S.H.FiguArts Dragonball Z figures!!!

[CARTOONx22]

Well this all came in the mail today! Im gonna keep them unopened in my collection!

Might as well print out pictures of the figures in box and frame them and hang them on wall . Because that's pretty much the same thing your gonna have and you would have saved hundreds $$$ you can google the figures in box and print them.... Part of owning them is to pose them and have them in hand to appreciate hot detailed and awesome they are .

 

[Cloud Strife]

I really want a play arts solid snake too to add to my smash bro collection but ****** paying 300$ lol

You could use the Revoltech version. It's more in scale with the Figma Link, Samus and Icarus than the Play Arts version, is more affordable.

 

[Snake Plissken]

You could use the Revoltech version. It's more in scale with the Figma Link, Samus and Icarus than the Play Arts version, is more affordable.

That's Naked Snake for Revoltech, not Solid Snake.

 

[krec9]

Congrats, I did notice that happening as well, I could've bought it for that price there as well a year back, but I wasn't entirely convinced of the line back then. Stupid me.

In any case I won't be buying any figures anymore until the Androids come out and Play Arts Kai arkham city Joker, so I got a boring few months ahead when it comes to purchasing.

thanks yea SSVegeta was my first figure from this line if I didnt like I was going to get rid of it thankfully I love this line.

 

[Science Friction]

Yeah toyarena is bad about that, like BBTS, or really.. most of the sites like that. One day the price is X, then it's bumped up $20+. I'm sure they have people following discussions on forums and gauging interest, as well as watching ebay. It frustrating, but within this hobby there is a lot artificial value that just gets tacked on because on person sells something for X and then everyone else sees it and raises their prices.

 

[MagpieMad]

Yeah toyarena is bad about that, like BBTS, or really.. most of the sites like that. One day the price is X, then it's bumped up $20+. I'm sure they have people following discussions on forums and gauging interest, as well as watching ebay. It frustrating, but within this hobby there is a lot artificial value that just gets tacked on because on person sells something for X and then everyone else sees it and raises their prices.

I think the fault lies with buyers to a large extent too, sellers will only charge what they can get away with! Dont want to sound like I'm judging, I just handed over $200 to a scalper for masterpiece Rodimus Prime

 

[Big Deano]

I think the fault lies with buyers to a large extent too, sellers will only charge what they can get away with! Dont want to sound like I'm judging, I just handed over $200 to a scalper for masterpiece Rodimus Prime

Thats exactly right; some folks get so desperate to get a figure that they do pay these obscene amounts, hence why it hasnt gotten any better, if anything its got worse. Last year I could get a figure for a bout £30-£40 in the UK, now its at least £50.

Now that DBZ figuarts are more mainstream, scalpers are trying their luck with prices, and its obviously working, as everyone has jumped on the bandwagon, whatever happened to undercutting the competition? putting prices UP doesnt do them justice lol.

 

[Silrian]

Thats exactly right; some folks get so desperate to get a figure that they do pay these obscene amounts, hence why it hasnt gotten any better, if anything its got worse. Last year I could get a figure for a bout £30-£40 in the UK, now its at least £50.

Now that DBZ figuarts are more mainstream, scalpers are trying their luck with prices, and its obviously working, as everyone has jumped on the bandwagon, whatever happened to undercutting the competition? putting prices UP doesnt do them justice lol.

I see your point, but it also depends on the line imo. Figuarts isn't massive retail. It's kinda logical that this stuff happens with the most popular characters, because there are just way more buyers than there is product, it seems. That's the reason why I think re-releases are a valid thing to do for products that don't have a massive retail.

And for the record, I might've bought ssj Vegeta now for a scalper price, but I'm STILL pro a ssj Vegeta re-release, because I genuinely think it would help the line as a whole if the major characters stay accessible and ergo serves every interested party; producers and buyers.

 

[Smooth Criminal]

Might as well print out pictures of the figures in box and frame them and hang them on wall . Because that's pretty much the same thing your gonna have and you would have saved hundreds $$$ you can google the figures in box and print them.... Part of owning them is to pose them and have them in hand to appreciate hot detailed and awesome they are .

these are all extra, i have one set opened these are ones im going to keep mint unopened as collectors items!

 

[Jayrod88]

I see your point, but it also depends on the line imo. Figuarts isn't massive retail. It's kinda logical that this stuff happens with the most popular characters, because there are just way more buyers than there is product, it seems. That's the reason why I think re-releases are a valid thing to do for products that don't have a massive retail.

And for the record, I might've bought ssj Vegeta now for a scalper price, but I'm STILL pro a ssj Vegeta re-release, because I genuinely think it would help the line as a whole if the major characters stay accessible and ergo serves every interested party; producers and buyers.

Save your money for SS Vegeta. He will be rereleased. Tamashii said due to Piccolo's poor sales the first time around that a rerelease was out of the picture, flash forward a year an we have one. Its only a matter of when not if they will release SS Vegeta again. Yea he might be between $40-$55 , but its way better than $120-$150.

 

[Silrian]

Save your money for SS Vegeta. He will be rereleased. Tamashii said due to Piccolo's poor sales the first time around that a rerelease was out of the picture, flash forward a year an we have one. Its only a matter of when not if they will release SS Vegeta again. Yea he might be between $40-$55 , but its way better than $120-$150.

Too late, already paid it man.^^ Besides, can't imagine that release would be here before spring/summer 2014, if at all next year. I'd rather have him both now and reduce the risk to 0% of not getting him.

Also, Piccolo didn't get a rerelease, he got an SDCC repaint, quite a difference. There's little to repaint for Vegeta except his shoes. I still think the chance of him being rereleased is over 50%, but far from guaranteed and I got presented a deal close by to me that I took. I'd rather have this Vegeta then most other DBZ characters in general. Equally, I don't plan on collecting enormous amounts. I'd rather take that one chance to secure this figure at the price of two figures, then having two, three, four, five different characters, but not this one.

I now have 5 of the 6 figures I've always wanted, every other figuarts they make isn't close in how much I want(ed) them as these so it was worth it to me, otherwise I'd have regretted it forever should the scenario be Vegeta isn't rereleased. I'll just not buy a character I would've bought with the price difference, so be it, acceptable loss for me considering the risks involved.

 

[Science Friction]

Well sure, it goes both ways, but what can the buyers do when everyone raises their prices? It's like D-Arts Omegamon. Everyone wants $250+ for him. I see regular people like us going "I see he's "worth" $300, so that's what I want". When in reality, $150 is closer to his average price, but people see BIN auctions or small online stores wanting a huge premium and assume that's what they deserve. So it creates a cycle.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter much, because in the end the prices are what they are and we just have to grin and bear it or go without.

 

[Silrian]

Well sure, it goes both ways, but what can the buyers do when everyone raises their prices? It's like D-Arts Omegamon. Everyone wants $250+ for him. I see regular people like us going "I see he's "worth" $300, so that's what I want". When in reality, $150 is closer to his average price, but people see BIN auctions or small online stores wanting a huge premium and assume that's what they deserve. So it creates a cycle.

Anyway, it doesn't really matter much, because in the end the prices are what they are and we just have to grin and bear it or go without.

It's a pretty given fact that if demand is so much higher then supply, prices will skyrocket. Almost no way to prevent that. The chance is too high people come along who will simply pay high prices, because they can.

There's only one simple solution here that benefits everyone except scalpers, and only Tamashii can provide it.

 

[Big Deano]

There has to be a middle ground though; if tamashii starts mass producing these figures you can be sure you will see a massive drop in quality, and they will no longer be worth the price anyway. I mean, look at whats happening even now because we are getting more figures quicker; loose joints, worse paint apps and a lack of precision, it would only get worse.

The other extreme is waiting longer for each figure to give them time to make them, but that risks people losing interest, just look at what almost happened to this line because of the massive gap between Goku and Gohan (manga versions), the whole line got cancelled! We were lucky Bluefin picked up the risk for us.

 

[Silrian]

There has to be a middle ground though; if tamashii starts mass producing these figures you can be sure you will see a massive drop in quality, and they will no longer be worth the price anyway. I mean, look at whats happening even now because we are getting more figures quicker; loose joints, worse paint apps and a lack of precision, it would only get worse.

The other extreme is waiting longer for each figure to give them time to make them, but that risks people losing interest, just look at what almost happened to this line because of the massive gap between Goku and Gohan (manga versions), the whole line got cancelled! We were lucky Bluefin picked up the risk for us.

Well, I think a rerelease a year of the most high selling popular character is a good middle ground. It'll gave later collectors a second shot at it, if it's all but guaranteed that stuff happens, and it's announced ahead of time enough, it will diminish scalper momentum. I wouldn't have bought Vegeta scalper price if I knew a 100% sure he would see a rerelease. If Tamashii's more open about what their future plans are, at least in terms of rereleases, it'd do a lot for the situation.

Accessibility of popular characters is important to keep a line alive, that's straight up business sense. Only rereleasing popular characters is a middle ground between keeping quality and quantity, and it will make the side characters sell better as well, because we know they won't get a rerelease. Again, keeping the line alive, of quality AND of quantity for the line's most wanted releases.

I don't run a business, but this seems good for all interested parties to me except scalpers, which is the outcome we want.

 

[KPman]

Just give me a Buu already!

 

[krec9]

Just give me a Buu already!

 

[Jayrod88]

Theres over 9000 posts in this thread!!! Time for a celebration...
Hahaha

I am ready for some news. Tamashii hasn't said anything DBz related on Twitter since SDCC... I want to hear that Buu is coming.

 

[Silrian]

EDIT: this was meant at the buu baby picture.^ Okay that grosses me the F&%$ out!XD

 

[Silrian]

Uh were a zero short on 9000 aren't we... Says 901 here...