ITT: Characters who are insanely popular yet somehow don't have a decent figure.
>/thread
>>5641805
The Alien (Alien, 1979)
It's almost an insult at this point.
>>5641867
Wasn't there that one good figure that had low production because the line got cut immediately after it was made?
>>5641805
Chogokin Astro Boy would be fucking lit
Also, the cast of Cowboy Bebop
all of these
>>5641805
I'm stunned there is no Soul of Chogokin Atom, Figma or Figuarts... or Sentinel or something other than the Hot Toys (which was based on the American movie).
manga/OVA Devilman
Cutie Honey
Max Rockatansky
Doomguy
>>5641976
I got the Motoko figma based on the new movie, that one is pretty good. I did buy it for the skin tight bdsm suit though.
>>5642029
The SAC Motoko is pretty solid too, highly suggest grabbing that one too.
>>5642029
>gantzshit is good gits material
NOPE
I'd rather get the mediocre generic styled motoko over that shit.
>>5642035
Nah, I don't like that one, not sexy enough.
>>5642037
Hur dur, like what I like, durrrr
>>5641976
I'm pretty sure there's a good Season 1 Motoko out there. I forgot who made it, though.
Everyone else, yes. Especially Batou.
>>5641976
motoko has medicom and vmf and gutto kuru that are all quite decent. Also
>thong over onepiece
damn I don't remember that outfit being that slutty.
>>5642043
>not liking mediocre shit is retarded
In a thread about popular characters that need decent figures? imbelievable!
>>5642050
ehhh.... its good, but I'm not a fan of the soronerygottagetneckbeardstowatchme design. i'd rather get the grey suited motoko, and the rest of section 9.
Good Smile actually made one in 1:18, but also done in a super generic style. The Tachikoma is really good, if a bit saggy.
>>5642071
She literally wears a onepiece or nothing 90% of the time.
Get the Medicom then. The trenchcoat doesn't come with, not sure where it came from probably some other 1/6, just a random google image.
>>5642078
>ugly rubber doll clothes
this is a thread about figures that need decent figures, not mediocre ones
>>5641874
No. There was the one that came with Kokuoh but it's not the perfect figure that a character as iconic as Kenshiro deserves.
>>5642079
sounds like you are asking for perfect not decent.
Fucking nothing
>>5642071
>Complaints about mediocre shit, posts figure with sub par proportions and articulation.
Whatever you say mang.
its funny, these things have been around for years. just goes to show how it doesn't matter
>>5642167
>Bandai hasn't merchandised anything from the souls games beyond bad collectors edition statues and funkoshit.
I'm not even a fan of the games but it's a fucking shame. I'd love some cool knight figures.
>>5642194
>fantasy
unprofitable
>>5641867
Oh come on. I got the revoltech one, and it aint that bad
I know there's some but a figma would be nice
>>5642205
As a matter of fact I quite like the revoltech hokuto line (and don't start with the CLICK-CLICK-CLICK stuff)
>>5641876
there's play arts Spike and Vicious
i'm surprised there isn't a Faye or a Julia tho
>>5642198
jason and the agonauts skeleton anyone!! EAT SHIT
>>5641805
Jazwares' movie toys were decent. what you want is something great.
>>5641976
Batou's the only one that stands a chance of selling well.
>Let's make a figure of a dude from one of the alternate universe series before making the original bad guy who we love so much we have to put an expy of him into every show.
>>5642328
I know exactly how you feel bro. This figure would literally print money if Bandai would just fucking release it. They'll probably pull a Master Asia and put out something inferior to the prototype after 0079 fades into obscurity. So probably in 2079
>>5641805
Medicom made some decent Atomboy figures.his chest panel pops open and lights up.
decent, not great, but decent.
>>5642071
subjectanon pls fuck off.
A super poseable figure would be nice. When I look at my monsterarts of mechagodzilla 3 all I think is dragon zord.
>>5642289
>jazwares
>decent
>>5642445
Only knowing that you are going to get Ken , Ryu, and thunder legs figures forever. This is true despair.
>>5642216
No, YOU kill yourself.
Wait, you can't. You're already dead.
>>5642167
The OP said "insanely popular".
>>5642445
>not liking the SOTA line
>not knowing that Storm Collectibles is making a 1:12 SFV Bison figure
>>5642460
0/8
Apply yourself, man
>>5642468
Its a shame that you can slap a franchise name onto a shit game and sell it like hotcakes.
>>5642421
Hot Toys did one based on the CGI movie. Not the ideal design but a great toy.
Good fucking luck tracking one down though.
>>5642459
No, you like Revoltechs, you definitly need to leave the realm of existence.
>>5642487
Poor bait.
>>5642379
always hurts seeing that and the prototypes for their monster arts of >>5642443
Bandai went through time and effort to produce prototypes of some really awesome crap that we will never see in stores. Hurts man.
>>5642450
might be more likely that Koto releases a King Gojulus HMM kit. Shouldnt be too hard to mod to that if they ever do.
>>5642212
spike's face is terrible
vicious is ok but there isn't one spike that looks faithful to the show with articulation.
>>5641805
>>5642264
skeletons are a meme and don't need video games to sell their concept, just funny bones and youtube videos such as tattle me bones, spooky scary skeleton dimension attacked by I am apache Helicoptor, skirlle'x'xs remix of spooky skeletons song, and other epic funny memey skeleton viral baizinga epic prank gone wild gone sexual
>>5642216
SJG would be better than GTO.
Only ever getting the final forum of villains.
>No Moonman figure ever
>>5642600
i can understand not getting the middle form cause those usually stick around what? a fraction of the villain's arc? First form however is almost as iconic to the villains as the final, so yeah doesn't make sense they don't get one.
>>5642601
Just buy the old McDonald's toys.
>>5642614
It's not the same.
Where is my highly poseable Moonman figma?
>>5642600
Such a shame, that form is terrifying and way more intimidating then his other forms.
>>5642209
It's really bare bones I have the play arts its pretty shite.
There is one from kaiyodo I also have that came out that I believe only has 3 points of articulation, but was a pretty good sculpt of its time. And there is a gashapon that for its tiny size is a pretty good likeness... But some would say that's a statueshit. :'(
>>5642205
I don't like the faces or the antiquated joint engineering, plus the size is a pretty big red mark against it. There's too much negative to view it as a positive.
>>5642538
Hello /v/
>>5642212
>Zero good figures of my favorite badass characters Spike and Harlock
>Figures get announce but they turn out to be Figuarts and surprise surprise they're SHIT.
I'm just waiting for the inevitable Dr. Blackjack play farts before I kill myself.
>>5642212
That Spike would make a decent Ripley
>>5642732
>Figuarts
What
>>5642575
True but it has even less chance.
>>5642212
Why Vicious? He was literally only there to be evil.
He does look cool though.
>>5642732
I would kill a man for harlock and tochiro, love their designs.
>>5642775
Hey you never know, yankee manga could make a comeback. Just let me dream.
>>5642490
Kettle.
>>5642210
You do realize Max Factory is producing a figma of her right?
>RAH and mcfarlaneshit
There is no justice in this world.
![TankGroup[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/HzeMjFo.jpg "TankGroup[1].jpg")
I'm hoping he'll get something worth the money someday. I mean, we got the Figma Pyramid Head, so it's possible. R-right?
Is zeiram popular enough?
I know that there is some banpresto figures out there. But if there was some figuarts of them, all of my money. Or I'll just take the 3 form. There is almost nothing of his 3 form.
![IMG_2588[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Be63lFo.jpg "IMG_2588[1].jpg")
>>5643089
There was a freaky cool DX Creatures collection of Form Three.
I'd like just a Figuarts Zero of form 1 Freeza in his hover chair.
>>5642264
Sold because it's the best 1/12 skeleton on the market. Nothing to do with JatA.
>>5642093
>sounds like you are asking for perfect not decent.
When they can produce this normally, I'm just expecting the same kind of quality.
>>5643080
Two or three were already made and the regular action figure is really nice looking. Not sure what the articulation is liek though.
>>5642813
I saw a chibi, statue, and a RAH. am I missing out?
>>5642813
ok ok i saw it. and a zero suit too!
>>5642464
not him but while SOTA bison is great, nigga can't cross his arms, but at least he can do his battle stance
Apsy plz make a figma
>>5642233
She is in severe need of an articulated figure.
>>5642328
To be fair, master Asia is way cooler
>>5643193
rei revoltech is literally mediocre though, horrible articulation.
Any of these niggas
>>5643501
or a even a good statue period that isn't a GK.
>>5642209
Wut ru talking boot m8 there is this bad boy
>>5641976
Well, first you need to be a good series to get a good toy line.
>>5642209
>that pic
f
>>5643569
This. HARD. Is there really not a big enough market for these outside of the statueshits that keep being made?
This whole cast and definitely gto even if it's just onizuka.
Also, these characters.
>>5642421
This character design is gay af, thats why nobody makes it.
>>5643793
sup chad
>>5643080
There's a good Zeiram figure sculpted by Takeya, I think Kaiyodo made it if I'm remembering right
>characters who are insanely popular
>people posting cowboy bebop, tenshi muyo, and love hina
You do realize it's not the 90's anymore, right? This is why you'll always be irrelevant to Japanese companies.
Of Doomguy or any of the creatures.
>>5643709
That's not even true.
>One of the most iconic and beloved series of all time in Japan
>Only characters that get figures are Rei and Asuka (and occasionally Mari)
What good are Rei and Asuka figures without a Shinji for Rei to love and Asuka to bully?
>>5643873
It always perplexes me why trigun got revoltechs whereas bebop didn't get anything new. Or why friggin Roger Smith got a figma, wasn't Big O supposed to be really unpopular over in Japan, let alone many years later?
And besides, the point of the thread isn't so much who deserves a figure to be made now, but who is popular yet somehow DOESN'T have anything decent. So why didn't anything decent come out for Bebop during it's heyday? Point stands irregardless
>>5645690
Trigun got revoltechs because it was a popular manga for 10+ years and was still running or had just ended when the revoltechs were made, can't quite remember. Bebop doesn't have anything decent because shit you'd consider decent didn't exist when it was popular. Roger Smith getting a figma is a mystery though.
>>5643873
Some people seem to forget that most series are quickly forgotten in japan, regardless of how good they are. Only anime that pander to Otaku have any staying power amongst the nips, hence why Cowboy Bebop isn't popular over there and why Eva still is (which is pretty ironic considering Anno was thrashing them in that show.)
Of course there are exceptions. For example, Getter Robo still manages to get a few releases despite Gundam's corporate takeover of the mecha genre, but that's because it was both around long enough and unique enough to carve it's own niche in the mecha fanbase.
There're multiple factors at work, but at the end of the day the biggest question is whether it panders to the disgusting wastes of oxygen living off of welfare in some musky basements in southeast asia. And sadly, a lot of good series like Bebop fail to meet that status quo.
>>5645717
Not all otaku are NEETs.
>>5644373
because Otaku only shell out cash for waifus.
actually, that's not true... I don't know why Shinji and Kaoru never got figures.
>>5642211
>CLICK CLICK CLICK spam on /toy/ predates cuck spam on /pol/
>CLICK
>C(LI)CK
>KEK KEK KEK
Coincidence?
>>5643769
this has doubtless dropped off the anime map.
>>5643767
I bet this is legal bullshit. A new Tenchi show pops up, periodically, so someone remembers it. if Inuyasha got figures, someone must remember Tenchi.
>>5643501
Gally has a figure. she is a proto-Shinki, and pretty good. Even better, she is only sold with a massive book, so Yahoo Japan will ship her outside of Japan!
>>5642838
I would expect ZERO 80's sci fi shows to get figures, now. those old shows were the antithesis of what's popular in anime, these days. a show that is raunchy, cynical, and has something to say about the state of the world besides "Too much school is turning japanese children into robots!" has no place in today's anime market.
>>5642044
huh... I bet there is a Space Jam figure out there, somewhere... that probably isn't worth the cost... still
You know who else doesn't have a figure and is fucking huge? Mickey Mouse. In fact, he has almost zero merch that is sold outside of Disneyland.
>>5645690
>>5645710
trigun revoltechs were because of a movie that came out around that time
also, as a little tidbit: the mangaka is the creator of the revoltech joints.
figma roger and dorothy were made along with the max gokin big o, and all of these were made because the blurays were released at the time
sometimes stuff gets released to go along or to promote another main material, be new anime or movie, or a bluray release.
>>5645796
I actually have that one. Hoping that eventually another figure or figures will be done and we have more than just Gally/Alita in the beginning of the Last Order.
>>5643560
who cares, because a lot of the evangelion figures were pretty well sculpted and painted. They at least get the style right as do many other moeshit and waifucrap, yet they make a GitS figure? Generic style, made by their C-team. Same shit happened with Casca from Berserk. They become basically background grade characters made into a toy wearing main character clothes.
>>5645717
From what I've read and heard, they actually make more money in the US from selling their goods, yet creators and companies over there don't want to make stuff for the US because they'll lose "cred" with fans over there.
But this was back in 00s, so i really don't konw anymore.
>>5642480
>i don't like it, therefore it is bad.
>>5643501
>>5645964
battle angel alitta right? I would say maybe when James cameron finally gets aroundd to making his movie it would cause renewed interest to get figures. But he announced YET ANOTHER avatar sequel for a total 4 planned, and with how he is riding this avatar train prolly a good thing he wont be touching alita anytime soon.
>>5645997
> a lot of the eva figures
Both revo and figma have their issues, either being >rebuild or with poor articulation
If you mean statues Motoko has a ton of very good statues. And again the Yamaha figure both has decent articulation and got her style right. (despite her hips being a bit off)
>>5646427
>yamaha
erp I meant yamato
>>5645710
Pretty much this. Articulated figures didn't really catch on with the figure collecting otaku until figma's Haruhi stuff. Before that, character merchandise was mainly trading figures, scales and gashapon, and bebop got a good share of those.
Trigun had such an expansive line only because of Nightow's involvement with Kaiyodo.
Roger got a figma because of gaijin interest in Dorothy. Her preorder was shit in Japan but healthy overseas. I suspect that's why they moved Roger from a regular release to a wonfes exclusive. It allowed them to do a smaller run and cut out retailers.
>>5645813
>Mickey Mouse
He has several, they just aren't figuarts or figma.
>>5646388
I really hope that's not going to be the case. Either way, the last manga series is currently in the works, so I'm hoping Apsy revisits Gally in the figma line.
>>5646388
>4 avatar sequels planned
>it's been 8 years since the first one
Why? It was such a shit movie too, even the people who were all over the cgi are starting to admit that now.
>>5645813
there are several mediocre Bugs toys, almost all of them have terrible articulation/look nothing like him or are statueshit. which is about as good as you can expect I guess.
>>5646790
I am just as baffled. I fully expect the reason the plot was so cookie cutter was because the whole movie existed solely to test out filmmaker techniques and new technology he could use for the Alita film he kept gushing over for years.
>>5646987
There are the dolls I guess. One's on ebay right now.
>>5646473
>Articulated figures didn't really catch on with the figure collecting otaku until figma's Haruhi stuff. Before that, character merchandise was mainly trading figures, scales and gashapon
WAT?
There were a lot of articulated lines before Revoltech/Figma/Figuarts was started. They just didn't start to brand it until Revoltech became popular (before Figmas). Nevermind that a lot of western lines were popular in Japan, like McFarlane's stuff (which inspired Kaiyodo into creating their own super detailed articulated lines)
>Roger got a figma because of gaijin interest in Dorothy. Her preorder was shit in Japan but healthy overseas.
Other way around. Western interest was in Roger and in order to drum up sales/interest was by releasing Dorothy first, because they always cater to Japan before anyone else.
>>5646427
As i said, who cares about the articulation, because who wants a mediocre looking figure if it's going to look mediocre in every single pose?
Sculpt/style matters most, so i can deal with limited poseability as long as it looks good as the rest of the stuff they're able to sculpt accurately.
Just like these amazing figures.
>>5642464
Speaking of a character that needs a figure.
>>5647437
>There were a lot of articulated lines before Revoltech
His point is those lines weren't considered primo merchandise by anime otaku back then.
>we got shampoo and male ranma before the best character
>>5647497
The mold for him probably must've gotten lost somewhere.
>>5647451
They were though.
It's why they kept being made and what started the Revoltech and other brand lines.
The only reason you notice them more often now is because they're under a brand name, instead of as 324098234098342 different titles and names.
Pretty smart marketing.
>>5647539
I see what you did there.
>>5647437
>As i said, who cares about the articulation,
Me.
>Sculpt/style matters most>Sculpt/style matters most
No. Collect statueshit if you like sculpt that much.
>>5645813
Mickey Mouse has a Nendoroid to his name.
As does Minnie Mouse.
In fact, he's Nendoroid 100.
Do yer homework man!
>>5647549
I have these but they're pretty much statues.
>>5647549
Those don't look highly articulated.
>>5648548
>all or nothing mentality
you deserve nothing
>>5649343
>>5649348
Man, these were some of the better articulated figures back in the day. Before this, it was just statues and figurines for collectors
The popularity of those articulated figures, and others, are what lead to the creation of Play Arts, Revoltech, figma, etc.
>>5642485
why would anyone want to pay that much for that design
>>5642732
Harlock have a Real Action Hero right?
>>5649692
Do you see any better-quality figures of ANY version of Astro Boy out there?
On top of that it's one of Hot Toys' earlier figures, and even though the aftermarket for them is pretty much dead due to Marvel and Star Wars oversaturation, their early stuff was made in much smaller batches and demand often exceeds supply accordingly for unusual figures like this.
>>5645796
>she is only sold with a massive book
How much is she?
>>5656750
There's one on ebay if you search Gunnm for $157.
>>5642538
hohohoho not so fast
