Action Figure Final Fantasy VII Remake Collectibles

[spaceghost2000]

To those who have done the 1st class and remake body swap, does the fixed pauldron on the remake harness get in the way of posing with the butterfly shoulder joints?

It can lift out of the way if the arm is at 90°, reaching up might do it though.

 

[chrisstbh]

I take it theres no way to swap the harness over without disassembling the entire figure?

 

[Misterbadguy]

Swapped the heads on AC Cloud and 1st Cloud. I feel like the side glance head with the GT-006D hair piece actually suits AC Cloud better.

 

[FilthyCasual]

So I ordered a second set of 1st Class arms just in case anything ever happens and noticed a couple differences from the initial batch.

First, the skin tone is not as pale and doesn't match the AC head.
Second, the veinwork is different. The first batch had blue veins with no actual sculpting. The veins on the second batch have no color and bulge out.

not sure if other people experience the color issue, but I preferred the veins of the initial batch more...

 

[vaanrose]

So I ordered a second set of 1st Class arms just in case anything ever happens and noticed a couple differences from the initial batch.

First, the skin tone is not as pale and doesn't match the AC head.
Second, the veinwork is different. The first batch had blue veins with no actual sculpting. The veins on the second batch have no color and bulge out.
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not sure if other people experience the color issue, but I preferred the veins of the initial batch more...

I think you either ordered or got sent the Remake Cloud arms. My second batch first class set is pale and has blue veins. I didn't buy an extra set of remake arms, but on the original they're darker and have unpainted veins like this.

 

[jtwong27]

Has there been any update to when we can expect the gametoys tifa to come out? Last I heard was Q1 2025. Wonder if we can expect that to really happen or would another delay occur.

 

[vspectra]

Delayed with unknown release date and they're laying low because Square Enix is watching third party unlicensed products very closely now

 

[FilthyCasual]

I think you either ordered or got sent the Remake Cloud arms. My second batch first class set is pale and has blue veins. I didn't buy an extra set of remake arms, but on the original they're darker and have unpainted veins like this.

Well the socket size is too big for the remake body and it doesn't have the bandage wrapping, so I'm guessing it's the 1st class skeleton with the remake silicone part... not quite a "defect" but I wonder if I can return this to OSK?

 

[jtwong27]

Delayed with unknown release date and they're laying low because Square Enix is watching third party unlicensed products very closely now

That sucks.. if they want to be like this then they should get started on a 1/6 scale line then....

That said, they don't have any official social media accounts correct? So how do we get info about their release schedule and status. Really hoping we get her in Q1 2025.

 

[vaanrose]

Well the socket size is too big for the remake body and it doesn't have the bandage wrapping, so I'm guessing it's the 1st class skeleton with the remake silicone part... not quite a "defect" but I wonder if I can return this to OSK?

It's entirely possible I'm mistaken as I don't have a first batch arm to compare it to, but my second batch arms look more like the ones on the left here, to my eye. They at least seem to match his face skintone, again to my eye. So you may have gotten a bad set?

 

[Misterbadguy]

That sucks.. if they want to be like this then they should get started on a 1/6 scale line then....

That said, they don't have any official social media accounts correct? So how do we get info about their release schedule and status. Really hoping we get her in Q1 2025.

There is a private chat on a Chinese social media platform that the guy who runs GT posts in, which is where most info about their upcoming releases originates from. One or two members on here have access to it but it seems even that's gone quiet recently due to how hawkish SE have become as of late.

At the moment it's simply a waiting game.

 

[walter88]

As usual ，still alot of heat on SE hunting down 3rd party brand and gt.

why those ff related statues keep open preorder compare to 1/6？

1/6 ：multiple process， multiple supplier，multiple factory working on 1 figure. takes longer time to complete. give SE more time to hunt them down.

statues：can make from zero to complete product in one factory. easier to change brand，change location，require less funds but many profit.

Some rumor say SE wanted to do a 1/6 line themself. not outsource to other brand. just like PAK. Just initial planning，haven't finalize anything yet.

If SE really wanted to have a SEAT in the 1/6 figure， gt might just close shop as well.

 

[Misterbadguy]

Good grief, SE doing a 1/6 line on their own and killing GT in the process is probably worst case scenario, so I really hope those rumours are unfounded.

 

[redhurricane]

very sad, this is my first good FF Tifa figure and first GT figure really hope this won't get cancelled D:

 

[jtwong27]

Oh that does suck if true. I was really excited for this figure. I think they will just lie low now and perhaps just suddenly release the figure, they probably are still working on it but not releasing any updates. This is of course me hoping...

If SE wants to get into the 1/6 market, there will be people who will buy simply cause it's official. If it's also a superior product, we all will buy it too...so it sucks that they are on a witch hunt ... Is this even true or a rumor actually due to the lack of updates?

 

[MrConor212]

Oh that does suck if true. I was really excited for this figure. I think they will just lie low now and perhaps just suddenly release the figure, they probably are still working on it but not releasing any updates. This is of course me hoping...

If SE wants to get into the 1/6 market, there will be people who will buy simply cause it's official. If it's also a superior product, we all will buy it too...so it sucks that they are on a witch hunt ... Is this even true or a rumor actually due to the lack of updates?

Is FF big in China? I’d be shocked if a company like Hot Toys didn’t ever try to get the license at some point

 

[jtwong27]

Ya in the transformers 3rd party world, only ko companies got in trouble. Even then I think there was a period where large 3rd party companies like FansToys went really quiet as well... rumors of heightened awareness of Takara Tomy ... But that obviously died down. Even then FansToys releases some characters under a different company name just in case (esp Optimus Prime).

I don't care how long it takes gt to release tifa.. I just want it to get released...just wait and see... they could also always rebrand themselves I guess later ..perhaps after the figs they announced are released

 

[walter88]

Oh that does suck if true. I was really excited for this figure. I think they will just lie low now and perhaps just suddenly release the figure, they probably are still working on it but not releasing any updates. This is of course me hoping...

If SE wants to get into the 1/6 market, there will be people who will buy simply cause it's official. If it's also a superior product, we all will buy it too...so it sucks that they are on a witch hunt ... Is this even true or a rumor actually due to the lack of updates?

Based on SE figure history，quality wise definitely wont be superior than gt. Its not easy to plan，test，produce a 1/6 figure. The time，cost etc etc.
Example： A different body type between tifa and aerith，if want to save cost then SE would just use the same body type.gt would develop 2 different type of body，and use silicone grade body.
One of the downside of silicone body is the high reject rate during production. Thats why licensed product use doesn't really use silicone grade body on figure. They outsource it to oem factory，whoever have the lowest quotation price get the project.

current FF series 1/6 figure line top1 is gt and gt only，by using the top quality method（headsculpt，completeness of the figure）which put them on top place from other 3rd party brand like VTS，superduck etc etc. And they improve after each figure released.
Thats why gt is on top of the hunting list.

As for the rumor，I use “rumor” as a disguise.
SE plan is simple，by being the sole licensed side=monopoly market.

Yes，ppl will buy even the outcome figure is **** quality，but it just pure sad to see those character displayed as low quality figure.

SE ，if you see this message，please think.
Why you think the playart kai line failed？
Howabout a triple side win solution？Plan with focus on good quality figure，outsource it to capable person. customer get good figure.

 

[walter88]

Is FF big in China? I’d be shocked if a company like Hot Toys didn’t ever try to get the license at some point

More like SE doesn't want to sell their license.
1/6 market is a big market. Target customer are mostly working class adult. Figure price is on high side，but if the brand manage to control the cost，the quality，the profit is huge. Like INART，why they keep on expanding on their 1/6 line instead of Queenstudio statues line？

A display cabinet may only could fit in 5 statues，but it definitely can fit in 30set of 1/6 figures.