aquamarina
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Posts: 291
Species: Saiyan
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Post by aquamarina on Jul 22, 2023 21:05:02 GMT -6
God the Street Fighter line I was into those and then it just died, I was hoping they'd make Juri for so long lol
yeah they've been releasing a LOT of figures the past couple years it was only natural people would start being more selective, especially as some of the releases have been getting more and more obscure/niche
Until like a year ago I was a college student unable to have even a part time job because of the classes I was taking and the commute I had so I had to be really selective for a while, like even when I really wanted figures I had to hold off for the sake of not breaking my budget and making sure I had money for gas and food lol. I have Dodoria (preordered him at the same time as Kefla who was one of my most wanted figures period lol) and like, I ended up not being able to preorder Zarbon when he went up even though obviously I wanted him since I needed the money for christmas gifts and things were getting really tight lol
Rambling as always but, I'm guessing for a lot of people there are situations like that and unfortunately the og Dragon Ball figures probably fell into skip. I know they did for me for a while but that's also because I hadn't seen/read most of og Dragon Ball for a while. Noww I have though and I really want some of them. But even then there's ones like Kid Chi-Chi where it's just like, do I even want that on my shelf? lol
Hoping now that we have P-Bandai they at least make figures with the rest of the second wave of dragon balls on there. I feel like it's a better way to sell the more inherently niche characters
Making a lot more figures is a pro and a con I guess, collecting everything now is, very hard lol
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Jul 22, 2023 21:07:40 GMT -6
crisis Oh, they made Street Fighter figures? That's pretty neat!
I also remember seeing a Bowser Figuarts from Mario at a local GameStop, but he was (and still is online) very overpriced.
Back to DBZ: It's gonna feel weird no longer buying these after King Cold comes out I'll feel like it's the end of an era haha
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Post by chaotic on Jul 22, 2023 21:08:40 GMT -6
I'm probably the only person on this site that likes this series but I wish Tamashii had continued the To Love-Ru line. They only made two characters for that line and that was it. Their Yami figure is also kinda trash and I wish she would get an updated figure but that will never happen.
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Post by carnage6 on Jul 22, 2023 22:43:34 GMT -6
I love the Dragonball line but honestly I'd be happy if they just at least released Yamcha even if they killed the line after that.
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Post by chaotic on Jul 22, 2023 22:45:46 GMT -6
I was really wanting to figure out just how big S.H. Figuarts King Cold is so I decided to do a comparison using the 10 inch Ichibansho King Cold statue and SHF 4th form Frieza while making sure the display stands in both pics matched close enough in size and this is the result I got. I knew he was going to be big but dang what an absolute unit! I'm even more excited about getting this guy now!
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Post by Ascat on Jul 22, 2023 23:03:38 GMT -6
I was really wanting to figure out just how big S.H. Figuarts King Cold is so I decided to do a comparison using the 10 inch Ichibansho King Cold statue and SHF 4th form Frieza while making sure the display stands in both pics matched close enough in size and this is the result I got. I knew he was going to be big but dang what an absolute unit! I'm even more excited about getting this guy now! nice, i think hes probably the same size as second form frieza. a centimeter taller or two maybe. and he looks beefier than second form frieza
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Post by solubletoast on Jul 23, 2023 4:08:17 GMT -6
aquamarina I love your rambling. 😂 Always a great read. Tamashii have acquired a lot of properties lately. I really wish they could get their hands on The Legend Of Zelda. I know goodsmile have the rights ATM but they've done nothing with it. Just releasing lots of Links. I'm so glad they did TP Princess Zelda but they needed to release Ganondorf.
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Post by ollymovics on Jul 23, 2023 4:22:24 GMT -6
Most of the comments here show that you guys don't collect all the characters from the DB classic line. I know it's "only" a few people, but still, that shows to me that this line is not a good seller. When a DBS or GT character is revealed, i see much more hype, and Bandai sees that too. Beyond that, the reason why we have Jackie Chun, Chichi and Lunch, but not Yamcha/Puerh and Oolong is still a mystery. My idea is that Bandai had in mind to keep some big characters for later and trying then to make us bying some minors characters before. I guess they fear that if we have immediatly all the big charachters, we could drop the line after that and having no interest for minors. I don't like that strategy because what happened is, i guess, that those minors were bad sellers, and Bandai eventually decided to drop the line. That’s definitely the strategy they went for. It’s what they've done for a lot of their lines. It’s the reason we still haven’t got Kid Buu. It’s a bit annoying, but it’s something they have to do. If they gave us everything in one go, we’d all have stopped collecting years ago. I think we’ll see more DB figures at some stage. There’s still some I would definitely buy and that I think would sell well. We definitely need at least Goku and Chi Chi from the 23rd world tournament and obviously Yamcha’s a glaring omission. I don't think we'd have all stopped. Many people who collect figures buy absolutely everything that is released, theses wouldn't have dropped the line even after all the big names being released. I'm not one of those guys, but even with the main cast complete, i still would buy some minor characters after them.
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Post by derpingpikachu on Jul 23, 2023 8:40:26 GMT -6
I was really wanting to figure out just how big S.H. Figuarts King Cold is so I decided to do a comparison using the 10 inch Ichibansho King Cold statue and SHF 4th form Frieza while making sure the display stands in both pics matched close enough in size and this is the result I got. I knew he was going to be big but dang what an absolute unit! I'm even more excited about getting this guy now! Damn, that figure's a beauty. Love how similar it looks to that statue I almost bought.
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aquamarina
Rank: Frieza's Soldier
Posts: 291
Species: Saiyan
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Post by aquamarina on Jul 23, 2023 10:04:09 GMT -6
solubletoast you're too kind thank you lol ^ - ^ There's always a chance Tamashii could get the license even while goodsmile has it I've been collecting the Figuarts Pretty Derby figures recently and both Goodsmile and Tamashii have the liscense for it. It's been interesting seeing how it's handled. for the 1/12th scale figures they've basically just focused on doing different characters for figma and figuarts, I could see them doing something like that if they ever got the license for Zelda Off that, I wonder when the event exclusives will be going up on P-Bandai, I really want to try and get them but I haven't heard anything
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Jul 23, 2023 11:01:11 GMT -6
If King Cold is this beautiful in prototype form I can't wait to see the product. I've been collecting the Figuarts Pretty Derby figures recently and both Goodsmile and Tamashii have the liscense for it. It's been interesting seeing how it's handled. for the 1/12th scale figures they've basically just focused on doing different characters for figma and figuarts, I could see them doing something like that if they ever got the license for Zelda I would give my left arm for Link's Awakening figuarts.
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Post by chaotic on Jul 23, 2023 11:07:12 GMT -6
Ascat He's going to be bigger than second form Frieza from the looks of things. Unless my statue comparison earlier was off which it could've been.
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Post by chaotic on Jul 23, 2023 11:15:54 GMT -6
If King Cold is this beautiful in prototype form I can't wait to see the product. I've been collecting the Figuarts Pretty Derby figures recently and both Goodsmile and Tamashii have the liscense for it. It's been interesting seeing how it's handled. for the 1/12th scale figures they've basically just focused on doing different characters for figma and figuarts, I could see them doing something like that if they ever got the license for Zelda I would give my left arm for Link's Awakening figuarts. I want Figuarts OOT Ganondorf and OOT Adult Link since Max Factory doesn't seem to want to bother
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Jul 23, 2023 11:48:13 GMT -6
If King Cold is this beautiful in prototype form I can't wait to see the product. I would give my left arm for Link's Awakening figuarts. I want Figuarts OOT Ganondorf and OOT Adult Link since Max Factory doesn't seem to want to bother Marin from LA is my favourite game character EVER. She's the King Cold of Zelda. I'm pissed off that she has never gotten a plush, or a figure.
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Post by tabuuforteakugun on Jul 23, 2023 11:49:12 GMT -6
Ascat He's going to be bigger than second form Frieza from the looks of things. Unless my statue comparison earlier was off which it could've been. Oh yeah, he's definitely going to be a few inches taller at least. I think even in the manga King Cold is taller than Second Form Frieza.
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