Agreed. It made me so mad because the Bluefin dude told me at AX 2013 they would be revealing DC Figuarts at SDCC so he got me all excited. Then when SDCC came along my excitement turned to depression because I was excited for nothing.

I don't think Injustice is even popular in Japan. From what I've been told that the Injustice figuart line was mainly market to the US market similar to the DBZ figuarts.

Except DBZ is at least popular in Japan and worldwide, so it has a lot of markets to thrive in. Injustice not as much since it is a game not everybody has probably played and features original designs compared to what most people probably want; movie/comic designs.

Just a friendly reminder that this is the S.H. MonsterArts topic ;)

Cool story bro. :lol

J/K, but seriously, it's not like we have anything MA related to talk about.

Anyone have any clue when we might be hearing more info (or lack thereof) on Monsterarts?

Knowing how things are, it's probably "GMK Poster Mothra Repaint."

Wow you're optimistic! I expect a MonsterArts Zero GMK Godzilla and with it the end of articulated Godzilla-figures from Tamashii.

Which will be bullshit because they never even bothered to do any Showa monsters outside of one Godzilla.

Xavier from Otakon made it sound like that a possible S.H MonstersArts Zero line would be made for the Showa stuff.

Which is cool and all, but I don't want statues of these monsters.

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...62&oe=5700407E

From Bluefin's facebook page.

Yeah looks very statue-esque, I’m out.

EDIT: You should've mentioned that the post says it's an articulated foot. Still not buying it though, could be a Kotobukiya-like statue with a few ball joints.

EDIT 2: Also, it says it goes up for pre-order next week so Web Exclusive confirmed? Would suck for me because I don’t have Bluefin. And I don’t want to pay overpriced middleman prices for MonsterArts.

So either way I’m screwed -.-

If we are legitimately getting GMK Goji I will be so happy that I never got around to ever getting some sort of SHMA Godzilla.

Hmm, though another Godzilla, as long as it's posable I'll be happy to see something come out of this line that's new, especially new Millennium stuff.

I will be so sad if it's just a Zero statue, even if it's a statue with some joints. I have no interest in those.

If this is in fact a true GMK Godzilla MonsterArt, then yes!!!!!!!!!!!

I hope Monsterarts are still coming but I don't really want another Godzilla.

My want list:

Kiryu Goji
GMK Goji
Showa Ghidorah
Showa Anguirus
Showa MechaG
Showa Gigan
Showa King Ceasar
Showa Mothra
SOS Mothra
Showa Hedorah
Showa Rodan
Baragon

After GMK Godzilla all I need is Showa Mecha G, Showa Gigan and Megalon to be satisfied.

Maybe Jet Jaguar too because why the hell not.

Jet Jaguar is a must.

The major want I'd been hoping to come away from this line with (beyond the Heisei stuff) is Megalon. Being excited to see "just" another Godzilla is a place I wasn't expecting to be in with this line just two years ago.

Yeah, I'd be down with all of that. Throw in something for Gamera to fight as well.

Oh definitely. I was talking strictly Godzilla with that post but Gyaos at the very least is a must.

So how likely do you guys think is it that this new GMK SHMA is a Web-Exclusive in Japan?

I can’t stop thinking about Bluefin’s “Pre-orders open next week!”-thing from Facebook. Because usually Japan drops pre-orders first, then Bluefin follows, right? And if Japan opens a pre-order before the 1st of a month it’s usually Web-Exclusives from what I’ve seen so far.

What I’m trying to say is: If they really made a new articulated MonserArts figure, and a Godzilla at that, selling it through the Web-Shop only might be a bad omen for how this line is doing in Japan.

Yeah, the "pre-orders next week" thing seems like a giveaway that it'll be a web exclusive.

Unless Bluefin have just jumped the gun and they really mean a full reveal next week. Roughly around the right time for the preview drop as well I guess.

See, that's what I was thinking. Full reveal sounds logical considering the magazines come out around the 20th. But pre-order?

And if this really is a Web-Exclusive… damn. I mean still better than statues, but… damn.

It's a web exclusive in Japan and will be released normally in the US like every other MonsterArt.

Do you have a source for that?

That’s great. For you. And everyone else living in the US I guess?

Uh yeah, every Godzilla, Dragon Ball, Sailor Moon release ever.

Is that what you were not asking?

Heisei Godzilla, Burning Godzilla, that other Heisei Godzilla that's supposed to be grown up Junior, Godzilla 2000, 2014 Godzilla, Space Godzilla, Mecha Godzilla, Kiryu, Fire Rodan, King Ghidorah, Moguera and Gigan say hi.

As does Gamera

Yup (Kong too), plus recent DBZ Figuarts (Awakening Goku, Beerus, Trunks) have been retail, and most of the Sailor Moon Figuarts were retail too.

So ignoring the fact that you don't have a source, every Godzilla release ever? No.

That's exactly what I'm talking about, aside from the Mosugoji figure (and the Juniors which I don’t count) every Godzilla SHMA (as in Godzilla himself) was available at retail. Sure, repaints were released through the Web Shop, but not the initial version.

And the Mosugoji-one was Showa, and apparently Showa is of lesser interest in Japan. Otherwise I can’t really explain the extreme lack of it in this line.

But Heisei and Millennium? Like 70-80% of those were sold in stores. You had your sets or more unique releases exclusive to the Web-Shop, but Godzilla's and his main enemies were always retail releases.

Maybe that is a reason why this line isn’t doing well, but that's exactly what I'm thinking about: If the new mold is a Web-Exclusive release, then this line is really not doing well. Like, you can’t even blame the AvP-releases if they make a new Godzilla and don’t think it's interesting enough to sell it in stores.

Completely ignoring Bluefin, because that’s not what I’m asking, Bluefin will release it in the US anyways. It’s Japan I’m thinking about. Because sure, with Dragonball they have said it sells well enough in the US that they can keep releasing stuff even though it’s not a top-seller in Japan. At least that’s what I heard. But still, new molds of important characters (Awakening Goku, Beerus, SS Trunks) are retail-releases in Japan, not Web-Exclusives. And I don’t know about Sailor Moon but I believe main characters are sold in stores too.

So yeah, that’s what grinds my gears when it comes to SHMA. And I’m pretty sure at this point I’m thinking way too much about this and Bluefin will probably be wrong. Because I expect that the new Godzilla is unveiled next week and goes up for pre-order February 1st in Japan as usual. Or maybe they unveil it, Bluefin puts pre-orders up at the end of the week and Japan just waits until February.

What are you talking about? All of the MonsterArts that were web exclusives in Japan sans the initial releases like Garuda were sold by Bluefin as regular releases. The same goes for DBZ and Sailor Moon. For example, Uranus and Nepture were web exclusives in Japan, but regular releases in the US.

I know that Bluefin releases Web-Exlcusives too but that’s not the point.

The point is how well the line is doing in Japan. Because that would be interesting to know as it would say a lot about the future of this line.

And a clue for that would be if they can sell the figure in Japanese retail or if they think it won’t be profitable enough and they only sell it through the Web-Shop. This is what interests me, not what Bluefin is doing with the figure.

Because, again: All unique Godzilla-molds (Godzilla himself) aside from the Showa one were released in Japanese retail. Not solely through the Web-Shop like for example Biollante or Battra.

If a completely new Godzilla mold, and this is what the SokogekiGoji should be, is not potent enough for Japanese retail in Bandai Tamashii’s eyes (and I do believe Japan is the focus with this line, I can’t imagine it sells that much better in the US) it might be hinting at how this line will continue to be on the backburner instead of making a true comeback which we're hoping to see.

Okay, I'm totally confused now. Someone made a comment about them being a web exclusive in Japan so my response was that Bluefin will release it in the US as a regular release no matter what as they have been. Then some said I was wrong in that Bluefin was not releasing the web exclusives in the US. :confused:

Those where retail releases in Japan. I remember HLJ and AmiAmi had pre-orders for them when they never carry web exclusives. Bluefin releasing Godzilla web exclusives in Japan is fine for people in North America, but fans outside of that would need to use a middleman service. BBTS does release things from Bluefin, but BBTS shipping to other countries can be expensive.

That was my point dude.

Yes I asked if you guys think he is because Bluefin said that pre-orders for this guy will open next week. And the thing is, as you now, Japanese retail releases form Tamashii Bandai usually go up collectively on the 1st day of a month.

We also know that Bluefin usually only makes something available for pre-order if it already is in Japan. Which would mean that this new Godzilla figure goes up in Japan next week. So that would point towards it being a Web-Exclusive.

I just asked if that's enough evidence or what you guys think, maybe Bluefin is wrong and they only unveil him next week instead of him being available for pre-roder. That would make sense considering most new Tamashii Bandai products get first shown of in magazines releasing around the 20th of each month.

I just wanted to know if we can expect this new figure to be a Web-Exclusive in Japan or not, because for me as someone who doesn’t have the service of Bluefin it would be interesting to know, and also we would get a glimpse of how well this line is doing in Japan if they don’t offer a new Godzilla-mold in Japanese retail.

And I know that, but that is and was never a part of my question.

No one said that, you might have misunderstood what we're talking about.