S.H. Figuarts Blue Beet Official Images
 

The official images are up, and he's still looking beautiful.

Tamashii web exclusive in January, 5184 yen.

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Looks beautiful, I pre-order him the moment he’s available over at NY. It’s a good thing I found my vintage toy of this guy again, will be cool to make some comparison shots.

Gotta love the Magnum sidearm though – "Dial 1337 for aim bot!"

Blue Beetle looks like something I might have to pick up. Anyone know if these shows have ever been subbed?

They haven't really. Maybe a handful of episodes for Juuko B-Fighter & B-Fighter Kabuto. I have a full set of the raws though and enjoyed the hell out of them.

Cannot wait to have this bad boy. Always loved the B-Fighter designs and they look gorgeous given the SHF treatment.

So what's the best way to get ahold of this? Should I wait and see if it's released as a Beetleborg, or jump on this some other way?

He looks even more glorious.

Can't wait for this to go up for pre-order! Though I'll probably have to middleman it.

N-Y started taking orders for it (and Pine/Mango and Amazon/Jungler) last night, if you're interested.

Time to ask the questions that has been asked a thousand times

1) Do you have to pay immediately? If not when do they ask you to pay?
2) How good are they as a site?

Right now Bluefin isn't even convinced there's enough demand in our market for them. So people need to get out the word on social media to them that they DO want these released in North America.

1) You do not have to pay immediately. I get notices from them two weeks prior to release to remind me if I haven't paid. They're deadline for payment is, I believe, 48 hours prior to release. If you don't pay, they cancel your order and threaten to delete your account. They don't do it on the first infraction, though. At least I got away with it once when I screwed up my first order there.

2) I have never had a problem with them. I know some people had issues with Kyoryu Gold and others hate the fact they aren't allowed to cancel orders anymore. 90%+ of my pre-orders are through them and the worst experience I had was when they got the Chogokin Hello Kitty four days later than everyone else. They aren't a huge business, so sometimes they lag a few days behind larger retailers. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Oh, I should warn that, unlike AmiAmi, you're locked into the shipping option you choose when you pre-order.