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My respond after seeing POP Roger with the second pose :
Although does the red/yellow tag means that he is limited too?
Edit : Apparently it's just saying that they are in process of making them and that we could follow MH on twitter and check their blog for updates.
I hope to get a preorder of that SA Law when the preorder wars begin xDD.
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it has been announced that trafalgar law will be released in late may 2013, probally preorder for him starts in January suppose:
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8,000 yen for Law….that's pretty steep, but fair I guess. Will be 6,400 on amiami, so that's doable.
In relation to Franky being Limited, I am as pissed as everyone else, but I kinda understand why MH have had to do it. The figures obviously hasn't been cheap to produce, hence the MAXIMUM label and high price tag. However they've tested the water with this concept now, and Kid's proven to be a big fail....Someone's due to lose a lot of money on that figure considering the price will most certainly have to be dropped in order to shift.
I don't think many retailers would want to stock Franky given the price, so in order to sell for what they need to, they're only option was to make exclusive made to order quantity.
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Loads more photo's of POPs @ JF here:
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Can't be bothered to link them individually
Even if Franky, Sadie, and Whitebeard Ver. 0 are limited, we can still order them through 1UP like the limited blue Hancock and Blackbeard 1.5, right?
So no problems?
I dont think 1UP will be able to have Franky for Preorder, since he is Exclusive.
But If I am wrong I will be happy. 
Sanji's face looks pretty damn off. Hopefully it's fixed when it's released. Or maybe it's just the non-coloured pics. Looks way more bishie than he's supposed to be.
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After almost a year, my Grandline Strawhats are completed 
While I wish Nami has a weapon on her and Robin's chest wasn't so utterly ridiculous, I love them together a great deal. Now just tempted to get the Thousand Sunny GLS to complete the set
I dont think 1UP will be able to have Franky for Preorder, since he is Exclusive.
But If I am wrong I will be happy.
if its limited like lucci 1.5 and neo repaint nico robin then I will be able to offer franky for preorder also, only problem is I wont able offer any discount or free shipping promotion with it, just the retail price with shipping price costs 
I remember crease saying that Franky SW was a real shelf warmer. I'm wondering if Franky doesn't sell as well as the rest of the strawhats, or maybe he's just more expensive so it turns people off (certainly making me think twice!). Unlike Hancock and the limited girls, I think that Franky will fall into the Lucci 1.5 category where his price will stay the same or rise. The girls I think are purchased in abundance by fans and non fans alike for their appeal, and by people who plan to resell. Lucci seems like he was more of a sleeper and only fans bought him so not as many were made. This is all speculation from watching prices, mind you.
In which case, I'm not sure what to do about Franky myself. Shipping is going to be at least $60USD and with yen conversion his price is just insanely high. I want a complete crew so this annoys me very much.
Shanks and Law I will get without too much thought. I will probably skip the Z POPs, I'm fine with the SA POPs for the crew. No need for me to drop another grand on a now fourth set of strawhats.
I feel like that whitebeard is akin to a repaint as many others do, how annoying! Now with POPs there are so many I am becoming immensely choosy.
Yeah Franky is pretty hit and miss. IIRC the last poll they did a while back had him below the rest of the crew by quite a bit. He's also pretty expensive. They shoulda made it so if you wanted to display him in a Z costume you could. Would save them having to do another one and have him stupidly expensive.
And yeah I'm guessing they're not expecting Franky to sell well because they've put too many accessories and crap in him and upped the price. Silly Megahouse. Killing themselves XD
I guess megahouse really went all out with franky and made especially for the fans or something, its like almost like a hot toy thing, like action figure :-0
its gonna like garp vol.0, no chance, but I don't think it would be, otherwise it would say donkey or something exclusive like garp ver.o, I think its mostly gonna be like the lucci 1.5 and other limited editions where they make on orders numbers I bet.
I think its safe if everybody just get franky sailing again from there own country/local to save on the stupid shipping cost that's gonna come with it for sure.
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megatreshop exclusives are easy to get tho, u just have to make sure u preorder your stock on time, before the deadline/cut off time before it goes into production.
and another downsite of megatreshop exclusives are that they are kinda expensive, kinda above retail price I think, that why I skipped on those lucci 1.5 stock as the prices where bullshit in my opinion.
I need a Fisher Tiger figure for my tank!
I need a Fisher Tiger figure for my tank!
Isn't Fisher Tiger in the next GLM set? Coulda sworn they announced him with Young Arlong a few weeks back
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Isn't Fisher Tiger in the next GLM set? Coulda sworn they announced him with Young Arlong a few weeks back
Yeah, but it's like June of 2013. And I don't really want two versions of Arlong in there either lol.
yep, grandline men vo.15: fisher tiger & young arlong to be released in april or may, forgot the exact date.
That "megatrea limited" tag on Franky means nothing. It's the same deal as it was with Hancock EX and Blackbeard 1.5. All of the regular shops will still carry it. You don't have to go through a proxy or anything. This isn't a case of Garp 0.
franky 15k yen… megahouse is out of mind. who cares about 100 extras? it's a static figure not an action figure, and no one will display him in more than 2 configurations...
that price is disgraceful.
I completely agree with you. They should release Franky in 2 versions. Megatrea shop limited version with all the action poses, extras and killing price. And a regular release with only one head, one hand, no weapons and not so killing price.
I really love the IK WB and Roger. Both POPs look pale when compared… I'm still undecided about them.
The IK ones are really a must. I just wish the final product looks actually good. I'm slightly disappointed with the Memories ones...
And a regular release with only one head, one hand, no weapons and not so killing price.
He wouldn't be Franky then.
That "megatrea limited" tag on Franky means nothing. It's the same deal as it was with Hancock EX and Blackbeard 1.5. All of the regular shops will still carry it. You don't have to go through a proxy or anything. This isn't a case of Garp 0.
Like I said before, Blackbeard was never announced/advertised as limited. Hancock on the otherhand is a strange one, as she was the first to go up for regular pre-order.
The Mekke thing was never placed on Hancocks display card,
so I think Franky and Sadi will be different and definitely online store exclusive. Not the same as Garp admittedly, but still, maybe worth pre-ordering if you don't want to miss out.
Unless a lot of stores order them for later resale I can't see the prices going down much. Although we could always see a re-release if they sell well.
He wouldn't be Franky then.
Really? Because I don't find it hard to recognize Franky on his FAZ version or GLM version.
He wouldn't be Franky then.
Franky doesn't need a ton of accessories to be attractive to the masses. His number one usage is to be displayed and- like many already pointed out- not to be played with. There are different versions (i.e. Chogokin) of him if you're looking for an action figure hence giving the POP one that many additional weapons and whatnot is nothing but a poor attempt of MH to sell him for the highest price available. I may sound a little negative here but it's getting crazy for how much figures are being sold. What's the point in releasing them if a big percentage of people can't afford the figures? Fucked up marketing strategy in my eyes, nothing else.
And lol @Aohige; talk about creative display. Nice one.
Franky doesn't need a ton of accessories to be attractive to the masses. His number one usage is to be displayed and- like many already pointed out- not to be played with. There are different versions (i.e. Chogokin) of him if you're looking for an action figure hence giving the POP one that many additional weapons and whatnot is nothing but a poor attempt of MH to sell him for the highest price available. I may sound a little negative here but it's getting crazy for how much figures are being sold. What's the point in releasing them if a big percentage of people can't afford the figures? Fucked up marketing strategy in my eyes, nothing else.
And lol @Aohige; talk about creative display. Nice one.
Supply and demand my friend!! MH knows people will get Franky to complete their SH crew, they know they can milk it. Then with the whole "stepping up" MAXIMUM line, MH feels like they must ehemm…. make it maximum lol. For that the added tons of extras, and a steep price.
Franky has always been like an action POP. I mean both his arms move and always had tons of accessories in the SW version. The Neo version was meh for all SH, not only Franky. But if we judge by how the SW version was developed, we can see MH obviously want more action packed frankies. I can't wait to see what they do with the Z franky.
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maybe their idea was to appeal to more people with Franky by making him more into an action figure
So Franky should be regular as the other and be stated as they did for the rest of the crew, if they don't want it to be a shelf warmer so they just have to produce less of him, of course not all people will afford him (mostly outside of Japan)because the problem number one is the shipping and the custom that will be charged afterward, that Franky would cost +250 dollar or something.
As for the extra, they shouldn't have added all those weapons, the two heads with extra hands are nice and the earphones but the rest is not needed.
Do MH really thought people can afford buying more than one franky to display with different pose?
MH did too much this time, plus they release him more than a year after the rest, i feel robbed, because i need him to finish my time skip version crew shelf, i will think wisely before buying MH stuff in the future…
maybe their idea was to appeal to more people with Franky by making him more into an action figure
But if their objective is to appeal to more people, why make him shop limited exclusive? It makes no sense…
I doubt that he was made to "appeal more people". I think the reason why he is limited is because of two main factors:
1. HUGE box, bigger than perhaps Kid, Brook, Arlong. So it would take much more shelf space at retail stores.
2. Costs of production and cost of the item, not many people be able to afford it as a retail item (they might have learned this after seeing how there are tons of Kid still available to order) and their cost of production would be a loss if they have tons of units shelf warming.
I dont think MH produces their POP with foreign markets in mind. They do it for the Japanese market mostly, which then they get other distributors who wish to sell those items in their countries. With the above case, MH dont really have to worry about high shipping costs affecting buyers, because they would ship in big quantities to official distributors by SEA, which is cheap.
Roro Chan, it basically then boils down to how soon we want to get the items and from which market in order to obtain better price. Even though distributors will pump the price up because they know the demand is high, sadly. You shouldn't feel robbed. MH is doing what they are supposed to do; deliver quality goods/popular goods with enough value for your buck to the JAPANESE market, which is their primary and original market. Anything else is extra. And you as well as all anime imported collectors knew since the beginning that we would always pay high shipping and premium costs for these items. If all we shouldn't limit MH in what they can do or should do to improve or make their POP come with a Bang of accessories and other stuff, just because some of us can't afford or dont want to pay as much cash for them.
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I'm just glad that I'm very picky with who I buy XD
Although I have a feeling Sadi-Chan's box is gonna be pretty big too…. hopefully 1up can get some in. Else it's with Hiromi.
I doubt that he was made to "appeal more people". I think the reason why he is limited is because of two main factors:
1. HUGE box, bigger than perhaps Kid, Brook, Arlong. So it would take much more shelf space at retail stores.
2. Costs of production and cost of the item, not many people be able to afford it as a retail item (they might have learned this after seeing how there are tons of Kid still available to order) and their cost of production would be a loss if they have tons of units shelf warming.I dont think MH produces their POP with foreign markets in mind. They do it for the Japanese market mostly, which then they get other distributors who wish to sell those items in their countries. With the above case, MH dont really have to worry about high shipping costs affecting buyers, because they would ship in big quantities to official distributors by SEA, which is cheap.
Roro Chan, it basically then boils down to how soon we want to get the items and from which market in order to obtain better price. Even though distributors will pump the price up because they know the demand is high, sadly. You shouldn't feel robbed. MH is doing what they are supposed to do; deliver quality goods/popular goods with enough value for your buck to the JAPANESE market, which is their primary and original market. Anything else is extra. And you as well as all anime imported collectors knew since the beginning that we would always pay high shipping and premium costs for these items. If all we shouldn't limit MH in what they can do or should do to improve or make their POP come with a Bang of accessories and other stuff, just because some of us can't afford or dont want to pay as much cash for them.
Even if it would cost a lot, i want him, i will still feel something weird, i hope i can get it through NY or 1UP so i will be at least relieved from the problem of delivery.
Of course i noticed how MH don't give a damn about worldwide, since the DX line start actually, they have been pumping the boxes size and the prices, and sometimes the quality and lack of accessories are just a fact, this time they did well with Franky, a slight too much but if his retail looks like the prototype this would be good, MH always messed up something somehow, if it's not the figure it's something else, at least we should all know that Franky would have been pricey and big, limited is another thing.
Really? Because I don't find it hard to recognize Franky on his FAZ version or GLM version.
This is a simple case of getting what you pay for. The price tags on GLM/FZ Franky don't come anywhere near even his cheapest POP. If I'm going to be shelling out the big bucks I want to get as much as I can out of it. FAZ and GLM have never been known for having a very large variety of interchangeable parts, they are usually static figures, one solid mold of PVC. At this point, it is to be expected of POP's to come with their fair share of accessories and interchangeable parts. Especially if it is out of the DX or Maximum lines.
Franky doesn't need a ton of accessories to be attractive to the masses. His number one usage is to be displayed and- like many already pointed out- not to be played with. There are different versions (i.e. Chogokin) of him if you're looking for an action figure hence giving the POP one that many additional weapons and whatnot is nothing but a poor attempt of MH to sell him for the highest price available. I may sound a little negative here but it's getting crazy for how much figures are being sold. What's the point in releasing them if a big percentage of people can't afford the figures? Fucked up marketing strategy in my eyes, nothing else.
If you can't afford it then just don't buy it. I guarantee you just as many people would be on here complaining about just the opposite if it were the case. Myself included, most likely. I had high hopes for this Franky and MH delivered. I'd be disappointed if I didn't have the option to display him full force and ready to kick some ass!
I'm not all that pleased about having to shell out $200+ for it either but this is the nature of the hobby, collecting is not cheap.
I can wait to get Franky Sailing Again POP…
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A lot of info to digest…
Hmm although, not much new stuff to say on the pops:
SA Franky: Basically MH is slapping us in the face with their D, and saying don't like it? Buy it anyway. It's sad, but he will probably sell out. I mean he's the last part of the crew. A bitch move on MH's part, but it is what it is I guess
$200+ price tag though, wow...
Law: Yes.
Shanks: Ooooo now I get a badass sword pose or badass strawhat pose?! Will need to get Benjamin Beckman now
Kalifa: I'm already buying you, stop it already.
Sadi: Looks impressive painted
Z Sanji: Wait... a Sanji figure... not just standing there holding a cigarette? Wtfffffffffffffffffffffffffff?
He looks good though.
Z Robin: Looks so very perfect. Really anticipating this one.
Shirohige Limited: New hair? That's it? Meh, I prefer my IK to be honest. This looks like it just has an alt head. The sash will probably be painted different but that's all she wrote.
Roger: step in the right direction with the "in chains" attatchment
Shiki: MIA?
When did POP Z Chopper went for Pre order? I can't see it at all @ HLJ and @ Amiami it is sold out.
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He went up on the 6th.
With who? Robin?
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Some of the accessories offered are quite silly. I wouldn't mind shelling $200 for him because of his size/details…with or without a tool kit
Shanks and Law I will get without too much thought. I will probably skip the Z POPs, I'm fine with the SA POPs for the crew. No need for me to drop another grand on a now fourth set of strawhats.
Yeah I hear ya. At this point I'm just picking the best, in my opinion, detailed/stance of each strawhat member. Don't really care about the "set". I don't plan on reselling them. I was pretty naive when I bought the bandai crocodile and was impressed by it In comparison to the PoP figure's it's garbage lol.
I'm still waiting for a Robin/nami that catches my eye.
Sadie-chan looks awesome! I will definitely have to save up some money for her! SA Franky has so much potential, but the price is a little frightening. :cry
And is that Tashigi merchandise I spy with my little eye?! There's so much cool stuff at this Jump Festa. That unpainted Sanji looks interesting too!
I like the CP9 figures too, the poses look great. I may try to pick up that Kaku later on.
did not saw this ones before. looks like next EPISODE OF CHARACTERS set
I think that the decision of putting Franky SA on online sale depends on the bad preorders of Eustass Kid. The line of POP DX Maximum failed and now Megahouse fearing big losses on Franky they decided to print him on demand. They don't want to risk to have many unsold stocks as it is happening for Kid.
I dont think that is the case because in Singapore the distributor gave a time limit. Retailers have to preorder before the dateline and if you miss it then thats it. Unless the retailers decided to buy extras from the distributors. Then it is the retailers that will absorb the loses for any unsold figures.
My guess is megahouse do not want franky to hit the bargain bin. That will look bad because buyers will not have the urge to preorder after seeing POPs hitting the bargain bin right after release. That means not many figures will be produce and less profit because preorders are very low.
OK, I could understand to make Franky limited because he's a Maximum (with re-release date) but come on, make us easy to get and not a shop exclusive.
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And is that Tashigi merchandise I spy with my little eye?!
ATM, there is the Tashigi Ichiban Kuji (that looks awesome but can't afford) and the @be.smile which is quite funny. We need more timeskip Tashigi merchandising.
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It's a shame, with Franky they could do a limited version with all the crap in and a regular version with no extra features. I seriously doubt he'll be difficult to get anyways. People will order, then see the shipping price and cancel him.
Sadi is gonna be the difficult one I reckon. Especially if they go back and do a Magellan and Hannybal a year or so down the line. Although I have a feeling she'll have a big box too.
did not saw this ones before. looks like next EPISODE OF CHARACTERS set
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Zoro with his sword Yubashiri on the back =D
Close up picture of Z Robin painted:
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