken watch, since it's wearing a watch. And I customized the Krillin, swapped it and dwc Goku for a smaller head.
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Post by Branjita on Sept 6, 2024 8:28:37 GMT -6
That bootleg SHF Cell husk looks great! I like that a lot.
Your Mutaito custom is fantastic!!! I recognize the Yajirobe arms and upper body, did you sculpt over his legs or use someone else's legs?
I had been wondering what size that bootleg skinny Roshi was, I'm thankful to see your comparison image. Using him for skinny Gogeta sounds like a great idea and it looks great too!
I don't remember Roshi wearing sneakers either.
I feel like I wasted my time on my custom Master Roshi I haven't finished yet. I am not familiar with that Roshi on the right... he looks really good, and very close to 5 inch scale.
Your custom Roshi, Krillin, and Goku look great! What did the Krillin's head come on? It doesn't look like the Chara Puchi one (unless I am remembering wrong).
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cmakhk
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Post by cmakhk on Sept 8, 2024 10:23:06 GMT -6
As you can see, the upper body of Mutaito custom came from Yajirobe, and then I used something else for its lower body. I think making this custom using the entire Yajirobe would look the same if you extend and sculpted its legs. The Roshi on the right is customized from the figure I bought and shown on p.23 here. Later I replaced it with a DWC head. I wasted my time on this custom too. There're bootlegs that are exactly the same size and pose as it. The Krillin's head come from Popy Magnet Figure, with that magazine on right. You got one too. I'm wondering should I buy WCF head instead.
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