Bluefin and Tamashii Nations have revealed the Tamashii Nations 2020 Exclusives. These are being revealed to coincide with Funimation Con. They will be availabel to pre-order starting July 16th – July 31st 2020 via Premium Bandai USA. there’s a number of Dragon Ball items, and a Godzilla S.H. MonsterArts exclusive for the event. Check out the press release, and links to the pre-order pages, after the jump.
UPDATE:
The press release was edited after posting. The pre-orders start July 16th.
Ultra Instinct – the highest form of power up for Goku (for now) is here, in hand, in S.H. Figuarts form! I’ve been waiting for this for a while now, it’s the perfect representation of the modern Dragonball era. And Tamashii Nations did a great job with the figure – IMO taking top spot as the best Goku to date. He has metallic silver on the hair, full shirtless upper with torn gi above the belt, ripped pants, 4 faces in standard levels of intensity, 4 sets of hands – all standard Goku SHF styles and a Kamehameha energy ball – same one as previously released in a sharper blue clear plastic. Nothing crazy but the execution is tops. Smooth firm joints, dense plastic, sharp sculpt head to toe, colors pop. Feels good in hand. A worthy rep of Goku’s ultimate form. Only ask would be a slight wash on the body, as he has a lot of cuts and scrapes built into the mold, but they don’t shine due to lack of paint on the flesh. We’ve taken him for a spin with a battle against Jiren, so read on to check him out courtesy of TheToySource! He’s in stock there and shipping now!
Related ToySource Links: Ultra Instinct Goku, Great Ape Vegeta, Final Battle Jiren, Bulma’s Bike, Captain Ginyu, New Piccolo
Jiren was the big bad of the final Dragonball Super chapter, giving Goku a powered up opponent worthy of battle. And now he’s joined the Dragonball ranks in S.H. Figuarts. Jiren dropped earlier this year, but just like last year, I’m running a bit behind getting all these guys. I recently got Ultra Instinct Goku, and couldn’t wait anymore picking up Jiren, they need to battle! Jiren is rocking his bulky frame, 4 sets of hands – one of which has Goku’s blue hair bangs attached so you can show him gripping up the Saiyan, 4 heads, a set of folded arms, energy fist and flame effect for that fist. We’ve run him through the motions and added him to our Dragonball galleries, so read on to check him out along with some additional thoughts courtesy of TheToySource!
Related ToySource Links: Ultra Instinct Goku, Great Ape Vegeta, Final Battle Jiren, Bulma’s Bike, Captain Ginyu, New Piccolo
Tamashii Nations have revealed their next Dragon Ball S.H. Figuarts – Jiece of the Ginyu Force! He comes packed with the 2 star Namekian dragon ball, scouter case, Crusher Ball energy effect and even a new Goku head with scouter to match when Capt. Ginyu takes over Goku’s body. He is set to go up for pre-order tonight at 12 AM Pacific / 3 AM Eastern over at Premium Bandai. Cost will be 58 dollars USD, and ship in Jan 2021.
Pre Order Link: S.H.Figuarts JIECE
Also of note – Tamashii Nations will be holding an online event on July 4th and 5th called “Tamashii Features 2020”. It’s an online event where multiple new figures will be shown. Dragon Ball and Marvel will be present. They also showed the Dragon Ball logo with a small little hand in the corner, which is the angle Recoome is in for his Ginyu Force pose. So we might be seeing him too over the next couple days.
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S.H. Figuarts is back with another Harley Quinn offering, this go round from the Birds of Prey movie. She had a LOT of outfit changes in the flick, but this is her end of movie get up of a gold jumper, pink shirt, and skates. She comes packed with 3 heads, a mallet, skates and 4 total sets of hands. One of her heads and one set of hands have her trusty lollipop built in. Overall it’s a very faithful representation of this look in the movie. Their Suicide Squad Harley was one of the best representations of that look and the actress’ likeness. This comes close, but not quite as good. Her standard smile face is close in some angles, while the lollipop one is close in others. No perfect score across all three though.
Modern DCEU Harley splits folks in the fandom, even though everyone pretty much agrees Margot Robbie is perfect for the role. Hopefully they give it another crack down the road, and we get some more toys! Personally, I’d prefer the poofy police tape jacket look, or the getup as she enters the police station with the hat since that has some Animated call backs. But for what this is, it’s done well.
Read on to check out our gallery courtesy of Bluefin Brands. She’s out in Japan now and shipping in the US soon!
Bluefin Brands, the US arm of Bandai Tamashii Nations, held a live stream today. They chatted with several toy photographers including myself about all things toys (check it here). At the end, we were graced with a new S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball reveal – none other than Bardock! Fitting choice for Father’s Day weekend. Full details are not available yet such as price or release date but we will update when official HD pics go live! Check out some teasers after the break!
Our friends at Bluefin have invited us to join them for a Live Stream event later today! The Toyark will be joined by a other popular collectors as we talk toys and collectibles with Bluefin during their Manga Anime Digital Event (aka MADE). During the event, there will be a surprise new S.H. Figuarts reveal! Be sure to check bat at 3:00 PM PST (6:00 PM EST) for the live stream event.
Update: Streams will be available at these Bluefin Brands channels starting at 6PM East.
https://www.facebook.com/BluefinBrands/
https://twitter.com/BluefinBrands
https://www.twitch.tv/bluefinbrands
Bandai have fully revealed that new body style Goku from a while back. Labeled Imagination Works – the figure is roughly 1/9 scale (7 inches) and features a hybrid seamless body style. The arm features no elbow joints covered in a silicone layer, while the various clothing features texture detailing. Enhanced articulation engineering is present throughout to go a step beyond normal S.H. Figuarts.
It comes with both regular and Super Saiyan hair, multiple hands (looks like the standard Goku hand styles from S.H.F.). Looks like there will be two heads, 2 facial expressions for each head. There will also be swappable eye expressions per head. The upper body clothing is using a softer material (not fabric) to allow bending while posing, so the gi is detached from the body sculpt. The legs feature a pop out knee to keep the silhouette. Wrists and ankles look to use a ball joint. There is paint detailing on hair and clothing to add depth.
Overall it looks sharp and is a new mixed media format. Not quite One:12, not quite S.H. Figuarts. Around NECA and McFarlane scale.
The figure is due out in October 2020 in Japan. Price is 11,000 yen ($101.00 USD). Stay tuned for more details and pre-orders. Read on to check the translated details and official pics. Thanks to RamenRider for the heads up!
It’s been a hot minute (again), but today we have another entry for our S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball galleries. This go round is Tao Pai Pai, a big baddie from the original Dragon Ball anime. He comes packed with a ton of stuff – alternate gi parts, 7 total hands, 3 faces, the 7 star Dragon Ball, a giant pink pillar that he zooms around on like Aladdin, and a stylized stand to raise him up on said pillar. It’s a really well executed piece – that I wish I cared more about. I personally got into the Dragonball Universe with Z, so I don’t have the connection to OG anime characters beyond maybe Kid Goku and Krillin. I am staying complete here since I’ve been in the grind for 10 years with this line, but personally I’d be happy if they reduced focus on this part of the history. That being said, read on to check out some shots of Tao Pai Pai and his epic pink pillar courtesy of Entertainment Earth!
Related EE Links: Tao Pai Pai, Jackie Chun, Kid Chi Chi, Capt. Ginyu, Great Ape Vegeta.
Tamashii Nations have revealed another new Dragon Ball S.H. Figuarts figure – Dragon Ball Super Final Battle Jiren! Jiren is shirtless with torn clothing around his waste, beefed up and looking angry AF. There are also some in person shots from La Mole Con in Mexico (courtesy of dragon_figuras) where he has a second head using a screaming face. No details on price or release yet, stay tuned for official pics!