S.H. Figuarts Drive Type Formula Official Images
 

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November 2015
5940 Yen

Oddly enough the Shift Car "sponsor logos" are labels you must self apply to the figure.

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/4171/z18grA.jpg

Not that I wanted to buy it since I'm not too much into Drive, but I like the look of this form. The stickers though... holy shit that sucks. There may be people who can apply these perfectly, but I'm not one of them, I hate having to sticker up the toys myself.

Honestly I don't understand why you have to do this, you would think in a collectors line like that they would be tamped on or at least pre-applied.

I'm not into Drive at all yet, but Drive and Mashin Chaser are pretty good, and i kinda like the look of this form as a figure.

I really don't mind the stickers, I'd rather they not be put on.

But I don't know if I'll pre-order this or wait and get it later on.

I can live with the stickers thing. This way at least there wont be the same drama we had with Gaim Kiwami Arms.

I'd honestly laugh my ass off if someone took all the stickers and put them on one of Drive's other Figuarts :lol.

Well, at least I'm only interested in Type Speed and the eventual Type Tridoron. I mean Formula does look sweet without the decals anyway, but him being released the same month as Knuckle? Mister Nuts.

Is this Drive's ultimate form?

No, Midseason upgrade.

Formula looks really good in Figuart form. I'm still debating on whether to get him or not though.

I just hope the stickers aren't crappy quality. Crappy large stickers are one thing, but crappy tiny stickers with little-to-no adhesive can be vacuum bait.

That looks fantastic. Question is do you splurge now or wait for Type Trideron?

Well this is a disappointment. The one form of Drive I actually had interested in owning and I find myself completely disappointed with how it's being handled to the point where I don't even see it being worth the effort.

And as was said before, coming out the same month as Knuckle makes it not even a contest to which I'm getting.

I don't know whether to regard the sticker thing as an icky cost-saving measure or a nod to collectors who'd prefer the figure without all the could-be-considered-tacky labels. (I also suspect that's why they included a promo picture without the stickers.)

I didn't plan on picking this up anyway, but knowing that it has stickers puts me off even more. I don't inherently hate stickers and was fine with them for Blade, but in this case I just don't see any reason why the stickers are necessary.

I think it's to cut down on qc issues

Maaaan. I hope they're at least transfer or waterslide decals, because foil stickers would be terrible with this design.

While it's gonna be a pain to get the stickers on ('cuz I have BIG MEATY FINGERS), it'll definitely be worth to get. That, and I think it's so that they don't have to worry about QC issues with painting them all on. But I hope that the adhesive is GOOD.

where can I get this figure if I live in the states? is ebay my only option?

Through a middleman site, such as Anime-Export, or once it has been released, I'd go with Mandarake instead of eBay, as the prices there are usually much cheaper.