S.H.Figuarts General Anime (Dragon Ball, Naruto, MHA, etc.)

Alright, I got the Tonsen Bike Goku figure in from Hobby Model Shop. He does not disappoint, except for the price. $94.06 from China to my doorstep, very expensive, especially for a third party. But it does come with a really cool, metal, DBZ style bike that'd work with my MEZCO TMNT as well, and two full heads/swappable portraits.

But, what has me the most excited is that the heads look superb, and work extremely well on the 2.0 and Martialist Forever bodies. No contest, these are my favorite Son Goku headsculpts so far. Blows everything Bandai has done out of the water. I grew up with DBZ pre Cartoon Network, when they reran the Saiyan Saga over and over on generic local TV. So this is Goku to me, 100% Can't wait to try them out on the new SS body coming this summer.

I finally have a base form Goku on the shelf (two of them really) that looks, to me, like Goku.

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I got the Dragon Ball Daima Vegeta in today and was able to put down the Storm Arena Ken long enough to open it and check it out. This is a wonderful figure! I think if the styling was Dragon Ball Z people would be gushing about it, but the articulation is a huge step up over their regular Vegeta body. He can actually do splits in both directions and kick as high as you want to go. The torso is a bit over-engineered with hinges and such, but it does work, it just gets gappy. The butterfly joint isn't extreme, but he has no trouble doing a Final Flash pose. That may be partially due to the slender build of Daima Vegeta, but since I don't have a base Vegeta in the Cell Saga armor this works for me. It's also a damn good deal. All new sculpt with four portraits, two sets of hair, 10 hands, and a crossed-arms piece all for $35.
 
A couple weeks ago in another thread, I mentioned I almost bought the Revoltech. Maybe I'll get this one if the US prices are reasonable.
 
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The Naruto ramen set was marked down pretty cheap on Amazon this week, so I finally bit the bullet and grabbed it. I know nothing about Naruto, but who wouldn't want a little ramen stall for their figures to hang out in?

The little accessories are real charming and a test in hand stability to put in place. And while I'm glad to have it, I'm also glad to have not paid full price. I didn't realize that the walls and roof were made from foam board. It's sturdy enough, but for the original asking price, I definitely would've thought it would all be plastic.
 
I got the 40th anniversary edition of Cooler in recently from Premium Bandai. Absolutely nothing different from the first one, this is just a reissue with a new base thrown in. And the base is just their standard circular, acrylic, base for the Tamashii Nations stands, but with some artwork printed on it. It has slots for the armature of their stands, but one isn't included which is pretty cheap. However, having passed on him initially, I'm happy to have Cooler now because it is just a really cool figure. I think the character's a chump and his movie sucks, but he looks cool. They should reissue more Premium Bandai figures without silly repaints because there's a market for them. And in the case of Cooler, they were able to tighten things up and he has no loose joints or overly tight ones - just nice and smooth. I know there are lots of folks out there who missed out on The Ginyu Force that would like another crack at them. I might even be one of them.

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