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Re: New Banpresto figures?

Post by SHINOBI-03 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 10:14 am

SonEric84 wrote:And totally awesome. I'm curious as to what the tournament set up means...will only the "winner's" figures be made or something? 'Cause that would suck.
That would be interesting. Although I'm not sure how do they decide the winner. Is it by voting?
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Re: New Banpresto figures?

Post by SonEric84 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 1:36 pm

SHINOBI-03 wrote:That would be interesting. Although I'm not sure how do they decide the winner. Is it by voting?

I suppose this is where knowledge of the Japanese language would come in handy. Where is that Herms fellow? :P
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Raithos » Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:15 pm

It does seem to be a design contest where fans can vote for which figure they'd like to see in a tournament styled setting. I'm sad that the coolest looking figure is losing. I want that SSJ3 Goku!

http://ameblo.jp/watana-blog
Watana Blog seems to have some info on it. Google translator translated the info there for me, its broken English but the gist I get from it is that people need to vote in each block for the figure they like- the way you do this is by selecting the box that is just above the scouter when you open a block. Click it, and then two flashing arrows will appear, one under each figure icon in the lower corners of the screen, select one and then click the left button to confirm you vote for this artist and their figure. I figured this out just by fiddling with the site, lol. The winners advance, I guess the winners will be the figures that are made.
This blog also has a lot of close ups of the figures on display at some sort of convention.
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Treklin » Sat Dec 18, 2010 6:37 pm

Amazing contest!!

I think that everybody want that unique SSJ3 Goku be the winner.

But I like also SSJ Goku, Vegeta and Piccolo.....

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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by StarRot » Sat Dec 18, 2010 7:37 pm

Oh, a contest? But ... I like all of them!
I think I want the Driving School Goku the most though.

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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by SonEric84 » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:18 pm

StarRot wrote:Oh, a contest? But ... I like all of them!
I think I want the Driving School Goku the most though.

Same here! Give us something we haven't seen before Banpresto!
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Scarz » Sat Dec 18, 2010 8:46 pm

*Looks for "Driving School Goko" prototype*
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*squeals like a little girl on a sugar high*


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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Daimo-Rukiri » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:08 pm

I really like that SSJ3 Goku, but Goku's driving outfit is something we haven't seen so I'd probably vote for that.

But these look awesome, wonder what happens with these molds?..they should sell them..TO ME! :lol:

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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Sat Dec 18, 2010 9:15 pm

These figurines look really awesome, I really wish this wasn't a contest. I want to own them all. :(
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Post by Raithos » Sat Dec 18, 2010 11:50 pm

This video also highlights it pretty well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5C5RT5x ... embedded#!
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Great Saiyaman I » Sun Dec 19, 2010 12:12 am

mysteriousdbzgt wrote:These figurines look really awesome, I really wish this wasn't a contest. I want to own them all. :(
I'm thinking that a few months after the winner is released they'll release the rest of the figures.
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Post by Raithos » Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:16 pm

Apparently you can keep voting multiple times! So keep voting for your favourite!
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Kiyza » Sun Dec 19, 2010 2:53 pm

Wow. Just... wow. These look so gorgeous. This is the kind of stuff I wish people would shove in my stocking come Chirstmas time. I think the Super Saiyan 3 Goku one's probably my favorite because of the attention to the ripped clothes. It just looks really nice.

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Post by mysteriousdbzgt » Sun Dec 19, 2010 6:06 pm

Has anyone actually voted yet? If you have, how do you do it? I want that Vegeta figurine made! :D

Also, I found some images of the figurines side by side:
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Raithos » Sun Dec 19, 2010 9:43 pm

Raithos wrote:This video also highlights it pretty well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5C5RT5x ... embedded#!
Contains instructions on how to vote. You can also vote every six hours.
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by StarRot » Mon Dec 20, 2010 9:03 am

Great Saiyaman I wrote:I'm thinking that a few months after the winner is released they'll release the rest of the figures.
Maybe.
Perhaps the winning figure will be released as some kind of special edition kind of thing?
I do hope the other figures get released, it seems like such a waste not to use sculpts this good.

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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Patient-mental » Mon Dec 20, 2010 10:02 am

The quality of the figurines are getting much better, the driving Goku one nails his personality in that single look. In fact, all of those are perfect representations of the made characters

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Post by Great Saiyaman I » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:31 pm

I can't discern any new info from the site, but I don't read Japanese yet. Has won yet?
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Raithos » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:38 pm

The contest ends on the 31st, so we'll see who wins then, but if they don't go to a second round then it looks like the (ugh) Piccolo will win :/.
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Re: Zoukei Tenkaichi Budoukai by Banpresto

Post by Great Saiyaman I » Thu Jan 13, 2011 10:46 pm

Piccolo?! But the other ones are so much better. :(
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