S.H.Figuarts Upcoming Releases

I wouldn't boycott krillin but the only reason i get two krillin is to have someone make a custom bojack gohan granted if they are the same height. The the only reason vegeta is 300 + right now is because every decided the wanted trunks in saiyan armor. He was the cheapest for the longest time so. But nappa was only show because of us input and if that's the case they could make a limited run on him for the us market I'm pretty we would get him ... The same way with the twins 17 would have been perfect for piccolo.

I just don't understand, if bandai really wanted to cash in on the line with minimal effort and risk I don't see y they wouldn't just rerelease ss vegeta like they did ss goku which I'm betting $ they will eventually do it's just a matter of time. Also under that same line of thought they could easily make multiple versions of characters that are already released using basically the same mold they used on the original by making said character battle damaged or in a slightly different outfit or just add some stuff to the original release like an effect piece or extra faces or heads etc. And then call it a special version of the original lol

*Noted and accepted.

I would have preferred his Saiyan/Namek saga outfit too, but I understand why they went with his Cell Saga boots since most of the characters they've made are from that saga. Plus, if they made him in Saiyan/Namek Saga outfit, I'd basically have to demand a little kid Gohan figure be made to go with him.

Also, I edited my post a tiny bit after you quoted, but I had another thought to share too, and that's that the reason the Irwin Krillins may not have sold that well is because they were not very good. They're all okay (except for the destructo disk one which is horrible and definitely the one that sold EXTREMELY poorly), but they are a little long armed and their heads are huge. That might have affected people from wanting to buy him, but it wasn't like he was the worst selling figure. I remember Babidi sold worse, Pui Pui definitely sold worse, and the Striking Z Fighter Great Saiyaman might have been Irwin's worst selling figure (you'd go to the stores and see him, come back a month later and he's still there! ).

This Figuarts Krillin looks like it's probably almost the same size as the Irwin ones, so it's the clear winner. It might be taller, but I'm having trouble figuring that out.

I've got a neutral question for ya all. Let me state a few facts first. The line is doing well, so worries about it ending are currently ungrounded. The line caters to two markets one of which apparantly is very main hero centred. Tamashii has and continues to express a willing interest in american market interest. And lastly fan input remains below in hierarchy to their own extensive research.

Now, as fans we can speak are mind. The question is will and if so how can we be influential? The question I have is would you rather not try to be influential and accept whatever tamashii deems sellable and throws at us, or would you rather have at least some influence, possibly limited to getting a character like kid buu released or not?

Because what it comes down to is realism imo. Branjita voted in the sideshow poll and spoke words with which I agree: common traffic supports the community as a whole.

It's my strategic estimation that only numbers can make a real impact. We can each therefore choose to add to those numbers, or not. Isn't it always better to have SOME influence, then none at all? And isn't it true that if tamashii startsbtaking us into account, it opens up the door for them to do so again in the future? Once say, majin vegeta is released people can't vote for it anymore. 

My concluding point in the form of a rhetorical question is isn't it smarter to join forces, make ourselves heard, in the hope that, even if this timeyour preffered character doen't make it, it might in the future? Isn't any chance of a possibility of minor characters solidified by a continual support of the line AND ANY effort by the community to gain influence!?

I urge everyone to base their choice to vote in whatever poll anywhere on your answer to these questions...

I can definitely agree with all 3 points, but it still doesn't mean adults now are willing to spend 50 $ on a figure for them though... But yeah I still remember kids who immediately went for t&y during roll playing. Too bad to hear about Kai, but then again I pretty much dislike any and everything I've seen or heard from it so I couldn't care less.

It's a smart idea for everyone to participate in every opportunity to voice our opinions. So I would encourage that if someone really wants a certain character, to request it. Vote in the DBF polls, tell the Pwn guy on sideshow who you want in his topic, tweet Tamashii, Facebook Bluefin... etc.

I'm not going to go back and look for the exact quote, but I believe what Pwn heard from somebody he was working the event with was either taken out of context or given out of context by who told him it, and also taken out of context by many people interpreting what Pwn was reproducing.

I work in marketing, and although I'm on the creative end and not the research end, I pretty much know how the research is done.

To find out demand, market researchers pretty much look at EVERYTHING they can get their hands on. Specific to DBZ action figures, researchers will look at everything they can get access to and find semi-easily to arrive at what characters their target market will buy. Polls and popularity contests are really good for that, because they cut down on the amount of work the researcher has to do. It's a business, and they want to make money by making products that most of their customers will buy. Will they specifically cater to only us? No. But will they take our opinions into account? Of course. The only problem we are likely running into is that Tamashii's research team may only be in Japan. If it is, then our influence is less, as the amount of influence we have is limited to how much Bluefin will share with the Japanese portion of the company.

Our polls here, particularly since I brought them to the attention of Tamashii on Twitter, are just as important as anything else for the American market though. If we had 5000 votes in them, they'd be even more important, but that's unlikely. It's unlikely they'd get any sort of results like that these days.

I guarantee you that our opinions are more useful than those from random passer-bys at Comic Cons who vote in their official polls. Somebody who votes in their poll may only collect Godzilla or Power Rangers and have a vague understanding of DBZ and just decide "Oh.. I don't know, I don't want to leave this question blank, they should make Goku since he's the only name I recognize" and vote for Goku or whatever the case might be. I don't know if Bluefin gives out freebies to people who vote in their polls at the events or not, but if they give free t-shirts or something away at them, then people who don't even give a crap will vote just for a free shirt. Also, I don't remember how many choices you were allowed to vote for in their poll... wasn't it only one choice? If it was one choice, then it is no wonder Buu would be questionable to produce. There were more interesting characters in their poll than their generic "Majin Buu" choice.

If you base some of the research on old video games and old Japanese action figure lines, it's very obvious which characters we'll be getting if there's a Japanese-only influence on the figures. The Japanese market has always been very focused on three things in my opinion: Saiyans, Bulma and/or Android 18 (even though they didn't make SBC figures of them), and Fat Buu. The American market has always seemed to be a bit more diversified, but with a heavy focus on Goku, Gohan, Piccolo, Vegeta, Future Trunks, and Cell.