S.H.Figuarts - News and Reviews

[Amon]

He was retail. He went up so high since the figure is no longer in print and he's a very popular character. A lot of fans want him, so sellers on the after market are going to sell him for high prices knowing that fans will shell out a lot of money for him. It's the reason why SHF Baron, Dragon Ranger/MMPR Green, Kachidoki Arms and the DBZ figuarts go so high on the after market.

 

[Tendou Soujiro]

That's reasonable I guess. I recall seeing him in retail for less than $30 when he was in print, so seeing how much he costs now just baffles me.

This is kind of a weird question, but why don't all figuarts use the wrist ball joints from Ryuki's line? It's practically the only reason I love the Ryuki figuarts so much. I can't stand the figuarts who use the smaller ball joints for the wrists because they just don't feel secure at all to me. It's the only reason I stopped collecting Gaim figuarts despite loving the show so much.

 

[KamenRiderBritannia]

batman arrived but with noticable qc failure on the paint on his bat chest symbol

 

[Neo The Joker]

Kuuga is going to be so great.
Looks fantastic.

 

[Amon]

I got Hibiki and he's fantastic. I wonder if Tamashii Nations will reissue Kabuto renewal because I feel bad on missing out on him? He went out of stock fast both in Japan and North America. He's currently $90 on NY and he has went up for $78 on Amazon. Kabuto is popular in Japan and with the Western toku fandom, so I'm not surprise he sold out fast.

 

[Kaido]

batman arrived but with noticable qc failure on the paint on his bat chest symbol

That sucks! Sorry to hear that. Can you repair it? Bats is a bit 'battle damaged' and maybe some black or dark grey gloss paint would help? My Bats and Joker are coming any day now, hope they will be okay. Unfortunately I bought from Amiami; these days they don't consider paint QC as defects.

It may also be a good excuse to get another one and have them displayed one with full mask and one with standard mask.

 

[Kaido]

Btw Britannia, after posting, I went onto Shishioh.info and looked at his Batman pictorial and looks like the bat symbol on his has some markings as well... Of course I haven't seen your copy, but maybe the paint QC is deliberate, like battle damage?

Look at these pics of Hacchaka's Batman, he has a paint bubble on the left side of Batman's nose! That would really bug me especially considering how much it costs!

http://blog.livedoor.jp/hacchaka/archives/51935441.html

 

[Dr Kain]

Wow, did Bandai let Mattel make their Batman?

 

[Kaido]

Yeah, I agree with you this time, Kain. It's like Bandai has an A Team and B Team. B Team did Batman this time. :eyebrow:

The posing of the figure looks pretty great, but the headsculpt doesn't. I guess at a distance of a couple of feet, you wouldn't notice these issues as much. Still, for $50-$60 plus shipping, can't you expect flawless quality?

 

[KamenRiderBritannia]

ye ill work on getting a pic up here but its definitely a defect. Some of the dark grey paint has splattered onto the matte black of the bat symbol. Shame, it ruins what is otherwise a great figure. One of the best ive handled all year.

On a side note, Jokers pretty decent to. LOVE the head sculpt