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I recently received some highly anticipated Dragonball figure.. well, most of them were highly anticipated.
First, we have the latest Vegeta and Trunks - Vegeta has a very long name (Super Saiyan Vegeta - Awakend Super Saiyan Blood) but it's basically a new version of the Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta that up until recently has gone for some rather painful aftermarket prices.
It has some slightly different faces, but really isn't any different in terms of the contents. It even has my favourite - the crossed arm effect. Also, by this point because there have been so many of the things, the price on this Vegeta is effectively entry level. Effectively, unless there's a face plate that you really want, Bandai just destroyed the resale market for the Super Saiyan Vegeta 2.0 figure.
Articulation is exactly the same as... well pretty much every other Vegeta figure released to date, especially the ones that share this armour arrangement.
Biggest aesthetic differences are the darker bronze on the armour, the pearl finish on the hair, and, my favourite, a touch up of the various face plates with more facial detail lines. It's truly amazing what a simple aesthetic change like that will do for the same figure.
Moving on, we have our first real surprise, a 2.0 of Future Trunks, as we see him during the introduction of the Cell Arc. This is a first in the new Figuarts lineup, with the original figure released during the initial line of the Dragonball Z figures.
While I do have the Dragonball Super version of Trunk, overall this one is better (though you can't beat that Sword of Hope that the other figure has). First off, we have the outfit - more iconic, more 90s, and thanks to the jacket, Trunks looks like he's got a really buff upper body, whilst the rubber remains pliable enough that articulation isn't hindered. Pants are also sculpted to give it a more bulky appearance.
Trunks of course comes with the Z Sword with scabbard, and while only has the one weapon related effect, has upped the number of extra hands to 10. The faces/heads is somewhat of a mixed story. He's only got one regular mode head (now purple haired because that's the way he was in the anime) but has a super mode head with four interchangeable face. There's also a swap you can do for the bangs of the Super Saiyan mode hair that reflects a more enraged Trunks. Hair is a flat yellow, though, unlike Vegeta, though I suspect it's only a matter of time before we get a version like that.
The faces are significantly better than the Super version, though part of that is reflective of the different art styles in the series. Faces look very accurate to the animation model. You also get those additional facial details that help to bring life to the sculpt.
Articulation is very good, and is uninhibited by the outfit/bulk. The truly unfortunate thing about the articulation is that Trunks doesn't have very good back arch, which is why you don't see him twerking. It's funny though because he can tilt side to side really well.
Finally we have Pan from the Dragonball Super Super Hero movie. She's a cute little thing, and truly reminds me of my own daughters, especially the faces they make when they're complaining you didn't give them enough Freezies.
She comes with a decent number of accessories, including alternate wind swept hair, four total face plates, 8 total hands, two bottles of water (I don't know why) and an alternate winking head for the Gohan figure.
They tried to squeeze as much as they could into the body, but ultimately the outfit and her lanky arms limit what you can do - only mind the butterfly shoulder joints are also a bit tight. But given everything, it's really the limitations on the legs that hurt the most.
Still, I'm sure most people will find an amusing pose or two for the figure.
As for the spare head, I mean, its an expression. Having not watched the movie I'm guessing there's some sort of correlation between Pan and Gohan that involves that expression. Me? Well, I of course found an unsanctioned use for it.
DSC_8399
I recently received some highly anticipated Dragonball figure.. well, most of them were highly anticipated.
First, we have the latest Vegeta and Trunks - Vegeta has a very long name (Super Saiyan Vegeta - Awakend Super Saiyan Blood) but it's basically a new version of the Super Saiyan 2 Vegeta that up until recently has gone for some rather painful aftermarket prices.
It has some slightly different faces, but really isn't any different in terms of the contents. It even has my favourite - the crossed arm effect. Also, by this point because there have been so many of the things, the price on this Vegeta is effectively entry level. Effectively, unless there's a face plate that you really want, Bandai just destroyed the resale market for the Super Saiyan Vegeta 2.0 figure.
Articulation is exactly the same as... well pretty much every other Vegeta figure released to date, especially the ones that share this armour arrangement.
Biggest aesthetic differences are the darker bronze on the armour, the pearl finish on the hair, and, my favourite, a touch up of the various face plates with more facial detail lines. It's truly amazing what a simple aesthetic change like that will do for the same figure.
Moving on, we have our first real surprise, a 2.0 of Future Trunks, as we see him during the introduction of the Cell Arc. This is a first in the new Figuarts lineup, with the original figure released during the initial line of the Dragonball Z figures.
While I do have the Dragonball Super version of Trunk, overall this one is better (though you can't beat that Sword of Hope that the other figure has). First off, we have the outfit - more iconic, more 90s, and thanks to the jacket, Trunks looks like he's got a really buff upper body, whilst the rubber remains pliable enough that articulation isn't hindered. Pants are also sculpted to give it a more bulky appearance.
Trunks of course comes with the Z Sword with scabbard, and while only has the one weapon related effect, has upped the number of extra hands to 10. The faces/heads is somewhat of a mixed story. He's only got one regular mode head (now purple haired because that's the way he was in the anime) but has a super mode head with four interchangeable face. There's also a swap you can do for the bangs of the Super Saiyan mode hair that reflects a more enraged Trunks. Hair is a flat yellow, though, unlike Vegeta, though I suspect it's only a matter of time before we get a version like that.
The faces are significantly better than the Super version, though part of that is reflective of the different art styles in the series. Faces look very accurate to the animation model. You also get those additional facial details that help to bring life to the sculpt.
Articulation is very good, and is uninhibited by the outfit/bulk. The truly unfortunate thing about the articulation is that Trunks doesn't have very good back arch, which is why you don't see him twerking. It's funny though because he can tilt side to side really well.
Finally we have Pan from the Dragonball Super Super Hero movie. She's a cute little thing, and truly reminds me of my own daughters, especially the faces they make when they're complaining you didn't give them enough Freezies.
She comes with a decent number of accessories, including alternate wind swept hair, four total face plates, 8 total hands, two bottles of water (I don't know why) and an alternate winking head for the Gohan figure.
They tried to squeeze as much as they could into the body, but ultimately the outfit and her lanky arms limit what you can do - only mind the butterfly shoulder joints are also a bit tight. But given everything, it's really the limitations on the legs that hurt the most.
Still, I'm sure most people will find an amusing pose or two for the figure.
As for the spare head, I mean, its an expression. Having not watched the movie I'm guessing there's some sort of correlation between Pan and Gohan that involves that expression. Me? Well, I of course found an unsanctioned use for it.