I remember the original Delta rise Claw being a real pain in the butt to order. Wasn?t it a raffle figure or something like that?

It seems like this (really cool) repaint is gonna be way easier to buy than the original, which I think is pretty funny.

Also I don?t understand what?s going on with Shin Zetton. And I do not want to understand either. I have not seen the movie. I just have to make it to July, lol. Please, Bandai. No more figure spoilers until I personally have seen the movie. I mean, I love the figures... I want the figures, but please stop damaging me, lol.

I know Bandai Namco and Takaratomy recently had a collaboration with Takaratomy making Gundam tomicas and Bandai making a liger type zoid, but had it garnered enough popularity to the point where Takaratomy continued to make shows for it I would've loved to see the main leads R-1 and Fire-1 announced as figuarts (or frs or candy toys at the least).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLRpLl9xfNQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go9zYHwZvQQ

SHF Upgrade is now working on a poseable scarf for Geats and a bendy skirt for Saber Primitive Dragon.

https://shoplineimg.com/64214657f200...21c/2000x.jpg?
https://scontent.fdet3-1.fna.fbcdn.n...Ww&oe=64482C3A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5nqS1t9TOk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me3RBv5V25I

Looking forward to that Primitive dragon skirt

Got my last two Zero-One Riders I needed, finally!

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1682532676

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1682532676

Horobi came out of nowhere. Unopened for 8000y. Not sure what made him different from all the others that are around 11000-12000y, but I didn't question it. :D Jinn was obviously much cheaper but they're both gorgeous figures. Glad to have the 01 lineup I've always wanted.

A look at the how big Shin Zetton is. And the effect part it comes with.

https://i.redd.it/360f6gvrscwa1.jpg

Is Shin Zetton confirmed for release then? Seems like a hard sell. I gather that the original Zetton is a very popular monster, but the Shin version was a very abstract adaptation

Yep, it?s available to preorder now. https://hobby-genki.com/en/ultraman/...on-figure.html

I think it kind of has to stay on that mount, unfortunately. I don?t even know what to think of it. Reminds me of the cool transforming pyramid angel from the Eva Rebuild films.

Yeah, when Zōffy deployed it, my immediate thought was that Anno was being a little self referential. It was a great final boss though. Really hammering down that incomprehensible of the world of these giants to us mere humans

When Shin Zetton is easier to translate to a toy than Shin Zarab

And still waiting for Neronga and Gabara.

Nice deal
Nice photos
Nice zero-one collection!

I would absolutely grab an SHF of Hachi Augment.

I would take that instantly, she was my favorite one. Though I feel SHODO has a better shot of doing all of augments

Thanks!

The votes are in, and the Ultraman Figuarts that shall be getting a reissue is...

https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...2g&oe=64507D68

Tregear!

Pre-orders open next month.

And for news on new items... Stay tuned.

https://scontent-man2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...Gg&oe=64510355

Thank god it wasn't Zero Beyond.

Very happy about this, definitely want Tregear.

Horobi and Type Tridoron Set are also getting re-issues:

https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/1918300/

nice

So the people who made the Masked Superman Eternal bootleg have been working on a couple things after that one dropped. They released a KO of SS Kamen rider Joker, as well as an accurate SS Kamen Rider Eternal Red Flare with properly remolded chest and back to omit the chest harness peg holes.

And 2 weeks ago they released an original SS Kamen Rider Cyclone and a 2.0 of their SS Eternal that has a resculpted head and tweaked proportions that are even better than the real SS. This 2.0 also fixes the issue of the cape being installed backwards in the collar piece from the 1.0.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=sKlTSWUq...ature=youtu.be

And biggest of all, they've KO'd the SS hardboilder.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=h3SWgPNY...ature=youtu.be

I own the 2.0 Eternal KO and it is fantastic. Feels like a real SS, paint and molding are sharp. Its probably the only way to get a decent eternal for a fair price. But very much worth it.

I rarely post but bootlegs/k.o. Figures will always be trash to me, because while they short-term work for a very small amount of people, they long-term hurt the official product with collectors like myself, who consistently buy all the official merchandise. My opinion.

That kinda sounds like a you problem
if KOs (that aren't floppy messes) make it easier to get some characters, I don't really see the harm, especially when the people making them are apparently as committed as these guys are

They shouldn't be put down just because you've decided to buy everything Bandai releases

I wouldn?t mind having information about good bootlegs and perhaps places where to get them.

Collectability and value are not interchangeable. Knock-offs in almost any industry will exist when the original manufacturer cannot meet demand. According to the ideas of free market capitalism, KOs and imitators actually drive innovation and force companies to cater to buyers who now have a choice.

^^This^^

I use ShowZ/Gundamit to get these. The maker is datong or DT Studio. Up till now they've listed datongs 1.0 KO of SS eternal, 1.0 KO of SS Eternal red flare, and SS Joker. The eternal listing on their site rn is the 2.0 even if it doesnt specify. It has the same box as the 1.0, but its a 2.0 restock as they sold out of the 1.0 and the factory now only cranks out the 2.0's, my copy came from this restock. Their website also reactivated the SS red flare listing as that sold out of the 1.0 too and the 2.0 restock of that is on the way. So its listed as a preorder. They've been selling well, so they should have SS kamen rider cyclone and the SS hardboilder listed soon enough.

Hope this helps!

I was agreeing until you made it a "Me" problem.

In a case like this, you have knock-offs that are either releases never done by Bandai like Cyclone or are of extremely hard-to-find and expensive releases like Eternal.

I also tend to avoid knock-offs, but I'm not gonna casually drop 250 to 300 dollars to try and get a real Eternal. If Bandai's not gonna consider reissuing it and a 3rd party company comes along and puts out a knock-off that is confirmed to be good quality and actually improves on the real thing, I'm swallowing my pride and going with the knock-off.

I normally advise against most knock-offs or supporting them, but when it comes to situations and examples like this? That becomes an exception until Bandai either reissues harder-to-find releases or redoes them.

Obviously plenty of respect if you choose to hard-no knock-offs wholesale though, that's totally understandable.

Interesting topic! I don’t think anyone’s opinion is wrong here.

Personally, as long as the knockoff is not trying to deceive anyone ie: the packaging is different and it’s clearly marked as not from Tamashii, I’m ok with it. Mega bonus points if they fix errors with the tamashii product and/or do completely original sculpts that tamashii might not bother with.

However, I personally think there’s no defending the ones that package a knockoff product in a box that looks exactly like the official tamashii boxes.

If it's Datong being this, I'm not going to risk it, I remember when they were doing those 1.0 of Dragon Ball and they were a disaster. (Now you have Demoniacal Fit who does a great job...)

i think they're dt studio and gundamit just marks the listings as datong, these guys seem to be completely different trust me. Shin Henshin got the first version ko of SS eternal and he can tell you its really good. The second version is all of that plus better paint application, redone proportions, sturdy joints and plastic, redone head and fixed wired cape. I have him standing among my shfs and you cant tell by handling or displaying him that he's a ko, unless you look at the box.

I believe Datong does straight knock-offs down to copying the SS packaging while DT's have their own box designs. And what a shock, the quality of the former is horrible while the quality of the latter's pretty good to on-par with the official stuff.

Pretty much. The real datong rebranded to yz studio and are the ones making the ko ss figures with replica boxes that have no branding. Gundamit accidentally sent me one of those when i ordered my DT Eternal and they ran out of stock. So wherever they sourced the single figure from to fulfill my left over order, that seller played them and gave them the garbage bootleg from YZ Studio (Formerly datong). After letting them know, they sent out the actual DT Eternal when they got a restock of the 2.0s of that one like 2 weeks ago.

You'll know it isnt datong if it has its own original boxart with "masked superman" on it, thats DT Studio. YZ Studio (Datong) will have a 1/1 copy of the official box with branding and copyright photoshopped off, no instruction paper, and a trash quality figure inside.

Thank you, I?ll look into it because I don?t think we have enough good bootlegs of Kamen Rider so I won?t say no to this.

oh so these KOs actually are different brands I always think they are the same manufacturer LOL

Speaking of KO’s, is there a KO of Kamen Rider Valkyrie? I need a feminine built body for a custom and she’s exactly what I need, but I’m not spending over $100 again for her. :lol

I’d also settle for a Jeanne KO but her unique hands would make customizing difficult.

At present no, and i doubt they will bc these bootleggers are trying to get a return on investment and chose stuff that had a huuuge demand, like eternal and the seihou w stuff. considering they wholly reverse engineered the figures to get the most accurate facsimile, i doubt that valkyrie would be on the table bc it just doesnt have demand that high to justify the same treatment. but dw, i think revice stuff will drop in value pretty soon, the show wasn't that well recieved as other entries and even those entries dropped. So if you need another valkyrie, she may come down at some point. just keep any eye on manda and amiami

Valkyrie is from Zero One, not Revice.

Also I'm pretty sure Revice was received perfectly fine?

Did Shinkocchou Seihou Putotyra ever happen?
 

S.H. Figuarts ever come out with Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider OOO Putotyra
the purple dino one?