[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

Going from what I've seen at the NYC comic con interview that the other Zyurangers got made because of the US market. I hear Kiba Ranger's design is more popular in the US then it is in Japan.

Thought so.

so that makes 3 lines that are mostly made for the international market now:

Zyu
T&B
DBZ

So Bandai does care about us.

[Sciencefriction]

It's not Figuarts, but D-Arts Megaman/MMX is pretty much made b/c of American too I believe.

I would say we help sell at least a fourth of the Tamashii Nations product? It seems like we are becoming more important to Bandai Japan every year.

[MST3KFan]

So has anyone gotten the Ninja Storm Crimson and Navy Thunder Rangers 2-pack yet?

I know Amazon still lists them as "Temporary Out of Stock', but I see ebay has someone claiming they have them in the U.S. now.

[sekitar555]

what are the quality of 000s figuarts? because i just started watching the show and love them

[ryan]

I swear this just came up in this very thread a few days ago. But it might have been another one.

As I understand it, most of them have looseness issues in the joints, but the later body is improved, I think that's PuToTyra and BuraKaWani. I don't remember if TaJaDor is in the first group or not.

I got a recent reissue of TaToBa, and the sideways swing of the hips is a little loose, but it's nothing bad. My big problem with the mold is the ankle is pretty limited, compared to most other Figuarts. I hate it when the foot has no ankle articulation, and is just a socket plugging into a ball on the end of the leg.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Locke

So is it true all the DBZ Figuarts are terrible?

Yes.

Let's see:

Cell's head falls off too easily
Freeza's right leg falls off just from looking at it wrong
Saiyan Vegeta's left leg is loose and falls of and his scouter cannot stay attached even with the hair style you are supposed to have it on with.
Piccolo's arms fall off all of the time.
Gohan's hands are too loose
Trunk's right arm falls off

[ryan]

I no longer have Trunks or Gohan, but I don't recall having those problems with either of them. Piccolo's arms have never fallen off. I haven't opened Goku or Freeza yet.

Point being, it probably varies a little bit from figure to figure. I've seen a couple people complain about RyuRanger, even so far as to say it's the worst Sentai Figuart, but mine's perfectly solid, and is in fact one of my favorite Sentai Figuarts.

[MetroPoliceGray]

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Originally Posted by ryan

I no longer have Trunks or Gohan, but I don't recall having those problems with either of them. Piccolo's arms have never fallen off. I haven't opened Goku or Freeza yet.

Point being, it probably varies a little bit from figure to figure. I've seen a couple people complain about RyuRanger, even so far as to say it's the worst Sentai Figuart, but mine's perfectly solid, and is in fact one of my favorite Sentai Figuarts.

That's weird, cause when I'm on the Rangerboard it's the exact opposite. Most folks feel the early Sentai figures (MMPR, Shinkenger, Boukenger) are pretty dodgy. That said, my recent purchase of MMPR Pink & KR Fourze Cosmic States had an issue. Left wrist peg on Pink looks like a chip is missing, & Fourze Cosmic's right leg-hip joint is weak. These are right out of the box. Doesn't change my love for them, just bums me out.

[Shin Henshin]

Honestly, unless it's an obvious issue that everyone's copy of a figure has, QC can vary from person to person. Even common issues may not happen to everyone.

Lots of complaints about OOO TaToBa's QC, such as sloppy paint and bad joints, mine was perfectly fine. Lots of complaints about Wizard Flame Style not being able to stay connected his waist peg if his life depended on it, mine stays together fine.

If there's a problem with a release, it's still likely that some people will be fine.

[Barricade64]

To pull this thread back on track, how do people think the gimmick will be handled for SHF Tokkyugers if at all? Do you think we'll get swappable chest plate numbers with each figure or will Bandai not bother?