Honestly I'm a really big fan of that Marin cosplay figure by Alter. I think the combo of the succubus outfit with her regular blonde hairstyle is super-cute and distinct. Might have to get that one!
I'm not against Koto exclusives in theory because some of those alt face plates are banger but that they're charging, on average, an additional 5k or more than the non-exclusive ver. is bonkers.
My issue is that it's still a hassle to order the exclusives if you live outside of Japan. For a company as big as Kotobukiya I feel like they should have taken some steps to make their figure bonuses easier to grab
Haha yeah, Megahouse doesn't have a true scale for most of their One Piece stuff but the normal-sized characters are closer to 1/8th. Still glad people who missed out have another chance at him! 😁
Oops. I see my poor attempt at humor had failed utterly. xD It is all good! A new video from one of my favourite figure RU-vidrs is always a treat, no matter when it comes out! I am super grateful! :3
As a Hugeeeeeeee bleach fan you did not upset me, the byakuya figure did though. I appreciated your honesty about it I would hate for a fan of the show to waste their money on it .
Megahouse's Bleach figures aren't bad usually but it does feel like they don't care AS much compared to their One Piece or even their Naruto line. Gotta be frustrating when no one else touches the license
@@ZuccoFigures yeah it really is. I’m definitely a little picky when it comes to the figures I buy, and as you mentioned I also do not have infinite money lol. So it’s not like I can just buy them all, and see how I feel in person then resell em. For such a huge franchise the quantity of really high quality figures is super low. There are like 3 bleach figures that I think are even worth buying for the quality.
Despite the number of figures from some of my favourite series being available for pre-order this month, nothing really caught my attention other than the Mio (Xenoblade) scale and the Iroha (Hololive) scale. My wallet-kun is happy and thankful that I am not into any popular gacha games. I wholeheartedly agree with your assessment on Lady Avalon scale. On first glance, I honestly thought she was only partially painted. Some sort of shading or even translucent material would have helped it look less flat. Maybe these pictures are not doing it justice? Asuna (SAO) from Ensoutoys look super strange to me as well. Even Kirito looks sort of wrong. To me, the only upside to these figures is that they are wearing their outfits from the second SAO Progressive movie. As always, thank you for the monthly roundup! :)
I restrict myself pretty hard these days but I got a few temptations this month that I might end up goin for. Those dang horses get me and I dont know why
17:02 It's cool that they got the Koha-Ace/GudaGuda illustrator to do a manga page for the Oda Nobunaga figure. And of course Rider has to have a cameo in it, lol.
I want the Byakuya, and whilst I don't find the face to be that off compared to what others think, senbonzakura is something else. We don't really have Byakuya scales, so what I'm really hoping for is it to bin because only then could I justify the purchase to myself.
Yeah I getcha. Bleach scales are a rarity so it's slim pickings for a Byakuya scale. Could bin but I haven't paid attention to other Bleach figures on the market to figure out if they trend up or down
I am honestly waiting for a Vasto Lorde Ichigo or his Mugetsu form but since it was before TYBW chances are improbable. They f up with the Figuarts of Ichigo and Renji imo
Another banger of a video! Only thing I'm actually interested in is the Gurren Lagann statue. The Vertex Mama Tiana elf is such a slap in the face to collectors who have been supporting the product line. I'm sure I don't need to tell you about the engineered FOMO surrounding it. Then you got FREEing Shalltear... Another clear cut example of scummy business practices. No ones going to say this white version looks better than the inevitable purple variation that comes out in a year. So why make it? Money. Duh. White on white will never NOT be boring. She may as well be a bareleg edition with how unnoticeable those fishnets are. /end rant Great video! Did I mention that already? 😅
@@ZuccoFigures Basically the figure is going to be manufactured in a set quantity as opposed to the usual made to order. Naturally people do what people do and they start thinking, "Well hell, if I don't get it now then I can't imagine the aftermarket!" It really just boils down to Vertex feeding into consumers insecurities. I don't play the FOMO games, so it's an easy pass for me despite having 4 of the elves. P.S. not sure if you noticed how big that Prime 1 Gurren Lagann is. Over 3 feet tall. Quite the investment, and certainly going to mull it over for awhile.
That you for making this long videos, I really enjoy all of them 🤩 for this month I'm mostly excited for Shiki, Ushio Kofune and maaan I really love that mama elf figure but that price is out of this world 😵😵💫
idk if it's an unpopular opinion but I actually quite like translucent strands on hair sculpts, it probably is to make lighting more eyecatching in photography compared to solids but i could be wrong. Either way I personally think they make gradation look more varied than compared to painted on solids, especially if it's with white hair or characters meant to have a deity-like air to them
There's no real right or wrong here. I'm a little loud about my dislike of translucent hair but your perspective on it is pretty interesting and something for me to consider more
First thing i did is preorder toki not doing the mistake of not p/oing blue archive figures i want. Also really good price for a max factory figure since they tend to be more on the expensive side 😄 Was thinking bout the scarlet nikke figure since its goodsmile quality/price especially for the price, but i feel like nikke figures arent/wont be THAT popular to push the aftermarket but we'll see!
Commenting just to help the algorithm, but I got very happy seeing this month preorder :D I hope one day we get a Wandjina figure (FGO character, I love her so much)
Wasn’t able to watch this until now due to work, but I love your videos!! I will say, I’m kinda disappointed with the Marin figure. Idk why but I just think her facial expression with her red hair looks sort of uncanny? I love how she looks with her blonde hair but I wish they maybe included the head pieces/horns(?) with that option :/
These videos are super long so it's cool. I hate dropping them on a weekday but I also just like to put these out asap. Honestly yeah I get what you're saying about Marin, though I dont have as much of an issue. Spiritale's got the better expression tho
That Toki is probably my favorite figure thats been shown off this year(unless my wife Himari Azuma gets some figures this year🙏). Couldn't preorder fast enough. Need Alter to show off her maid version and for Max Factory to stop dragging their feet and show off that Aru and the bunny Karin both of which were revealed before Toki
Zucco: " I really like anime girls with giant axes" 38:34 Me: *Doing mental math to figure out if GATE came out when he was 15* PS. No it did not, which has led me to conclude that he would like it better if she was wielding a giant scythe.
@@ZuccoFigures GATE is very much a 'does what it says on the tin' anime. It's great, but you're not missing out on anything particularly groundbreaking or special. I think Rory's design deserves a lot of credit for the series's popularity. The only character design I can think of off the top of my head that did more for it's show is Hestia from danmachi. Also soul eater came out before I got into anime and I've only seen a few episodes so I'm just guessing that Maka is a "formative memory" kind of character.
That Utena Popup Parade is great, perhaps even better than the expensive BD bundle figure. Although the bundle figure has the bonus of being cast off and I doubt Popup parade would feature that.
I'm really tempted to preorder the Alter Marin, I really wanted to wait and see Spiritale's painted but I'm worried about the final product. I just really liked the pose Spiritale picked 😅
Yeah Alter you are guaranteed a good figure but Spirtale has the better composition imo. At the very least I don't think Alter's Marin will be hard to find if you wait a bit. She's very popular tho so I'm not willing to say she will bin or anything but Alter figure's usually aren't hard to find on release
For Sanosuke's figure the sword isn't really important because it breaks shortly after his introduction and hes known as a brawler/martial artist after for the rest of the series. I would have rather had an uppercut pose though.
Thank you for your work! I was looking forward to Shalltear but I'm gonna hold off and hope she will get a re-color. I did camp out and snagged Hoshina with the bonus face from Nin-Nin, it sold out quickly. Otherwise that Aqua sold me, although I agree an alternative face would have been nice. I do really like Kenshin's figure and I like his character but I wouldn't say the series is a favorite by any means, will wait and see after release.
14:22 it’s a sword iirc! I think it’s called Marmyadose. 16:07 they really knocked it out of the park with her woah 31:46 Toki and the miyako figure are the ones that convinced me to cancel TOTK Link DX. Seeing their prices and detail made me rethink things. I’m going to wait and see what other Toki figures come out before committing to a Bunny Toki PO but she is HIGH on the “Want to PO List” 36:55 that’s asuna?! Damn I would have never guessed. 43:11 I was going to PO this one the moment it came out but that price knocked me out of the park. It doesn’t help I really want that bonus lmao it’s SO good. The paintwork is about more detailed for sure but when their previous Shiki figure wasn’t nearly as expensive (I’ve seen it for $90 USD, and it’s still in stock in a lot of places) and for me it makes it a lot harder to swallow that price. I’m optimistically hoping she bins bc I’ll gladly get two shiki scales. 47:18 ryuji fans rise up! Thank you for rounding up all the monthly preorders! I hope this month treats you well!
Maaaan this Toki figure is going to be that diverging path if I’m going to be a figure junkie. In this last month or so I’ve purchased about 7 figures with 2 more on preorder but I thought I could walk away and be done, but then I saw the toki figure pop up and I’m having a crisis. I definitely don’t have the space for everything, and it’s also a year out so wtf… but she looks soooooo damn good man uggghhgg
Sadly alot of figures take very long to release these days so I'm not even phased anymore. Most of the figures in that section of the video are coming out a year later lol. But Yeah Toki looks amazing and is a hard one to resist
The two highlights from are the Mio and the Futaba. The Mio MFC page got really crazy, I'm not sure if you've seen it. People were saying how this figure was ruined and how she looks terrible because the pose was out of character and all that. Or how people were complaining about her stomach showing. I don't know, it looks fine to me? Just seemed like people were looking for something to get mad about. If you want to see an out of character pose look at the Makoto Nijima fig by Amakuni with her butt and ass all out, that's uncharacteristic. Yeah that killed that figure for me. As for Futaba, I don't know. It looks fine enough, but I wasn't all that impressed with the Kasumi figure that I bought from Megahouse in terms of the quality? The base on mine is kind of wobbly? I'm not sure which Futaba figure to get considering there's not that many options.
I remember seeing some of the Mio complaints awhile ago. I might have touched on that in my other video but at this point I don't really care lol. I got what I wanted in the end even if its different from what I expected. There was a time I wanted a Makoto figure but I agree Amakuni kinda killed her character in favor of fanservice. Megahouse can definitely be hit or miss but my sample size is kinda small so I didn't comment on that. You really only eat well if you're a One Piece fan though lol. Everything else is more up in the air
@@ZuccoFigures Yeah, and it sucks because like that probably would be Makoto's best figure overall if they all did was just change the pose. You get a whole ass bike, with Johanna and its cool since how many other Persona figures, include the Persona itself in the sculpt? But they killed it having making her do, her best Bayonetta impression. Really odd since none of the other Amakuni figures are like that. I did buy the Robin miss all sunday figure by Megahouse and their Doflamingo figure is also really good.
preordered scarlet and eterna civilight. i canceled mudrock (hurt but i want a better quality figure) hopefully i dont regret that. Zucco, Civilight Eterna is the king of fiends, which is that she was the leader of her people before being murdered in a coup by her brother iirc. it was the main character who ended up killing her though due to other reasons not revealed fully but prolly in CN it is cause they are a year ahead. The arms dealy is probably her magic powers from being infected by essentially the originum which is rocks that are literally infecting her boy and growing larger inside of her like a black crystal which will ultimately kill anyone infected in a extremely painful fashion.
damn, that magia looks good. this figurine is on the same level with expensive aquarium fish. i sold my arowana few years ago, and it still small. cant compare with these figurine prices!
Im thinking of getting that Albedo bunny. I think I prefer the white though. I don't know if I should wait and see if they rerelease her in white or even better...pink! I wish they did a cheaper version that isn't cast off. I did preorder the Homura bunny with tanlines. Her outfit is a bit revealing for me but her face is just so cute. I think I will get the Aqua Alice in wonderland themed figure. Its so adorable. I agree a panicked face plate would be even better! Wow I actually love that league of legends figure. Its not the type of figure I usually like, the face is more realistic, not anime. But I love those wings. I collect fashion dolls and she looks kind of like a Barbie doll. I don't think Ill buy her though. I will have to buy some wings for my dolls. I could even put some on anime figures. Recently I saw someone put doll clothes on their anime figure.
I completely agree about Lady Avalon, it's too much white and nothing pops out. When you said "I don't know if there was any winning with this concept", I though exactly the same about adding Nia to the Lagann one. Had they had done that, people would have complained all day long that it wouldn't have been lore accurate. Also the price is probably enough as it is. :D Also Komeshiro Kasu being a "horny figure". I see what you did there. ;)
i Cant believe i found the Toradora - Taiga Aisaka Figure (White Kimono Ver.) as a pre order! i thought i was too late to the party! Was also less then $260 with free shipping also! Im soo excited but the wait is going to hurt my soul.... Will be my first Taiga figure and i need her in my collection cause this series is one of my absolute faves that i can always re-watch.
I'm probably gonna make a Taiga video where I talk about all my figures of her I own. Not sure if it'll be before or after the Kimono one though. Congrats on the preorder though. Really hoping she turns out great
41:59 I wonder when Zucco is going to learn that Sanosuke only has that big sword for the first chapters when he’s introduced and gets rid of it almost immediately. And that the reason his figures don’t include the sword is because he fights with his fists for 99% of his time in the story
I really wanna get the Yunyun, but that's gonna be a "wait-for-release" type of deal. I also know that when I can display everything, I'm going to go nuts buying these YuGiOh figures since they all look so cool and I'll pay whatever it's worth in the future. Also, I really really really want the... Arknights, figure. Idk why they have this weird name. Character's name is Theresa and her story is so so so good, but I get why it's so expensive. They're milking us now with these which is why I'm turning to Chinese shippers for it as they're cheaper... I think. Idk I'm buying other Arknights figs from Superbuy but they have a conversion rate which adds 3%.
Still waiting for that new Angel Beats swimsuit figure, she hasn’t even gone past her art drawing phase yet, I fear they might never release her figure, for the mere fact that she’s been in that drawing phase for a good while now. Quite honestly, I’m waiting for the day that Kotobukiya introduces the Resident Evil girls to the Bishoujo line, and yeah, I’ve been waiting for a Yu-Yu Botan figure also, along with some Tenchi Muyo girls, but with my luck, they’ll make them, but they’ll make them on a scale that I never buy, like 1/4 or bigger 😩
i'm really hoping that we'll get a ryuji scale from lucrea. it's a crime that he doesn't have one yet, given that every other phantom thief does. i grabbed yusuke from them last year and he's amazing. pre-ordered futaba already as well.
Haha, those Uma Musume figures are getting dangerously tempting (that Rice Shower from Alter, wow)... Thank god they never licensed the game for NA, cause I already got Blue Archive and Azur Lane kicking Wallet-kun into the dirt. XD
I've got my eye on Rice Shower too. Something's telling me to just wait it out and see if she dips in price even though she's really not that expensive, but If I buy Rice Shower I think I'm gonna end up getting Narita Brian too. That's the start of the slippery slope for me
@@ZuccoFigures Exactly! The moment I buy one, the OCD collector in me is gonna want them all (or at least the good ones)... this hobby is gonna be the death of me...
The dance lesson figures should be in dance poses. Not just standing there imo. Ive got a video idea. I have seen lots of draft entries on My figure collection I love and Id be interested to see if there drafts you are looking forward to release. Are there some that seem to be cancelled because there haven't been any updates for months or years? Also since you have been collecting for a long time what are some figures that were really trendy/popular over the years?
I'm getting that Scarlet for sure. I think I will wait for the spirittale Liz Marin. Of the cosplays, Liz is probably my least favorite(my favorite being Black Lobelia). So while I do kind of plan to get one of every form she got, if it doesn't end up happening, I can live with it. I am considering the FREEing Narbel. To be honest, I only want it if it's castoff, but it seems to be only a likelihood and not a guarantee so it's a bit iffy. I have the Alter Narbel, which is much better otherwise, so I don't want another of her unless there is something special on offer, if you know what I mean.
It's weird that they don't show the cast off option if it's there, but I feel like it's very likely. Good Smile doesn't seem to allow +18 figures on their shop anymore which is why I had to use FREEing's website just to talk about em
I'm not sure where you live but in the US her price is really good and getting cheap shipping at the Good Smile store would be pretty tempting to just go for her now. So hard to say for sure though cause these Fate figures to tend to drop a little bit
@@ZuccoFigures Thanks for replying and I do live in the US! Would you happen to have an estimate on how much the price could drop based on other fgo figures in the past? It's ok if not tho I appreciate the first response!
I think those Kaiju No.8 Pop Up Parades are some of the worst Pop Up Parades I've seen especially the one of the Vice Commander (can't recall his name) and I totally agree with you about the Blue Archive Bunny. I am not a bunny collector and not usually very interested in them other than the Danganronpa ones that I think are dope, but despite not knowing that character I'm very drawn to that one. The color palette, expression, everything are very pretty. I'm giving my seal of approval on you picking that one up.
Why can’t we get more Nia stuff! I’m so sick of her feeling left out of everything. I’ve tried looking up merch for her and it’s so lacking compared to others. Why does such a pivotal character get so little?
Frankly I think Gurren Lagann should have way more to choose from in general but yeah Nia has it especially bad despite being a cute girl so it makes absolutely no sense in this industry
I was really excited for the Taihou figure but its just too pricey for me to justify preordering. I'll wait and see if this figure goes on sale at some point.
That kimono Miku is very tempting, but Miku figures in traditional clothing seem to go down in price so I'll wait. I'm considering the nendo version right now to go with the other museum one they did. The Shiki looks great, but I already have two of her in that outfit, and I feel the eyes are too far apart for some reason. If I did I would not get the glowing eyes, I think they freak me out. The Koishi is apparently done by an artist I like, so possibly tempting. Though I'm confused why they didn't make Sanae, since they like doing artwork of her. But I think I'm good with the Reimu I finally preordered. I want the Iroha because it's a Japanese outfit and is cute, but not a preorder for me.
@@ZuccoFigures Probably because it's very traditional looking. Which, with my ever growing kimono collection, is something I go for. I also showed it to my mother, and she loved it, so now I will really check the aftermarket after release. I did end up getting the nendo version, along with the Harvest Moon (which apparently has a rerelease, but it apparently is more expensive and the yen may recover for all I know). I plan to make a special display for the nendo and the Korin one I have.
I should not have seen the Shiki bonus head part... how can I get that figure when I am outside of Japan and not willing paying the 200% higher price from a shop outside of Japan? And I was already convinced I don't need to order her from AmiAmi... but now I want her from Kotobukiya 🤦♀
My guess(could be wrong) in terms of getting Shiki with the bonus for the best price would probably be to use a proxy service to have them order it for you. A small service fee and maybe shipping within japan doesn't sound too bad, but man I don't know why they gotta make it so tricky for us to order
At some point earlier in the month, Kotobukiya re-released X and Zero and they lasted a few hours in amiami and then they were gone. I had both in my cart and when I was about to pay, Zero got sold-out... Hope they re-release again, but pretty silly that they had such a low stock
You talking about the model kits they make? I've always wanted to get into those but they make so many that its a huge rabbit hole for me lol. Ive had many moments in my life of collecting alot of megaman merch so I know the same would happen here if I start
@@ZuccoFigures Yeah, haha. I have to constantly remind myself that I have to focus just on Blue Archive because it's the one thing I can't miss, but sometimes I see cool stuff from different franchises I love and I like to at least have something to represent them in my collection. Played all the Mega Man X games a few years ago and it was an AWESOME experience as a whole. X and Zero are too cool man... Can't wait to get into ZX, Battle Network, etc whenever I have the time. Already had a classic Mega Man fase, but will probably come back to it eventually since I didn't play all of them.
I wish. They don't really share that information. Cost of materials + licensing + all the staff involved in making these figures gotta add up to something, but I sure do miss the days when these figures were more affordable
Zucco cooking again with a 1.5hr vid. That Roxy is too pricy imo, the colours do look weird in the promo shots too. I suppose if you really wanted to 'marry' your waifu you could. Though there are likely better offerings of Roxy out there with her standardized outfit that probably fits better. Kotobukiya Bonuses don't really feel that premium tbh, usually just a face plate change and they charge way too much for it and also restrict you to certain shops. The only time I actually went for a DX version is for my Crow Armbrust figure, 2 faceplates one for him and one for his playmate, hand changes and his pistols.
Yeah better Roxy figures exist but tbh I'm not sure which one I'd consider the best. As for Kotobukiya, I think it's better that the bonuses aren't anything insane most of the time. If they were super desirable then it would just make people even more mad that they have to take extra steps to order them and would probably hurt retail sales too
Tbh now that detolfs are discontinued I'm leaning more towards bookshelves for my figures in the future. Perhaps ones you can add window doors to but I don't have any of those yet
All the Furyu bashing I see always surprises me, because it's genuinely my favorite company to get figures from...Maybe this is because I'm a broke bitch and get their prize figures mostly, but all their prize figures are so pretty. They're so detailed and big for prize figures too, way bigger than taito and better looking to me than sega, and they make a fair amount of dudes too. I especially love their noodle stopper figures because it's so easy to display them somewhere....But again, that's probably because a bitch is broke...I don't have any of their scales, so idk how those are. Their prize figures at least I think have really good accurate faces, great sculpting and clean paint jobs.
I'm not one to bash prize figures unless they are REALLY bad but yeah furyu's pretty good when it comes to prizes. I think the issue is they had pretty terrible prices when they started to produce premium scales and that stuck with people for a long time. I'd like to make a video where I buy a bunch of different prize figures from various companies but early next year I should have a better idea of their scale quality since I ordered one and so did my girlfriend.
@@ZuccoFigures If you are by chance looking for prize figure recommendations to make that prize figure video, there is a Bicute Bunny Power figure that looks really good from what I've seen
"Kenshin Figures are coming out for whatever reason." I guess he doesn't know about the reboot of the series. This is why Kenshin merchandise are coming out Zucco, there's a reboot that's currently airing.
I couldn’t finish the first game but I think Green heart would look better if two of her wings where pointing upwards. So it’s an X. Bc she represents Xbox lmao
@zizouw9 I don't know if I can say the full story without being censored by RU-vid but long story short the author of Kenshin is a massive p*do. He has been caught with a huge collection of CP by the authorities.
For sure a jam packed month of pre-ordering. We'll see if I regret them later. Murasaki was mandatory for me, because she's my favorite Senran Kagura girl and it's her first and currently only figure. I shouldn't have caved to Tiana's insane price, but I could help meself. Every time I opened Amiami, she was there baiting me. I haven't caved on Veronica, but I do agree the redsuit is really nice.