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Post by prodigy1367 on Jan 23, 2015 19:39:03 GMT -6
If only it was like Kamen Rider, my wallet would kill me but it would hurt so good
According to the interview with Adam Newman, DBZ is their best selling line. I got really excited when I saw the sheer amount of stuff they displayed at Soul. I NEVER thought they would even consider releasing a character like Buutenks so that goes to show how they're finally coming to respect the DBZ line by giving more obscure characters releases.
Broly was produced as a result of the fan survey in the US. Right after this Adam says, "We already have all the data for Dragonball so we know exactly...the gameplan's been laid out". I have a feeling some form of Buu Saga Vegeta is going to be the next new figure announcement along with Gotenks and maybe Super Buu/Kid Buu. I'm hoping when they're done with the concentration on the Buu releases, they'll go back and fill in some of the gaps from the other sagas. I've just had a hankering for early Goku lately and I need Tamashii to get on it ASAP!!!
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Post by eddieranger on Jan 23, 2015 20:55:51 GMT -6
I don't know if Buu-Tenks is an obscure character. Obscure would be a member of the Ginyu Force (Not Captain Ginyu), in my opinion
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Post by Adrenaline on Jan 23, 2015 20:56:18 GMT -6
I think if the production process is going to represent it being their best seller, we're due to see some new prototypes and official release dates for the ones we are waiting for. Not only that, but a best selling line should release one figure every month. I'm ready to see more characters and for you all to be broke lol
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Post by gotenks on Jan 24, 2015 1:36:37 GMT -6
Do you guys think Tamashii will ever release any of the early Goku forms (Saiyan, Namek)? I'm tempted to grab some Goku's and make some customs but I'm also wondering if a Goku with a belt with ever get released. I mean Vegeta got different outfits released so why can't Goku? I hope they don't just consider the current Goku the only Normal Goku form that deems a release I hope to see a "Goku 2.0" or a Ultimate Goku" figure down this line. a Goku figure that includes Normal Head, SS Head, SS2 Head plus all the faces that are needed (this is the chance to get SS2 Goku and more faces to SS Goku) 3 different torsos - Saiyan Saga torso - Kame kanji on the front, King Kai kanji on the back. Namek Saga Torso - the kanji he had when he arrived Namek. Cell/Buu Saga torso - without any kanji a belt, a sash, 2 different types of boots (the ones from earlly DBZ and the ones from middle to end of DBZ) and of course A LOT types of hands. *I didn't include SS3 head on the list mostly because it's a huge head, and only that will raise the price a lot. and I don't think we'll get more than 3 heads in one package. it WILL be expensive, but I think it'll be the ultimate goku figure. AND they won't need to release a lot of types of goku, they'll just include anything in one package.
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Post by roshisurprise on Jan 24, 2015 3:19:10 GMT -6
Do you guys think Tamashii will ever release any of the early Goku forms (Saiyan, Namek)? I'm tempted to grab some Goku's and make some customs but I'm also wondering if a Goku with a belt with ever get released. I mean Vegeta got different outfits released so why can't Goku? I hope they don't just consider the current Goku the only Normal Goku form that deems a release I most definitely think another base goku release is bound to happen. Because come on, we know that the one out now won't get a rerelease and new collectors of the line will need another base goku when saiyan saga characters are made for example. Thus another base goku will be released, but the question is when.
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Post by wiizardii01 on Jan 24, 2015 5:39:59 GMT -6
repaint of ssj3 goku, I will always bet on that for this years exclusive.
BTW does anyone know where I can get broly for a good price outside from barnes and noble?
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Post by prodigy1367 on Jan 24, 2015 8:55:10 GMT -6
Do you guys think Tamashii will ever release any of the early Goku forms (Saiyan, Namek)? I'm tempted to grab some Goku's and make some customs but I'm also wondering if a Goku with a belt with ever get released. I mean Vegeta got different outfits released so why can't Goku? I hope they don't just consider the current Goku the only Normal Goku form that deems a release I hope to see a "Goku 2.0" or a Ultimate Goku" figure down this line. a Goku figure that includes Normal Head, SS Head, SS2 Head plus all the faces that are needed (this is the chance to get SS2 Goku and more faces to SS Goku) 3 different torsos - Saiyan Saga torso - Kame kanji on the front, King Kai kanji on the back. Namek Saga Torso - the kanji he had when he arrived Namek. Cell/Buu Saga torso - without any kanji a belt, a sash, 2 different types of boots (the ones from earlly DBZ and the ones from middle to end of DBZ) and of course A LOT types of hands. *I didn't include SS3 head on the list mostly because it's a huge head, and only that will raise the price a lot. and I don't think we'll get more than 3 heads in one package. it WILL be expensive, but I think it'll be the ultimate goku figure. AND they won't need to release a lot of types of goku, they'll just include anything in one package. I don't think they'd ever release an amazing all-in-one Goku like that but if they did I'd buy it in an instant. I would have to buy at least 3 just to get all the early outfits of Goku, boy is that gonna be expensive! I'd prefer if they made a Base Goku with sash, the different boots, and either the swappable torsos with all of his Kanji combinations or decals to swap Kanji on the base body. Throw in a sensu bean pouch and an inflatable nimbus and power pole. That would cover all the early Goku forms except Kaioken. For Super Saiyan, they could release the same figure as the base Goku we have now except with the SSJ and SSJ2 heads (preferably with a darker gi) and extra faces, hands, etc. Maybe even include the Kanji from Battle of Gods to complete Goku for entire DBZ.
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Post by littlegreen on Jan 24, 2015 10:02:04 GMT -6
I just put on Branjita 's stickers and swapped out his sash for krillin's belt. Boom Saiyan Saga Goku.
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Post by wiizardii01 on Jan 24, 2015 10:03:29 GMT -6
I hope to see a "Goku 2.0" or a Ultimate Goku" figure down this line. a Goku figure that includes Normal Head, SS Head, SS2 Head plus all the faces that are needed (this is the chance to get SS2 Goku and more faces to SS Goku) 3 different torsos - Saiyan Saga torso - Kame kanji on the front, King Kai kanji on the back. Namek Saga Torso - the kanji he had when he arrived Namek. Cell/Buu Saga torso - without any kanji a belt, a sash, 2 different types of boots (the ones from earlly DBZ and the ones from middle to end of DBZ) and of course A LOT types of hands. *I didn't include SS3 head on the list mostly because it's a huge head, and only that will raise the price a lot. and I don't think we'll get more than 3 heads in one package. it WILL be expensive, but I think it'll be the ultimate goku figure. AND they won't need to release a lot of types of goku, they'll just include anything in one package. I don't think they'd ever release an amazing all-in-one Goku like that but if they did I'd buy it in an instant. I would have to buy at least 3 just to get all the early outfits of Goku, boy is that gonna be expensive! I'd prefer if they made a Base Goku with sash, the different boots, and either the swappable torsos with all of his Kanji combinations or decals to swap Kanji on the base body. Throw in a sensu bean pouch and an inflatable nimbus and power pole. That would cover all the early Goku forms except Kaioken. For Super Saiyan, they could release the same figure as the base Goku we have now except with the SSJ and SSJ2 heads (preferably with a darker gi) and extra faces, hands, etc. Maybe even include the Kanji from Battle of Gods to complete Goku for entire DBZ. Do we REALLY need one? I mean it doesn't have to happen and it would be a little overkill in my opinion. Ofc it maybe nice, but it would also limit the figure in ways and it would feel like one of does batman and spiderman figures that you can unmask and either have the batman or spiderman clothes on, or their civilian casual look (if you know what I mean, does types of figures.) Also it would be overly expensive and the SSJ would be unnecessary due to alot of reissues of the SSJ goku, I think it just got its third re issue.
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Post by gotenks on Jan 24, 2015 11:00:00 GMT -6
I just put on Branjita 's stickers and swapped out his sash for krillin's belt. Boom Saiyan Saga Goku. I thought about it and I want to that too. maybe I'll get a set of stickers soon from Branjita
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Post by Careless Saiyajin on Jan 24, 2015 14:33:33 GMT -6
I honestly at this point want Nappa so much!
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Post by Bardoon on Jan 24, 2015 16:06:25 GMT -6
Releasing an "All-in-one" Goku and offering up features NEVER-RELEASED-BEFORE like a SSJ2 head (or a new sculpted SSJ3 head) would certainly help for sales with that type of figure. They did do it years ago with the Super Battle Collection "Perfect version" Goku and other companies have done similar editions of their figures.
The 2.0 "new molds" is actually something that a lot of collectible figure companies are doing like Hot Toys and GSC/Max Factory. Good Smile Company/Max Factory has been doing this with their Figma figures. Realizing they're better NOW than they were years ago, they've releasing newer and arguably better versions of older figures. For example, a they're releasing a new 2.0 version of their Saber figure from the Fate/Stay Night anime series.
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Post by prodigy1367 on Jan 24, 2015 16:21:32 GMT -6
The 2.0 idea is a really good way to get around their self-imposed re-release policy. I would love to see the striations and detail the Figuarts such as Vegito have now with some of the older releases. Hell, they could add some extra faces, throw in some character specific effect pieces, and even tweak some things about the character's appearance to make it a new version of it (add boot tips, different coloring, belts, etc.) So many possibilities exist for re-releasing that wouldn't go against their Web Exclusivity.
They could also sometime in the future when the line reaches a level of maturity do something like re-releasing "The Classics" or "Fan Favorites"
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Post by roshisurprise on Jan 24, 2015 16:36:55 GMT -6
I don't think tamashii needs a way to get around their rerelease policy. They probably don't want to rerelease figures in the first place. In my opinion the only way we ever get rereleases is when the line actually dies and tamashii loses interest in it so they decide to screw over the scalpers who bring in lots of profit for them and rerelease the figures.
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Post by Bardoon on Jan 24, 2015 17:15:52 GMT -6
I don't think tamashii needs a way to get around their rerelease policy. They probably don't want to rerelease figures in the first place. In my opinion the only way we ever get rereleases is when the line actually dies and tamashii loses interest in it so they decide to screw over the scalpers who bring in lots of profit for them and rerelease the figures. They already ARE doing things to get around their "re-release" policy. Look no further than the "special case" of re-releasing the web exclusive SSJ Goku Figuarts ZERO and now they're also re-releasing the Garurumon in special "Original Designer's" colors (their words, not mine) that are actually just darker shades of the original colors. Their way of doing it right now is to either a) Call it a "special case" or b) Color repaints, even somewhat minor... They do want to re-release. They're re-releasing SSJ Goku for the second time this summer. We're finally getting the Gohan re-release. Piccolo was re-released earlier this past year and if you take a look at Bluefin's Tamashii Facebook page, most of their recent posts are ALL about Tamashii's upcoming re-releases (Mario, Mario accessory sets, SSJ Goku, Going Merry, Flame Effects, Dunbine, etc.). Why don't they re-release those behind their "Web Exclusive" label like SSJ Vegeta, Trunks and SSJ3 Goku? That's our endless debate here...is it "honor" and "respect" to the collectors? Is there some behind-the-scenes news we don't know about it? Have they lost the molds? Who knows... They're currently getting screwed by scalpers, who are using their products/molds to profit. Perhaps Bandai has been doing something about it since Datong and JacksDo have gotten kind of "quiet". Last time Tamashii "lost interest" on the DBZ line was when the Japanese market also lost interest. They decided to go "Web Exclusive" and also distribute to the United States and that saved the line. I don't know of any companies that go with a policy of re-releasing figures when they "lose interest", please enlighten me if you know of one. Usually lost interest is a sign that a line is going to die because it's no longer profitable.
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