Ever since I started getting Figuarts some of my friends have been drooling over my Cell (giggity) so this will make them very happy.
Hmm.. I'm not a fan of Cells' colors. They are just as wrong as the original colors, but in a different way..
I think they look better on the original release, the green and pink on this one are just too vibrant
Sweet. I'm in for both. I'm way late for the line, this lets me get in on a lot of the figures I missed.
HLJ has a couple of S.H. Figuarts Star Wars figures back in stock, to include Darth Maul, Captain Phasma, Battle Droid, Clone Trooper, First Order Stormtrooper, and young Obi-Wan (Ep 1). Must be a warehouse find or they were able to get additional stock somehow.
Hmmm...Anyone have an extra FO Stormtrooper Blaster or one they don't want? I'm annoyed the other versions don't come with the basic blaster, I missed out when the regular version first came out and now don't want to pay ~$50 just to get one.
Probably bought out some leftover stock from somewhere else. If you go on eBay it's not like any of these are difficult to get from Japanese sellers for decent prices with the exception of Darth Maul. As was stated on here recently: you can either pay close to $100 for a Battle Droid or Clone Trooper from BBTS or you could be smart and get one from a Japanese eBay seller for half that. These Star Wars figures really aren't all that rare or hard to get hold of. Hell, Mace is still easily attainable for around $50 shipped from Japan and everyone was saying how hard he as going to be to get if you didn't preorder him.
It seems like a lot of these figures don't sell all that well in Japan, but sell extremely well outside of Japan. I second the notion that HLJ probably bought up other stores' stock because they knew they could easily flip them to the US.
It'll be interesting to see if/how retailers order Cell because of the stunt Bandai pulled with Vegeta. I know I'll be hard-pressed to consider any recolors or reissues because of that.
Eh, I still plan on buying many of the recolors and I'm sure others do as well. Honestly, I'm not even pissed about Vegeta and plan on buying the new one too even though I bought the Premium Color release.
True. I've seen plenty of stock of SHF SW figures at the big box department stores here in Tokyo (the usual suspects like Bic Camera, Yodabashi Akiba, etc.). The shelves are just clogged with like a dozen Mace Windu's, at least. Disney is trying hard to push SW merch in Japan but I'm not so sure how successful that's going just by anecdotal evidence alone. The more popular characters (like Darth Maul) and/or troopbuilders tend to be on the rarer side though. Just wanted to give folks a heads up in case anyone wanted to nab some off HLJ.
I'm so tempted to pick up an SHF First Order Stormtrooper but I don't know if I like Star Wars enough to get it. Haha.
Yeah, if you don't have any version of it, I'd highly recommend you grab one. Only reason I'm not is because I missed the original preorder and since got the Riot version and still have the heavy gunner version preordered. Just still pissed neither version I bought has a basic blaster. The BS version is exactly BS in comparison.
Im a DBZ Figuart collector myself and the problem I see is most will want just certain figs as many are across the board of when they got into collecting them. You have it seems all the figs anyone would want, but also $2400 can be a little steep to pay up front as your collection caters more to a collector who has almost no figs. There is a chance of a guy who wants to get up to speed with DBZ in an instant, but my guess is more would be willing to buy individually. Also I think you could make more money selling individually instead of trying to make a "group buy" discount. Although don't get me wrong, I think $2400 is a good price if the right person comes along...Nice collection BTW! Coot
