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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 20, 2017 9:24:32 GMT -6
I always point back to DCUC. For a lot of comic collectors, that's the go to line. But they didn't do Martian Manhunter, at the time still a mainstay of the Justice League, until wave FIFTEEN. To put that in perspective, Aquaman was wave TWO.
Ultimately there's a weird logic when plotting out figures for a wave or for a years releases... This many figures you want to do balanced against figures with X number of mold reuses you know people will buy, and with X number of characters fans want.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 19, 2017 8:31:15 GMT -6
As someone who prefers end of DB Goku... yeah, no. Not only are there decently articulated Kid Goku figures out there already in smaller scale than figuarts, but Figuarts is also putting out an articulated Donald Duck in a reasonable scale to 5-6" Sora. You cannot tell me Kid Goku would be harder to figure out.
The real reason they wanted to make him that big is to share as much as possible with other figures that might be coming down the pipeline. I was ok with that because I foolishly thought it'd be other reasonably small characters like Trunks, Goten, and Kid Buu, but the scale on this Goku makes it seem more like we're in for a new Krillin. It's just... eh. It might be a pass for me, which is a shame because I was all for it when the initial previews came out.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 15, 2017 22:37:23 GMT -6
No. They glow, but I've checked multiple clips and the stars are still faintly visible on the balls, just hard to see because of the glow. The only time the stars are not present at all is during the time the dragonballs are turned to stone after the wish is granted.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 14, 2017 22:29:02 GMT -6
I mean... yes, Fat Buu is almost the least interesting version of the character in terms of the Buu saga itself (Super Buu and his variations had far more screen time and Kid Buu was the "final boss" in the same way 4th form Freeza and Perfect Cell are) but in a post-Super landscape, I almost understand it? Fat Buu has been an active member of the Super supporting cast since Kid Buu's defeat, even with all the BS Super's writers have done to keep him out of action. He's also the version that we have more investment in from Z, because of his character arc with Mr. Satan.
So on the one hand, I'm happy to see more of the supporting cast get filled out, and I'm happy to get this version. On the other... yeah, it also kinda pisses me off that after years, YEARS of teasing Super Buu as the last major villain from Z to not have a figure, now that we've FINALLY started to move fully into Buu saga releases, we're instead getting Fat Buu.
That all having been said... if we do not get our lord and savior Mr. Satan to go with Fat Buu, I am organizing a riot at Bandai headquarters I swear to Kaioshin.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 13, 2017 17:30:18 GMT -6
I don't... What? Like, I'm resigned to Goku and Roshi being scaled funky. But if you are gonna put out a noncanon Dragonball Bulma outfit... Why is she scaled to the Z figures!?!
Like, personally I'm ok with it, because it's possible I can customize her to a proper Bulma. But it doesn't make sense for it not to be scaled to Goku and Roshi. The people most likely to buy this version would want to display her with those figures.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 12, 2017 21:00:15 GMT -6
Was taking some photos of Tarble for the custom thread, I went ahead and took some photos of my whole set as it currently stands So just to ask, since the last post really did annoy me... does anyone else actually mind that I occasionally post my other collections in this thread? I get that this whole board is primarily focused on Dragonball, but I know plenty of members don't just collect Dragonball stuff. That Green Goblin I posted above in particularly was a labor of love that I've had floating around in my mind for YEARS, much like my Gohan, and I'd like to be able to share that with people.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 12, 2017 20:27:57 GMT -6
As promised, some better pics
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 12, 2017 14:11:11 GMT -6
So while the figure is great and I love having it on my shelf... Can I just list one nitpick I have which really annoyed me?
That base is awful and it was actually worse in person. It's not a huge deal considering how great the rest is, granted, but the solid yellow explosion is cheap (at least make it clear yellow) and the fact that the dragonballs are A. a solid piece and B. Don't even have stars on them is annoying.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Dec 11, 2017 22:41:42 GMT -6
Was kind of burned out on DBZ for awhile there, but I got something I preordered months ago in the mail a few days ago which finally got me off my butt to finish Tarble. Expect decent pics of the final figure soon, but in the meantime here's a quick video I made a few days ago, mostly to show off a recent arrival to some friends in a different state. (yes, I forgot to glue on the scouter before shooting the video. I corrected it right afterwards)
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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 23, 2017 12:56:57 GMT -6
Waiting for the head still, but I am so happy with how he's come along.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Sept 4, 2017 20:15:32 GMT -6
So last week I went out and got a display shelf specifically for my Spider-Man figures... figured I'd show updates to that one off here. Larger pics of the individual cubbies are up here, but I also want to show off the newly completed addition to the shelf, which has been a labor of love for me for awhile now. I'm a bit more of a fan of Harry Osborn as the Green Goblin than I am of Norman in the role. While Harry had died by the time I was 4 years old, I grew up on my dad's back issues, and I loved the complicated history between Harry, Liz, Mark, Peter, and MJ. Harry's confrontations with Peter just seemed much more... personal than they ever were with Norman, especially since... well, let's face it, aside from the secret identity thing, Norman really had nothing to do with Peter's life outside of his dealings with Harry. Harry ALSO knew Peter's secret identity, but there was also personal torment because he was also Peter's friend. And they've TRIED to do some weird father-son dynamic with Norman and Peter since his resurrection... but to me, it just wasn't as strong as what we'd gotten with Harry. So if I was gonna do a large scale Spider-Man shelf, having a Harry Osborn was a must. But rather than do the cliche "Here's a second Green Goblin figure, and I shall name it Harry" thing, I wanted to have a Harry that was visually distinct from his father. To accomplish that goal, I took the head from the original ML Green Goblin, and trimmed the ears down so they'd be more in line with the smaller ears used on Harry's mask. I then used a Scarlet Spider body to give him the same lean body type as Peter to distinguish him from the future Green Goblin figure that was inevitable as soon as Hobgoblin came out. The result is a Goblin figure that is distinctly Harry Osborn.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 28, 2017 19:41:30 GMT -6
So my prototype heads came in for Tarble. This is the size I ended up using. Going to reprint it in a better material once I get paid Thursday, as well as a Bulma for later use.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 26, 2017 11:08:46 GMT -6
That's kinda disappointing. Figure Rise Freeza just barely works as a "Full Power" Freeza in terms of scale, but that Freeza is HUGE even compared to that one. Granted, that might be because the line isn't really "in-scale" with itself (a lot of mass produced lines aren't) so I'm curious what the other figures look like next to Freeza.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 24, 2017 13:43:40 GMT -6
No that's fine, I was more just surprised you didn't mention the one that literally DOWNGRADED in his "transformed" state. It's so dumb.
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Post by Majin Tomato on Aug 24, 2017 13:36:28 GMT -6
Oh, absolutely. Gone are the days when our figures are literally held together with rubber bands.
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