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by mister yummy » Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:26 am
I'm hoping for Playmates. They did great stuff with both TMNT releases, adn their Star Trek figures are among the best action figures from any franchise I've seen. They do great, relevant accessories, good modelling, and good points of articulation.
Which brings me to why I hate what Jakks did. Irwin too. All the DBZ Figures I've ever seen had hardly any points of articulation, which makes it hard to have a decent martial arts fight with them. Jakks also does this to their wrestling figures. It's hard to replicate complex holds when your figures only rotate at the shoulders , the hips, and spin at the neck. A few of the Jakks wrestling figures will have hinge elbows too, but none have socket shoulders or hips, which would make it much easier to do moves like the Sharpshooter with them. Not that Hasbro or LJN were any better. The LJN figures were solid rubber! and the Hasbro figures had one special action, and weren't good for anything else.
But, I'm getting off topic here. Back to DBZ Figures. Playmates would be great! Thy could be done like the more recent TMNT figures, with socket shoulders and hips, bending elbows, and rotating wrists and neck. They should also add bending knees. Or, they could be done like the Star Trek figures.
If Playmates doesn't get it, then I hope someone else decent does.
I'd like to see DBZ figures with real cloth clothes that can be changed, so we don't need 37 varieties of Goku. You could just buy one Goku figure, and a set of clothes for him. Mego did this with their Star Trek figures back in the 70's, and those are some of the best action figures ever.
Probably the best figures, when it comes to articulation, were the He Man figures of the 80's. With rubber band hips, a spinning waist, hinge knees, rotating head, and ball & socket shoulders, all that's missing is a rotating wrist and bending elbows. I'd love to see DBZ figures done like this with changeable clothes, and relevant accessories. Bulma could have a Dragon Radar, Chibi-Goku could get the Power Pole, Vegita a scouter, the possibilities are...well...rather limited. But it's better than Chibi Trunks with a Bazooka, or SSJ Goku with a hover sled. The only problem with the He-Man figures was how hard it is to pose them. They don't like to stand up by themselves.
Finally, I wouldn't mind seeing DBZ figures done like GI Joe and The CORPS figures. These guys have great articulation, and make better wrestling figures than any wrestling figures I've ever had. They are great with martial arts fights too. They are a bit fragile, though. Most of my CORPS figures have very loose joints, and some are missing arms and legs at the knees and elbows. The plastic used in them is too brittle, I think, and doesn't like to bend.
Here's to hoping some toy company that has amazed people in the past with figures, picks up the license.
