There are so many amazing Dragon Ball toys currently being released in Japan. The releases are so frequent though, that it is often hard to keep track of them all. I know a lot of people here have expressed interest in the past for some kind of current toy release thread so I thought I'd go ahead and start one. This is not all encompassing but I will try to continuously add all newly planned releases I come across.
Bandai HG 23 Gashapon
Bandai's gone back to focus on the earlier sagas, following closely along with DragonBall Kai. We get some great figures not seen before in the HG line like Gohan and Krillin in armor and Nail. We even get a Vegeta in his late Namek armor. There are barely any figures of Vegeta in this armor. They're also continuing their gold variants with a teen SS Gohan.
Bandai HG EX Trading Figures
This series just came out and is a bit of an anomaly in terms of Bandai's HG series. Instead of being released in the gashapon machines these are sold as trading figures in boxes. All but 3 figures are merely rereleases but they each have new paint decos. The figures come 2 to a box except for the 3 large size ones. Broly and Cooler's two henchmen are special large size figure made to be in scale with the other HG gashapon. Bandai also continues their gold and bronze variants with SS Trunks, SS Gogeta, Gotenks and Trunks. The only odd thing is the absence of Goten here...
Bandai Real Works Series 8
Bandai's has also taken their Real Works line back to the earlier DBZ sagas and is giving us many great Saiyan Arc characters. We get a great Kaioken painted Goku which may or may not be a variant, Tullece, who almost never gets any figures, and even a kid Gohan and Saiabaman 2 pack. The good news is that many of these figures should be close enough to fit in scale wise with Irwin and Jakks releases as well.
Bandai Soul of Hyper Figuration 12
Again back to the Namek arc with a bunch of great figures. We have the entire Ginyu Force in different poses from their last release and the hilaroius Ginyu-Frog and Frog-Ginyu. We also get a great new Vegeta and Goku. You can actually see the senzu bean bag over on Goku's waistband. The only problem with these is that it looks like they come with different bases. They each have a rocky ground base as opposed to the black bases with the characters name on it as all other Soul releases have had. This might make them look weird on a shelf with the others and takes away from the uniform look.
Well there you have it. I'm sure there's a ton more stuff currently slated for release but for now I'll leave you with what I consider to be the "main" lines from Bandai. I'll continue to update this thread every time I come across something new, so stay tuned for more! In additon feel free to post any new releases you come across as well.
As always, feel free to ask me any questions you may have or drop by either the archive or forum on www.dragonballtoys.com.
-Mike
where can I get these? I want them all!!!!!
