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by Gyt Kaliba » Wed Nov 04, 2015 7:07 pm
I'm...conflicted. While that style looks pretty awesome in a way, it also looks kinda...maybe just a tad fugly. I'unno...I'm not 100% sold on the look of those things.
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by Retan » Wed Nov 04, 2015 8:19 pm
While I won't be able to collect these, (To busy trying to collect all the S.H Figuarts) I find them all quite dashing!!
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by irreality » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:42 pm
Gyt Kaliba wrote:I'm...conflicted. While that style looks pretty awesome in a way, it also looks kinda...maybe just a tad fugly. I'unno...I'm not 100% sold on the look of those things.
Yeah, there are lots ot things that are… not quite right. Like the eyes on Goku are really large in a non-Goku way, and pretty much everything is wrong about Vegeta -- like, why is his drapey shirt so stretched and molded to him? Is he hulking out?
The style looks cool, it is just not executed with an "on model" attention to detail.
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by TheDevilsCorpse » Wed Nov 04, 2015 9:53 pm
irreality wrote:Yeah, there are lots ot things that are… not quite right. Like the eyes on Goku are really large in a non-Goku way, and pretty much everything is wrong about Vegeta -- like, why is his drapey shirt so stretched and molded to him? Is he hulking out?
Not really. The figure exaggerates how tight it should be a bit, but he doesn't wear a baggy shirt in the manga like he does in the anime during the Buu Arc. It's actually like a one piece jumpsuit that has a little slack at the shoulders and neck.
The shading on this line makes it look a lot worse than its usually depicted.

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by Bacon Skittles » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:33 pm
Looks dumb.
Dragon Ball figures rarely ever look awesome.
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by SSGSS Goku » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:41 pm
I honestly think the SSJ Goku and SSJ2 Gohan look awesome, but there's something about base form Goku and SSJ Vegeta that looks off to me, but I can't put my finger on it
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by DarkPrince_92 » Wed Nov 04, 2015 11:57 pm
Not even a figure guy, but these look awesome. Wish they had anime colors tho.
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by Metalwario64 » Thu Nov 05, 2015 12:59 am
It reminds me of NECA's NES repaint figures.
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by Gonstead » Thu Nov 05, 2015 1:52 am
TheDevilsCorpse wrote:irreality wrote:Yeah, there are lots ot things that are… not quite right. Like the eyes on Goku are really large in a non-Goku way, and pretty much everything is wrong about Vegeta -- like, why is his drapey shirt so stretched and molded to him? Is he hulking out?
Not really. The figure exaggerates how tight it should be a bit, but he doesn't wear a baggy shirt in the manga like he does in the anime during the Buu Arc. It's actually like a one piece jumpsuit that has a little slack at the shoulders and neck.
The shading on this line makes it look a lot worse than its usually depicted.
Possibly a little TOO tight and defined. No wonder Bulma fell for him.
To speak of the actual figures being discussed though, the shading reminds me of the Raging Blast / Ultimate Tenkaichi art style. I personally think they look pretty good as a nice change of pace.
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