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Post by eddieranger on Jul 21, 2018 10:34:31 GMT -6
So is that really the whole display or is there more to come? More pics? More figs? Pretty boring. Hercule? Who cares. Pointless, inconsequential character and figure. I love Mr Satan, but I can't see how he would sell better than a Raditz, Captain Ginyu, Super Buu, or any of Cell & Frieza's other forms. It's definitely a disappointing showing overall. I was hoping for a Great Saiyaman, Videl, Gohan, etc. So many options.
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Post by saiyanpunk on Jul 21, 2018 10:58:07 GMT -6
With Satan, we now have the final 3 of the Buu saga that saved the world. All we need is Kid Buu and you can do a final scene setup.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jul 21, 2018 11:47:28 GMT -6
Again though, I think Mr. Satan isn't here just to sell himself... He's been announced to boost sales of Fat Buu going into his release. Plus he's a fun character and is a fan favorite.
Unfortunately, toy marketing 101 starts to come into play. Much as we might prefer it, you don't pack all your big characters in right away. You space them out, stringing along collectors who you know will buy incidental characters while you make them wait for the last character in whatever team or group they want to fill in. Meinwhile, you also keep a steady stream of variants for your popular characters (Batman, Wolverine, etc) because collectors WILL buy every version of a popular character as well.
My guess is, next year will likely not include Bardock... He's got a SIMILAR fan base to Broly, so unless he's big in the new film too (which he may be) they won't want to double dip. We're certain to get a new Goku, likely UI but it could also be SSJ4 or the movie design. Same with a Vegeta variant, since he's been getting one fig a year.
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Post by schroeder on Jul 21, 2018 13:59:02 GMT -6
Mr Satan is one of the most important characters of the Buu saga. The fact that you call him Hercule shows you’ve only watched the English dub and don’t fully understand his character Buy saga was always my favorite. I understand what he did. I thought it was a stupid cheesy part of the story too. Thats my opinion, but as someone else said; he won't sell better than so many other options. I never call him "mr Satan." Why they decided to name a character after Satan is beyond me. I'm not gonna give that name credit. I call him "Hercule." It's a better name that does nod towards Satan. It's always bothered me. Why not something good? Mr God? Mr Lord? Why bring up good/evil at all in his name. I call him Hercule because I like that batter. I'm disappointed that UI Goku isn't more refined. I'm disappointed the ssj4 Goku hasn't gone farther and that the super Buu variants haven't either. I really hope there is a base super buu variant. There have been very few articulated figures of him- none of which were done well. It's be interesting to see how SH Figuarts would do it. Him not really having a defined neck must be hard to make look right AND articulate. Oh well. Can't please everyone. Everyone has there wish list. That's what 98% of the posts are in these sh figuarts threads.
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Post by eddieranger on Jul 21, 2018 14:34:26 GMT -6
I think his real name is Hercules Satan.
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Post by ◄VR► on Jul 21, 2018 15:38:06 GMT -6
I thought his name was Mark.
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Post by zarbon on Jul 21, 2018 17:19:41 GMT -6
Mr Satan is one of the most important characters of the Buu saga. The fact that you call him Hercule shows you’ve only watched the English dub and don’t fully understand his character Haven't we all moved on from sub elitism by now? Dragging the name of all dub fans through the mud just because you disagree with one guy's opinion of a character is immature and uncalled for.
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Post by floodarea on Jul 21, 2018 17:41:56 GMT -6
Mr Satan is one of the most important characters of the Buu saga. The fact that you call him Hercule shows you’ve only watched the English dub and don’t fully understand his character I agree with your main point that he’s important but everything you said after that is some of the silliest ish I’ve ever seen That’s definitely the cringe side of the anime community hahah
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jul 21, 2018 17:55:16 GMT -6
His real name is Mark, but I always took it that Hercule/Mr. Satan is his stage name.
Personally I prefer Mr Satan, but that's because it's the default even for the dub (only broadcast/edited versions use Hercule) and because of the pun for his household. That said, I use Hercule occasionally, especially in more public non-fandom spaces like Facebook because certain relatives might take my glee at a "Mr. Satan" figure the wrong way.
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Post by nickclark89 on Jul 22, 2018 6:46:02 GMT -6
As spaniard I find it really strange how religion can influence over there a simple name like this case, it's just a name. Spain can be very religious (type Semana Santa Sevilla for example to see what I'm talking about) but you North Americans take it to a new whole level, like damn. No offense, just curious and I want to say this lmao ps. I'm an atheist so yeah I find it funny too.
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Post by planetvegeta on Jul 22, 2018 7:11:34 GMT -6
I don't care for Hercule, and much less Android 21 (of all the characters they went with; smh). I want the canon Broly figure though. Can someone please tell me when can we expect to see sellers of these SDCC figures to list them besides on EBay? I would really like to get Broly, and he isn't listed on Eknight or BBTS.
I still would like to see Hit, 2.0 Piccolo, 2.0 Mystic Gohan, and Kid Buu. Janemba and Cooler would also be good, and particularly as non-canon characters. The new SSB Goku and Vegeta are really nice, and even though it was only a matter of time before they made those figures, I wanted to see them release. Who knows though when SSB Goku and Vegeta and MUI Goku will release though.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Jul 22, 2018 9:22:10 GMT -6
I highly doubt the SDCC are going to be on BBTS, since they're supposed to be con exclusive. Ebay's likely your best bet, though I'd suggest maybe waiting for a little while? These exclusives were made for the ENTIRE Dragon Tour, so I expect we'll see them cheaper as they make the rounds at different conventions and become more widely circulated.
As for Android 21... I get that she's a non-canon character and all, but she's the main antagonist of a game that got a TON of positive buzz, she has ties to the series lore both in her backstory and in her relationship with other characters, and the design is cool. Like... I get it, I'd like someone like Raditz or Kid Buu more too, but they can do those characters at any time and the excitement from fans will be the same. If they're going to do 21, it HAS to be now... heck, I'd say it's already kinda late to ride the character's hype train.
I'll be buying it, but I also bought Xenoverse Hero (though admittedly that purchase was to steal his head for a Gohan custom and use his body as a temp 2.0 Trunks) so admittedly I'm on the weirdo fringe. As for the mention that VG characters may "take over the line" or whatever... not only is that a dumb move business-wise, there's not a ton of VG only characters to do... at least not without factoring in Heroes, which they won't for a variety of reasons (mostly having to do with the fact that they cater the line mostly to the larger western market). The only recent games with OCs are XV, which they've already done figures for and after two years I doubt we'll get more, and Legends, which is a mobile game. There's nothing else for FighterZ to do except the clone repaints... and anyone who wants those can get Dragon Stars.
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Post by floodarea on Jul 22, 2018 9:34:53 GMT -6
So we really left comic-con with Dragon Stars and Figure Rise Standard revealing UI Goku but nothing from Tamashii...
SMH
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Post by saiyanpunk on Jul 22, 2018 12:08:24 GMT -6
So we really left comic-con with Dragon Stars and Figure Rise Standard revealing UI Goku but nothing from Tamashii... SMH all the SDCC hype, all for nothing 😂
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Post by dippergames420 on Jul 22, 2018 13:22:36 GMT -6
So we really left comic-con with Dragon Stars and Figure Rise Standard revealing UI Goku but nothing from Tamashii... SMH all the SDCC hype, all for nothing 😂 Yep. Good ol' Tamashii.
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