Forgot how manlybuff that Killer Kuji was. Almost makes me want to buy him.
One Piece Collectibles v.10 Main Discussion - "Final Product ≠ Promo Pics"
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Are we getting new P.O.P announcements in July?
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Is the Supernova's set already out? I want that Killer and Kid…. Time to hunt YAJ again....
Yep it is~ You can check Mandarake, Killer is pretty cheap there. I think Kid is too.
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How good are the quality for large Ichiban Kuji figures? Like the sculpt and paint jobs. Would you say that they tend to be better than crane game prizes?
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How good are the quality for large Ichiban Kuji figures? Like the sculpt and paint jobs. Would you say that they tend to be better than crane game prizes?
I really like Ichiban Kuji big prizes. Their sculpt is usually spot on (way better than POPs, mostly), but the paint job is not as good as the MH counterparts. Most of the cases, the painting is better than any prize figure I own (SCultures and GLC). If you stay away from the minor prize figures (D-F), you should be pleased…. Best part is their scale is really close to POPs, so they fit quite well together.
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How good are the quality for large Ichiban Kuji figures? Like the sculpt and paint jobs. Would you say that they tend to be better than crane game prizes?
They're very good but sometimes their market price (YAJ, Mandarake) could be too high for some of the more popular characters (Nami, Law, Zoro).
IMHO 3000-5000 JPY should be a good price range for large Kuji.
The latest OP Kuji scale is around 20 cm, which is a bit smaller than POP. The paint job from recent Kuji certainly is on par with POP. The material of PVC/ABS and paint I think are better than Banpresto prize figures.
I'm pretty impressed with the latest History of Ace Kuji. He's better than the previous Fire Fist Ace (crouching version). Kuji Law, Kid and Killer look like they have similar quality with latest Ace. I'm still waiting their price to go down a little bit before buying any.Btw nobody bought the Law yet?
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I really like Ichiban Kuji big prizes. Their sculpt is usually spot on (way better than POPs, mostly), but the paint job is not as good as the MH counterparts. Most of the cases, the painting is better than any prize figure I own (SCultures and GLC). If you stay away from the minor prize figures (D-F), you should be pleased…. Best part is their scale is really close to POPs, so they fit quite well together.
They're very good but sometimes their market price (YAJ, Mandarake) could be too high for some of the more popular characters (Nami, Law, Zoro).
IMHO 3000-5000 JPY should be a good price range for large Kuji.
The latest OP Kuji scale is around 20 cm, which is a bit smaller than POP. The paint job from recent Kuji certainly is on par with POP. The material of PVC/ABS and paint I think are better than Banpresto prize figures.Thanks for the replies. Right now the exchange rate between JPY and CDN is really, really good for CDN so I'm kinda on a buying spree right now lol. I'm debating whether or not to get the Ichiban Kuji Kizaru from the OP vs. Navy set since I kinda have an old man crush on him. Going by pics I like his expression and pose way more than his POP, and who knows if there will ever be a Scultures of him. Passing on Kuji Akainu cuz he looks waaaaay to angry and needs to chill, and I rather have Aokiji w/ his bike.
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They're very good but sometimes their market price (YAJ, Mandarake) could be too high for some of the more popular characters (Nami, Law, Zoro).
I don't think it's about popularity but rather the rarity of the prize (A prizes are the ones that stay expensive usually), but what do I know.
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I don't understand why MH make lao G POP…...are they want to make dressrosa arch?
Supernova POP's still not clear....if they want to make an dressrosa arch POP...they're better to make POP like Pica,diamante,trebol or maybe new doflamingo....or maybe.....SABO?! -
Are we getting new P.O.P announcements in July?
Should be some news in a couple of weeks!
Yeah, Next pre-order announcement should be either next week, or the following Wednesday. It's not clear yet whether actual PO will be 2nd/9th July…............
What is for certain though is that it'll be for either Soldier, Kid Rebecca or Fujitora or any combination of the 3. With the likelihood of them being released alongside Mihawk in October.............
Personally, I don't think I'll preorder any of those 3. I was thinking about Soldier-san actually and wondering whether he'll be able to hold that gun of his like he does in the manga.....?..... Rebecca is a sure pass for me.......not relevant enough.....as a child she's had even less screen time than Lao G!.......but Soldier & Fuji I may pickup on release........chances are that they'll bargain bin by Christmas............
I don't understand why MH make lao G POP…...are they want to make dressrosa arch?
Supernova POP's still not clear....if they want to make an dressrosa arch POP...they're better to make POP like Pica,diamante,trebol or maybe new doflamingo....or maybe.....SABO?!I like that we are getting Lao G! It's always great to get a random character that you weren't expecting to see!! I'll sure his upcoming battles in the manga will be entertaining!! I wonder which of the colosseum fighters he'll be put up against!?
Sabo is a definite candidate at this stage!! It's 38 Days until Wonder Festival so if we're really lucky we may be pleasantly surprised!!! If not then Chara Hobby is in 65 Days! Hopefully we'll see him by then!!
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@Al!naJames:
I don't think it's about popularity but rather the rarity of the prize (A prizes are the ones that stay expensive usually), but what do I know.
Yes it does matter for being Prize A but if you compare Prize A of Luffy to Prize A of Ace or even to Prize A of Law after a certain period of time the price will always be Law > Ace > Luffy. I think Law is pretty popular in Japan, especially between female.
collectors. The same thing will happen for POP and the 2nd hand store or re-seller will exploit this by adjusting their selling price.I remember there was a discussion in this forum regarding the increasing number of female collectors resulted in more male figures being made than ever. It is an interesting development. I myself don't mind since I don't collect bishoujo figures much. Would definitely welcome more shonen characters being made into figure by top tier figure company.
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Double-Chance prizes are SUPER rare and expensive too.
@benhan:Yes it does matter for being Prize A but if you compare Prize A of Luffy to Prize A of Ace or even to Prize A of Law after a certain period of time the price will always be Law > Ace > Luffy. I think Law is pretty popular in Japan, especially between female.
collectors. The same thing will happen for POP and the 2nd hand store or re-seller will exploit this by adjusting their selling price.He IS, and the fact that he's voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya does not help at all (looks at YAJ). Getting his future Scultures Special is gonna be expensive. There are crazy female fans that WILL BUY multiple copies of the same figure of the same character. I think both Kid and Killer's current popularity level is decent, but once they get more screentime I'm sure it'll increase (by muscle power + Kid has the power of Daisuke Namikawa). ON THE OTHER HAND, if your favourite character is unpopular then most of the time you can get them at really cheap prices.
I'm disappointed that they never released the rest of the Supernova Figuarts.
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AForce dragon, unfortunately…
http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-1871206567.2.hamzHQ&id=39606913074
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@1Up:
AForce dragon, unfortunately…
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http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?spm=a1z10.1.w4004-1871206567.2.hamzHQ&id=39606913074
That looks so unlike him it's remarkable. They should really stick to accessories and effect pieces.
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Man….........that really is awful!! What the deck error said!! Stick to accessories!!
Also, I was wondering about the POP "Line-Up" and seeing as we have 2 regulars and 1 Limited slot for dressrosa............what's the betting that Soldier and Rebecca will be the regualrs, and Fujitora will fill our next LIMITED spot??
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Man….........that really is awful!! What the deck error said!! Stick to accessories!!
Also, I was wondering about the POP "Line-Up" and seeing as we have 2 regulars and 1 Limited slot for dressrosa............what's the betting that Soldier and Rebecca will be the regualrs, and Fujitora will fill our next LIMITED spot??
I would bet for it too, cause i don't want Soldier to be limited, and also Soldier and Rebecca will not be sold as a set, no way MH will do and i don't want, i'm not sure i want rebecca cause the face she has now is not cute at all, unless there is another faceplate i'll not get her and stick with only soldier .
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@Wild:
I would bet for it too, cause i don't want Soldier to be limited, and also Soldier and Rebecca will not be sold as a set, no way MH will do and i don't want, i'm not sure i want rebecca cause the face she has now is not cute at all, unless there is another faceplate i'll not get her and stick with only soldier .
Yeah, I think it's unlikely MH would combine these….....but then they did with CB-EX Luffy & Ace, so who knows...............pretty sure they won't be limited though...........
from what I understand......LIMITED is designed to help MH keep down the RRP on figures they don't expect to receive large orders for by cutting out the distribution network and selling direct........In the case of CB-EX, the figures are relatively cheap to make, so a RRP of 3,000 yen isn't going to put the consumers off too much......
The daft thing is that most retailers don't sell at RRP. They sell at 20% off, sometimes more...........so as a consumer, you pay more buying direct from MH then you do from a 3rd party, lol!!
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That "Dragon" looks just like the Count from the Muppets… AForce should be put out of business.
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Yeah, I think it's unlikely MH would combine these….....but then they did with CB-EX Luffy & Ace, so who knows...............pretty sure they won't be limited though...........
from what I understand......LIMITED is designed to help MH keep down the RRP on figures they don't expect to receive large orders for by cutting out the distribution network and selling direct........In the case of CB-EX, the figures are relatively cheap to make, so a RRP of 3,000 yen isn't going to put the consumers off too much......
The daft thing is that most retailers don't sell at RRP. They sell at 20% off, sometimes more...........so as a consumer, you pay more buying direct from MH then you do from a 3rd party, lol!!
Ace and Luffy CB set was cheap, that was back in the days, they aren't great in sculpt imo too, i prefered the banpresto GLC to tell you so i think Soldier and Rebecca will be separated but can be displayed together like nami and nojiko :)
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Haha, that Dragon is really bad !
Indeed, they should stick to accessories but surely "not" be put out of bizness. I like most of their accessories and i can't care less if it's official or not.
Having a heart in my Law POP hand is just so cool and necessary, Brook's guitar is awsome too !
They would not exist if Megahouse was doing their job like they should. -
Haha, that Dragon is really bad !
Indeed, they should stick to accessories but surely "not" be put out of bizness. I like most of their accessories and i can't care less if it's official or not.
Having a heart in my Law POP hand is just so cool and necessary, Brook's guitar is awsome too !
They would not exist if Megahouse was doing their job like they should.If they weren't "doing their job like they should be" you wouldn't own any 1/8 scale One Piece figures.
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If they weren't "doing their job like they should be" you wouldn't own any 1/8 scale One Piece figures.
Come on Louis, you perfectly know what i meant…
Unless you are telling me that if Megahouse had the great idea of releasing a guitar with Brook or a heart for Law, it would have been a mystake ? Me buying it doesn't mean i'm 100% satisfied of it ^^'The POP are by far the bests OP figures among all ( that's only my opinion) but almost everytime a new POP is released, it lack something so many people wanted. (an accessorie, a face, an other pose, ect... )
Just take Bartolomeo, personally i don't care about a fan face but so many people wanted it and MH don't care. You can't blame people for being disapointed...
AForce is the same as everything else, when there is lack of something there is a market, otherwhise it would not be so popular, that's a fact.Surely, what i just said isn't valid for AForce figures, that Dragon is awfull.
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Come on Louis, you perfectly know what i meant…
Unless you are telling me that if Megahouse had the great idea of releasing a guitar with Brook or a heart for Law, it would have been a mystake ? Me buying it doesn't mean i'm 100% satisfied of it ^^'The POP are by far the bests OP figures among all ( that's only my opinion) but almost everytime a new POP is released, it lack something so many people wanted. (an accessorie, a face, an other pose, ect… )
Just take Bartolomeo, personally i don't care about a fan face but so many people wanted it and MH don't care. You can't blame people for being disapointed…
AForce is the same as everything else, when there is lack of something there is a market, otherwhise it would not be so popular, that's a fact.Surely, what i just said isn't valid for AForce figures, that Dragon is awfull.
The reason for that is really quite simple. It all boils down to it being impossible to please everyone. There will always be someone who has a problem (which is fine) with the finished product of any figure. Sometimes that guy is even me, but I understand that it's an unrealistic expectation to expect a figure company to put out a product that meets the entire fandoms collective standard.
I don't care what their reasons are, as someone who has plans to get into manufacturing soon himself I have zero respect for anyone who operates without the proper licenses and evades taxation. If you can't do something clean then you shouldn't be doing it at all. This "Dragon," like many of their other bootlegs is a prime example of a "business" whose motivation is only to make a quick buck. There's no love or respect for the integrity of the intellectual property.
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Woo Hoo! My tax rebate came back! Moved to the USA from the UK and finally sorted my tax out.
Mrs has said I can get myself a POP! Now enjoy the next month while I try and make a decision on which to get :p
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… as someone who has plans to get into manufacturing soon himself …
Wait, what?!? Can you elaborate that?
As for AForce, I know they are ilegal, but I kinda like their accesories line (mostly). I know it's wrong, but…
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I myself got the Law Heart Accessory and place it in Laws hand when I have him in the appropriate pose (I rotate once a month, does anyone else do this?). And if I had Brook, I would be tempted to get his guitar as it is a part of who he his. I am glad however, that we got his soul solid sword. I love Brooks POP SA pose (especially with angry eyes, his fight with Zeo and his words made me take him more seriously as a fighter, much like Sanji and his fight with Jarbora). If I had to choose, id choose Soul Solid every time.
Megahouse aren't perfect. They do sometimes make questionable decisions (I shout "How did you get a POP?" when Lao G is shown in the manga/anime, which became an injoke with my wife). I am surprised that Cavendish doesn't have his alt face. But I also think it makes us greedy. No matter what they give us, there will always be something that could have been put in.
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Wait, what?!? Can you elaborate that?
As for AForce, I know they are ilegal, but I kinda like their accesories line (mostly). I know it's wrong, but…
I can't because nothing is set in stone just yet, but we're working on it! I'll update you guys as more information becomes available.
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Made an order for Ichiban Kuji Kizaru and GLV Kuzan from Mandarake. I've underestimated how big Kizaru's box is, so they have to send him via EMS. I thought he would be SAL-able! I got him for 2000yen, so at least that alleviated the shipping costs (3600yen).
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Kaku P.O.P Limited Edition has arrived to home today ^^
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Made an order for Ichiban Kuji Kizaru and GLV Kuzan from Mandarake. I've underestimated how big Kizaru's box is, so they have to send him via EMS. I thought he would be SAL-able! I got him for 2000yen, so at least that alleviated the shipping costs (3600yen).
You can ship Kuji Kizaru via SAL alone. Not with other figures though.
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Kaku P.O.P Limited Edition has arrived to home today ^^
Congrats ! I'll have mine tomorow or the next day ^^
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Does anyone have the Chogokin Franky Shogun? It looks really cool in photos, but the specs don't make it sound very big for $250…
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Does anyone have the Chogokin Franky Shogun? It looks really cool in photos, but the specs don't make it sound very big for $250…
He was on sale at hlj for $130 not too long ago. (Not sure if he still is though).
I preordered him and ended up paying $230 total for him. It's an amazing figure that looks and feels worth it (it also has that whole combining gimmick) but I guess it would all depend on how much you enjoy the character.
If I had had the money at the time I was seriously considering getting another on clearance lol
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Is the Chogokin Franky really small though? I've heard some people complain about him being so small for the price.
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Is the Chogokin Franky really small though? I've heard some people complain about him being so small for the price.
You collect faz, correct? Here is a decent picture to show his size.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tdtKNCt-L88/UqIY74EFNPI/AAAAAAAAeEg/YMdl-Guynqg/s1600/general+franky.jpg
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Here's a pic of it along with some P.O.Ps. I really need to get a better display…
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Oh man, it's looks great! I'm sold!
Thanks, guys!!
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Is there even a way to get Maximum Franky S.A. for any kind of decent price nowadays? Should I hold my breath for a possible re-release?
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Is there even a way to get Maximum Franky S.A. for any kind of decent price nowadays? Should I hold my breath for a possible re-release?
Depends what you mean by "decent price". I paid $225 shipped to get him new, and he's selling for about that plus shipping now, so his price hasn't really gone up that much since last year.
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@Al!naJames:
You can ship Kuji Kizaru via SAL alone. Not with other figures though.
Dang, should have asked for cheapest shipping possible. Oh well. I'm actually really excited that I'm getting them within a week . After that, no more online shopping. They had Last One Ichiban Kuji Aokiji for 3000yen, which was tempting, but I really wanted him with a bike.
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Congrats on your figure purchases everyone!! My Kalifa should be arriving this week!!
Also, I couldn't help myself, I e-mailed CDJapan about that Roger they've had for weeks now saying that I wanted it, but didn't want to pay EMS, and they updated the lisiting for me this morning!!
| NEOGDS-110253 |
[Collectible] [Outlet Product] Portrait.Of.Pirates One Piece Series NEO-DX Gol D. Roger (Excellent Model Series)
| September 2013 | Processing | 3000 yen |
| Subtotal | 3000 yen |
| Shipping | 1900 yen |
| Total | 4900 yen |
| Final Order Total | 4900 yen
US$ 47.57 |
| Points you earn when this order ships: | 90 points |Bargain I say!! Looking forward to finally having the King of Pirates at that price!!
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Gotta love Mandarake - I just ordered five GLM (Doflamingo, Law, Kid, Killer, Zoro Z) all for 1000-1500 yen each. Of course, it took months of waiting before a single store had them all in stock (thanks Umeda) but that's part of the fun. Doflamingo especially seems somewhat rare and usually goes OOS very quickly.
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Congrats on your figure purchases everyone!! My Kalifa should be arriving this week!!
Also, I couldn't help myself, I e-mailed CDJapan about that Roger they've had for weeks now saying that I wanted it, but didn't want to pay EMS, and they updated the lisiting for me this morning!!
Bargain I say!! Looking forward to finally having the King of Pirates at that price!!
Nice kanji!! I purchased him at full price, now still unboxed due to no space :( should have waited argh
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Got my Kaku too ^^"
I'm kinda lost between so happy and so disapointed ! I'm glad the CP-9 is getting a new member and the 3 of them look awsome together.
But as figure itself, i'm not fan of the paintjob, i would have prefered a shiny black paint same as Lucci's suit and Kalifa' dress… Good thing, in every possible display we almost don't see the nails because they did an awfull job, it looks like 2 months old female nails make up.
The rest is cool, the pose with the two katana, the devil fruit, ect...
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Nice diloul…..........Yeah, it is strange they've given this Kaku more of a matte finish compared to the others....
Still not sure on him.......although My Kalifa should be arriving this week...........to go with my original NEO-6 Lucci, lol, haha
Also I've got Roger shipping out soon.............and MAS Marco is out now!!
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I'm liking the fact that they're included a regular base like they did with Chopper. I wasn't a fan of Lucci's…...--- Update From New Post Merge ---
Also, Barto shown on Megatre show:
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Thanks Kanji and good job on the bargain Roger. It's good for the wallet but almost a shame to see the King of Pirates bargained…
If only, this Marco had a secong flame wing, it would be instant buy for me ! But everytime i see this MAS, i have this feeling off a missing part :/ -
Thanks Kanji and good job on the bargain Roger. It's good for the wallet but almost a shame to see the King of Pirates bargained…
If only, this Marco had a secong flame wing, it would be instant buy for me ! But everytime i see this MAS, i have this feeling off a missing part :/Thanks!! Yeah Roger just shipped out, so should arrive at the end of next week….............
I kinda know what you mean about Marco............and seeing him instock and SAL-able at HS almost makes me wish I hadn't pre-ordered him from TGLS, as no doubt he'll be bargained like Lucci and Chopper............
You'll see him for under 3,000 yen by September I'm sure, which is probably when I'll finally receive him anyway! :o( Almost considering taking the hit and losing my deposit!
Anyway, that's June releases done.....................32 DAYS UNTIL WONDER FESTIVAL!!
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Viola Figuarts Zero official pics. She's coming out in October.