Zucco's Top 5 Anime Figures of 2023! 

Yeah don't worry about criticizing figures, I'd prefer hearing the negatives over constant praising, it helps me make a decision. Also with the stupid pricing now? We have a right to be nitpicky with something thats pretty much entirely about aesthetic appearance. I think people take it personally cause they paid so much money and don't want to hear that they overpaid for a subpar product or admit the figure has flaws.

I think from watching some of your past videos, your review and criticism are all valid points and are delivered in an eloquent way that is not offending. Don't feel bad about it! I always enjoyed seeing other people's colletion and opinions.

you should make a video showing all your figures/most of your collection😭 I keep eyeing your figures in the background

Woo! Always love overview videos, excited to see this one.

amazing video as always

W. Awesome stuff like always!

I miss your videos! Happy to see you around 🙌

It was so surprising to see Flandre suddenly rise like that, i remember her being in stock for quite a while after release before she shot up (i‘m guessing partially bc remilia went up for po and ppl realized they wanted the set). My favorites from last year also included nia and flandre. But Alters Serizawa Asahi was the star of last year, i picked her up spontaneously and i was amazed at how gorgeous she turned out.

Starting the list off right with MX chan, great vid as always

"Honey, wake up! Zucco dropped another 30 minute video for you" P.S: Thank you for recommending Dorohedoro! I watched it some time ago and it was a blast!

Great list. Nia is my favorite.

Always enjoy listening to your videos for some good background noise!! This was a great rankings video and it was nice to see the arrange of quality from the figures you showcased for your top 5 :3 though man what a disappointment for the Dorohedoro figure! I understand awhile back you mentioned that you had yet to showcase or at least unbox a Daiwa Scarlet figure, and I'm super curious to see her reviewed if you get the chance to do so!

I got the Marine figure, and it is by far my favorite figure I own. I don't normally get to buy big expensive figures, so this one was a treat for myself. Worth every penny. Also got Noel sitting on a life preserver and splash. It was almost a hundred bucks less, but still very good.

yeah lets go

I'd love if you did a fan roundup like last year! I really enjoyed hearing what everyone liked

The shirt! ❤️ When you got the Nikaido I almost jumped out of excitement and then... Such a bummer. :( Hopefully companies would not sleep on Dorohedoro figures when the 2nd season comes out.

Ngl didn't expect ThreeZero to release such a stinker... 😅 Guess I'll be steering clear of their doll lines!

Im so excited!!! I just preordered 1/4 scale Snow Miku! I only have one figure so far. A Taito prize figure Miku so this will be a huge upgrade!She is supposed to ship in September so it will be a good birthday present to myself

Nia could've have been #1 if they didn't make her so unnecessarily bulky but she's still beautiful. I'm glad you convinced me to pull the trigger on MX, even if I should have held out a big longer for the price it is now.

My first figure ever was your 5th pick! Got it a few months ago at Amiami at Akihabra

That Dark souls figure is fire

I appreciated your take on the Tiger figure. It's so rare for any figure to be ✨️PERFECT✨️ and I prefer when people are realistic about that fact. If you had glossed over the aspects of the figure you disliked, then your review wouldn't have been genuine.

Can’t wait for remilia

Solely basing on the ones officially released in 2023, my list is as follows: 1. Azur Lane - Prinz Eugen - (Alter): Always a fan of her character ingame and the general intricacy of this figure. 2. THE iDOLM@STER: Shiny Colors - Serizawa Asahi - (Alter): Actually don't know the character but fond of the street-theme which reminds me of Tokyo. 3. Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? - Kumoko - (Kadokawa/KDcolle): A fan of the series and like how they incorporated the hybrid concept. 4. Original - MX-chan - (Max Factory): It really felt like she was a mechanic. Of late and rarely, one of the figures that I immediately know I will PO from the prototype. 5. Girls' Frontline - OTs-14 - (FREEing): Unboxing the figure wow'ed me and I like the elegance. Honorable Mentions: 6. Olga Discordia (BINDing, Native) & Caroline Yuri - Tanned Bunny Ver. (BINDing, Native): I simply appreciate the figures being 're-released', which I otherwise would have never been able to afford* based on their original's aftermarket prices.

The items I look forward to the most this year are a bunch of re-issues for Made In Abyss. Plushies, Nendoroids and hopefully the scale of Prushka and Nanachi and I wanted for a long time... But as for pre-orders? P.O.P (Portrait Of Pirates) Gear 5 Luffy, Zero Two red bunny figure with stockings by FREEing and Kemono X Bunny GirlL Marigold 1\7 scale which I am WAY too eager for.

My 2023 went awesome collection wise and the start of 2024 looks promising as well! :D Top 5 (2023) releases that I got: No. 5: Original - Tea Time Cats (Vol.1) - Li Howe (Ribose) No. 4: Spy × Family - Anya Forger - Bond Forger - Figuarts ZERO - Mission Complete! (Bandai Spirits) No. 3: Shadows House - Emilico & Kate F:Nex - 1/7 (FuRyu) (yes, I am counting them as one) No. 2: NANA - Komatsu Nana - 1/8 (Hobby Max) No. 1: NANA - Oosaki Nana - 1/8 (Hobby Max) My top 5 older figures picked up 2023: No. 5: Majo to Hyakkihei 2 - Cheruka - Niitengo (Toy's Works) No. 4: Pokémon - Mary & Morpeko (Max Factory, The Pokémon Company) No. 3: Majo to Hyakkihei - Metallica -1/8(Phat Company) No. 2: InuYasha - Inuyasha - 1/7 (Hobby Max) No. 1: Eikoku Koi Monogatari Emma - Emma - 1/7 (Good Smile Company, Max Factory)

I'm hoping for a rerelease of the Kurisu figure as there were too many preorders for me to make recently and she just barely didn't cut it at the time. Glad to see it turned out very well and I really love all the computers/monitors stacked. Looks so cool!

My #1 of 2023 has got to be alters ryza. She is perfect

That Sekiro is so dope man, I played it last year and it was a blast. For me the top 5 figures I got were: Nanachi - Ques Q, Hitachi Mako 1/3.5 Scale - AliceGlint, Crow Armbrust DX - Kotobukiya, Fie Claussell - Kotobukiya, Altina Orion Nendoroid - Good Smile Keep the criticisms coming, makes analyzing figures and figure collecting as a whole more nuanced and interesting. I don't personally get the Freeing bunny hype, cause to me they are generally samey apart from their size. The way they re-release stuff is a turn off since it plays on your FOMO but then they redesign it slightly and slap a similar price tag. With the way prices are rising, not to mention painful shipping costs it is a let down when a figure doesn't turn out great. These days preordering is a hit or miss, depending on what it is. I can confidently say its pointless to preorder most Ryza figures now, they just seem to immediately bin. A similar story for most Ques Q figures, they seem to significantly drop in price. Yet for the figure line I collect which is mostly Falcom related, they always rise in the aftermarket and I see them at conventions for 2-3x the price I paid so I always secure preorders for those. I'm looking forward to how the Mio is going to turn out once you finally get it, but just from the pictures already its gonna be a banger.

2:00 Hokusai’s is impractical because of the sashes (but gorgeous for a freebie servant; glad I didn’t have to roll honestly) but honestly I think a decent amount of gacha swimsuits are less for swimming and more for chilling on the beach. I don’t have a list of top 5 for my 2023 Figures (I’d say FGO’s Morgan, the 30th Anni Kirby Nendoroid, Sonic Nendoroid Reissue, and the Midoriya Izuku -Ishi- Bandai figure are up there though). However, I’d say Intelligent Systems’ Veronica is going to be in my top 5 for 2024. She’s gorgeous and 100% worth the price. I was worried they’d ruin the gold but they didn’t and I reorganized my shelf for her so she could be the centerpiece. 13:04 for that price you can say whatever you want honestly. I remember showing that video to a friend and saying that for the price you paid you shouldn’t have had so many issues and I stand by that statement. Same with the Dorodehoro one

My top 5 from 2023 would be: Toga from Spirttale Mirko from FREEing Marin swimsuit from Aniplex Marin school uniform from Aniplex Kurumi from eStream I'd say the first three are really great, the next two are only good (well, the eStream is mostly due to price, it would be "great" if it didn't cost so much) The not so favorite is defintely Yor from FuRyu. But there just isn't an all rounder assassin suit Yor. This I do think have the best body/cloth sculp. The PUP seems to have a better face. All the others are just worse than those two. Then there is Mito from FREEing. It's not bad persay, the sculp is actually great. But... why blue. I'm usually not one for alterations but this one... Honestly, I don't know who's worse. FuRyu who is just a bit incompetent due to their rush to expand into all corner of the market. Or FREEing, who we know can do better but actively choose not to all the time. And finally, 1/2.5 Kurumi. Got it because I'm a die hard Kurumi fanboy, but definitely not worth the pirce for such a simple figure.

I'm fortunate that my Taiga doesn't have paint defects, but I wish I waited given how the price fell. Still need to get MX-chan. Marine was my personal favorite of the year.

Flanchan as #1 is deserved. While I culled most of my touhou figures in favor of Eva, I feel like I would have otherwise bought alters scarlet sisters. I am not a big EoSD guy, Remilia is high up in my touhou sorter & alters remilia feels like a good representation of her demeanor. She has the eosd hand pose as a main parts option as well. Another aspect I am in love with is the rose window merged with a smaller stained glass window on this set. I personally believe the scarlet sisters to be from Europe (implied that they are based on the SDM, their names and clothes) Note I'm an architecture nut so it feels like alter remilia has everything I adore in one piece. I appreciate that you touched on the detail of flandres base being fake-damaged. I also have been more open to fanon interpretations of Flandre after many years of disliking them because of Touhouvania flandre and her new figure. I feel like touhou being a giant doujin community it's important to accept fan interpretations of things and it's odd of me to reject them just because she lacks appearances in canon. Also last year was a big year for flandre (internet survivor and being #1 on the popularity poll). She's grown on me!

So I bought 6 figures last year so I would probably rank them as follows: 1. Byleth (intelligent Systems) (Fire Emblem) But also my biggest figure regret as she tanked in the after market. 2. Kyoka (Good Smile) (Princess Connect) 3. Anya & Bond (Kotobukiya) (Spy X Family) 4. Optimus Bishojo (Kotobukiya) (Transformers) 5. Megatron Bishojo (Kotobukiya) (Transformers) 6. Bumblebee Bishojo (Kotobukiya) (Transformers) On Monday I have a figure being delivered which I would not be surprised if its my best of 2024, Aqua (Amakuni) (Bombergirl).

Nia is my #1 of 2023 (username checks out) but yea that sword is a pain in the butt, we needed an empty-handed replacement arm 😓

It is important for figure reviews to include both praises and criticisms. They serve to highlight the appeals and detractions of each product - from the reviewer's perspective. If reviews focused on only the good, presentation elements aside, all reviews will be very similar or even identical, which IMHO, defeats their purpose and their appeal. ^_- Anyway, my figure purchases in 2023 largely revolve around franchises I am intimately familiar with, mainly Hololive, Persona, Xenoblade and Hastune Miku, from product lines I love, namely Nendoroids, figma, and scales by Good Smile Company and MegaHouse. If I had to pick my favourites, Xenoblade's Nia 1/7th scale by Good Smile Company and Hololive's Houshou Marine 1/7th scale by Max Factory easily top the list. With that said, Nia is a contentious love for me, for the same reasons you stated in this video. She is lovely and her production quality is super high. But she ... takes up so much space. I wish Good Smile Company provided us with an alternative right hand without her blade. Believe it or not, I am posing her without it at the moment (^_^;;;). Marine is nearly perfect. I just wish her buttocks are not dented. I understand the effect they are going for, but... is it wrong that I want to admire them in their pristine, unaltered glory? Rounding out my top 3 is Persona 5 Royal's Noir & Morgana Car by MegaHouse. From a production quality standpoint, Lucrea line of scales aren't comparable to figures by other premium manufacturers, but something about these figures really speak to me. I can't wait for MegaHouse to announce Ann. Honorable mentions go to the Traveller twins by Kotobukiya for similar reason. They are just so nice to look at, easy to pose together, and don't break my wallet. My favourite Nendoroids are Snow Miku: Serene Winter Ver. (bad box design though) and Hololive's Hoshimachi Suisei and Amelia Watson. Their paint jobs are wonderfully detailed and are a ton of fun to pose. As always, thank you for the fun video!

Don't feel bad about sharing your criticisms Zucco. Nothing is more boring in my eyes than a reviewer saying everything is amazing and perfect all the time. I ended up impulse buying that Marine on a crunchyroll "sale" lol I know better now but yeah that was a pretty penny for sure. 100% worth it though since it is one of my favorite pieces. I'd love to imagine Senchou at a meeting with executives demanding sexy poses and thicc thighs on her figure lmao

I missed out on the Steins;Gate figure and aftermarket prices are expensive. Whenever I redo my S;G display, I might splurge for it.

threezero has a great warranty program and the warranty sheet is included

I regret not getting Kurisu now she almost doubled in the after market :/

That Dorohedoro Figurama is available on BBTS

I haz this Flandre and I pre-ordered the Remilia one. I wonder if Rem will be delayed like a year like Flandre lol.

I'm glad that I got both my Taiga 1/4 scales a fair time after they released so they were super cheap compared to the original price.

Bros got that voiceover voice.

ngl there should be more Is this a zombie? figures. i think theres like 4-5 n thats it 💔 plus so expensive

"Nobody else is making Dorohedoro stuff" Yeah, tell me about it. I would kill for any competition at all in the PVC world of figures

I had been thinking about selling a few of my Freeing figures. I don't have that many, only six but the Taiga and Ryuuko are the ones that impressed me the least. The extremely diverse color range and detail on some of the Danganronpa girls makes these look rather, I don't know. . lacking? But maybe that's my Danganronpa bias. Literally my only complaint about Junko is that they made her breasts smaller for some reason. This isn't horniness or anything, this is just factual. She should be bigger, but its whatever.

Last year, I received mostly Genshin figures. It's a bit hard to rank them since I liked all of them, so tiers would be more appropriate: 1. Mona Megistus (Wonderful Works), Keqing (Apex) 2. Barbara (Kotobukiya), Ganyu (Apex), Anya + Bond Forger (Kotobukiya)

You ever gonna cop any Dragon Ball Figures?