Megahouse Variable Action Heroes Tony Tony Chopper just went up for pre-order on AmiAmi. Didn't even know this little guy was coming.
>>5263768
>can do his 'reverse hiding' pose
I didn't know how badly I needed this.
so, when is she coming out?
I can't wait for Boa
Looks decent other than those metal joints, what the hell happened there.
Too bad about the size though
>>5264275
Jan, she's still up for PO on amiami.
>>5263755
If they weren't so damn expensive I would be all over this line
>>5264433
there's a chibi-arts one that's p. cheap.
he's alright. the head is big tho
i just want a pre time skip chopper
>>5264438
>i just want a pre time skip chopper
I think we'd all like the entire SH crew pre time skip. If Bandai hadn't dropped the ball with the figuarts we'd had them by now...
Damn, ever since I visited /toy/ I have been impulsing buying their figuarts zero line but they are so expensive because I'm late to the game.
Any advice on ordering? where to go? I'm loving the battle version figures. They are well detailed for what it is. I just hate that a lot of them are discontinued and expensive.
Ugh, still nothing I want. Nami and Chopper are close, but no cigar.
>>5264564
I'd only buy characters that are supposed to be massively out of scale. They don't seem to want to do them though.
>mfw
Also best character when?
>>5264564
What do you want?
where is mihawk? god damn it a prototype or anything
>>5264737
Mihawk is literally the only figure that interests me in this line. Now, if they made a pre-timeskip Franky, they would have my money definitely.
I haven't bought any figures for mono part, but I need to know
is there a poseable jango figure
>>5264706
Brooks, Usopp, Robin depending on the outfit, villains.
>>5264763
I want Robin, Hancock, Mihawk, and Crocodile.
And a Luffy with actual Gomu Gomu accessories.
i hope they do better with faces. zoros are pretty dull and ugly and sabo has full on rape face
arlong please
I don't know what this is but I want.
>>5264773
Eneru would be pretty sweet even if Skypeia is one of my least favourite arcs.
These figures would be so much better if they came with more accessories. Or any at all. Luffy having no stretched arm was fucking absurd.
>>5264433
It's only $34 on AmiAmi.
>>5264564
Zoro is a pretty damn sweet figure. Probably my #1 out of every figure I own.
>>5264837
I'd rather get Zoro in a different outfit.
>>5263755
How big is this figure?
Nendoroid sized?
>>5264845
Yeah, I'm not crazy about shirtless Zoro, but the dude is badass
>>5264959
4 inches
>>5263755
So, VAH is already starting their line of Nendoroids. Chopper is the least interesting character on the crew, not crazy a bout a chibi reindeer.
>>5264986
chopper was literally made to sell merch, it had to be done.
>>5264973
Shorter even, listed at 8cm
>tfw new Buggy figure never ever
>tfw we will only ever have that old-as-shit 'action figure' with like 3 POA
>Buggy doesn't even have a Portrait of Pirates
why you gotta hurt me Oda-san
>>5264275
>16.5 cm
goddammit, why couldn't she shorter?
>Vulcanlog Diane from Seven sins will be shorter
HARGLFLARGLBL
>>5264545
I could be wrong but I thought Figuarts Zero was created SPECIFICALLY to counter the "discontinued prices" of the P.O.P line. As in, on the back of the FigZero boxes, they say this line was created so it's easy to collect because they don't stop producing the older figures. Or something along those lines.
>>5264503
Homie, Bandai never had the ball with the One Piece figuarts.
>>5265424
Too bad they suck compared to P.O.P.
>>5264438
I love that thing, big head and all.
>>5265878
Post time skip looks cuter. It makes him fit the mascot role.
>>5266277
>>5266277
Chopper will never be a real pirate because of people like you.
>>5266287
>50 beri
That can't be right!
>it's 100 now
LOL, that's like fucking Doc of gokaiger.
>>5266287
What makes you a pirate lies in your heart, not how you look. C'mon now bruh.
best chopper
Rebecca when?
>>5264438
I think I'm going to get this to match my VAH Lucy and Zoro. Would you recommend the chibi arts over this new VAH?
>>5266864
i'd get the new one if i were you, but the chibi is alright.
>>5265413
>year of Goda, 2015
>still wanting P.O.P
>not already buying scultures buggy for the cheap
Which One Piece figures scale with this the best?
>>5268299
Before I get this, is there ANY possibility of there being a VAH Buggy?
>>5268414
Don't see why not. He's quite popular, and Mihawk and Hancock are getting VAHs. You never know.
>>5268378
Figuarts.
I feel bad for scalefags, they really need to drop the autism levels down a bit. They're missing some good toys because of their whole Rain Man thing. Not all of your toys need to be identical scale with each other, sometimes you can just enjoy a thing based upon its own merits and not worry about how it looks shoulder to shoulder with some random other line.
I'm glad I went with VAH Luffy and I'll be happy when my PO of Nami comes through. And then maybe somewhere down the line we'll get those pre-timeskip figures, preferably around Water 7. Pretty sure a LOT of scalefags will crack at that point and get into the line.
>>5268551
If they're characters from the same series, they'll look stupid if they aren't scaled together.
Unless you don't display them together, I guess. That's always an option.
>>5268551
It's more the price because of the scale, rather than the scale itself.
>>5268414
>>5268421
Buggy is stronger than Mihawk. He'll get a VAH
So this line started on March 2015, and this is what we've gotten in 7 months.
Released:
- Luffy
- Traffy
- Zoro
- Ace
Pre-orders:
- Sabo
- Nami
- Chopper
Upcoming:
- Mihawk
- Boa
Honestly, this line has a very good outlook, and we just might get a complete crew.
>>5268604
A RAH Franky would be amazing.
>>5268604
When was Hancock confirmed?
>>5268680
Too lazy to look on phone but take the ten seconds to Google and you'll find it.
why do you guys like the poseable figures over the static one. Just preference or do you guys take them out and repose them or something.
>>5270243
Posing them is fun. Statues are nice in their own way, since they look like much more faithful translations of what you see in the manga, but I like the idea of tweaking poses and finding fun ways to display the characters.
>>5268680
Via shonen jump around a month ago.
>>5270243
They're better. They may not always have as much detail but you can do more than just look at them, whether that's pose them (rather than be limited in what they can do, for example a battle posed Luffy where he's stuck that way vs that or he could also be eating, relaxing, facing a specific character where they're both in poses that make sense in the context, etc), play with them, and really whatever else you can imagine wanting to do with a poseable figure. So I wouldn't say objectively better, but I'd definitely say better overall.
>>5270243
I like both.
Have any of you guys collected the banpresto grand line figures?
They look pretty nice and very cheap. I really can't afford all the POPs as of yet.
>>5271906
I have the King of Artist Luffy and I think it's great. It's got a lot of painted and sculpted detail. Is it better than a POP? I hesitate to say because I don't think I know enough about either. Does it stack up? Definitely.
I picked mine up at a con for $25 and it is absolutely a great statue for that price.
>we get this motherfucker before most of the actual main characters
Makes me sick.
>>5271931
and we're going to get furry characters before anyone from pre time skip
>>5271906
I bought a Grandline Men Zoro (volume 9, or maybe it was the ichiban kuji repackage, I can't remember). It's pretty nice, only cost like 1200Y from mandarake. Thought it would be taller, but it's exactly in scale with SHF. I guess when they say "18cm" they were counting the base that Zoro stands on as well (a complete 'duh' moment in retrospect on my part).
>>5271931
It makes sense to get him out while he's new in the manga and on people's minds. He's probably not like a Robin or Usopp, where releasing him now would probably be identical in sales figures as releasing him 2 years from now. They probably just struck while the iron was hot, and to me it's understandable.
>>5271931
I don't know, thats a pretty nice figure
>>5271953
I'm sure it is, I'd just prefer a character I give a shit about.
>>5271951
The 15th anniversary line appeals to me. Thanks for the scaling information.
I just preordered this! Its just too cute to pass up
>>5271957
as long as it looks cool id buy it, who it is doesnt reslly matter
>>5271964
No problem. I no longer have the One Piece SHF (no big surprise there) but here he is with Goku, which I figure is common enough in people's collections that it would make for a good comparison. I would say Zoro is maybe like 1cm too tall, probably even less. Zoro's not exactly a small guy like Goku sometimes is portrayed at, so I guess it's up to personal preferences. Maybe I shouldn't have said "exactly" in scale previously.
I think that if you were to just cleanly slice his legs at the top of the boot, cut those down a bit, and re-pin them, he would be 100% ideal for an SHF display. Pretty sure you can even pop him off the pedestal with a little heat from a hair dryer, too.
>>5271981
So you'd buy Sabo even if he was a heroin addicted jazz critic who's NOT radioactive?
>>5271978
I had a question regarding pre-ordering. If you don't pre-order does it get harder buying it later? Does it take a while to become discontinued?
>>5271986
Depends on how popular it is.
I see preorders on Nami aren't closed anywhere.
>>5271986
So far they've had some reissues in the line, so even if it "sells out" there may be more later. And usually there's a mix of cancelled orders and overstock that replenishes the online import stores once a product is released, even if it was "sold out" in pre-order. But it is advisable to always pre-order, especially for something like this that, because of size and price, is more "niche".
>>5271982
I think it should be fine. I'm trying to collect the whole crew in that line and probably display them together so I don't have to worry about mixing and matching different scales.
Thanks again for the update. I'm very OCD when it comes having a complete collection. Maybe that is why I don't want to start collecting POP. I would be completely broke.
>>5271986
assuming it's like nendoroids it could become more difficult to get aftermarket
I'm so torn on VAH. I don't mind the scale, I don't mind the price, I don't even mind the fact that Luffy didn't come with a single gomu gomu effect piece. I just really honestly don't like most of the post-time skip designs. I bought Luffy because he didn't change an incredible amount from pre- to post-time skip, and Chopper is cute regardless so I'll probably get him, but the Zoro they made is something I could never buy.
Maybe I made a mistake buying Luffy and feeling invested into the line. I should have just waited to see if they'll ever release the pre-time skip looks.
>>5264545
I just preorded this!
>>5272057
Any of you guys have recommendation on whether I should go with HLJ or AmiAmi?
AmiAmi has it for cheaper, but I've read that their shipping is higher. Thanks in advance.
>>5272136
HLJ has the private warehouse, which is great if you can amass a bigger shipment in a 60 day span to save on shipping. Beyond that, they both average out to be the same when shipping is factored in.
I need an articulated Robin, like, yesterday.
>>5272136
They both are excellent.
In general, if you are just buying a single, relatively small item, and the difference in price is more than 5-600 yen, you *might* save a minute amount going with amiami.
For multiple items, it's a coin toss. I tend to order with HLJ more frequently because for me, their SAL takes almost a week less for some reason.
>>5272161
I think Thriller Bark Robin would be my dream one, but I imagine the lace elements would be nearly impossible to recreate without it looking bizarre. The Dressrosa miniskirt look is also nice.
>>5264986
Nice opinion
Well, I'm screwed..I just ordered a shitload of figures
It is addicting. Thanks for all your guys help. I rolled the dice of some of them, I hope I don't get a fake.
>>5272199
I feel like if they took some techniques from some JoJo's figures they could do the lace ok
>>5272928
What'd you buy?
>>5272964
I recently bought a bunch of Figuarts zero line. Most of them battle ver. Because I love the action stance and effects.
This one came in it looks so good.
>>5263768
>Hatless
Jesus, that's too adorable
>>5277418
this.
it might be a selling point for me regarless of THAT pricetag
never was too into one piece but im a sucker for cute shit like this
My Luffy will came just about 3-4 days from now. What should I expect? This is my first VAH. Also, help me decide, Sabo or Zoro first?
>>5280212
Decent figure, decent likeness. No drop down hips. No devil fruit ability effect parts. Paint flaking on the soft rubber pieces.
>>5280223
But he's worth it right? I mean, it's better having him rather not at all. Also, just saw Zoro and Law review. Dammit, I think I'm gonna buy them all
>>5280276
Well, having a figure is always better than not having a figure.
>>5280276
It's hard to answer that, it's pretty subjective when it comes down to "worth". It's a nice enough figure from a colossal franchise that has been inexplicably neglected in the modern articulated toy arena. That alone is enough to prove its worth in a lot of ways. They just didn't blow the barn doors off with it, and you come away kind of wondering where the extra money you paid went.
>>5280300
Nice point, anon...
