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aliasangel2005's avatar
Say, I have a question... do you own any S.H. Figuarts figures before?

I never own Dragonball figures made by S.H. Figuarts before. Do you think it is worth $40-$50 (not including shipping cost) a figure? This seem rather more expensive then figma and revoltech products. Do you think these figures are such as good, or if not better for that kind of money?

Here are what I'm debating at the moment. Please give feed back, thank you!~ :)


Dragon Ball Kai: S.H. Figuarts Super Saiyan Vegeta Exclusive
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Dragon Ball Kai: S.H. Figuarts Super Saiyan Son Gok
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fifthStitch's avatar
My opinion wouldn't probably matter now since my reply is really late, but since I'm such an advocate of S.H.Figuarts, here's my two cents worth.

The thing with S.H.Fs is, you will surely get your money's worth in terms of durability, poseability and show accuracy. My figures are mostly the metal heroes kind, so I'm not sure if this carries over well to more organic figures. Looking at the pics though, it seems they do, and I'm very much pleased.

However, don't go looking at S.H.Fs if you want a lot of accessories and extras. Apart from some spare hands, S.H.Fs are usually weak when it comes to extra bits. You'd still get the essentials, but then that's it.

Now, about exclusives, Bandai is a complete troll when it comes to that. They'd release one figure in a must-complete-group, then release the rest of the members of the group as exclusives (as you can see with Vegeta).

Bottom line, even if they're a ton more expensive, especially if you have money to spare, go get the S.H.Fs over the Revoltechs. Better poseability, better durability and better show accuracy, plus they're much more charming on camera too!
aliasangel2005's avatar
I see... thank you for your informative input. I haven't pre-order yet and I'm still on the deciding phase. Currently I'm trying to obtain Star Wars Vintage Slave Leia and Tie Fighter Pilot. Oh and also the Blue-ray complete saga. So, I'm rather tap out at the moment. However, I hope things change on December if I have some money left. I will definitely want to pick up Vegeta. I just saw this new pre-order has been posted on BBTS.. check it out.
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If I get Vegeta, I will certainly get this as well. ^^ Like Father, Like Son. haha
fifthStitch's avatar
Wow, SHF trunks? Awesome! Do get if you have spare cash, haha.
aliasangel2005's avatar
Spare cash hmmm... I want a lot of things and I would require to have even more spare cash, but thanks for the tip lol
fifthStitch's avatar
For me, Ex items are luxury unless I really like em. This is why I'm staying away from Super Sentai SHFs, they usually release the leader as a normal release, then the rest are exclusives. They were merciful this time with gokaigers, releasing Red, Blue and Green as normals, but then, Pink and more importantly YELLOW :pissedoff:...

Oh well, hehe, no prob.
aliasangel2005's avatar
LoL I have no idea in the world of "sentai" (I had to look it up)~ haha I'm only heavy into Transformers and Star Wars Vintage at the moment. Who knows.. one day I might change to the world of Sentai LOL
fifthStitch's avatar
Hmm, I must warn you though, sentai isn't for everybody, or more accurately, most of the new sentai series are very... ahh... childish... XD
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