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Majin Buu was one of the final villains introduced in the Dragonball Z series, and main reason for everyone powering up again. His most famous form in this arc is that of Innocent Buu, which is the pink blob.. which also appears to be his look when he's split up into Good Buu and Kid Buu.... anyway.
Despite his childlike appearance and behavior, he's one of the most horrific beings to ever exist (at that time, of course... everyone is always the worst thing ever when they're introduced), only held back as it were by some influence of a Grand Kai that was absorbed earlier in his existence. He's basically Kirby if he went rogue.
The character is of course represented in Figuarts form.
As the Dragonball releases general scale to each other, Buu is gigantic, not quite reaching Broly size, but pretty close, and dwarfs all of the other Z fighters. Being an extremely large figure, Buu is definitely more hollow as compared to his smaller peers, most notably in the body itself. Some of this is for the better, as that is where the guts of this articulation is hidden.
It's just unfortunate the younger generation will never know the joys of beating the shit out of your friends with 10 inch rubber WWF figures.
Buu comes with 3 heads, with I believe a bonus "Good Buu" head with the upcoming Kid Buu Figuarts. No stand and relatively few hands, but he does come with his trademark chocolate bar, which apparently if he's Innocent Buu is probably someone transformed into food, or if he's Good Buu it's literally a chocolate bar as he can't absorb people anymore.
All I know is he eats no matter where he goes.
In addition to the aforementioned, you will also notice he has his trademark purple cape, slightly poseable due to the segmentation. It's not as poseable as say, the Batman ones from Play Arts, but it also doesn't look anywhere as hideous so... winning?
Colours are nice and sharp, much like on Gotenks. I don't know how things are like on other Figuarts lines, but it does seem like Bandai has gotten their act together at least on the Dragonball stuff. Of course, given its premium status, it's kind of necessary.
Articulation is pretty good too. It's not quite Storm Collectibles Zangief good, but it's on part with Broly, meaning the only real thing missing is an upper chest joint. As mentioned, hollow cavities allow for joint placements that increase his range of movement. Of course, due to his size, the actual poses Buu can hold without additional support are kind of limited though I don't exactly recall him being a super limber kind of guy. A standard figure stand won't support him, so if you want to do any mid air posing, you're going to need to find something more robust, or get creative.
While they're all memorable characters, you got to admit in a line where more than half of them seem to basically be a bipedal humanoid with two arms that share the same workout routine, it's the aliens and other seemingly random characters that stick out on your shelves. Majin Buu is no exception - I think he makes a great accent piece in your Figuarts sized collection, regardless if its Dragonball or not.
Much like with Broly, Buu is large and in charge and is a great addition to your set, but I wouldn't go in expecting him to be a posing dynamo, which is usually the case with larger figures (except for Storm Zangief), though really I feel the only point missing would be an articulation point at the chest.
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Majin Buu was one of the final villains introduced in the Dragonball Z series, and main reason for everyone powering up again. His most famous form in this arc is that of Innocent Buu, which is the pink blob.. which also appears to be his look when he's split up into Good Buu and Kid Buu.... anyway.
Despite his childlike appearance and behavior, he's one of the most horrific beings to ever exist (at that time, of course... everyone is always the worst thing ever when they're introduced), only held back as it were by some influence of a Grand Kai that was absorbed earlier in his existence. He's basically Kirby if he went rogue.
The character is of course represented in Figuarts form.
As the Dragonball releases general scale to each other, Buu is gigantic, not quite reaching Broly size, but pretty close, and dwarfs all of the other Z fighters. Being an extremely large figure, Buu is definitely more hollow as compared to his smaller peers, most notably in the body itself. Some of this is for the better, as that is where the guts of this articulation is hidden.
It's just unfortunate the younger generation will never know the joys of beating the shit out of your friends with 10 inch rubber WWF figures.
Buu comes with 3 heads, with I believe a bonus "Good Buu" head with the upcoming Kid Buu Figuarts. No stand and relatively few hands, but he does come with his trademark chocolate bar, which apparently if he's Innocent Buu is probably someone transformed into food, or if he's Good Buu it's literally a chocolate bar as he can't absorb people anymore.
All I know is he eats no matter where he goes.
In addition to the aforementioned, you will also notice he has his trademark purple cape, slightly poseable due to the segmentation. It's not as poseable as say, the Batman ones from Play Arts, but it also doesn't look anywhere as hideous so... winning?
Colours are nice and sharp, much like on Gotenks. I don't know how things are like on other Figuarts lines, but it does seem like Bandai has gotten their act together at least on the Dragonball stuff. Of course, given its premium status, it's kind of necessary.
Articulation is pretty good too. It's not quite Storm Collectibles Zangief good, but it's on part with Broly, meaning the only real thing missing is an upper chest joint. As mentioned, hollow cavities allow for joint placements that increase his range of movement. Of course, due to his size, the actual poses Buu can hold without additional support are kind of limited though I don't exactly recall him being a super limber kind of guy. A standard figure stand won't support him, so if you want to do any mid air posing, you're going to need to find something more robust, or get creative.
While they're all memorable characters, you got to admit in a line where more than half of them seem to basically be a bipedal humanoid with two arms that share the same workout routine, it's the aliens and other seemingly random characters that stick out on your shelves. Majin Buu is no exception - I think he makes a great accent piece in your Figuarts sized collection, regardless if its Dragonball or not.
Much like with Broly, Buu is large and in charge and is a great addition to your set, but I wouldn't go in expecting him to be a posing dynamo, which is usually the case with larger figures (except for Storm Zangief), though really I feel the only point missing would be an articulation point at the chest.