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So I cracked open a set of Dragon Ball Super Goku and Vegeta S.H. Figuarts figures that I bought at retail.
There's nothing particularly special about these figures, other than I finally have the two leads from the same series, and my first Goku in my 40 years of life (yes, I've never owned Goku in any shape or form).
Each of the sets comes with a variety of pieces of (no effects or stands, of course) to replicate a variety of each characters signature poses, with Goku being squarely in SSGSS (Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan) mode, whereas Vegeta comes with an extra head to replicate his SSG (Super Saiyan God) form.
Articulation, naturally, is very good as these are based on the newest Dragonball bodies, though I am not a huge fan of the sleeves on Goku, which are pegged on to the shoulders (its functional, but looks really odd when the arms are raised over his head).
Paint work and build quality are what you expect them to be as well. Overall sharp with minor blemishes, but effectively what you'd see on the screen.
That sort of stuff is business as usual for Tamashi Nations.
What's more interesting is HOW this all happened.
Vegeta is easier to explain. My first Vegeta was the Premium coloured 1.0 figure, which for the longest time was a highly coveted figure as it was the only Vegeta available, and Tamashi Nations had a strict "no reissue" policy.
Clearly, with the premium colour release that was no longer the case. To add insult to injury, soon after this figure was announced a 2.0 Super Saiyan Vegeta as announced, which improved upon the original in every possible way. The rest of it is history, as now I think every possible permutation of every figure is on the way/.
The only 2.0 Vegeta I owned was the Majin Vegeta figure, a fine release in itself, but strangely it was lacking the one thing that I associated with Vegeta - the piece for his cross arm pose.
I eventually gave up focusing on a Super Saiyan Vegeta, and went with the next best thing - the Vegeta from the Super line, which I bought out of sheer COVID boredom.
Unsurprisingly, the Super version of Vegeta is similar to the Z version in terms of build. Hairstyle wise, Vegeta very much resembles his base form for both SSG and SSGSS modes, no doubt to give rise to future hair style changes a la SSJ2 and so on.
Goku on the other hand.... *sigh*.
So if you're one of the few Figuarts enthusiasts that have not become involved in the Dragonball line, Bandai effectively uses the basic Goku for the series as a gateway drug - not exactly hard to understand why, given the the characters popularity and in general, the minor changes between each figure, with the most drastic change usually being the head.
Goku is a gateway drug as he's priced incredibly well for a decently packed release, with the intent of course to start that "Gotta Catch'em All" fever.
I figured for the $56 CAD price tag, I'd sign myself up for one. So I placed a preorder in February 2019.. and I'm only writing about the figure now because I literally just picked up before the July long weekend over on this side of the world.
That July 2020, folks.
Since my preorder and apparently 99% of the world getting theirs, there must have been at least 3 different versions of Goku offered. I actually forgot which version of the character I had on preorder. As this Goku is already SSGSS, he gets his SSJ hairdo, but in blue. There is no SSG head with this release, as the SSG was already released earlier.
I guess it's nice to finally be able to see what all the excitement last spring was all about.
So there you have it.. I finally caught up to 2019.
DSC_2208
So I cracked open a set of Dragon Ball Super Goku and Vegeta S.H. Figuarts figures that I bought at retail.
There's nothing particularly special about these figures, other than I finally have the two leads from the same series, and my first Goku in my 40 years of life (yes, I've never owned Goku in any shape or form).
Each of the sets comes with a variety of pieces of (no effects or stands, of course) to replicate a variety of each characters signature poses, with Goku being squarely in SSGSS (Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan) mode, whereas Vegeta comes with an extra head to replicate his SSG (Super Saiyan God) form.
Articulation, naturally, is very good as these are based on the newest Dragonball bodies, though I am not a huge fan of the sleeves on Goku, which are pegged on to the shoulders (its functional, but looks really odd when the arms are raised over his head).
Paint work and build quality are what you expect them to be as well. Overall sharp with minor blemishes, but effectively what you'd see on the screen.
That sort of stuff is business as usual for Tamashi Nations.
What's more interesting is HOW this all happened.
Vegeta is easier to explain. My first Vegeta was the Premium coloured 1.0 figure, which for the longest time was a highly coveted figure as it was the only Vegeta available, and Tamashi Nations had a strict "no reissue" policy.
Clearly, with the premium colour release that was no longer the case. To add insult to injury, soon after this figure was announced a 2.0 Super Saiyan Vegeta as announced, which improved upon the original in every possible way. The rest of it is history, as now I think every possible permutation of every figure is on the way/.
The only 2.0 Vegeta I owned was the Majin Vegeta figure, a fine release in itself, but strangely it was lacking the one thing that I associated with Vegeta - the piece for his cross arm pose.
I eventually gave up focusing on a Super Saiyan Vegeta, and went with the next best thing - the Vegeta from the Super line, which I bought out of sheer COVID boredom.
Unsurprisingly, the Super version of Vegeta is similar to the Z version in terms of build. Hairstyle wise, Vegeta very much resembles his base form for both SSG and SSGSS modes, no doubt to give rise to future hair style changes a la SSJ2 and so on.
Goku on the other hand.... *sigh*.
So if you're one of the few Figuarts enthusiasts that have not become involved in the Dragonball line, Bandai effectively uses the basic Goku for the series as a gateway drug - not exactly hard to understand why, given the the characters popularity and in general, the minor changes between each figure, with the most drastic change usually being the head.
Goku is a gateway drug as he's priced incredibly well for a decently packed release, with the intent of course to start that "Gotta Catch'em All" fever.
I figured for the $56 CAD price tag, I'd sign myself up for one. So I placed a preorder in February 2019.. and I'm only writing about the figure now because I literally just picked up before the July long weekend over on this side of the world.
That July 2020, folks.
Since my preorder and apparently 99% of the world getting theirs, there must have been at least 3 different versions of Goku offered. I actually forgot which version of the character I had on preorder. As this Goku is already SSGSS, he gets his SSJ hairdo, but in blue. There is no SSG head with this release, as the SSG was already released earlier.
I guess it's nice to finally be able to see what all the excitement last spring was all about.
So there you have it.. I finally caught up to 2019.