U say this now but maybe you change your mond after seeing reviews/pics with the other figures
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U say this now but maybe you change your mond after seeing reviews/pics with the other figures
Wut, they announced clay face? Daaaaaang, that fig be maaaaad big.XD
Granted, Havok, there's on massive difference. DC Direct has crappy articulation, their almost statues. For a bigger figure and mild with a figuarts, I think they'd have more extensive work retooling their articulation methods to fit this size. If you look at Nappa carefully you'll see that thing was actually quite atrocious in the joints.I'm not sure if it matters, but I'm afraid the lines are too different to take cues away from one for the other...
Also, the price of the average figuarts is nigh twice that of dc direct, and their large figures easily go up to 60$. That translates too easily 80-100 for figuarts approaching that size. That's where we end up in MonstrArts region.
And that gets us back to financial risks. Not to mention the fact that the Arkham line probably has higher selling numbers, it's the prime comic book franchise in the world. DBZ is big, but it can't touch Batman commercially.
Nah, DC Collectibles was just an example. You should also consider this
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Silrian
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^ You can't be friggin serious that hulk is as much as any other hot toys?
No, because all of that would be a 150$ figure that they'd never release. I talked about this a while back, the way I see it to be done, if they do it is the following:
- 3 heads: a smirk, a clenching teeth one and the "9000" scream
- A separate scouter that can attach to any of them OR if sadly not possible, the scouter sits on the smirking face. Nappa fought most of his battle without a scouter, I'd accept it.
- pair of fists, pair of open palm hands and one two finger right hand.
- Nappa himself, armoured and ready to go.
- Non-removable tail around his torso.
75$ price tag. If he's the sdcc14 ex, add a pair of hands, an extra tail and 15$ more.
I don't expect more than this if at all. Seems doable to me if I look at what the largest figure to date, Cell, got. Replace his many accessories and effect for the bulk of Nappa and you nearly hit the same packaging material-wise.
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No, because all of that would be a 150$ figure that they'd never release. I talked about this a while back, the way I see it to be done, if they do it is the following:
- 3 heads: a smirk, a clenching teeth one and the "9000" scream
- A separate scouter that can attach to any of them OR if sadly not possible, the scouter sits on the smirking face. Nappa fought most of his battle without a scouter, I'd accept it.
- pair of fists, pair of open palm hands and one two finger right hand.
- Nappa himself, armoured and ready to go.
- Non-removable tail around his torso.
75$ price tag. If he's the sdcc14 ex, add a pair of hands, an extra tail and 15$ more.
I don't expect more than this if at all. Seems doable to me if I look at what the largest figure to date, Cell, got. Replace his many accessories and effect for the bulk of Nappa and you nearly hit the same packaging material-wise.
"Are we there yet?"
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I would be ok with this, if later we got a no-armor version!
wolvie9
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I think the armor would be some type of snap o feature :/ , altho not cool i wouldnt mind cause u can do a menacing stand up pose with it
Silrian
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I'd definitely be too. I wouldn't buy the non armour version though. But if they minimalise it down to a 75$ price point I think he's gonna sell well.
Id be fine with that if it retains descent proportions Wolvie, he doesn't need much poseability for me. All he's gonna do is produce films in hollywood, which mostly involves phonecalls.XD
Id be fine with that if it retains descent proportions Wolvie, he doesn't need much poseability for me. All he's gonna do is produce films in hollywood, which mostly involves phonecalls.XD
wolvie9
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not a bad job at all lol
My max for napa would prolly be $150. Any more than that and it'd be a pass. My guess is it'll prolly be around 9-10k yen.
SurlyJ
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Piccolo was expensive bc he was an sdcc release only in NA. Regular figures released through bandai like goku are ~2500 yen. If released that way, Nappa will be ~4000 I would venture, and about $70 here.
There are no more regular figures. The price raised since Vegeta SS. Regular figures were only Goku, Piccolo and Gohan in manga colours. Then line was kind of cancelled and was only brought back later due to DB Kai in the USA.
Since Vegeta SS, all figures are tamashii web exclusives in japan and distributed in the USA by Bluefin (and now in Mexico, Brazil, Spain and some other countries).
Silrian
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I suddenly realise I find it kinda stupid that they made the line exclusives in japan and it mostly came back because of western audiences, yet equally seemingly they still mostly want to cater the japanese market... Uh wut?
If it's true these are "only exclusives" in japan and wouldn't even be made if it weren't without usa(eu/non-asian) markets, they should drop the 'what does japan want?' attitude a bit too I'd say... Or at the very least it doesn't seem like a viable commercial excuse to say 'this is what japan's market wants' if it's not the japanese market that's keeping this line alive...
If it's true these are "only exclusives" in japan and wouldn't even be made if it weren't without usa(eu/non-asian) markets, they should drop the 'what does japan want?' attitude a bit too I'd say... Or at the very least it doesn't seem like a viable commercial excuse to say 'this is what japan's market wants' if it's not the japanese market that's keeping this line alive...
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bluefin are just distributers, not the company. if bandai america did this line then yeah american audiences would be top priority... i guess
oh and i believe nappa will fall in the 7-800 class
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Thats the main issue im having just now, but the problem is that even though we brought it back from death, Japan is interested in them again, hence why we are getting less of a say in what happens. I personally think its BS. Japan didnt want them before and almost caused the line to die, but now that its popular, suddenly they want catered to? I believe we would have had Buu by now if Japan wasnt interested in the line again tbh.
Bluefin really should do what they managed with the sentai/PR line; different boxes for America and the west, technically making it a different line, even though its the same figure. Thats why the PR figures are all regular releases currently, while Japans line is web exclusives.
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ummm what are you talking about? I picked up the reissued SSJ Goku earlier this year in Narita airport at a duty free shop. What part of that is "web exclusive"?
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Silrian
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I explicitly mentioned tamashii Blood, not Bluefin. I (vaguely) know the difference.
I think the only reason they did that with mmpr was the 20th anniversary and only those (*counts*) 7 figures. I can't see 'm continuing that.
I just don't get it. You cater to the largest market, seems simple business interest to me. I don't think we'd have had Buu, there wasn't room so far, none of the former releases imo were illogical regardless of what market you look at.
Honestly, I'm trying to form a reasonable expectation, I wanna say 2014 is normal Goku, twins, a rerel, an sdcc ex, and 1 or 2 more android period characters. But it's pretty much stabbing in the dark... They could do anything,we've no idea. It would've been nice of them if they'd at least hinted at how they wanna structure it. Per period, purely per popularity? How long do they plan on keeping to android period? Are the earlier period figures a sign of the line shifting to that era? Was the sdcc survey a sign of them shifting to Buu era? Does Kai influence it? (If yes than Buu fans rejoice.)
We don't know poo.
I think the only reason they did that with mmpr was the 20th anniversary and only those (*counts*) 7 figures. I can't see 'm continuing that.
I just don't get it. You cater to the largest market, seems simple business interest to me. I don't think we'd have had Buu, there wasn't room so far, none of the former releases imo were illogical regardless of what market you look at.
Honestly, I'm trying to form a reasonable expectation, I wanna say 2014 is normal Goku, twins, a rerel, an sdcc ex, and 1 or 2 more android period characters. But it's pretty much stabbing in the dark... They could do anything,we've no idea. It would've been nice of them if they'd at least hinted at how they wanna structure it. Per period, purely per popularity? How long do they plan on keeping to android period? Are the earlier period figures a sign of the line shifting to that era? Was the sdcc survey a sign of them shifting to Buu era? Does Kai influence it? (If yes than Buu fans rejoice.)
We don't know poo.
Big Deano
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ssj Goku is technically an old figure reissued, and he was a regular japan release both times. I will say again, ALL figures since ssj Vegeta have been web exclusives in Japan, brought over in small quantites to America by Bluefin.
Trust me buddy, we know what we are talking about
A few of us have been following this line since ssj vegeta was announced, myself included.
Silrian, I wasnt clear in what i said, sorry; I was meaning we would have had a release date for Buu, not have him in hand by now
Oh, and as for the PR line, a few other sentai teams have been brought over by Bluefin in slightly different packaging (the PR logo instead of the japanese one), and not just with stickers added to them. Its not as OTT as the MMPR lines packaging, but they still have to print the American boxes separate to the Japanese one.
Trust me buddy, we know what we are talking about
A few of us have been following this line since ssj vegeta was announced, myself included.
Silrian, I wasnt clear in what i said, sorry; I was meaning we would have had a release date for Buu, not have him in hand by now
Oh, and as for the PR line, a few other sentai teams have been brought over by Bluefin in slightly different packaging (the PR logo instead of the japanese one), and not just with stickers added to them. Its not as OTT as the MMPR lines packaging, but they still have to print the American boxes separate to the Japanese one.
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