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Post by crisis on Feb 24, 2021 14:16:15 GMT -6
The Namek/Freeza saga run has been the best run I've seen for the figuarts line, and it's nearly all due to the B-Tiers. What a dream come true! It’s my favorite era of DBZ. Even a C lister like Cui/Kiwi I would love to see as a Demoniacal Fit figure. Because you can tell he & Vegeta had some sort of rivalry in the past. The stakes during the entire saga were so high. Almost every character had their own objective; Krillin/Gohan/etc. had their noble mission of gathering the dragon balls to resurrect their friends, the Ginyu Force were loyal soldiers sent to complete their mission of defeating anyone that stood in Frieza’s way, Vegeta had a conflict of interest between his allegiances, he hated working with the Earthlings but he needed them, Zarbon/Dodoria had their mission to gather the balls not for themselves but to serve Frieza, Bulma just wanted to get the hell out of there, Piccolo learning of his heritage for the very first time, Nail & the other Namekians wanted to protect their villages from the invaders, etc. etc. So much going on & it all flowed cohesively And it also tied back into the Bardock special, with Goku avenging his father’s death that originally didn’t give a damn about him, but foreseen what his weakling son would become one day. And no other transformation will beat Goku’s first time going SS
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Post by derpingpikachu on Feb 24, 2021 14:28:40 GMT -6
Frieza Saga was peak DBZ. Cell and Buu were good too, but I thought it was a little odd going from. "Emperor of the Universe that's basically caused the entire series to happen" to "Evil bug man that eats people"
It would've been interesting if King Cold got to be the main antagonist after Frieza.
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Post by solubletoast on Feb 24, 2021 15:09:27 GMT -6
I always wanted King Cold to be an end game level threat (Using Frieza as the face of his army) , performing in the shadows until he made his appearance in the final arcs of Z. If Frieza hae died on Namek and their relationship was different.. Bad blood between Frieza and Cold would have been interesting. The dynamic of recruiting Frieza from otherworld like in the TOP would've made an amazing end to Z (having to recruit Frieza from otherworld to help take down his colossal father, due to some weakness only Frieza would know? Friezas motivations would obviously be malicious)
Cold just looked like a behind the scenes schemer that would wreck everyone arcs later. 😭
I'd gladly take a full year of Namek /Frieza releases tbh. Wonder if Tamashii are planning Frieza's other forms anytime soon though.
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Post by jj on Feb 24, 2021 15:36:25 GMT -6
The Namek/Freeza saga run has been the best run I've seen for the figuarts line, and it's nearly all due to the B-Tiers. What a dream come true! It’s my favorite era of DBZ. Even a C lister like Cui/Kiwi I would love to see as a Demoniacal Fit figure. Because you can tell he & Vegeta had some sort of rivalry in the past. The stakes during the entire saga were so high. Almost every character had their own objective; Krillin/Gohan/etc. had their noble mission of gathering the dragon balls to resurrect their friends, the Ginyu Force were loyal soldiers sent to complete their mission of defeating anyone that stood in Frieza’s way, Vegeta had a conflict of interest between his allegiances, he hated working with the Earthlings but he needed them, Zarbon/Dodoria had their mission to gather the balls not for themselves but to serve Frieza, Bulma just wanted to get the hell out of there, Piccolo learning of his heritage for the very first time, Nail & the other Namekians wanted to protect their villages from the invaders, etc. etc. So much going on & it all flowed cohesively And it also tied back into the Bardock special, with Goku avenging his father’s death that originally didn’t give a damn about him, but foreseen what his weakling son would become one day. And no other transformation will beat Goku’s first time going SS Agreed! It did such a phenomenal job building suspense. Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma being isolated on a foreign planet with the mad lad Vegeta slowly moving up the power chain, killing every one of Freeza's minions one by one, while being a tyrant himself. The saiyan to the Freeza saga is easily the tightest written arc of Z.
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Post by crisis on Feb 24, 2021 15:45:42 GMT -6
Just imagine being forced to work with coworkers you absolutely hate, once an opportunity occurs where you hit the jackpot lottery & can take out all your grudges against them all on your last day of work. That was Vegeta on Namek.
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Feb 24, 2021 17:22:56 GMT -6
Agreed. Those were some of Vegeta's best moments in Z.
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Post by crisis on Feb 24, 2021 17:26:18 GMT -6
Frieza Saga was peak DBZ. Cell and Buu were good too, but I thought it was a little odd going from. "Emperor of the Universe that's basically caused the entire series to happen" to "Evil bug man that eats people" It would've been interesting if King Cold got to be the main antagonist after Frieza. There should’ve been more of a bigger fallout. Even if it was a filler arc, like the Garlic Jr. Saga. King Cold was taken out with no consequences whatsoever. Their logic was “lets get them out the way as quickly as possible so we can introduce the Androids immediately” If I recall didn’t Frieza have 79 planets under his control? And did he not have generals under his command? I guess they didn’t think that through lol
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Feb 24, 2021 17:28:43 GMT -6
It sucks to have had that happen to not only Frieza himself, but King Cold. Cold never got anything, not even a chance to show what he's got in his belly. It blows. I wanted to see those two in action. Damn you Trunks lol.
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Post by solubletoast on Feb 24, 2021 18:05:54 GMT -6
I get that it was done to give Trunks an epic introduction, and to make him look badass. However.. Such a strange decision to turn the villain that was considered unbeatable 20 episodes ago into a sheet of paper rammed through a shredder machine..
I like the design of Mecha Frieza but his appearance and how they handled him leaves a salty taste. I'd still take an SH Figuarts of him.
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Post by crisis on Feb 24, 2021 18:59:48 GMT -6
This is what I imagine King Cold's "final form" to look like
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Post by aquamarina on Feb 24, 2021 20:14:12 GMT -6
They definitely wasted an opportunity with Mecha Freeza and Cold but, I kinda like the idea of Mecha Freeza kinda just being crap and weak, like he looks poorly put together and that could have been like, reducing his power or something. If they did go the route of Freeza taking a role similar to Vegeta on Namek, like he wants to overthrow Cold and take over himself which is half the same goal as the heroes, and Bulma could no doubt fix him better than he is but there's the obvious it's Freeza which creates conflict on how much they should or if they even should and,
I'm rambling but this would have been cool to see them do something with Freeza and Cold before Trunks killed them off damn lol
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Feb 24, 2021 20:38:05 GMT -6
I would even take a 2-pack Figuarts of the 2, even if it's like, 200 lol Better than 4-600 for Jakks lol
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Post by derpingpikachu on Feb 24, 2021 22:56:42 GMT -6
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Post by bcapp on Feb 25, 2021 6:19:52 GMT -6
Someone on here said their Recoome shipped from Hobby Genki? I’m curious if this is true because mine has not yet but I didn’t think they did until the 28th
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Post by solubletoast on Feb 25, 2021 6:41:01 GMT -6
Someone on here said their Recoome shipped from Hobby Genki? I’m curious if this is true because mine has not yet but I didn’t think they did until the 28th Yeah, mine shipped yesterday.
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