What makes you think you're an oddball? We all love Digimon.

I really loved the designs in Digimon as well. There are tons of great ones!
That said, the stories have been lacking. While I loved them growing up, a lot of them just haven't aged well.

First, fact. Tamers is the greatest.

Frontier I just couldn't get behind. While practically every series focused on just the main 2 characters, Frontier took it too far.
Adventure always felt like it was going downhill after Myotismon's defeat.

Omnimon is badass.
My personal favorite will always lie with Gallantmon/Dukemon, but Omegamon is still one of my favorites.

Same...I want more Royal Knight D-Arts!

I want an Angemon D-Arts.

Because Angemon was a badass angel from a Japanese kids' show 11 years before Goseiger.

I guess I just got the feeling that I'm a bit of an over the top Digimon fanboy, lol. I go on a forum and I'm like "What!? No Digimon thread?!", so I must say there being one here is pretty awesome.

I do agree, the stories are lacking, but I think overall I enjoy them. You're right about the emphasis on the two main characters, I think that is part of why Tamers is the best. The focus is a bit more equal, and at least there are only a few characters to focus on instead of a large group.

I think Dukemon is great as well, but Omnimon is one of those designs that really caught my eye early on. I think it's also the fact that it's two Mega level Digimon that I really like combined, so it's got that extra cool factor.

Yes, more Royal Knights would be great in D-Arts, as would Angemon. Angemon doesn't get the attention he deserves, he's definitely a bad ass. It's embarrassing to say, but I don't have D-Arts Omegamon.. I wasn't collecting at that point in time. So I'd love to see him reissued. Instead we get a Wargreymon reissue, lol. Which is great too, don't get me wrong. Personally I would have rather liked to see Greymon. I tend to prefer the Champion and Ultimate level designs. I like the Megas too, and some aren't as crazy as others, but I like the base level quality of the Champion designs.

I want digimon heroclix.

MagnaAngemon is better.

Yes he is. But then again, that's because you're taking something at Max Awesome Level and making it more awesome.

And then there's the One-Scene Wonder of Seraphimon.

Design wise, I just prefer Angemon to all of his other forms. To me he looks just right, whereas the others are a bit too priest-like and armored for me. I think every form is great, I like them all, but Angemon is the quintessential one for me personally. A lot of Digimon have excellent "final" forms which are certainly the coolest, some I just prefer the lesser forms.

Was I seriously the only guy to buy an Omnimon D-Art? :lol
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Anyway, I don't have a problem with a series focusing on the main 2, but Frontier just took it one step too far.
For example, Koichi/Duskmon's entire story was set up as something epic, but then the Darkness Spirit was purified, we saw Lowemon and JagerLowemon a whopping one time, and then Koji got MagnaGarurumon that requires both Darkness Spirits to evolve into.
And then he gets curbstomped by Dynasmon and Crusadermon.

However, Tamers did do it best, keeping a fair amount of focus on Takato (Though he did get the most, but I don't mind it), Rika, and Henry, while simultaneously keeping Juri important...And Ryo too, I guess...

As for Angemon, I prefer Angemon over MagnaAngemon and Seraphimon. Angemon's design is just the best, without being overdesigned or just feeling cluttered or chunky.
That, and I love Angemon's Angel Staff. Always thought that was a badass weapon.

If I had known about the line at the time and had been collecting figures (outside of Marvel Universe) I would have gotten him for sure. I'm happy to be getting Metalgarurumon and a reissuse of Wargreymon, but Omegamon will remain that grail figure until he gets reissued. I think getting a repainted Wargreymon and finally getting Metalgarurumon, plus the SSJ Goku & Megaman X reissues are a good sign. I hope so anyway.. I'd pay $100 for a Japanese only rerelease of Omegaman, it's better than $200-$300.

The Digimon rule of two was a bit intense with Frontier, I guess I just dig the Champion level designs in the series so much I'm biased. Yeah, I'm that kind of person that toy companies love, lol.

Tamers was great. I like how it had a slight Sentai feel to it with the group being smaller and there was that vibe of each tamer having it's own identifying color.

I'm surprised with the D-Arts Digimon releases so far to be honest, but I guess it's very much any other toy line. Focus on the heavies and their variants.

I just love MagnaAngemon's arm sword thing better.

I'm sorry, what was that? I can't hear you over the glorious Gallantmon.

Yes. :(

Waiting on my MetalGarurumon to arrive, though. ^_^

It's understandable. I do hope Omegamon gets a re-release. I could use another one.
The Champion level designs in any given series have been hit or miss, mostly miss. It's mostly hurt because the main characters' champion level all have the same design elements. It's dull. For others, it's a case by case basis whether I like their champion more than their other forms.

Angel Staff was so cool. Don't be wowed so easily by a puny lightsaber he never directly fought with.

Gallantmon is indeed awesome. His shield is stupid unwieldy, though :lol

Sorry.

And I'm not picking up MetalGarurumon, but he does look awesome. A lot better and more accurate than WarGreymon.

I doubt it will happen, but I like to tell myself there are good reasons for why it would, lol. I'll be kicking myself for awhile over missing the one that sold for $50 a couple weeks ago on ebay.

I hear you, definitely. Not everyone Champion level Digimon is Leomon or Angemon, there are some lame ones. I like a lot of Ultimate level Digimon as well, like Weregarurumon, over the Mega levels. Myotismon is one of my favorites, but his Mega forms are alright. I think it's interesting how the designs arranged some Digimon's evolutions really, some make less sense than others but overall I like most Digimon designs.

You've got Omegamon, who cares about MetalGarurumon? lol. Kidding, but really, not picking him up? I nearly missed him, just waiting for BBTS to get him instock now. If I can't have Omegamon, at least I can have WarGreymon and MetalGarurumon on display together.

Oooh...I don't think passing that up was a good idea. Considering he retailed for $40-$60 (Depending on where you bought it from), in addition to his relative scarcity, $50 was a great price to pick him up.
I'm not trying to kick you while down or anything, I'm just confused why'd you pass that up.

And I kind of preferred the Ultimates in Adventure (MegaKabuterimon, Garudamon, Zudomon, etc etc), but I preferred the Armors in 02, while Tamers was a lot more of the hit or miss (I liked Growlmon to Wargrowlmon, but Rapidmon over Gargomon, for example).

I was just never big on the Garurumon line as a whole. Just kind of...Eh. It looks cool, but it's not $40 cool, if you know what I mean :lol

And I'm still waiting for them to release a Wargreymon that looks closer to the show.

I didn't pass him up, I missed out. I saw him in the completed listings when I was trying to gauge his average auction price. If I had just searched for him a bit earlier I would have seen it but that's just how it goes.

Yeah, that's pretty much how I feel about the levels in the first two series as well. I especially like the armors in season 2 of Adventure. I'm mixed on the DNA levels.

Ah I see. I love Garurumon, he's probably my favorite overall from season 1. $40, I wish, lol, BBTS is so pricey.. but I've only recently started collecting Bandai Japan stuff and didn't really know where else to look and missed out. I'm getting the WarGreymon reissue somewhere else for cheaper so that makes up for it I suppose. Is the new Designer edition still that off base? I like it better than the original release and it's good enough for me. I can't see Bandai doing a new WarGreymon mold, do they generally do things like that?

They do make revised molds, having done so twice in their Kamen Rider Figuart line (And I think they did a remold of X or Zero in D-Arts or something, but I don't follow the Mega Man line, so I'm unsure).
I just don't like how WarGreymon turned out, having really long claws when the original didn't, being gold chrome when the original was matte yellow/gold, and being more hunched when the original had a more straightened posture.

Cool, I didn't realize Bandai did it that often. Is Digimon still a pretty popular line Japan? I really have no clue how well the S.H. Figuarts and D-Arts lines do overall.

I collect the D-Arts Megaman figures and I don't notice any difference between the two Megaman X & Zero figures, but I'm not an expert. I know they did a "comic" version of Megaman X which was a very different looking figure than the regular Megaman X.

Ah, I see, thanks for pointing that out. I would down for another WarGreymon, he's a pretty cool Digimon.

Yeah. They don't release revised molds super often, but they did for Decade and New Den-O, so they could for Digimon and other figures as well.

And I was really disappointed in how the WarGreymon turned out (Though, outside of Omnimon's cape, which was poorly designed, I don't have much issue with the other Digimon D-Arts).
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I see, the figure doesn't quite the exaggerated proportions of the original, he's more like a humanoid than a monster. I think the figure is pretty cool, but I can see how different it is from the original.

I really like the D-Arts Digimon line as well. I still scratch my head over how poorly Beelzebmon has sold. Maybe it was because Bandai never made his motorcycle and people lost interest.

Yeah. I'm hoping for a revised version with shorter claws and more accurate colors and better posture.

As for Beelzemon, I'm chalking his poor sales to the fact that most people liked his Blast Mode. The lack of Behemoth hurt, but I'm pretty sure more people just wanted the giant arm cannon and wings, not the dual shotguns.

Bandai does seem to view WarGreymon as the most popular Digimon, seeing as they're up to three different releases now. I could see them doing yet another version in the future. I just hope the Digimon line keeps going. I need so much more releases.

That's a good point, I didn't think about that. His Blast Mode is pretty awesome, as is Behemoth. I guess if Beelzebmon ever sells out Bandai might revist Blast Mode and Behemoth.

I'm actually afraid that WarGreymon's continual releases may be what's killing the Digimon line. With 3 releases of the same character now, the incredibly limited release of Omnimon (Seriously, either he had an extremely short release or he was so popular he sold out everywhere day one, because I don't know anyone else who got one), and the failure of Beelzemon, it might be the last legs of the Digimon line, since, outside of the unreleased Behemoth, I don't think we've seen any other previewed or displayed figures for it.

Additionally, it doesn't help that some of the more requested characters are the Rookie stage characters, like Agumon or Guilmon, rather than the Mega forms (Though we have gotten the aforementioned characters' final forms, but you get the point x3), making things inconsistent.

Yeah, it does seem like the line is doing pretty shaky. I wouldn't have thought MetalGarurumon would be a web exclusive, since he's a main character. I think a lot more people would be interested in the Rookie stages. I know when I first saw the Agumon figure they prototyped I about jumped out of my chair, lol. I really want that figure. It's pretty inconsistent, that's a great way to put it. It doesn't seem like Bluefin is interested in importing them at this stage either, I'm not sure. They aren't picking up WarGreymon or MetalGarurumon, so it makes me worry that they won't pick up future releases and release them here.

I know we probably won't see anything at SDCC, because that would mean Bluefin was importing it. So I'm just waiting for the next big Asian toy show in hopes that there will be some new stuff shown.

I'm sorry if this is incredibly off topic but i can't stop staring at your avatar, it's so funny.

I seriously want to see the Digimon D-Arts line continue, but it seems Bandai is just pushing it aside.

Well, that'll be right before SDCC, so it won't be too long of a wait. If they have nothing to show there... Then I'd say that's it.

And it's definitely the lack of his gun and wings that killed Beelzemon. :/

Haha, no problem man, thats why I chose it! I try to choose avatars that stand out. I was going through my pics and saw that (which I saved b/c I want to make a Animated Logan custom in the future) and thought it was hilarious. :)

That's how I feel as well, which I think it's silly because there is still quite a bit of people who like Digimon. It's still getting new seasons right? Bandai needs just put out a couple of cool Digimon that would be good sellers and get this line back on track.

I don't keep up with the Asian toy shows very well, thanks for the heads up. That won't be long then, awesome! Yeah, I'd say you're on the mark there, at this point it's pretty all or nothing. :(

I think people certainly wanted that version, Bandai probably shouldn't spoiled and teased everyone by showing it.

The problem is that I'm afraid the next Digimon D-Art would be Shoutmon x5 or OmegaShoutmon, the Mega form of the current series Digimon, who I'm not a fan of (Feels like an expy of Omnimon).

I do hope we see some sort of continuation, though. I wouldn't complain over one of Shoutmon's forms or even Imperialdramon Fighter Mode, just as long as the line continues...

OmniShoutmon has a pretty cool design, i think it would be cool if he had a figure like that.

I see what you mean, he is a lot like Omegamon. I would rather not get either of those two next either. There are so many Digimon I would rather from the first four series before anything after that. I know Bandai doesn't think that way, and like you.. I'd be happy just to see the line continue.

I'm not a fan. His design just looks too dull. If I had to pick a Shoutmon form, it'd be Shoutmon x5, probably.

Yeah. Tons of Digimon that'd be awesome, but Shoutmon is the most current character, and unless Dukemon did amazingly, I don't think the past series are selling well enough to stay in the past (Well, I'm assuming WarGreymon is selling well enough to justify 3 different releases).

The 3 characters I'd most want would be either Stingmon, Magnamon, or Dynasmon (I don't know why, but I've always loved Dynasmon's design. Being a Royal Knight also helps).

Also, if I recall correctly, Mugendramon/Machinedramon was one of the most requested Digimon in Japan, so I wouldn't mind getting one of those, too.

I agree, maybe current releases would do better, but I also think Bandai's choices have a been mixed. I think they've handled the Megaman and Pokemon lines very well so far, which a balanced line up, so maybe I just don't understand what Digimon are popular.

Some Digimon from Adventure season 2 would be great, if I had to choose Magnamon and Stingmon would be my choices. Mugendramon/Machinedramon would be pretty cool too. I'd love to see some of the villain Digimon get made, there were so many cool ones.

Well, Pokemon is a lot easier, helped that their first release was the popular Mewtwo, where Digimon had the anti-hero Beelzemon in his less popular form for the first release.

Additionally, with the first 3 starters' final forms, they had a pretty solid release schedule. Digimon is all over the place, getting released at random.

Yeah, it just seems like Digimon could have been released in a similar manner. With some Adventure stuff and Rookies instead of just random releases. I like what they have released so far personally, I love Adventure and Tamers, but it doesn't seem very coherent or particularly well thought out. Maybe it's just me, I don't know what the Japanese market really thinks about anything. lol.

Beelzemon is one of my favorite Digimon, so I'm happy he got released, it just seems odd to release him when they did, and in the form they did. It doesn't seem like the "bang" you'd need to start a new line out with.

I think as far as America is concerned the Mega level Adventure Digimon are great releases. WarGreymon, MetalGarurumon, then Omegamon would have been a killer first three, especially since most of us are familiar with the Digimon movie (let's just not focus on the Americanized version! lol). I'm not sure if Bandai Japan saw America as a prime target for Digimon in the way they did with Dragon Ball or Megaman though? If they did originally, they don't seem to anymore.

I think they're banking on the Japanese audience with Digimon, since the only exclusive figure is currently MetalGarurumon, which shows that they were pretty confident in the line.

Another big problem is that the Royal Knights are pulling double duty, being marketed as both a Knight and as their respective series (Despite the Omegamon from Adventure and Dukemon from Tamers being different characters than the actual Knights), so if they do wish to release the Knights, we'd be dipping into 02 (Magnamon) and Frontier (Dynasmon and Crusadermon), before diving into Savers (Who featured a large chunk of them), further breaking up release of the seasons.

Yeah it really does seem that way at this point. I get the feeling that Bluefin won't be picking up more Digimon releases in the future, but I hope that's not the case. I like to think that Bandai finally releasing MetalGarurumon is a good sign. Maybe Agumon isn't too far behind.

Yeah, it really is an odd series of releases. Has Fusion started airing here in America yet? I don't see Fusion doing well here in America really helping the D-Arts line since the target audience are probably different, but one can hope. I'm really interested in seeing what Bandai shows at the next toy show, I just think Digimon should be doing much better sales wise than they are and Bandai should be able to turn things around.

I'm actually hesitant for Agumon. He just doesn't fit that well, skewing scale like crazy (Agumon is about 3/4 Tai's height. Omegamon is large enough for Tai to sit on his shoulder with no problem).

Fusion isn't in the States yet, though (But, I think the Fusion toy line is selling like mad, considering it's the first series to get multiple seasons), but I don't think Fusion will do any favors when it comes to importing D-Arts.

It's curious that, for all the popularity from the adult audience Digimon garners, it's not selling as well as Bandai anticipated.

Yeah, the scale is weird, but it's still pretty cool to get them as figures. Do you have Beelzemon by chance? He's kind of small compared to the other Figuarts and D-Arts figures I have, so I assume he's size that way to fit in scale with the other D-Arts Digimon better but I don't have WarGreymon & Omegamon to tell. Maybe if they do Pikachu & Pokemon Trainer and that sells well, Agumon and Tai would have a better chance. Hm.

I didn't think it was yet, I know it supposed to be this year, probably the fall. Yeah, I don't think it will help sell the D-Arts line, but I'd like to think having a Digimon show on air would raise interest overall in Digimon an that could help.

Yeah, that's exactly what has me boggled to. It seems pretty popular still here with adult anime fans. I think it has to be down to availability and character choice. I hope that Bandai will give it another try here and release a figure that has a better chance of selling Releasing figures they show within 6-12 months is probably a good idea, instead of waiting two years or more, lol.

This is me reviving this thread.


I'm just leaving the voices Coronamon has in my head when i'm writing Digimon Crusaders.
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