Yeah, it baffles me that they found a way to articulate Bowser and yet Sigma got stuck as a Zero...

Couldn't bowser be remould of blastoise just blew up mould and done bowser

No one seems to be surprise that they didn't make him into a S.H MonsterArts. With SHMA, it would have work for his larger scale size and they can get away with more articulation. The SHMA brand needs more then just Godzilla in my opinion. We have Gamera and Alien/Predator, but most of it is Godzilla.

Because that was never going to happen. It wouldn't make sense.

Because the line is pretty much dead at this point and the last thing I would expect out of it is a Nintendo villain.

Videogame figures were D-Arts ones, this fused with Figuarts, so every videogame / anime-related figure is a regular Figuart now, no matter the size.

Bowser would never be a MonsterArt because he is no monster. Godzilla is a monster, Gamera is a monster, Alien and Predator are monsters, Bowser is a videogame character.

Of course they could expand beyond Godzilla, Gamera and AvP, but the poor sales of the AvP-stuff and the general lack of new releases in this line, not even Godzilla stuff, make me think they won’t expand the line any time soon.

Hell, we’re lucky if the line ever lives up to old release-standards again.

Bowser is a monster. He is not a humanoid character, he is a giant turtle dinosaur dragon thing. I get what you mean, but I felt like that he would have work better for the SHMA line because of his large size and he is non humanoid character.

Neither are the Pokémon or the Digimon, yet they are all Figuarts now.

Bowser would've been a D-Arts release just like the Pokémon, and since D-Arts doesn’t exist anymore he's a regular Figuart.

MonsterArts is for Toku or Science Fiction monsters, Bowser isn't one.

Russ over at Gundam Planet just got to interview Bluefin and GODDAMN:

-Turtles will be web exclusives in Japan as they are aimed at the american market. The 80's cartoon is THE most popular version of the character in either market though so it's beneficial to both parties. Plan is to construct them with diecast parts. They're currently exploring what other characters from that series to make in this line, taking suggestions.

- Advanced Color reissues of SS3 Goku & Perfect Cell ARE happening! Sometime next year. Both will web exclusives in Japan. On the topic of the recolors though they mentioned that while yes Vegeta &Trunks are getting those newly colored reissues, they are also getting BRAND NEW SCULPTS! As is entirely new figures of each of them will be produced later next year in addition to the recolors. These new sculpt figures will be retail releases in Japan!

- DBZ sales in the US are double the Japanese sales which is what keeps compelling these releases and recolors.

Great news all around!

Finally a new color version of SSj3 Goku and Cell. Perfect Cell is my favorite DBZ villain ever. I hope we will get SHF SSjG Goku next year too since we are getting Beerus as a figuart soon.

Well if we get a new Vegeta and Trunks next year anyways I'm glad I didn’t pre-order the new color versions.

It’s good that I wasn’t excited at the turtles though, Web-Exclusives? Nope.