Figuarts

[MattEmily]

Because this is a general thread on Figuarts I'm posting it here.

Now has any poster here bought any of the Bluefin Tamashii Nations Figurarts yet? I haven't but I'm planning to.

At the moment my list of the ones that I will buy will be as follows:

Black Mighty Morphin Power Ranger




Red Armored Mighty Morphin Power Ranger




Black Overdrive Ranger

Blue Overdrive Ranger

MetalGarurumon

Sailor Moon
Sailor Mercury
Sailor Venus
Sailor Mars
Sailor Uranus
Sailor Neptune
Sailor Mini Moon
Tuxedo Mask

Those are just the ones that are still available for purchase on the Bluefin website there are however others out there such as the rest of the Mighty Morphin team, I believe all of Ninja Storm, most of Samurai and I believe they even released S.P.D. as well as Sailor Saturn.

[Zabitan]

Damn that's cool.

[MattEmily]

that it is. It's even cooler knowing that with the Mighty Morphin ones they created them so that you could recreate their various poses from the show and their miniature Power Weapons can also combine to recreate a miniature version of the Power Blaster.

[Zabitan]

I want to get Metalder, Spielban, and Shaider.

Hopefully we'll get Diana Lady.

[MattEmily]

we probably will. I want to get anything that was released in Power Rangers (well with the exception of Dairanger and the pre-Zyu ones) and Sailor Moon. Digimon, Beetleborgs, VR Troopers and Masked Rider however will have some limits placed on them for me.

[MattEmily]

Originally Posted by MattEmily

we probably will. I want to get anything that was released in Power Rangers (well with the exception of Dairanger and the pre-Zyu ones) and Sailor Moon. Digimon, Beetleborgs, VR Troopers and Masked Rider however will have some limits placed on them for me.

Not many limits in the case of Sailor Moon though since I'll get Tuxedo Mask and all of the Sailor Soldiers that were released as of SuperS including SuperS but the only thing from Stars that I would get is Eternal Sailor Moon. I would get Artemis, Luna and Diana as well. I would probably get Moonlight Knight as well if he was released.

The others would have more limits placed on them. Digimon I would just mostly focus on the main heroes, their Digimon, the Digimon Gods (like Azulongmon) and of course certain evil Digimon but mostly just the ones that were central to the story. Leomon and Ogremon are the only exceptions to that since they had a good story together which would also mean I would need to get SaberLeomon too.

Masked Rider at most I would just get Masked Rider, Super Blue, Super Gold and Robo Rider as well as Magno and Combat Chopper as well as Combat Chopper's upgraded form.

VR Troopers and Beetleborgs I would just focus on the heroes themselves which would include the Astralborgs of course but I would also get Shadowborg.
Something that I would enjoy greatly for Bluefin to do is to create a Dragonborg Figuart where you can unclip his wings so you can create a version of Machine Empire General Steelon. I would also enjoy it if they created Fireborg and Lightningborg Figuarts where you can detach their heads so you can recreate that reddish orangish Machine Empire General.

[Zabitan]

I see.

I would probably go crazy, and make Figuarts for Coolgin, Valsky, Geldring, Dranzer, Top Gunder, and Crosslander from Metalder, and Hellvira, Death Zero, and Dr. Bio from Spielban.

And then American original Figuarts based on the Battle Grid suits.

[MattEmily]

Originally Posted by Zabitan

I see.

I would probably go crazy, and make Figuarts for Coolgin, Valsky, Geldring, Dranzer, Top Gunder, and Crosslander from Metalder, and Hellvira, Death Zero, and Dr. Bio from Spielban.

are those villains or heroes? I'm assuming villains.

[Zabitan]

Originally Posted by MattEmily

okay Coolgin is Decimator in VR Troopers. I would approve of that. He has a cool design especially with his helmet.

I don't remember Valsky (Zelton) so I can't say anything about that one.

I would definitely approve of Top Gunder (Dark Heart) for obvious reasons.

Geldring (Toxoid) I don't remember but he has a cool Krang-like design so I would definitely approve of that.

Don't have much of an opinion on Crosslander/Renegade.

We're on the same page with Deathzero (Ivar) and Bio (Icebot) so that's cool.

I would approve of Hellvira (Red Python) as well for obvious reasons - an evil Trooper.

With regards to Renegade/Crosslander that was because in Metalder he was Top Gunder's replacement in Neros Empire after Top Gunder turned good, and in Metalder they were rivals.

I guess I always imagined that if there was more footage of it that they could have had Dark Heart be an ally of the Troopers after they rescued him, and restored his memories of being Tyler Steele.

And they would have this thing where every episode only used one monster from one Metal Hero show, and when JB, and Kaitlin fought a Spielban monster Ryan, and Dark Heart would fight Renegade, Minotaurbot, and Chrome Dome.

[MattEmily]

Originally Posted by Zabitan

With regards to Renegade/Crosslander that was because in Metalder he was Top Gunder's replacement in Neros Empire after Top Gunder turned good, and in Metalder they were rivals.

I guess I always imagined that if there was more footage of it that they could have had Dark Heart be an ally of the Troopers after they rescued him, and restored his memories of being Tyler Steele.

And they would have this thing where every episode only used one monster from one Metal Hero show, and when JB, and Kaitlin fought a Spielban monster Ryan, and Dark Heart would fight Renegade, Minotaurbot, and Chrome Dome.

they probably would have shot more footage if the suits were still in decent condition sadly they weren't. Grimlord was sadly redesigned in Season 2 because of it. Despera, Doom Master and the Vixens somehow still had similar looking costumes though but Saban probably made those.