But then again marvel split it with max factory and Bandai so guardian of Galaxy can go to ether brand

Oh, it totally is. I'm just expressing my distaste for what's happening. I don't doubt they'll make money from this. It just bothers me that a line that's been focused on Toku since day one has to rely on its branch-offs just to sell in America. But again, those fanbases are bigger here so of course that'd be the case.

Is there an option to vote hell yes for Pacific Rim and Fairy Tail? Because I'd kill for Bandai products of those two series. If they were to get Attack on Titan, SHMA Colossal Titan please.

Of the properties listed the only stand out ones I'd want Bandai to get a hold of are Pacific Rim & Cardcaptor Sakura. While Guardians SHF's would be nice they might be better served as Figmas. But even then Hasbro has the lock down on Marvel figures being released in the US, it's why the Iron Man SHF's are so hard to get here and the Figma Avengers too.

Pac Rim is a no brainer to me but it probably won't happen any time soon. After the excellent work they've done with the Sailor Moon license though I would kill for Cardcaptor Sakura figuarts from Bandai.

But AGAIN. This poll is more or less irrelevant. It's the exact same poll with the exact same choices that were at SDCC. As previous Bluefin polls have proven, they don't take them into account much at all. People vote for the items on there hoping they happen, but the ranger polls clearly didn't get us anything other than MMPR. And these choices are much further apart than even ranger seasons are.

But at the the end of the day, Bluefin does not make the final decision on what's produced. That's Bandai of Japan and the actual Tamashii Nations. So if they plan to grab these licenses that's one thing, Bluefin I doubt has much of any influence on what they actually acquire.

Which is why I just don't get the point. Why put out a poll that includes such ridiculous things as Adventure Time (I'm a fan and realize it's dumb to include) or Bravest Warriors? All it does is essentially mislead the masses and get us nowhere than having people asking in a few months "so where are the Doctor Who Figuarts we were 'promised?'"

I just don't see the point in doing it when none of it is ever going to happen.

What the hell is Bravest Warriors anyway?

And Edward Scissorhands seems quite random.

Having just seen the prototype of Figma's Cardcaptor Sakura, I don't think there's much Bandai could do to top it to be honest.

Exactly. I just feel that Bandai would complete the line much more so than the likely 1 or 2 figmas we'll get. But oh well.

Out of everything on that list, Street Fighter seems to be the most fesable to happen and I will be shocked if it doesn't at one point.

Mortal Kombat is not very popular in Japan. They did release the first three games including the upgrades of MK3 and they didn't seem to do very well over there back in the 90's. Street Fighter has a better chance given it's a Japanese franchise that's popular in both Japan and America.

Hey, I may not be big on SF, but I still follow the games and play when I meet one of the other 15 people who bought Ultra :lol

And I'd be down for that. I'm not a big fan of the protagonists who aren't Alex or...Yeah, so I'd love for those characters to be mass releases~

I wish Bluefin would put something Digimon related on their survey. Sure Digimon is not as popular as Pokemon, but doing a poll on what Digimon that fans want to see would be nice.

Amen, take your bow.

I only want to see more Royal Knights.

I would like to see more Digimon from the first three seasons. A reissue of Gallantmon and Beelzemon would be nice too.

What characters from a series beyond the first three have been released?

Biollante happened. There was also the non-Godzilla SHMA poll that included Charizard and that whole license took off, albeit in D-Arts.

...already happened earlier this year and is readily available at retail price now.

Alphamon, I think.

I don't recall Alphamon getting released yet. Though he may have gotten a release date, so I guess he counts.

You're right, not out yet, but dated for a March Bluefin release, I assume February from Tamashii Webshop.

That one would at least make sense since it's actually a property that's been getting figures made and has indeed continued just because of western interest... So get some more interest in it, I say, damnit!

Which Bluefin then couldn't even fucking import! Which brings me back to my earlier point of "video games my ass" since half the stuff being made they can't get the licensing for. And also "what the hell is the point of these then."

I had no idea, thanks. I still need to pick up Gallantmon and Omnimon before the prices for them sky rocket again. Also did anyone pick up Mega Blaziken yet? It looks like CStoys got him in stock going by their latest boxing video on Youtube.

It literally just released today...

I got my AmiAmi payment request last night. Should be here next week.

Street Fighter
MK

and Fairy Tail would be my picks

Ofcourse I'd prefer they release Rain and Allenby first.

:lol Very true. There was definitely an intention to try and get them an international release, and I forget the timing of this so I can't be sure, but I don't think Takara Tomy's deal of holding the rights to international merchandising were in place when the poll was created.

Was Biollante on the poll? I think it was after Biollante was announced, no?

But I'm fairly certain Charizard is a coincidence. Once Mewtwo was announced, the Kanto starters were a given.

BlueFin's polls and statements barely ever are worth taking seriously. "No more Sentai coming", Akarenger is announced like two weeks later. "Want Blue-Eyes White Dragon?". Yu-Gi-Oh! is immediately deconfirmed and Max Factory gets it. "Lord Zedd ZERO is definitely a possibility!" It's totally not. "Which Power Rangers next?", the only two Power Rangers related thing since is Sentai exclusive characters. Etc, etc.

There's been more than one. Ignoring the laughable win of Shadow of the Colossus, this one accomplished something. Most of the top ten monsters listed have gotten released in some form, though I'm sure the majority were no-brainers or were already in the works (Des, Mosu-Goji, I'm looking at you).

Nah, I don't think coincidence is the right word. Inconsequential, I suppose. The poll that included Charizard, which was entirely undone SHMA properties at the time, also included a couple Universal monsters, which were known from interviews beforehand as figures that the sculptors already had in mind to do but were not yet realized and, obviously, not up for public view. Charizard was perhaps another character already being considered and maybe even prototyped before the poll, more a formality to gauge international interest should licensing allow it.

If I recall, I wanna say Shinken Red and Nazca Dopant were the result from these fan polls too, but I still find the whole point kinda pointless to speculate.

I guess a lot of questions that they put in the polls are something Bluefin considers and nothing works out behind the scenes. I remember Bluefin post a reply on Facebook a while back saying that they wanted to do Yu-Gi-Oh MonsterArts but license issues got in the way. If I had to guess then it would likely due to Konami owning the Yu-Gi-Oh franchise.

As for Lord Zedd Zero, I guess it's because he's a American exclusive villain and Tamashii Nations in Japan probably doesn't want to make something that will be made exclusive retail in America only.

Just pointing this out there but…you guys sure talk an aweful lot about speculating Figuart releases in this topic…

Nothing wrong with that, but this disscussion just seems to get brought up quite often. Might I suggest making a seperate thread for that?

Yeah, I'm still missing Omnimon too. Hope to get him before he goes up.

As for what I'd like to see, I'm still waiting for my Gallantmon Crimson Mode. And....just throwing this out there.....Tekken's Roger & Mokoujin. There, I said it.

A quick word on my Sailor Saturn: nice figure, but still surprised at how dainty she is. And the gripping hands are too loose for my tastes. Then again, I've been spoiled by the Sentai side of things.

Uhhhh.....isn't this a Figuarts discussion thread?

Everyone's been discussing the questionable effectiveness of Bluefin polls. Those were results from Japanese polls, which have been followed more closely. I think almost everyone on the top ten of one of the very first poll have actually been released.

Don't think there's anything wrong with such discussion remaining here. I take it that the reason it comes up so much more often here than in the Toku Figuarts thread is that there's less overall interest around here in the existing properties, so speculation of future licenses is more popular. Yeah, you'll have the handful of Cure fans chime in, but outside of Iron Man and DBZ I don't see a lot of discussion.

Entirely unrelated other than being anime Figuarts and being a poll (heh), Bandai is looking for feedback on which Kinnikuman chojin get to be worked on as Figuarts next! https://p-bandai.jp/enquete/1000001521/ Choose up to three of your favorite characters and hope your choices make the cut. I haven't voted yet but I'm leaning towards Sunshine, Mammothman and Satan Cross myself.

Is kid muscle an option or even dick dick van dick

No, the poll is solely intended for original Kinnikuman characters, and doesn't include any of the Nisei/Ultimate Muscle characters that weren't the old guys making cameos.

Since Kinnikuman and Warsman are not being released in the US, I pre-order them both on NY. The prices for them are decent, I will likely pay them off in the next few weeks. I already pay off my pre-order for SHF Kamen Rider Duke.

Aww...

Oooh!
Lets go, Gold Lightan!
...That's not Gold Lightan? Then who the fuck is he?

I know jack about anything with Kinikuman. So tusk face guy gets my vote!

Sunshine is an evil Peruvian shapeshifting stone... guy. He's one of the more well-known Kinnikuman villains and one of the more popular M.U.S.C.L.E. characters for his alternate sculpts like his arch, pyramid and top forms.

Mammothman is a Siberian wrestler thousands of years old with tusks that are drawn to and absorb any blood and so strong, he and other so-called Perfect Chojin like him left the earth for heaven because no one was strong enough to defeat them.

Ahhh, shonen manga characters.

Sounds like my kind of guy.

From Bluefin's twitter

https://twitter.com/TamashiiNations/...01701984948224

I guess either SSj God Goku or DB Kid Goku could be next. DB Kid Goku would be cool since I feel like he would fit the S.H Figuart line perfectly. He can come with a set of hands, his power plole, the flying nimbus and a kamehameha wave.