It may seem a bit early but an image of a prototype S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms has been discovered on 2chan! It will apparently be on display to the public at Tamashii Nations 2013 this November 1-3!
We’ll bring you more details as they become available about the future release of this figure!
Tamashii Nations[/URL] has just posted a preview of its offerings for February 2014, and among them is S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Agito Shining Form and a renewal version Ultra Act Ultraman Leo!
Look forward to more information about these mass release figures soon, but in the meantime check out the images after the jump!
The first S.H. Figuart from Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is out and it’s time to brave in! Kyoryu Red is the first of at least the 6 main Kyoryugers slated for release. So far he’s the only one that’s a mass retail release as well. Daigo includes his GabuRevolver, GaburiCalibur, 1 generic Zyudenchi, his Armed On arm and Gabutyra Fang, as well as 3 extra sets of hands. Perhaps the only downside of this figure is that it does not include a combined GaburiCannon nor can the Revolver & Calibur be combined to form it.
This figure also happens to be very compatible with Bandai’s previously released Deinochaser & Kyoryu Red “DX” set. The Chaser is in almost perfect scale with SHF Kyoryu Red making for some great display options, especially since there is no Figuarts equivalent of this bike currently.
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This figure has been long awaited by both Super Sentai & Power Rangers fans but the time is finally here. Today’s gallery is of S.H. Figuarts Kiba Ranger from Gosei Sentai Dairanger or for Power Rangers fans the original White Ranger!
Kiba Ranger is none other than the young boy Kou, grown to adult size after using his Aura Changer. His trusty partner and weapon the Byako Shinken (Saba) is included with holstered and extended blades. And though the choice of hands for this figure is limited this Japanese market Tamashii Web Exclusive release includes an alternate chest plate. This represents Kiba Ranger’s temporary stint as the cancelled “4th member” of the Akibarangers from Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season 2 and it’s alternate timeline where the Dairangers never existed!
Ironically the same young actor who played a young Burai/Dragon Ranger in Zyuranger also happened to play Kou in Dairanger. Thus sharing a rather odd connection to Tommy Oliver and his dual roles as both the Green and White Rangers in Power Rangers!
And how many of our fans remember our contest and were waiting for the chance to win the S.H. Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Green Ranger signed by Jason David Frank? Well, this seems like the right piece to do that with! So let’s do this! Three different ways to enter, each giving you an entry to win!
TO WIN THE AUTOGRAPHED JDF SH FIGUARTS MMPR GREEN RANGER:
Winner will be selected at random! Good luck!
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To help promote the up coming release of the S.H.Figuarts Kyoryugers, AmiAmi’s posted a couple photos of some unreleased figures including ones for Kyoryu Pink and Kyoryu Black. Make the jump and check them out if you’re still on the fence.
Thus far, we know that Kyoryu Green and Blue will be getting released in a two pack, and Gold will be getting a stand alone release it still isn’t clear how Black and Pink will be released.
Thanks to Tokunation Member Optics for finding these photos!
Internet personality Vangelus interviewed Bluefin Tamashii Nations regarding their business and how exactly SH Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers happened. He asked if we could ever see an armored Black Ranger, based on the Season 1 episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers where the Black Ranger took the Dragon Armor from the Green Ranger to battle the Oysterizer.
At around the 4:34 mark, Adam Newman and Xaiver Lim from Bluefin have what is can only be described as a scripted banter back and forth about “Hey, we should do that as a SDCC exclusive and package it with this!”.
Check out the interview below.
What do you think? Do you want an SH Figuarts Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Armored Black Ranger?
**It should be noted that the Armored Black Ranger and Shieldless Green Ranger these particular figures would be based on only appear in the Zyu2 footage created by Toei, for Saban, to increase the episode count of MMPR. Though Dragon/Green Ranger has appeared at other times without the shield he still included his arm bands. Technically speaking this would make these the first ever US exclusive rangers or variations on a standard costume to be made into SH Figuarts! A small step in the direction of Battlizers, Spirit Rangers, Titanium, and more!
We have boots on the ground at this year’s New York Comic Con, and our man in the trenches is none other than our administrator Sentai Tamashii! The folks at Tamashii Nations were kind enough to take some time out of their incredibly busy schedule at the show to answer some of our, and YOUR, questions about things!
We will have the entire interview up later (as it was recorded), but we thought we’d share a few tidbits that we were given regarding some of the answers we were given.
Regarding Items Currently in Development[/u]
Unfortunately, answers can’t be given to any questions for items that may be in development, so any questions like, “Will we get this?” are not able to be answered.
Regarding Items Released in Japan[/u]
Any item that was released in Japan is fair-game to be released in the United States. Any items that was released as an exclusive in Japan is fair-game to have a mass release in the United States.
Regarding S.H. Figuarts of Super Megaforce (aka Gokaiger)[/u]
They are looking at releasing those figures in 2014. When asked if they would come with the Darwin accessory, we were told that if it was packaged with the figure, it will probably get release. We mentioned our Red, Green, and Blue had their Darwin’s separately packed, and Bluefin then proposed this. If you want the Darwins released with Super Megaforce/Gokaiger S.H. Figuarts, let them know! If the demand is there, they’ll include them.
Regarding Items From Other Properties (Ultraman, Pacific Rim, Macross[/u]
The good news is that the litigation is over for Ultraman and figures can and will be released celebrating that series. There have been talks with the license division of Pacific Rim and Tamashii Nations is interested in doing some figures as it is right up their alley – however anything that could be released would not be until 2015 at the earliest, as 2014 has a heavy focus on Aliens and Predator. As for Macross? “Probably not in my lifetime.” Sorry Macross fans.
Regarding Expanding their Market in the US[/u]
They want to expand but not too quickly. They are very happy with their premium outlets such as BigBadToyStore.com and ImageAnime.com, and want to continue to give them their full support. However you will begin to see product showing up in Hastings stores, and in time, they’d like to continue to expand from that.
Regarding the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers S.H. Figuarts Combined Power Blaster[/u]
The Power Blaster is a combined feature. However, the parts to combine it will be included with the Black Ranger, Blue Ranger, and Yellow Ranger. The bow accessories for the blaster will NOT be with the Pink Ranger, as the product was too far along in development to try and go back and add it. So you will have bow parts included with the Blue Ranger and Yellow Ranger, where then all the parts will combine with the items in the Black Ranger release.
Regarding a Lord Zedd S.H. Figuart[/u]
The good news? They are developing a Lord Zedd S.H. Figuart! The bad news? They have no idea if he’ll be released. You should continue to express your demand for this item. They are also looking at moving in to the FiguartsZero brand for future villain releases. The biggest sticking point here is that the fans need to continue to speak up with what they want – they listen to fans, they try to give fans what they want – so voice up and let your demands be known!
Regarding S.H. Figuarts of Other Power Rangers Series[/u]
All the polling they’ve done seems to indicate that there is no clear favorite other than Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. So they want the fans to come on their Facebook and to speak up on Twitter about what series YOU want them to start working on, because they’re willing and ready to move away from the Mighty Morphin and start working on other series.
Special thanks to Adam as well as one of his associates with Tamashii Nations for his time and we hope for an incredibly successful show for the folks at Tamashii Nations! We will have a video of this interview after the convention.
Today Bandai have updated the Tamashii Nations website with a special page dedicated to the forthcoming renewal S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Black and Battle Hopper. The page features several images of the new figures, alongside the soon-to-be-rereleased Shadow Moon figure.
However this isn’t the best part of the page!
At the very bottom it tells fans to stay tuned for future developments of the Kamen Rider Black RX series (which was also adapted in the US as the Masked Rider series), with a teaser image of a brand new figure!
Here’s our look at upcoming Power Rangers S.H. Figuarts from Bluefin Tamashii Nations at NYCC 2013. Enjoy some first images of the upcoming Power Rangers Ninja Storm team!
On display are:
– MMPR Red, Blue, Yellow, Black, Pink, Green, White, & Armored Red. As well as the combined Power Blaster!
– Ninja Storm Red, Yellow, Blue, Navy, and Crimson
– Operation Overdrive Blue & Black
The photo gallery for S.H.Figuarts Black Ranger previewed a complete Power Blaster/Howling Cannon accessory for the up coming MMPR/Zyuranger S.H.Figuarts.
While it’s still unclear how Bandai will be releasing this accessory Bluefin did give us a quick preview of this little accessory and it will be on display at NYCC this weekend.
The 2nd image seems to indicate that the individual accessories will be able to combine in some way.
Thanks to Tokunation Member xSkullheartx for giving us the heads up!