Tamashii Nations 2017 Reveals Discussion- Zombie Gamer, LVL5 Lazer, Para-DX & More!
 

Lots of Ex-Aid stuff tonight, release info pending.

All an easy pass aside from Dangerous Zombie.

Awesome toys :D

Maybe Mighty Brother XX Figuarts will be two figurarts in one box like W Figuarts in Luna Set, Heat Set, and Cyclone Set.

Hmm....I am still waiting for Lazer Chambara Bike Gamer.

Both mighty bros in one set is SOOOO not bandai's style

Making them EACH separate Tamashii exclusives released a month apart at higher pricing . . . now THAT is Bandai's style

The fact its from the Showroom is great news, as it means they should actually be released rather than fade into obscurity.

Zombie is 100% bought, and if they ever make Lazer Lv3 I'm warming to the thought of getting one just to have all of the Goriders.

Mighty Bros look fantastic, but I'm trying to be a bit more restrained this year :lol

Except they've done PLENTY of 2-pack web exclusives in the past so it's totally their style...

Those look great. I have no interest in the Level 5-stuff and it's easily Kiriya's worst looking form to boot, but Genm Level X? That's a must-have. I hope it's popular enough to be a retail release.

Mighty Brothers XX I do like, I really do, but I don't think I like it enough to buy them.

Both Lazer's Level 5 and Zombie Gamer are already confirmed for release, both should be going up for preorder on May 19th and will release in October. Sadly, as one may guess from the weird preorder date, both are web exclusives.

Anyway, I can't see Zombie Gamer not going the route of Zangetsu Shin in the aftermarket, so I'm definitely going to have to preorder that one. Probably alongside bike boy's bike mode. Don't really know when preorders are supposed to close for that. Hopefully they line up (and I have the money ready).

I'm not a big fan of Lazer's Hunter Gamer form in the show, so I wasn't even considering it, but...I actually kind of really like how the couple of pictures we have make the Figuarts look? I've never been that big on the Chambara Bike form, and I think Hunter is probably the closest we'll ever get to a "pure" humanoid Bike Gamer. I kinda want it. Probably not worth preordering though, it looks like the kind of figure that would depreciate quickly. especially since I can't see them not do Chambara soon too, as that's the one most people are gonna want.

Oh sweet. I hadn't seen pictures of the cards so this is good news! Figured they'd be web exclusives from the start so that's not a big deal breaker for me.

Web exclusive? I dunno how to pre order these things and I'm getting money back in May

The date isn't a dead giveaway these days since Tamashii is splitting up the drop for the second month in a row now and we had pre-orders for retail items in the middle of a month by themselves in the past.

But together with Lazer Level 5? Yeah that's it. No way that thing is retail.

Also have you seen the info cards or? Could you link the pictures?

You have to use a middleman, I know these two:

www.nippon-yasan.com

http://hobbyjapan.ocnk.net/

The info isn't from the show, teasers for both figures were put up on this page a bit before the show started.

http://bandai-a.akamaihd.net/bc/imag...0428_lazer.png
http://bandai-a.akamaihd.net/bc/imag...428_zombie.png

Thanks!

Guess I'll spend the next three weeks arguing with myself if I want to pay 80 bucks for a Figuart then...

Fuck Web-Exclusives.

Please tell me in converts euros into yen or something

It does, you can change the currency on Nippon Yasan manually, but in any case PayPal does it automatically and they have better currency rates most of the time so make sure to buy them in Yen, PayPal will do the rest.

I mean, on one hand, Web Exclusives are insanely expensive and usually aren't worth it from a purely bang-for-your-buck perspective (especially for Zombie Genm who's likely going to only come with 3 alternate pairs of hands and nothing else).

On the other hand, they're ironically easier to get ahold of than retail releases since you don't have to stay up late night waiting on a drop from AmiAmi.

Also, you think an October release for a zombie-based Rider was intentional? Maybe there's hope for Kiva yet!

And that's exactly what bothers me. They are not worth that much. And the Euro to Yen conversion being shit right now isn't helping either.

We're on a temporary high because of Macron, but I doubt that it lasts until mid May.

That's no issue for me personally, in fact it's where living in Europe comes in handy, pre-orders go up in the late morning / early noon.

I can very much understand why it is troublesome for you guys but thankfully I don't have to deal with that.

That would be sweet!

I mean, Bandai is pretty stingy about these things, especially these days, but I really can't see them not throwing in at least the Gashacon Sparrow with him. Kiriya may have used it first, but it really was his weapon. Especially considering that no other figure is coming with it so far, it just seems like it'd be the logical thing.

I'd also like to hope for some effect parts, maybe some purple smoky stuff to replicate him rising back from the dead, maybe an alternate chest part with the health bar....I dunno, there are certainly things they could do. Probably too much to hope for, admittedly.

Bye money! I need Mighty Bros XX, Lazer Lv5, and Para-DX both forms. Para-DX was revealed too.

Para-dx

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...bb&oe=597B7E8F

https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...5b&oe=598D9FE2

Umfffff. Puzzle Gamer looks so good in plastic. Come to me my glorious game weirdo.

Really gonna have to save up, I need so much of this stuff. Thankfully I'm comfortable skipping Fighter because otherwise I'd be in an even deeper hole than I already am.

Both Para-DX figures look great!

I personally think his combined form looks better than the two single ones so I wait for that one.

Para-DX does look great, but I don't like how dim the eyes are

Man, why are they going right to LVL5 with Lazer? I was really hoping we'd see his basic ("GiriGiri Chanbara") form.


guess even in FIGUARTS he can't live that long... :(

They probably figure there's some extra marketability in having all four in Hunter Gamer since that's the big point of DKHZ. Though I don't think it really works since Ex-Aid is using Full Dragon rather than Dragon Fang. Sorta throws things off. Still, probably more parts they can reuse this way too.

Dragon Fang will be out soon, I'd bet good money on that.

Dangerous Zombie is the only suit from Ex-Aid I've really liked (still haven't started the show though...) so I'm even tempted by this one. Just looks damn cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc5ITqvWOVg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxaZ1ev4gQU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wBAYk6uXpE

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

Para-DX too?! YES!!!! I would gladly buy pretty much all of these, except for Lvl 5 Lazer as I'm not getting the other Drago Hunter forms. Would much prefer his Lvl 3.

I'm also glad they did the smart thing and skipped right ahead to Lvl X for Genm. If we could get Kamen Rider Poppy and Chronos, that's pretty much all of the Ex-Aid Riders done in some shape or form. I wonder if they're gonna do Nico. Would love to see how her hat and backpack look in Figuarts form.

Really hoping that Lazer LV. 3 gets a release soon. Not too fond of Lazer's LV. 5 design, so that's a pass. Might get Genm's LV. 10, but that'll be expensive, but Mighty Bros. XX and Para-DX's forms are definitely something I want to get.

So why isn't Lazer level 3 there? I really need the Mighty Bros. figures.

Well, this counters at least some of my complaints about the Ex-Aid Figuarts. Genm Level X is a must-have, although I'll riot if he doesn't come with the Gashacon Sparrow. Paradox Puzzle Gamer is also very tempting, although I'd prefer the later combined form.

Lazer... what! the! HELL!? Okay, I know these are designed months ahead of the show airing, but half the Hunter Gamer forms they're releasing were barely ever used. This certainly isn't the Lazer form people were demanding. (I'd never have guessed that Brave would be the character using Hunter Gamer most often.)

Glass half-full... GLASS HALF-FULL... Two new characters, a humanoid form for Lazer (even if it's not the one most people wanted,) an alternate form for Paradox that was used regularly... these are good things. Web exclusivity is a headache I'll deal with later.

Also, I'm a little surprised we didn't see Genm Level 2. Mind you, this isn't in any way a complaint, and the fact that Zombie Genm is being released first is better-than-I-could-have-expected news.

They're probably saving Level 2 to sell it as an exclusive for the Tamashii Nations 2017 event.

They have a history of offering black repaints as exclusives there.

It is kind of a shame that Full Dragon form for Ex-Aid gets a retail release when it's probably his least used upgrade form. I wouldn't be surprised if Maximum Mighty and Hyper Muteki end up being webshop exclusives.

To all those who don't want to get the Level 5s...

Unfortunately all the neat show effects like

HIT
PERFECT
GAME START
GAME CLEAR

etc. come with those.

http://tamashii.jp/images/item/item_...ThQ8h9T_08.jpg

And Snipe and Brave have half and half.

Eh, guess I have to live without them and make some cheap ones myself.