I wanna ramble this time about certain figures that have caught my eye recently. First of all, Dragon Ball action figures that doesn't suck ass?! Impossible!

I remember when I started to watch Dragon Ball about 12 years ago. Back then I couldn't imagine how long the series was supposed to be, with Dragon Ball Z becoming one of my most favorite series ever. Still, during all those years I couldn't find any DECENT action figure of the series, which was kind of weird given how popular the show was.
Until now.
These S.H. Figuarts of Piccolo and Super Saiyan Goku look incredibly badass and extremely detailed. More importantly is their reasonable price (about 3,500 yen, seems fair to me). I always wanted a Goku figure and so far I'm sold for this one (although I think his RAGE face is a little bit too exaggerated). Scheduled to be released in January I still wanna wait to see a review before purchasing it but I bet it will be a great display item.

Hopefully Bandai will release more of these little gems. Personally I would gladly buy figures of Super Saiyan Vegeta, Super Saiyan Mirai Trunks and Gohan in his Super Saiyan 2 transformation (when he fought Cell).
Next, I bet that if you collect Myth Cloths you already know of this beauty: Armor Plus Rekka no Ryo from the Yoroiden Samurai Troopers series (also known as "Los Cinco Samurais" here in Mexico).
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HOLY SHIT!!!!!
MASSIVE NOSTALGIA BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!
While it shared some vague similarities to Saint Seiya, this series had its own charm and of course, the appeal were the armors the heroes invoked to fight. Goddamn, I gotta search for my old beta videotapes to watch this again lol. It appears Bandai decided to spawn the Armor Plus lineup from the Myth Cloth format, as this figure is almost identical to the later lineup (with diecast pieces, exchangeable hands and accessories). Guess I will end up buying these guys too, which fortunately, are only 6, compared to the 70 or more Myth Cloths I plan to collect...
Finally, if Bandai decided to create action figures of such an old series, my hopes of seeing them doing a similar thing to another memorable anime has just risen:
Of course, I'm talking about B't X. The Betas should be superfucking easy to do now, as they are practically the Objects of the Myth Cloths! They could easily made them of both plastic and diecast pieces and there would be a great variety of them. I would have written all over the face the phrase "Bandai, plz rip me off" for them to release at least the stellar Betas of the heroes: X, Neo X, Shadow X, Je T'aime, RaidÅ and Max. Come on Bandai, I know you wanna do it, be sure that a lot of people will gladly spend their money if they decide to start a B't X lineup.
Well, for the moment that is all I wanted to talk about. In the meantime, I should keep saving some money, as 2010 looks like it will be a expensive year...
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