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The samurai figure looks really good and I have a feeling I'm going to need that. Honestly, the Oni is really cool too and I could see myself not being able to resist that one. Weren't these originally shown as being a partnership where Spero would be producing them? If so - that gives me a few misgivings, considering I did NOT have a good experience with Spero.

Of course, how the articulation shakes out and price point is going to be a major factor as well. But for the moment - yeah, lookin' great.
 
Damien said:
The samurai figure looks really good and I have a feeling I'm going to need that. Honestly, the Oni is really cool too and I could see myself not being able to resist that one. Weren't these originally shown as being a partnership where Spero would be producing them? If so - that gives me a few misgivings, considering I did NOT have a good experience with Spero.

Of course, how the articulation shakes out and price point is going to be a major factor as well. But for the moment - yeah, lookin' great.
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Yeah as I recall it's a collab of some sort.
 
I've been waiting for more information about the samurai figure. I wish it came in just about any other color.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
I've been waiting for more information about the samurai figure. I wish it came in just about any other color.
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I suspect the line will do well when it comes out. Hopefully some other colorways are in our future. I'm not opposed to the red, but I'd go for a black or blue myself.
 
JakeEkiss said:
I suspect the line will do well when it comes out. Hopefully some other colorways are in our future. I'm not opposed to the red, but I'd go for a black or blue myself.
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If it were me, it would be more about 'more color' rather than 'what color.' As a modern audience, we tend to be VERY conservative with color use, and it does NOT fit with most historical societies at all. That samurai figure should realistically probably have like three more major points of color. Like bright yellow pants and a sea-green shirt or something. Minimum. And maybe some patterning on the clothing too.
If the line were made with swappable parts, they could do toned down samurai in all different colors that could be swapped around to make more colorful versions for those of us that want that.

But to be clear, I definitely don't hold this against the figure. You gotta make this stuff for the modern audience, and 99% of the modern audience probably isn't people with legitimate historical accuracy at the top of their wish list.
 
Damien said:
If it were me, it would be more about 'more color' rather than 'what color.' As a modern audience, we tend to be VERY conservative with color use, and it does NOT fit with most historical societies at all. That samurai figure should realistically probably have like three more major points of color. Like bright yellow pants and a sea-green shirt or something. Minimum. And maybe some patterning on the clothing too.
If the line were made with swappable parts, they could do toned down samurai in all different colors that could be swapped around to make more colorful versions for those of us that want that.

But to be clear, I definitely don't hold this against the figure. You gotta make this stuff for the modern audience, and 99% of the modern audience probably isn't people with legitimate historical accuracy at the top of their wish list.
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Yeah, and thanks to media there are things people assume are historical (like drab colors on Vikings, who actually LOVED color) that aren't. The armor itself at least feels like a lot of love went into it, and hopefully the line isn't too drab. When I mentioned black above I realize I was mentally just thinking of Kurosawa movies, and I think that a B&W samurai would probably be a good reuse for this line.
 
JakeEkiss said:
When I mentioned black above I realize I was mentally just thinking of Kurosawa movies, and I think that a B&W samurai would probably be a good reuse for this line.
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Hell yeah. I'd go for this. I display this Notta Collections ronin on my movie shelf in honor of Japanese samurai cinema.

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JakeEkiss said:
Yeah, and thanks to media there are things people assume are historical (like drab colors on Vikings, who actually LOVED color) that aren't. The armor itself at least feels like a lot of love went into it, and hopefully the line isn't too drab. When I mentioned black above I realize I was mentally just thinking of Kurosawa movies, and I think that a B&W samurai would probably be a good reuse for this line.
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Historical vikings only wore fantasy biker gear. Everyone knows that.

Definitely any line of samurai action figures that doesn't do some type of B&W variant is missing the mark. Very much a natural fit. For this line, it seems like they've done some of the legwork on what these guys should look like, and then streamlined it to look a bit more modern - as modern artists tend to do. And, like I said, toned down the colors also for modern sensibilities. I just wish they wouldn't.

And I'm not convinced it's necessary, either. People read comic books and watch superhero movies. Are people really that predisposed to dislike colorful samurai/vikings/knights?


TheSameIdiot said:
Hell yeah. I'd go for this. I display this Notta Collections ronin on my movie shelf in honor of Japanese samurai cinema.
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Never seen that figure before - looks cool as hell.
 
Damien said:
And I'm not convinced it's necessary, either. People read comic books and watch superhero movies. Are people really that predisposed to dislike colorful samurai/vikings/knights?
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For samurai and knights I bet you could get away with it. Vikings? Harder sell. The pop culture image for them as leather-clad Conan types is real strong. The furthest you get from that is MCU Thor and company and I don't think people really think of those characters as Viking before they think of them as superheroes.
 
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