I thought he was confirmed...

Is it just me or has the human figuarts this year have been improved a lot?

He's too cool. Outside of his crappy cape, he's an amazing figure!

That is Zero from MegaMan X, but about 100 years later. There are four games in the series, they originally came out for the GBA but then Ca$hcom rereleased them on one DS card. I definitely recommend checking it out as it gives us a perfect ending to the original MM universe. Well, there are still unanswered questions, but they pretty much come from wanting to know what happened inbetween X and Zero just like Classic and X.

Preach it brotha!!

Been saying that's the only reason I even buy Sailor Moon SHF's. Just to show Bandai how much I need Tuxedo Mask/Kamen. And I do mean NEED him ;)

Bandai! If you can hear me, give us a D-Arts Greninja! Please and thank you.

The Smile Precure are easily the best human figures they've ever done. The Sailor Moon girls are sadly a step backwards in terms of build and articulation (maybe because they were supposed to be released years ago?) and I wasn't even as impressed with Cure Heart, although that could just be her design not really lending itself to posing as well.

The paint jobs on all of the human stuff is still far too sloppy to compare to Figma.

Bluefin has announced they are bringing over SH Figuarts Megaman Zero! MSRP is $50.99.

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...7808916&type=1

ECH! $50.99?

Well, I did pay $80 for my Type 2 Zero, so who am I to complain?

Looks like Bandai is doing Star Wars now:

http://www.taghobby.com/wp-content/u.../06/TTS015.jpg

http://www.taghobby.com/wp-content/u.../06/tts017.jpg

Ball is in your court, Hasbro.

Mother fucker that rumor was true.

Fuck.

I'm going to lose so much money. :(

I really, really do not like having to compete with Black Series either. And I'm the type of person who won't like to mix things so this'll be interesting...

Damn. I might have to get those :lol

Anyone that has SHF Lucario, mind giving me a review of him? I would love to own him down the line since he is my favorite pokemon.

Wake me up when they show off a ESB Luke in Bespin fatigues.

Or Slave Leia. For... research.

Yes.

I see enough of those Black series Leias in my local target :lol Although, if we get a better sculpted one, I might bite :lol

The old Kenner Leia from the PotF2 line in the 90s looks better than that one...

I see no reason to get excited given that they probably won't be able to be sold in the US at all.

I guess Vader looks cool, but he would be the only one I would want anyway.

I do hope they can at least make the faces look decent as the faces on those Black figures look god awful.

When has that stopped anybody? :lol

Anyone here got SH Figuarts Mario?

Mine arrived today and straight out of package the right arm fell to pieces. It won't snap back together either. I got him from Amiami but apparently they're unreliable when it comes to replacements? Anyone had anything similar with theirs?

Vader looks neat. I'll try to pick him up if they don't try to sell him for $50+
Which I know they will, so I'm probably never getting it.

Why not grab one? I found Mewtwo to be pretty nice, if that helps at all.

I have one but no issues like what you're reporting though, sorry :(

OK, hopefully its just a one-off then.

Still, I took photos and sent an email to Amiami. HOPEFULLY they'll refund me, because with Australian shipping it'd actually be cheaper just to buy a new one if they request I send it back...

You guys too? Geez!

At least their Vader looks better than the MAFEX.

Star Wars figures are not a hole I want to get sucked into, but damn they look good.

Amiami replied back with a "well then just glue it together".

Thanks for the assistance, Amiami.

Vader SHF? Yeah I think I'ma need this right fucking away!

Welp! Time to start saving! I'll need one thanks!

Thank God I care less about Star Wars than Cure Fortune cares about Cure Princess. I've been burned by this franchise before so it looks like I'm saving some money here.

Also I'm sure Hasbro will make it hard to get one statewise account of the same reason Marvel Figuarts: The wonderful world of licensing.

Because I'm not going out of my way for Star Wars stuff like like the Marvel ones.

Order one from Amazon and then return it after you get it with the defective one.

Gaga's Australian IIRC, so that may be more cost than it's worth.

Yeah, that's right. It'd probably end up to not be worthwhile.

Ah well, I've glued the pieces back together and I hope the result is that the arm isn't left loose as I expect will be the case. Its not a HUGE deal because Mario was relatively cheap, but I am a little disappointed that Amiami didn't want to help at all. "Sorry for the inconvenience, try some adhesive" just wasn't really what I wanted as a customer. For all HLJ's faults, they are happy to send replacements free of charge.

In my experience I've never gotten HLJ to take my concerns seriously :lol Though to be fair I've never had to ask Amiami to replace something that's broken.

One of my first experiences with HLJ was I received a Transformer that was missing an accessory and HLJ sent me a brand new one free of charge (they paid for the shipping as well) and told me to keep the accessory-less Transformers with their complements.

Its sad that their awful customer service when it comes to orders happening hundreds of times to me sort of cancelled out that excellent experience.

AmiAmi might have responded thusly because of where you are... It's unfortunate, but possible. They probably would have been fine with a customer in Japan.

Where and how exactly did his arm fall apart, though? I'm just a little curious.

Upper arm just fell apart under the shoulder. The pieces look like they should just snap back together, but they won't close properly around the ball joint.

Glued it together with super glue and left it for 15 hours, but in shifting it from one table to another the arm fell apart again.

You've got me scared now Gaga. I'll have my Mario next week. Fingers crossed.

You have me worried as well. He's one that I'm planning on picking up (hopefully) sometime soon and your tale is leaving me worried.

Eh, I've got about 60 Figuarts and never had a QC problem, I guess I was due one. I've researched it and haven't seen any other reports, so I think I was just unlucky, I wouldn't worry.

Aside from a broken Gavan & Gokai Red in the past I've not really had any significant issues before either. But it has been a while so I'm due for another :o