Like the previous figure, Bandai's D-Arts series is releasing Pokemon figure- Venusaur. The figure will comes with different articulation points fro Venusaur to do different poses. The figure is set to release in August, and will be 3,800 yen- about $40.
Venusaur is the final evolve form of Bulbasaur, who's also my favorite Pokemon. It's good to see Bandai's releasing these figures, and it's currently unknown if there will be more figures releasing in the future.
MegaHouse is releasing a new figure for the Portrait of Pirates series! The flagship toy for One Piece is releasing Shanks again as part of the NEO-DX line.
This is actually an old news news already, and I just always forget to blog about it. To celebrate 45 years of Shonen Jump, Banpresto's World Collection Figure series (WCF for short) is releasing a line of figures called J-STARS, stands for Jump stars, to celebrate the event. The figures are famous characters from Shonen Jump series. Since I'm late on this news, there're already five waves announced for this series.
First Wave:
The first wave is releasing in May. It has Ryotsu from Kochikame, Goku from Dragon Ball, Ultimate Muscle, Arale of Dr. Slump, Saint Seiya, Naruto, Toriko and Gon from Hunter X Hunter.
Second Wave:
The second wave is coming in June. It has Midori Makibao, Reborn from Hitman, Kuroko, Ryuk of Death Note, Bossun of Sket Dance and Jotaro Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.
Third Wave:
The third wave coming in July. It has Kenshi from Rurouni Kenshi, Killua from Hunter X Hunter, Luffy of One Piece, Luckyman, Sai of Hikaru no go and Fuusuke of Ninku. There's are still two unknown characters.
Fourth Wave:
The fourth wave is coming in August. It has Gintoki from Gintama, Nura form Rise of the Yokai Clan, Saiki Kusuo from the new series Siaki Kusuo no Sainan, Switch of Sket Dance and few unknow characters.
Fifth Wave:
The fifth wave is coming in September. It has Ace from One Piece, Yusuke of Yu Yu Hakusho, Kakashi from Naruto, the dude from Sakigake!! Otokojuku, and Mashiro from Bakuman.
There's a rumor that the series is a promotion for an upcoming game with Shonen Jump character mash-up like DS game Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars from few years ago. Hopefully that's true cause that would be totally awesome! The figure I'm looking forward the most is Saiki Kusuo from the fourth wave because it's such a great upcoming new series. Let me which ones are you most looking forward to.
Bandai's D-Arts series is releasing Pokemon figure- Blastoise. D-Arts series comes with many articulation points, and this figure also comes with two aqua jets for special effects. This figure will be out in June, and it will cost around 3,800 yen- about 40$. It will be a great toy for Pokemon fans.
Update 2-22-2013: Disney has revealed the newest playset for the upcoming Disney Infinity- the Cars pack.
Character from the movie will be in the pack. Confirmed characters are Lighting McQueen, Mater, Holley Shiftwell, and Francesco Bernoulli. The pack also comes with the new map Radiator Springs where the characters can freely interact with each others. This will be the fourth pack announced after the Incredible, Monster University, and Pirates of Caribbean. The game will release in on June 18th. As of now, there isn't a pack that I really want yet, hopefully they will release a Nightmare Before Christmas pack and we shall see :)
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On January 15th, Disney announced the much anticipated Disney Infinity for XBOX 360, PS3, Wii, Wii U, 3DS, PC and mobile devices. The game is scheduled, most likely to release in June this year.
The game is going to be like Skylanders with figures that players can put on a base can Infinity Base and the players can gain instant access to the characters in the game. Disney already announced around 30 something characters to be included in the intestinal release, and more characters to come is not known yet.
Items collected and experiences gained in the game will be saved to the figures. That means players can take their figures around with them and have instant access to their data straight away. Also, there are going to be different methods for stat upgrades and special attack. Disney is going to release separate, circular tokens, the Power Disc, to place under the figures and the character will grant the power relate to the character on the Disc. For example, a Buzz Lighter disc will give the characters ability to fly- to infinity... and beyond! Each character can have two power-ups at one time.
Disney has also release the pricing details and sets for the game: The Starter Pack will include Jack Sparrow, Sulley and Mr. Incredible. It also comes with Pirates of the Caribbean, Monsters Inc and The Incredibles play set, which translate into levels in the game. It will also have an Infinity Base. The whole set will retail for $75
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Individual figures, which will be 20 something figures at launch, will retail for $12.99 each, and $29.99 for a set of three. Also, the Power Discs will come in a pack of $4.99
It is announced that for Bandai's Figuarts Zero series, they're releasing One Piece's main character Monkey D. Luffy's Battle Ver. with him recreating his signature move- Gum-Gum Fire Pistol- Red Hawk.
At the same month, Bandai is also releasing another figure- Hody Jones!
It's always good to see a new character got figure treatments. It makes sense that Luffy with his Red Hawk attack would be pair up with Hody. Luffy first revealed this attack when facing off Hody. Both this figures will be release in June. A great considerations for One Piece fans out there.
McFarlane Toys is releasing the 3rd wave of their Walking Dead figures based on the TV series. This wave is set to release sometime in March and it will have five figures includes Michonne's Pets.
The set has Michonne, Merle Dixon, The Autopsy Zombie that Rick and Daryl cut open during season two to check if it has eaten Sophia or not. The figure apparently also comes with a knife and removable shirt to reveal exposed stomach. The Pets comes with removable backpacks, neck chain leash, arms and jaws.
I don't know what else to say about this product but I want it! You can put them on your arms, you can use them as pillows, you can move the fingers, you can do the SUPER~! pose, and you can be FRANKY! What more can I say but I want it! Whoever knows where to get this product please contact me!
Kotobukiya is releasing Yu-Gi-Oh's Dark Magician Girl for their Cu-Poche series. They previously already released a Dark Magician Girl for the Ani-Statue line. In fact, I have one on my desk as well.
Anyway, the Cu-Poche series has Dark Magician Girl in a chibi appearance and it comes with spare parts that allow Dark Magician Girl to strike different poses, and it comes with the famous Magical Formula book. The figure is set to come out in July.
RE-MENT s releasing the newest blind-box for the Rilakkuma series. And yes, I'm a Rilakkuma fan. In my own defense my girlfriend is a fan first, but after buying her many Rilakkuma products, I slowly become a fan myself as well. I mean, look at it! The thing is just so cute.
Anyway, this series crosses-over with many delicious Hawaiian food and it's making me hungry just by
looking it. It comes with guacamole hamburger, spam musubi, macadamia nuts and many more. The set is coming out on February 25th.
A new blind box series for all the Doraemon fans out there! The idea of this series is that the nostalgic fans can see classic Doraemon gadgets right in front of them. The first wave comes with classic gadgets such as Air Cannon, Dokodemo Door, Take-Copter and Time Furoshiki. If this wave receives great feedback, RE-MENT (the company) will further release second waves. The series is set to release on March 4th.
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