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I never thought I'd ever get one of these, so very special thanks to Tina to generously making this happen.
Presenting the S.H. Figuarts Dragonball Super Future Trunks.
Dragonball characters often have a long and convoluted history. Even dead ones could come back to life at any given time, so death is not a certain stopping point.
I'm a bit confused on Trunks myself, or more specifically, Future Trunks. Trunks is the child of Vegeta and Bulma, and Future Trunks always seem to come from a some dystopian future. Originally introduced during the Cell Saga in Dragonball Z, I THINK that version of the character doesn't exist anymore having changed the future and all that.
This particular version comes from a future which is not ravaged by the Androids, but rather, is ravaged by Zamatsu, former Supreme Kai gone mad, and forms the basis for an entire story arc in Super resulting in Trunks gaining a new super mode known as Super Saiyan Rage, which looks like Super Saiyan 2 but with a blue and yellow aura.
But that's enough backstory - lets take a quick look at the actual figure itself.
Future Trunks comes with the figure itself which technically has two head sculpts - one normal mode, one Super Saiyan mode - with two face plates a piece. In the case of the normal head sculpt, you get a smiling and yelling, and for Super Saiyan you get yelling and gritted teeth with eyes to the right. Trunks also comes with his trusty Z Sword in broken, unbroken, and Sword of Hope modes, along with a Gallick Cannon effect and the usual assortment of weapon gripping and posing hands.
There is only one hand that can work with the Gallick Cannon effect, and there is a stand to hold the blade of the Sword of Hope for a slashing pose, though it only works for a downward slash as it is a fixed stand rather than a dynamic one.
Trunks is one of the few characters over the years that I can ever recall doing extensive fighting in civilian clothes. For the Super arc, he's dressed in.. well, Capsule Corp gear, along with his trademark boots and a fancy neckerchief. He's got blue hair now which apparently was the way it always was meant to be, as Bulma has blue hair, but was interpreted as purple for the Z series anime.
Trunks looks very accurate to his anime appearance, colours and all. Unfortunately, as his anime model only had like one second of swoleness, Trunks too remains relatively slim even in Super Saiyan Rage mode. But hey, Tamashii did a great job on that Super Saiyan hair, to the point that the hair has functional sharp points.
I guess one thing I don't quite get is why they painted the one part of the knee joint (on the torn pants side) white rather than leaving it as the grey - maybe this was something from the anime model?
You of course get the articulation of the base male Dragonball body, which includes toes, ankles, double jointed knees. hips which are permanently in the pulled down position to allow for greater range of motion, waist, mid torso, shoulders with chest collapse, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, wrists, neck, and head. Overall, you'll get your desired pose out of the figure, but you'll probably need to find a flight stand to get the most out of it.
Paint work is beautiful, as tends to be case with the Dragonball offerings, probably because they're relatively simple. Don't get me wrong though - there's nothing wrong with simple, as executed right the result is stunning. Accent paints on the silver and gold parts are done with minimal smudging or other masking errors. All other areas are painted with a smooth, consistent texture that does not drown the underlying plastic details. The only exception is that weird grey paint app on the pants.
Finally, surprisingly the build quality of the figure is great. There are no issues with joints, material choices, limb length or alignment. Details on the figure are sharp, though there are some spots of poor sanding of plastic flashing - on the flip assembly seams seem to be better finished than the typical Figuarts figure.
As I've said before, Dragonball Figuarts are what I wish the Final Fantasy Play Arts Kai figure were. A good underlying body that combines good materials, articulation and build quality, along with QC on paint and assembly that shows despite having a monopoly on a product line, your company still cares about that sort of thing.
A flight stand and more effects parts would be nice, but that's pretty much consistent for all the Dragonball line,
Thanks again, Tina, for making this happen. I owe you a solid.
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I never thought I'd ever get one of these, so very special thanks to Tina to generously making this happen.
Presenting the S.H. Figuarts Dragonball Super Future Trunks.
Dragonball characters often have a long and convoluted history. Even dead ones could come back to life at any given time, so death is not a certain stopping point.
I'm a bit confused on Trunks myself, or more specifically, Future Trunks. Trunks is the child of Vegeta and Bulma, and Future Trunks always seem to come from a some dystopian future. Originally introduced during the Cell Saga in Dragonball Z, I THINK that version of the character doesn't exist anymore having changed the future and all that.
This particular version comes from a future which is not ravaged by the Androids, but rather, is ravaged by Zamatsu, former Supreme Kai gone mad, and forms the basis for an entire story arc in Super resulting in Trunks gaining a new super mode known as Super Saiyan Rage, which looks like Super Saiyan 2 but with a blue and yellow aura.
But that's enough backstory - lets take a quick look at the actual figure itself.
Future Trunks comes with the figure itself which technically has two head sculpts - one normal mode, one Super Saiyan mode - with two face plates a piece. In the case of the normal head sculpt, you get a smiling and yelling, and for Super Saiyan you get yelling and gritted teeth with eyes to the right. Trunks also comes with his trusty Z Sword in broken, unbroken, and Sword of Hope modes, along with a Gallick Cannon effect and the usual assortment of weapon gripping and posing hands.
There is only one hand that can work with the Gallick Cannon effect, and there is a stand to hold the blade of the Sword of Hope for a slashing pose, though it only works for a downward slash as it is a fixed stand rather than a dynamic one.
Trunks is one of the few characters over the years that I can ever recall doing extensive fighting in civilian clothes. For the Super arc, he's dressed in.. well, Capsule Corp gear, along with his trademark boots and a fancy neckerchief. He's got blue hair now which apparently was the way it always was meant to be, as Bulma has blue hair, but was interpreted as purple for the Z series anime.
Trunks looks very accurate to his anime appearance, colours and all. Unfortunately, as his anime model only had like one second of swoleness, Trunks too remains relatively slim even in Super Saiyan Rage mode. But hey, Tamashii did a great job on that Super Saiyan hair, to the point that the hair has functional sharp points.
I guess one thing I don't quite get is why they painted the one part of the knee joint (on the torn pants side) white rather than leaving it as the grey - maybe this was something from the anime model?
You of course get the articulation of the base male Dragonball body, which includes toes, ankles, double jointed knees. hips which are permanently in the pulled down position to allow for greater range of motion, waist, mid torso, shoulders with chest collapse, bicep swivel, double jointed elbows, wrists, neck, and head. Overall, you'll get your desired pose out of the figure, but you'll probably need to find a flight stand to get the most out of it.
Paint work is beautiful, as tends to be case with the Dragonball offerings, probably because they're relatively simple. Don't get me wrong though - there's nothing wrong with simple, as executed right the result is stunning. Accent paints on the silver and gold parts are done with minimal smudging or other masking errors. All other areas are painted with a smooth, consistent texture that does not drown the underlying plastic details. The only exception is that weird grey paint app on the pants.
Finally, surprisingly the build quality of the figure is great. There are no issues with joints, material choices, limb length or alignment. Details on the figure are sharp, though there are some spots of poor sanding of plastic flashing - on the flip assembly seams seem to be better finished than the typical Figuarts figure.
As I've said before, Dragonball Figuarts are what I wish the Final Fantasy Play Arts Kai figure were. A good underlying body that combines good materials, articulation and build quality, along with QC on paint and assembly that shows despite having a monopoly on a product line, your company still cares about that sort of thing.
A flight stand and more effects parts would be nice, but that's pretty much consistent for all the Dragonball line,
Thanks again, Tina, for making this happen. I owe you a solid.