Interview with Tamashii Nations at SDCC 2015!
 

Conducted by our own Kickback, we were able to snag an interview with Adam Newman of Tamashii Nations!

Full interview below.

Great interview.

I'm sad that some fans can't decide on anything after MMPR because I'd love to see stuff from In Space, Time Force, Lightspeed Rescue, Dino Thunder, Lost Galaxy and such like that.

I am glad that the Kamen Rider and Anime figuarts are doing so well/This is probably how freaking Kivala got a shot at her Figuart.

I guess we'll just have to wait longer for some Sentai & PR figuarts action for now.

Really crossing my fingers for them to release the Kyoryuger Figuarts over here.

Also, even though I don't care for the how that much, I'm down with some Ninninger Figuarts.

"Any past Kamen RIder had a chance at being made"
When I see Kiva, I'll believe it :p

Agreed.

I really hope we do get the Dino Charge figures though. I need that Kyoryu Green in any form.

So much wonderful news to be found in there.

Good to see that Kamen Rider figuarts are doing well in the states. Dino Charge/Kyroyuger figuarts would be cool, but I won't hold my breath if they don't get release here in the US. The other team members are web exclusives, they may have to do repaints of them in order to reissue them similar to SHF Trunks and Vegeta.

Too much to hope anyone asked about Pokemon?

The Rider news is nice. I do hope they keep bringing over whatever they can there.

I'm even more interested in the new DBZ reissue Figuarts if they're coming with more and/or different stuff (normal hair for Vegeta? Yeah right..). Gotta suck to be a completionist though heh.

I'm a little confused. You say the full interview is below, but you only gave a summary of the interview. Is there a link I am missing?

Anyway, nothing new here about the Sentai line being shelved for now, but it still sucks. The least they could do is at least finish Jetman, Boukenger, and Dairanger. Hell, at least do the other three male Dairangers since the only thing new they would need tooling wise is the head.

Kamen Rider is... confusing. Do they just mean they are able to do Gaim now? Because there hasn't been any indication of anyone else being reissued (and when is Gaim reissue coming out?).

The Dragon Ball stuff is cool, but I want release dates for Beerus Jaco, and Boo.

Glad to see Gaim Figuarts coming to the states!

As I figured about any future PR/Sentai Figuarts sadly. The news about Kyoryuger/Dino Charge however... We heard the same thing pretty much about Gokaiger/Super Megaforce. So unless I see somehting more than this, I dont believe it.

Gaim? YES. I needed an excuse to buy him.

Well, obviously Kiva's the exception.

I would take this entire interview with a grain of salt actually.

Just because one spokesperson says they'll do something doesn't mean that Blufin actually will or has to follow suit.

This is my line of thinking exactly. I can't remember the only person who remembers the Zedd incident from last year.

You mean the person who thought the blurry Red Ranger Zero was Zedd?

Anyway, I'm also not surprised that the Dragon Ranger Zero sold poorly. It just looked poor to begin with.

Nothing new revealed here, nor anything unexpected, which is pretty much to be expected from an interview with a spokesperson. There was no way they'd reveal anything particularly exciting. The "maybe Kyoryuger" is just a total non-answer. I remember people being convinced that Gokaiger might get imported too after the same "maybe" answers.

Still, absolutely sucks that there's definitely no sign of more Sentai anytime soon, but I feel like at this point everybody figured this was the case.

It was also a pretty pointless release imo

He isn't "just a spokesperson" Adam is the man in charge of Tamashii Nations for the west.

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Kamen Rider is... confusing. Do they just mean they are able to do Gaim now? Because there hasn't been any indication of anyone else being reissued (and when is Gaim reissue coming out?).
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It will likely means that they can release Gaim figuarts that are not web exclusives. I believe the Gaim reissue comes out this month in North America. Bluefin will just reissue Gaim figuarts on whatever gets reissue in Japan. A Kaichidoki figuart reissue would be nice.

That 'maybe' for Kyoryuger coming out here as Dino Charge just makes me think back on as already stated on the Gokaiger/Super Megaforce 'maybe' thing.

Sad really because I still need a Kyoryu Black, Pink, and Gold...

Heck, I wish we could have gotten the B-Fighters here as the Big, Bad Beetleborgs...

So I guess I should stop holding my breath for a Shironinger Figuart. :(

I don't even care about the character so much -- but that design is one for the ages.

How well would the (theoretical) rebranded Dino Charge Figuarts have to sell in order to get the other four? :P

Can you expand on the extra parts for dbz figuarts?

Just reading this now, and the DBZ bit is cool.

I was hoping to hear something about MonsterArts though.

Sweet Gaim in the USA! I already have almost all of the retail releases but it'd be nice to get Kachidoki.

I'm surprised they didn't announced the line was being re-branded into SH Monster Repaints.