S.H.Figuarts Thread: V3!

[ShukuenShinobi]

Since The Next got destroyed in the great purge of MegaThreads, let us continue our discussion here, in the wonderful world of V3.

The First Thread: It got eaten in the great feast of 2010.
The Next Thread: http://forums.henshinjustice.net/showthread.php?t=49420

Before Figuarts, there was Souchaku Henshin. Souchaku Henshin was a line of articulated Kamen Rider toys that featured die cast attachable armor. Somewhere along the way, Souchaku Henshin came to the point where it was very articulated and essentially, became the flagship figures of the TV series. The attachable armor pretty much became a bonus, and was simplified greatly as time went on.

So, someone at Bandai headquarters apparently decided they couldn't get enough of this crazy articulation and decided that they had to have more. Screw the attachable armors. And that's how the Figuarts line was born. Top notch styling that remain close to their televised/silver screen counterparts (1:12 scale, these dudes stand at 15 cm tall, roughly) with articulation (35 movable points!) and durability (die cast feet with metal pins!) that never compromises. The line premiered with Masked Rider The NEXT, churning out righteously awesome figures of Rider 1, Rider 2, and V3 all in NEXT-y goodness. While The NEXT created some extremely divided opinions, these figures have received near-universal acclaim from casual and hardcore fans.

At first, S.H. Figuarts mostly concentrated on the Kamen Rider franchise, with the odd anomaly now and then like Domon and Zero. But recently, Bandai seems to be committed to branching out the line into other franchises, such as Dragonball, Pretty Cure, One Piece, and Super Sentai.

Places to Buy Figuarts
AmiAmi
CS Toys Japan
Hobby Link Japan
Mandarake
Angolz
Otacute
Big in Japan

Middleman Services
OkinawamToySeller Thread, Web
RiderProxy: Thread
Yokatta: Thread, Web
Tokyo Hunters: Web

Tamashii Pages
Tamashii Web (Retail Releases)
Bandai Collector's Shop - Tamashii Web Shop (Exclusives)
Bluefin Distribution (US Tamashii Distributor)

Tamashii Twitters
Bluefin's @TamashiiNations Twitter
Tamashii.jp's @t_features Twitter

Figuarts Checklists
Riders, Rangers, & Rambles Cool Guy List
FanMode List
The ToyBox Wiki
MyFigureCollection's Complete List

Limited Tamashii Stage Quotes
Kamen Rider KickHopper
1.「俺と一緒に地獄に落ちるか?俺の弟になれ」
(Do you want to fall to hell with me? Become my little brother.)　
2.「俺たちは闇の住人だ。光を求めるな!」
(We are residents of darkness! Forsake the light!)
3.「今、誰か俺を笑ったか?」
(Did you.. just laugh at me?)
4.「おまえはいいよなあ・・・どうせ俺なんか・・・」
(You're lucky... unlike someone like me..)

Kamen Rider PunchHopper
1.「最悪は最高なんだよ」
(The worst is the best.)
2.「いいなぁ あの犬 褒められてる」
(Ahh, I envy that dog...)
3.「それは俺だ・・・俺も粉々に砕けてしまった・・・」　
(That's me... I've also been smashed to pieces...)
4.「汚してやる。太陽なんて!」
(The sun... is polluted..)

Kamen Rider Ixa
●その命、神に返しなさい
(Return your life to God)
●俺に逆らうな！俺は常に正しい
(Do not defy me!! I am always correct!)
●俺を誰だか知らないのか！？俺は名護だぞ!!
(Don't you know who I am!? I am Nago!!)
●聞こえないな、もっと大きな声で言いなさい
(I did not hear that, please say it again in a louder voice)

Kamen Rider Decade Violent Emotion
Final Attack Ride Decade
ファイナルアタックライド
ディディディディディケイド !！
(Final AttackRide
De De De De DECADE!!)

Ankh
"歌は気にするな！"
("Don't mind the song!")

Terror Dopant
"これが真の恐怖だ！！"
"Kore ga shinno kyoufu da!!"
(This is true terror!)

Smilodon Dopant
"食べたら張り切って 探してきてくれ　ミック"
(When you've eaten, put forth your enthusiasm and bring it home, Mick.)

Taboo Dopant
"まさか忘れてないわよね？ 私の怖さ"
(You haven't forgotten about my terror/fear, have you?)

Tamashii Nations 2010 Photo Gallery

Currently Unreleased Figuarts
• Nigo (Showa)
• V3 (Showa)
• Riderman
• X
• Stronger
(All shown at Tokyo Toy Show 2009)
• G3 Mild
• Kabuto Masked Form
• Saga
• Futo-Kun
• Accel Yellow Signal Form
• OOO Lots of Forms

• Shinken Red Kaoru Ver. (Shinkenger)

• CureSunshine (PreCure)
• CureMoonlight (PreCure)
• Dark PreCure (PreCure)
• Cure Peach -Cure Angel- (Fresh PreCure)
• Cure Berry -Cure Angel- (Fresh PreCure)
• Cure Pine -Cure Angel- (Fresh PreCure)
• Cure Passion -Cure Angel- (Fresh PreCure)

• Vegeta (Dragonball Kai)
• Goku (Dragonball Kai)
• Super Saiyan 3 Goku (Dragonball Kai)

• Ryuho (Scryed)
• Zetsuwei (Scryed)

• Master Asia (G Gundam)

• Nobita Nobi (Doraemon)

• Wild Tiger (Tiger&Bunny)

Currently Unreleased Figuarts EX
• Beat Gouram (Kamen Rider Kuuga)
• Revolgarry (Kamen Rider W)
• HardSplasher Unit (Kamen Rider W)
• Accel Bike Mode with Gunner A (Kamen Rider W)

Currently Unreleased Figuarts Zero
• Scarlet Kiss (Star Driver)
• Professor Green (Star Driver)
• Ivrogne (Star Driver)
• President (Star Driver)

 

[Bogard]

Well, the previous thread has been archived, so here we go.

I'm personally looking forward to OOO, Kazuma, and Crystal Skull.

 

[dvillangelo]

anyone still looking for G3 and Gills are welcome to check them out at Hobby Search... 50% off + rebate point...

Also, dark kiva was suddenlyavailable at amiami yesterday for some reason... but temporary sold out after few hours...

 

[Skiks]

anyone still looking for G3 and Gills are welcome to check them out at Hobby Search... 50% off + rebate point...

Also, dark kiva was suddenlyavailable at amiami yesterday for some reason... but temporary sold out after few hours...

Shoot I should get another Gills. I knicked the gold on one of mine when removing his pincer things.

 

[SamuraiEchidna]

Awesome. New Figuarts thread. :laugh:

 

[chubbyman]

WOOT V3!!!

 

[salveo]

Just a correction on the Smilodon quote. There's a hiragana (
"ra") missing and the translation is slightly off. It means something more like
"When you've eaten, put forth your enthusiasm and bring/find (it) home, Mick."
It's the line from the episode about Evil Tail, when Ryuube was feeding Mick the special dessert. :laugh:

 

[Vox Age]

Thanks for setting up the new thread, dude. Just a few things though:

I don't think we ever saw a prototype of Hardsplasher Figuarts EX. And Revolgarry was just a scene decoration, so I don't think it's meant to be a Figuarts EX. Also, I think the six Showa Figuarts won't be released at all since they're just mockups. And finally, the bike Kuuga was riding in Tamashii Feature's Vol. 1 back in Feb 2010 is TryGouram. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks again for maintaining the thread. :thumbs:

 

[AyaToyBox]

New S.H Figuarts Home :thumbs:

 

[Skiks]

Thanks for setting up the new thread, dude. Just a few things though:

I don't think we ever saw a prototype of Hardsplasher Figuarts EX. And Revolgarry was just a scene decoration, so I don't think it's meant to be a Figuarts EX. Also, I think the six Showa Figuarts won't be released at all since they're just mockups. And finally, the bike Kuuga was riding in Tamashii Feature's Vol. 1 back in Feb 2010 is TryGouram. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks again for maintaining the thread. :thumbs:

We did see the HardSplasher being ridden by lunatrigger at one event.