So apparently there was a Figma Iron Man Mk XXI on display too.

http://i.imgur.com/Er9FcH4.jpg

Not something I'd have expected from Max Factory.

Did that one even appear in the movies? I sure don't remember it.

The Midas-armor briefly appeared in Iron Man 3 I believe.

It's one of the IM3 suits, so it probably did for about 5 seconds.

I know it makes sense for Bandai and GS to do the movie suits, but I'd be much more interested in a figure of that caliber of say the earlier suit from the comics.

So is love live getting school uniforms done by max.

Oh, OK. The only suit from that last battle that really stood out to me was the one with the piledriver arms.

The Midas is an incredibly easy repaint of the Mark 7 so this doesn't surprise me too much. Since Max Factory is very unlikely to produce many more brand new mold armors in this line a repaint is the next most logical choice.

Did they at least show off the ALBW Link and Zero Suit Samus they announced last year?

Nope. Only Zelda thing shown was Nendroid Majora's Mask Link.

Why a Nendroid? Those things don't have posseability, right?

Some have joints, but most simply have interchangeable limbs.

Because Japan loves cute anything.

Hell yes!

I'd prefer Deku Link, but that's amazing news! Majora's Mask is my favorite game ever made and the love its getting right now is long, long overdue! Hoping he comes with a ton of Mask accessories. Now I'm just gonna have to buy WW Link to go with him.

But they also showed a non-pose-able SS Link figure that Max Factory are releasing. Also they showed a non-poseable Black Magician Girl alongside Yugi, so unless there's going to be a second Black Magician Girl I'm a little sad.

Is there any website that has a full list of Wondefest reveals?

http://static1.squarespace.com/stati...0962906/19.jpg

... Please tell me that is NOT what I think it is.

Most definitely Leonidas :D

... Why.

Why not?

Well last Wonderfest they did tease both a statue and a Figma of BMG. And if they are doing the statue I can't see them passing the money they'd get by making the Figma

Because the movie has come and gone from pop culture relevance... eight years ago.

And I can't imagine Japan ate it up as much as we (by which I mean the US) did.

I've seen anime make "this is Sparta!" jokes, so it's definitely pretty well known over there too. Not sure how relevant it is there now, it may be that it's something that just caught on more recently.

They're cute, fun and easy to display. And also happen to be incredibly popular. We're also getting a Darth Vader and Batman amongst others, so I don't know why Link would surprise you.

Yeah, Nendoroids are waaaaay more popular than Figma.

And I've heard them from actual people as recently as last night. But I'm not exactly clear on whether or not an old meme is equal to cultural relevance.

Understandably so, but no less frustratingly.

Nendoroids don't exactly fit in with Figuarts.

I don't get it. What is so great about them? They all look like chibi toys and have no articulation.

Because chibi sells, and from what I gather articulation isn't a priority for most Japanese collectors. Statues and scale figures command a much bigger market than articulated ones.

Plus they're fun and come with tons of accessories. That's what's great about them.

I really enjoyed my Sonic... up until I found out it was a bootleg.

The reason they're chibi is probably their selling point, plus they look great! They're nicely sculpted and really nice chibi representations of the characters. They don't have to be super articulated because they have all the major poses down via accessories.

Also toon Link is almost screen accurate and actually wouldn't look out of place in a Smash bros display.

Oh holy shit man, where did you buy it from?

I've been playing around with my Motoko Kusanagi today and I'm quite disappointed with her to be honest. The sculpt is superb, but the poseability isn't all that great (especially for a figure that's going to be primarily action poses) and my figure in particular is a loose, floppy mess. The faces don't stay in tightly, the static hairpiece is loose and the legs came off numerous times as I was posing her.

I hope if they ever get around to releasing that Arise version they do a better job of it. Or better still give me a movie version because that's the one I want the most.

I didn't know better, but I suspect the guy I bought it second-hand from did.

One of my few bad experiences on eBay.

Never understood why chibi is so popular either. They completely bastardize the design of the character in my eyes. I want my figures to be as accurate to the show/game/movie as possible, not completely inaccurate.

Because cute sells to a wider demographic? Is it that hard to understand?

It's a culture difference.

Pretty much that.

So is it true love live shared it contracts with both bandai and max factory

Well they're making both Figma and Figuarts so it's safe to assume that's the case yeah. They look like different costumes though so I dunno if that was maybe an intentional factor?

From the looks of it Bandai'll be doing the live performance costumes for their releases while Max Factory does them in school uniforms.

Yea dunno if one doing the school uniforms and the other doing dance costumes side of thing but I dunno why they need two company for that ilunless figuares are better to get the dancing moves right in posing

They don't need two companies making them, it's more that both companies want in on what's likely to be a sure success. Just like how both Figma and AGP are doing KanColle figures.

Ah right. That might be the Same reason for card captors as well then.

The new 300 movie seem to flop over in Japan: http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/...=300sequel.htm

I'm not sure why Figma is doing figures for a franchise that no one cared about since 2007.