SS Son Goku Super Warrior Awakening Version (S.H Figuarts)

they need to release a full powered Freezer with this figure, you kno that one with the bulky muscles and of course with Battle damage too

or this:

Anyone have a place to buy impact effects for not $30+?

I hate people that say "smh" but.....

Complaining because we're finally getting a re-release of Super Saiyan Vegeta (that actually looks better).....?

Smh.

Truth is, I'm really happy we're getting these repaints and I'll be buying them even though I already have the originals. It's just when we heard "Advance Color" we were expecting something that was actually an advancement over the originals. Instead they look very similar to the originals but with less shading and detail, which I thought would be the opposite. They just picked the wrong name for these versions. Perhaps the "Advanced Color" just means they switched to slightly better paint. Perhaps the hair glows in the dark?

No, they really don't. Trunk's non SS hair looks good on the original version, but both him and Vegeta's SS hair have completely overdone shading that looks bad in every photo i've seen of them. I always hated the white tipped hair, and while there some shots from the anime that show the Super Saiyans with orange shading on parts of their hair, it looks awful on the actual figures. I mentioned before when explaining what went wrong with the infamously fugly SSJ3 Goku figure, the way the characters are shaded and given detail on the show doesn't really translate well on a physical 3D object because they don't actually have an aura that casts light on them, making the shading completely nonsensical. They're better off doing a flatter paint job and let real lighting do the job. They both also have awful shading on their skin, par for how the figures looked in earlier releases and in Vegeta's case makes him look like a jersey guido cosplaying as Vegeta because it's too orange.

I'll trade the shading on Vegeta's jumpsuit (along with the weird glossy finish it had) and Trunks' jacket for faces and hair that doesn't look like crap. There's a reason I don't own them, and it's only partially because of the price. If they actually looked good like Saiyan Saga Vegeta, I would have no problem spending $150+. I am currently bidding on a Saiyan Saga Vegeta with a max bid of $145 even though it's loose with no box. I don't expect to win, so i'll probably buy one of the BIN auctions with a box that are going for closer to $200. 

On topic, this non promotional shot of Awakening Goku shows that they're learning and not blasting aero spray paint in uneven coats to shade them, but doing a far smoother and lighter paint jshading and letting actual light cast shadows and accent the sculpted detail. Broly was a huge step up in this regard too.












Stop splitting hairs, the point I was making was quite clear. We begged for it, we got it, no need to complain.