One Piece Collectibles v.9 Main Discussion - "Remember when they weren't named ?"

maggie

Hi everyone. Finally got a good internet connection going so I can drop by here more often. Miss you guys!!! Not much going on in Australia collection wise but I'm enjoying being home. Got a lot of packages from Japan last week - all my OP stuff came!!! Now I just have to find somewhere to put it.

hey! Good to see you back, hope the move went well and your family is adjusting. Finding a place to put collectible, an eternal struggle XD

and Lucci 1.5 is amazing. I wonder if his price will plummet or not? Since he looks so nice and all… XD

Valsheto

@maggie:

hey! Good to see you back, hope the move went well and your family is adjusting. Finding a place to put collectible, an eternal struggle XD

and Lucci 1.5 is amazing. I wonder if his price will plummet or not? Since he looks so nice and all… XD

Saw one one Manda today for 7ooo yen, sold instantly.

AoNoPiece Shippuden

At the moment only 2 lucci in Manda for 7000 and the two sold out instantly.

maggie

hmm, maybe Megahouse will start to learn to make the first one as best as they can, instead of all this 1.5 schennanigans… The first Lucci I've always hated and was so awful but this 1.5 is so well captured.

Killax

@maggie:

hmm, maybe Megahouse will start to learn to make the first one as best as they can, instead of all this 1.5 schennanigans… The first Lucci I've always hated and was so awful but this 1.5 is so well captured.

Well, it's the easiest thing to do besides a repaint, the only thing that's new is his head and Hakori… MegaHouse is very good in tricking you to buy almost exactly the same twice for no real reason bar a couple of mm-sized changes xD.

Money and Spades

Look what I just got
Grandline Men Roger plus Law that had for a while

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Orph

@Killax:

Well, it's the easiest thing to do besides a repaint, the only thing that's new is his head and Hakori… MegaHouse is very good in tricking you to buy almost exactly the same twice for no real reason bar a couple of mm-sized changes xD.

To be fair, Lucci was made many many many years ago. The techniques an paint style is different now.

Also, the artist/sculptor has grown and is able to more accurately capture the character. MAS has been relatively consistent, but look at his earlier Miku. Ajiken has a lot of ups and downs too. Ishiyama has been very consistent, ie Croc and SW Shanks. Takashi Fukuda has many flops.

I think the 1.5 ver or "the better figure first time around" is all on the sculptor then Megahouse. I can't imagine Megahouse saying, "create this figure but with flaws."

benhan

@Orph:

To be fair, Lucci was made many many many years ago. The techniques an paint style is different now.

Also, the artist/sculptor has grown and is able to more accurately capture the character. MAS has been relatively consistent, but look at his earlier Miku. Ajiken has a lot of ups and downs too. Ishiyama has been very consistent, ie Croc and SW Shanks. Takashi Fukuda has many flops.

I think the 1.5 ver or "the better figure first time around" is all on the sculptor then Megahouse. I can't imagine Megahouse saying, "create this figure but with flaws."

I second that.
The problem lies in their selection of sculptor, especially the one who sculpted Luffy.
Kudos to Megahouse for stepping up their game.
Kid, Killer, Shiliew are all excellent. And this Lucci 1.5 turns out to be a significant improvement over the original.
Is it MAS who sculpted the original one too? I quite like his sculpts. Jinbei, Marco and Enel are his great works. Apart from the original Blackbeard I think he did pretty good in sculpting Oda's characters.

Fukuda (Shiliew) and Ishiyama (Usopp, Kid) have stepped up their game too.
ATTM's Franky is taking such a long time to be finalized. I guess there are a lot of internal debates about how many accessories, poses they'll include and probably questions about his sculpt since his reputation isn't helped with that awful Luffy Sailing Again. Maybe he ended up doing it again from scratch due to not meeting "current quite high" Megahouse standard (I can't believe that I type this :D).
They shouldn't think about making any 1.5 version of Sailing Again Luffy. It won't help. Just ask Fukuda, Ishiyama or MAS to sculpt and we'll definitely have a better POP Luffy.

It looks like Megahouse does LISTEN to the fans. Dynamic pose? Checked. Good sculpt? Checked. Quality improvement? Checked.
Fix the box issue, the pre-order issue (unlikely) and they're good.
The latter issue I think is related to the fact that they have Asia and Worldwide distributors thus they try to limit the Japan version pre-order.

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Meanwhile the ever promising Scultures Zoro...

Turns out to be another figure with disappointing painting job by Banpresto…
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Review here: http://ameblo.jp/engelleader/entry-11395436789.html[/hide]

I dislike the glossy paint Banpresto chose for this Zoro. Big Fail. He could be excellent if they used proper material. At least the material they used for Scultures DB Big.
Surprisingly Lucci is good.
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His color and painting could be the best of the bunch.

y2j

@benhan:

I second that.
The problem lies in their selection of sculptor, especially the one who sculpted Luffy.
Kudos to Megahouse for stepping up their game.
Kid, Killer, Shiliew are all excellent. And this Lucci 1.5 turns out to be a significant improvement over the original.
Is it MAS who sculpted the original one too? I quite like his sculpts. Jinbei, Marco and Enel are his great works. Apart from the original Blackbeard I think he did pretty good in sculpting Oda's characters.

Fukuda (Shiliew) and Ishiyama (Usopp, Kid) have stepped up their game too.
ATTM's Franky is taking such a long time to be finalized. I guess there are a lot of internal debates about how many accessories, poses they'll include and probably questions about his sculpt since his reputation isn't helped with that awful Luffy Sailing Again. Maybe he ended up doing it again from scratch due to not meeting "current quite high" Megahouse standard (I can't believe that I type this :D).
They shouldn't think about making any 1.5 version of Sailing Again Luffy. It won't help. Just ask Fukuda, Ishiyama or MAS to sculpt and we'll definitely have a better POP Luffy.

It looks like Megahouse does LISTEN to the fans. Dynamic pose? Checked. Good sculpt? Checked. Quality improvement? Checked.
Fix the box issue, the pre-order issue (unlikely) and they're good.
The latter issue I think is related to the fact that they have Asia and Worldwide distributors thus they try to limit the Japan version pre-order.

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Meanwhile the ever promising Scultures Zoro...
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Turns out to be another figure with disappointing painting job by Banpresto…
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Review here: http://ameblo.jp/engelleader/entry-11395436789.html[/hide]

I dislike the glossy paint Banpresto chose for this Zoro. Big Fail. He could be excellent if they used proper material. At least the material they used for Scultures DB Big.
Surprisingly Lucci is good.
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His color and painting could be the best of the bunch.

That zoro, i know thath is legit, but seems a bootleg for the low quality painting

pexxy

For the Zoro, I think a coat of matte paint would improve it tremendously. Still haven't decided if I am getting it though.

Inishi

@benhan:

I second that.
The problem lies in their selection of sculptor, especially the one who sculpted Luffy.
Kudos to Megahouse for stepping up their game.
Kid, Killer, Shiliew are all excellent. And this Lucci 1.5 turns out to be a significant improvement over the original.
Is it MAS who sculpted the original one too? I quite like his sculpts. Jinbei, Marco and Enel are his great works. Apart from the original Blackbeard I think he did pretty good in sculpting Oda's characters.

Fukuda (Shiliew) and Ishiyama (Usopp, Kid) have stepped up their game too.
ATTM's Franky is taking such a long time to be finalized. I guess there are a lot of internal debates about how many accessories, poses they'll include and probably questions about his sculpt since his reputation isn't helped with that awful Luffy Sailing Again. Maybe he ended up doing it again from scratch due to not meeting "current quite high" Megahouse standard (I can't believe that I type this :D).
They shouldn't think about making any 1.5 version of Sailing Again Luffy. It won't help. Just ask Fukuda, Ishiyama or MAS to sculpt and we'll definitely have a better POP Luffy.

It looks like Megahouse does LISTEN to the fans. Dynamic pose? Checked. Good sculpt? Checked. Quality improvement? Checked.
Fix the box issue, the pre-order issue (unlikely) and they're good.
The latter issue I think is related to the fact that they have Asia and Worldwide distributors thus they try to limit the Japan version pre-order.

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Meanwhile the ever promising Scultures Zoro...
http://s1.tsuki-board.net/image/600/Raithos1322600806.jpeg

Turns out to be another figure with disappointing painting job by Banpresto…
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Review here: http://ameblo.jp/engelleader/entry-11395436789.html[/hide]

I dislike the glossy paint Banpresto chose for this Zoro. Big Fail. He could be excellent if they used proper material. At least the material they used for Scultures DB Big.
Surprisingly Lucci is good.
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His color and painting could be the best of the bunch.

Sorry, but what else did you expect from Banpresto? The only line you can count on from them is MSP. And the future will show whether that statement has its right to stay true or not. I fear not.

WCF look equally crappy, you just can't notice rightaway, since they are so small.

y2j

@Inishi:

Sorry, but what else did you expect from Banpresto? The only line you can count on from them is MSP. And the future will show whether that statement has its right to stay true or not. I fear not.

WCF look equally crappy, you just can't notice rightaway, since they are so small.

the last banpresto figures are losing in quality. I have many old banpresto figures and their quality is medium-high

Inishi

@y2j:

the last banpresto figures are losing in quality. I have many old banpresto figures and their quality is medium-high

Yeah, that's what we've been mentioning in here for a while. Ever since the change of material thoses figures pretty much suck hell compared to the prototypes. Pretty sad, actually. Since the prototypes still look awesome and superior to any other line.

Cyber-Robin

I still love the WCF line myself. Mainly because of the varied characters. Although sometimes it's a joke like no Hina, BB crew, Half of ID, Skypiea and Baroque Works missing yet we have silly characters like Okama, South Bird, Ships. SHIPS!? and pointless multiples. Really? Did we need a Hancock last month? Could they not have done Prisoner Robin? Blown up Franky? Destroyed Kuma? (hell a Pacifista alt woulda been nice) and yet mugs like me keep on buying them lol

Anyways. I can certainly see myself that the quality is dipping. If you have a weapon then don't bother. Clima-tacts, Spears, Swords etc have a 99% chance of being bent in the packaging.

Although there are some real gems lately. Fake Robin + Fake Chopper, Paulie, Spandumb, Kumadori, Duval (handsome) Shakky and ShuShu are all excellent ones. A lot of the girls seem to get decent versions out. (Although I'm not a huge fan of how Robin and Nami TS turned out.)

benhan

@pexxy:

For the Zoro, I think a coat of matte paint would improve it tremendously. Still haven't decided if I am getting it though.

I guess so. Where's Blacksmith? Usually he's the one doing this overcoating.

@Inishi:

Sorry, but what else did you expect from Banpresto? The only line you can count on from them is MSP. And the future will show whether that statement has its right to stay true or not. I fear not.

WCF look equally crappy, you just can't notice rightaway, since they are so small.

What did I expect? Banpresto used to release decent to great prize items (DX Brotherhood anyone?). And the first Scultures DB are just excellent.

Though WCF and GLM series quality are degrading now, sometimes they still release decent quality figures (GLM Usopp, Marco for example).
And ten months ago they still produced a quality figure like this. A bit OOT.
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And this just released Scultures Lucci confirmed it. http://ameblo.jp/watana-blog/image-11400578533-12276994818.html I think he's as good as any old Banpresto prize item. Unfortunately I don't understand why there's no consistency from them recently. I just hope they don't ruin Jango and Wiper. The only two I certainly will get from this Scultures OP line.

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@Inishi:

Yeah, that's what we've been mentioning in here for a while. Ever since the change of material thoses figures pretty much suck hell compared to the prototypes. Pretty sad, actually. Since the prototypes still look awesome and superior to any other line.

Spot on. The sculpts are superior to the other line. If only they're not prize items. I'm willing to pay more for better material and painting quality like the good old days.
And what made it sadder is they held a figure tournament, invited the best figure sculptors and ended up "honoring" these sculptors artwork by releasing crappy figures with downgraded material and painting quality. Sigh.

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watanabe has posted MSP Zoro pictures on his blog too with comments from the sculptor, Kengo-san.
He admitted there's something wrong with the neck and hopefully the retail version will come out closer to the design like this

Inishi

Would love to have a translation of that interview. Anyone able to translate it?

coopz182

What was the quality on Banpresto's Thousand Sunnny Grandline Ship? I can't remember seeing any pictures of it that weren't promotional. Was it stickers, paint or assemble yourself? Asking as I think having the ship with my nearly completed GLM would look excellent

TimeSkipLuffy

hey everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all the fun we had with One Piece here In good and in bad times.
I am taking my time off because I am exhausted and damaged inside because of a girl I used to love.
Going to heal my heart somehow. My interest in collecting stuff at the moment is gone. Nothing seems to make me happy now anymore.
Hope to see you again here some day but for now this will be goodbye.

DanMatrix

@coopz182:

What was the quality on Banpresto's Thousand Sunnny Grandline Ship? I can't remember seeing any pictures of it that weren't promotional. Was it stickers, paint or assemble yourself? Asking as I think having the ship with my nearly completed GLM would look excellent

Its a nice piece, quality is good same as the Merry. It has some assembly, no glue. It has lots of stickers, all the windows doors and small details, some are difficult. I suggest tweezers for the smaller stickers. No painting. It will take atleast 1.5 hours to assemble. Its a very nice alternative to the models in both ease of assembly and scale.

1Up

ah dang, i can relate to that, take your time and take it easy :-)@TimeSkipLuffy:

hey everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all the fun we had with One Piece here In good and in bad times.
I am taking my time off because I am exhausted and damaged inside because of a girl I used to love.
Going to heal my heart somehow. My interest in collecting stuff at the moment is gone. Nothing seems to make me happy now anymore.
Hope to see you again here some day but for now this will be goodbye.

2D3Y

Sorry to hear that! Take your time with your healing, and come back when you're ready!!

I always enjoyed your WCF of the day pictures!!

Killax

@Orph:

To be fair, Lucci was made many many many years ago. The techniques an paint style is different now.

Also, the artist/sculptor has grown and is able to more accurately capture the character. MAS has been relatively consistent, but look at his earlier Miku. Ajiken has a lot of ups and downs too. Ishiyama has been very consistent, ie Croc and SW Shanks. Takashi Fukuda has many flops.

I can't imagine Megahouse saying, "create this figure but with flaws."

So you don't blame a compagny for picking a avarage sculpter over a good sculpter? Now that's not fair my friend.
Compagnies know fully well what kind of talent they get in house, there are many, many, many sculpters who can sculpt a One Piece figure way better than we have seen. MegaHouse is also not known for good sculpts but more for a nice product for a large fanbase.

Sculpting techniques did not change, the paint style being different has nothing to do with the original "bad" sculpt.

I am not saying they design it with flaws, I am saying that MegaHouse is good in changing 10% in the product and re-sell it like it's a new product.
Something other compagnies seldom do. Paying two times for something that has only two changed faces and a new bird just is wrong.

2D3Y

They are not making you to buy him again though, so why the hate? Also, they're not selling them as a regular releases, Robin, Nami, Ace and Lucci were shop limited releases that did not interfear with that months orders, and Boa and BB were marked as EX (still don't know what does it mean, but it's clear they're not regular releases). So why be bothered by that?
I rather have them rerelease those 1.5 versions or alternate colours ones that mere rereleases of the original ones. It gives you the chance to have an "improved" version of the character or to have a colour or version of your liking.
I get it kinda sucks if you own the original one and want the new version, but if that's the case, you can always sell the old one and get the new one. At least now you have that choice.

Also, I don't think MH is going to keep doing those 1.5 for a lot of characters. Only those they want to rerelease, but are too afraid to fail like Smoker, Tashigi, Sogeking, Ace DX and Luffy DX did.

Valsheto

@2D3Y:

They are not making you to buy him again though, so why the hate? Also, they're not selling them as a regular releases, Robin, Nami, Ace and Lucci were shop limited releases that did not interfear with that months orders, and Boa and BB were marked as EX (still don't know what does it mean, but it's clear they're not regular releases). So why be bothered by that?
I rather have them rerelease those 1.5 versions or alternate colours ones that mere rereleases of the original ones. It gives you the chance to have an "improved" version of the character or to have a colour or version of your liking.
I get it kinda sucks if you own the original one and want the new version, but if that's the case, you can always sell the old one and get the new one. At least now you have that choice.

Also, I don't think MH is going to keep doing those 1.5 for a lot of characters. Only those they want to rerelease, but are too afraid to fail like Smoker, Tashigi, Sogeking, Ace DX and Luffy DX did.

EX is Extra (dunno really what they mean by that… but...

2D3Y

Yeah, I know that, but as you pointed out, we don't know what it really means. Extra what? Production? Extra as an alternate version of a normal released character but with (extra) head, (extra) colour or (extra) position like BB, Boa, Garp, ¿Robin dereshii? ¿Luffy child? or as a an actual extra (accesories) like Aokiji's coat, Sabo's to complete the 3 brothers (he even had "extra" arms for them) or ¿¿Carue's Vivi??

Who knows… but for some reason MH didn't make them part of the main lines (Neo, Neo Dx, Sailing Again, Mild)

Edit: @1Up:

Maby extra means extra effort into the sculpt/figure haha

lol, I never thought about that, but extra effort on Boa or Garp? They are just repaints and 1 "extra"/new head…

I let the extra effort for the sculpt (and price) to the Neo Maximmum line.

1Up

Maby extra means extra effort into the sculpt/figure haha

KyonSmith

@TimeSkipLuffy:

hey everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all the fun we had with One Piece here In good and in bad times.
I am taking my time off because I am exhausted and damaged inside because of a girl I used to love.
Going to heal my heart somehow. My interest in collecting stuff at the moment is gone. Nothing seems to make me happy now anymore.
Hope to see you again here some day but for now this will be goodbye.

Blyme, in all of a sudden. That sounds awful. Hope we see you later.

Killax

@1Up:

Maby extra means extra effort into the sculpt/figure haha

Maby means extra payment for the exact same stuff haha

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@TimeSkipLuffy:

hey everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all the fun we had with One Piece here In good and in bad times.
I am taking my time off because I am exhausted and damaged inside because of a girl I used to love.
Going to heal my heart somehow. My interest in collecting stuff at the moment is gone. Nothing seems to make me happy now anymore.
Hope to see you again here some day but for now this will be goodbye.

Only thing that helps there mate is to find the happyness in other girls.

Be the new you.

maggie

TimeSkipLuffy hope you mend quickly and return with a new zest for figures! Don't become too antisocial due to heartbreak

Wow, scultures Lucci looks great!! Out of the 3, Lucci came out the best in the end. I feel bad for Zoro, I really do. And Ace's finishing is rather splotchy, but the sculpt is terrible so there's no helping that one anyway. It is awful what they do to these finished sculpts from a 'sculpting contest.' For crying out loud, honor the good ones, at least! >_<;;

Raithos

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Lexiy

Extra as in not part of the line but as an extra option if you wish to have it in your collection. They could have called it limited but I guess they might reserve that name to others. Maybe Extra is for non already made characters (garp 0 is not the same as lucci 1.5).

benhan

@TimeSkipLuffy:

hey everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all the fun we had with One Piece here In good and in bad times.
I am taking my time off because I am exhausted and damaged inside because of a girl I used to love.
Going to heal my heart somehow. My interest in collecting stuff at the moment is gone. Nothing seems to make me happy now anymore.
Hope to see you again here some day but for now this will be goodbye.

My sympathy with you and having experienced this in my life a couple of years ago, I know your feeling. It might take a few months for you to accept it but letting go all the sweet memory as soon as possible is the solution.
In a relationship if you're the one that decided to break up, it would be easier to move on than the opposite.
I think it's the same case with in collecting figures. Some figures just need to be sold. As long as we're the one in charge and accept to let go, it's much easier to accept the separation. Especially if you find a new figure to take place of the old ones.

Btw EXTRA line I think stands for being unoriginal. EXTRA means Megahouse being lazy and just modify the original sculpt to improve it or release another variant of the original.

kanji_xiii

@benhan:

Btw EXTRA line I think stands for being unoriginal. EXTRA means Megahouse being lazy and just modify the original sculpt to improve it or release another variant of the original.

I don't know about that. Carue was NEO-EX, before the DX line came along. so was the seperate coat + stand for Aokiji. Both were original.

Maybe by Extra they mean "As an additon to…". Carue was designed as an additon to Vivi, The coat + stand was for original Aokiji, Garp Ver.0 may be to display alongside the existing Garp as a "Before and After", BlackBeard 1.5 is to go with Shiliew that's out before him and Blue Hancock is an addition to the Red variant.

Even the CB-EX 3 Brothers were designed to go to together.

I don't know, that's the best suggestion I can think of.

Koginetsunemaru

more like extra size and extra price, then they moved to maximum size and price lol

benhan

@kanji_xiii:

I don't know about that. Carue was NEO-EX, before the DX line came along. so was the seperate coat + stand for Aokiji. Both were original.

Maybe by Extra they mean "As an additon to…". Carue was designed as an additon to Vivi, The coat + stand was for original Aokiji, Garp Ver.0 may be to display alongside the existing Garp as a "Before and After", BlackBeard 1.5 is to go with Shiliew that's out before him and Blue Hancock is an addition to the Red variant.

Even the CB-EX 3 Brothers were designed to go to together.

I don't know, that's the best suggestion I can think of.

I could agree with you. EXTRA means everything which is an addition to the regular releases, I guess.

Anyway Japanese has this unique approach of English naming. They like to mix abbreviations and words to produce a cool (for them) nickname.
Like Neo-DX and Sailing Again. I think the Neo-DX have lost the meaning and Megahouse just use them to differentiate categorization of POP pre and post time skip design.
The other funny name is Figuarts Zero. Zero means no articulation, an evolution of their SHF line.

Cyber-Robin

Can't believe this discussion has gone on for so long lol It's clearly 'Extra' as in 'an extra figure you may or may not want to compliment your other figures.'

I'm still not a fan of the name Sailing Again. Woulda preferred 2Y or Time-Skip.

Speaking of FAZ. Looks like they're speeding up putting the new releases up.

redon

One Piece Chara-Heroes Film Z.

http://charaheroes.jp/release/onepiece_fz.html

kanji_xiii

Did anyone ever post these expo shots of Hancock?

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Cyber-Robin

Damn. Totally ordering a box of these. It's only the usuals and Z I don't really want.

Although usually you miss 6,7,8 and 9 or 14, 15, 16 and 17 in a box. Which means either way I doubt I'll get both Robin Choppers

1Up

Im getting boxes of MBH as complete sets, all 24 figures, only minus the secret hidden one, which they overcharge i think

Cyber-Robin

I never understand that. You can get full sets but everywhere else can only get random packs of 20 XD

Depending on price I might go for it. Really depends on what other places are charging for a set of 20. Might just be cheaper to buy whatever singles seperately.

Wonder what the secrets will be. Guessing Kizaru or one of the de-aged chars. Likely Chopper.

1Up

Full set of 24 is gonna cost $72, just retail price
And u need at least 3 boxes of 20 packs just to assemble 1 full set, the newest set vol.12 was like that.

Cyber-Robin

ah thats not bad then. Hopefully they're a decent enough quality. Dunno why, maybe its just the design but the Brook and Franky looks really meh.

Valsheto

@kanji_xiii:

Did anyone ever post these expo shots of Hancock?

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The "wink" is not really a wink.. looks more like one eye closed… since when you wink the other eye squirls abit.. that´s just me thinking that?

saige

The more I see Z stuff, the more I'm like meh over it. Maybe it's the overall design of the outfits. They just look plain stupid instead of 'fun' as what I think they were trying to sell it as.

@Valsheto:

The "wink" is not really a wink.. looks more like one eye closed… since when you wink the other eye squirls abit.. that´s just me thinking that?

Rolf, Valsheto, kinda silly thinking about realism on anime/manga style faces. But you are right.

Cyber-Robin

I agree to an extent, I love Usopp and Brooks' designs but don't really want many of them. Even the girls seem to be kinda the same in each line which is a shame. Love how the MBH set has a regular standing pose and a more action or interesting pose.

If I'm honest, I'm more interested in seeing decent pre-TS versions of figures again. Would be a lot more excited with the upcoming Grand Line if it had a W7 Robin or a Sogeking/Usopp in decent poses. Will never happen of course since they dragged out getting these anyways but still.

kanji_xiii

@Valsheto:

The "wink" is not really a wink.. looks more like one eye closed… since when you wink the other eye squirls abit.. that´s just me thinking that?

Lol, yeah you're right, It doesn't look like they've even changed the sculpt. They've just not painted the eye, lol

roronoazoro

Heres my wishlist for the Mega Expo

Sailing Again Painted Version Franky
Sailing Again New Prototype Trafalgar Law
NEO-DX Maximum New Prototype Sengoku The Buddha
NEO-DX New Prototype Buggy
LIMITED Ver.1.5 Vivi (Definitely need some touchup)
LIMITED Repaint Bellemere
NEO-EX Jinbei (Although i dont wish for him i can see this one coming miles away)

AoNoPiece Shippuden

@roronoazoro:

Heres my wishlist for the Mega Expo

Sailing Again Painted Version Franky

Sailing Again New Prototype Trafalgar Law

NEO-DX Maximum New Prototype Sengoku The Buddha

NEO-DX New Prototype Buggy

LIMITED Ver.1.5 Vivi (Definitely need some touchup)

LIMITED Repaint Bellemere

NEO-EX Jinbei (Although i dont wish for him i can see this one coming miles away)

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kanji_xiii

Yeah, that sounds pretty accurate. Sadly, my days of collecting are also coming to an end. Just can't afford it anymore. Sat down and went through my statements the other days and realised I'd spent $4,000 this year on figures!!! No wonder i'm in so much debt. It's seriously time to say enough is enough or things could start getting ugly and I can't afford for that to happen.

Yeah, so no more POP's for me now, apart maybe for a couple I've already dropped 1Up the deposits for. Really just wanted SA Franky to complete my collection, but alas, I fear I may never own him now.

I'll still be around and will be looking forward to Megahobby & Jump Festa over the next few weeks, just won't be collecting…...