Well for faces, there's the smirk that we've all talked about before. And maybe a more normal yelling face, akin to Normal Goku's but without the directional eyes.
For hands there's the good old "martial arts" hands. And for effects, I dunno, maybe a yellow blast? That might fit another character better, but I'd like to get them no matter who they come with. They could also give us little "auras" like these things:
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These are standalone effects from a doll company, but something like this from Tamashii would be really great.
I agree. They need to release a Super Saiyan Goku with a smirk. Hopefully Toei/Funimation, who ever, allows them to do that for Super Saiyan 4 Goku. That's when he really used that smirk the most. The current yelling face is really extreme. The SDCC face looks a lot better than the Manga though, I'm not sure why.
Which martial arts hands do you mean? The effects for Tamashii is lacking. My favorite one is still Scouter Vegeta's effects. I understood the idea of the Perfect Cell energy effect but I don't care for it. They showed decent auras at Tamashii Nations. Hopefully we'll see those by the end of this year, early next.
Actually most of the last pre-orders are opened for August, next month it's up to September and anyway the minimum of time to announce figures are 3 months (as in the case of Captain America & Hulk).
Hm, I didn't know that. I wondered what the minimum time would be for pre-orders.
I ordered on the 22nd and havent heard anything from them.
I haven't heard from Amazon, either. You should know before me though since you ordered earlier.
A final flash in the charge stage would take a lot less room on my desktop, but a massive final flash blast would be great for a diorama. I can definitely see a diorama with 19 running for his life and the final flash crashing down towards the earth.
Someone do that!
It would take up a lot of room but it would be glorious.
Piccolo needs to be taller. And I was kind of disappointed that he only came with three heads. No Piccolo screaming head? Lame.
I would like to see more Piccolo expressions but it's understandable though since he was the first release and it wasn't easy because they would have to do entire head sculpts rather than face sculpts. (I believe crisis mentioned that to me when I told him the same thing.)
Would Ascended Vegeta fit that criteria, because I would love that. I think the only character that really got botched was Cell, because he looks like he has a thyroid and anorexia problem.
My question for you guys, is of your top 5 characters, have you gotten your definitive version of them? If not, what is it?
Mine:
1. Goku- No, my favorite is his battle damaged Namek appearance
2. Vegeta- No, Boo arc Vegeta is my favorite. It's been my most anticipated figure since I found out about the line. Final Atonement is my favorite moment in the series next to Goku's first SSJ transformation. He really wasn't a good guy until that Kid Boo fight in the Boo arc, and he's one of my favorite fictional characters because of him becoming a hero. He didn't wear the armband for Goku's funeral, so I was completely wrong. Vegeta was still a bad dude in the Cell arc.
3. Freeza- Yes!
4. Gohan- Yes! I prefer Future Gohan, but the Gohan SSJ2 transformation is a culmination of everything the series was leading up to for Gohan. Check out the Japanese version, if you haven't seen it!
5. Cell- Yes
I was going more for the figures from the specific time period. For example, Super Saiyan Vegeta. That's the Android Saga Super Saiyan Vegeta. What improvements would you do for that specific figure? I feel Ascended/Super Vegeta should be an entirely different release because of the body sculpt.
Visually, I really like Perfect Cell but I completely understand the thin look to him. He could have been slightly stockier.
As for my definitive version for =characters...
1.) Gohan - Yes! Super Saiyan 2 Gohan is my favorite version of the, or any, character from Dragon Ball Z. You nailed the reason why.
2.) Goku - No, but they showed the prototype for it. Super Saiyan 4 Goku is so close yet so far.
3.) Vegeta - No, Majin Vegeta is my favorite version of him. That version perfectly expresses what he represented throughout most of the series to what he became by the end of it.
4.) Broly - Yes! (Still wish the hair was greener but the quality of the figure is just ****ing astounding.)
5.) ...Difficult to answer the last one. I could honestly do another 10.
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that reminds me, I need to get some updated DBZ pics up
