Pokémon General - Gotta Buy Them All!Ongoing lines of interest:>Pokepla: Non-scale Plastic Model kits (assembly required)- Entry level model kits, no glue required. Has stickers, paint optional.>MonColle: Non-scale trading & action figures- Most being non-scale around 5cm. Has Larger releases up to 10cm with limited articulation.>Jazwares: Non-scale trading & action figures- Ranging from 2" to 3", 4.5" with battle gimmicks, 6" action figures (Select) and 12" action figures (Epic).>Scale World: 1/20th scale figures- A static line scaled entirely within itself at 1/20th scale.>Blokees: Non-scale action figures (assembly required)- Parts are separated in either bags or trays. Easily clicked together.>LDCX: Non-scale action figures>Keeppley: Non-scale action figures (assembly required)- This line varies between inner brick-builds with a plastic shell and snap-fit builds like plamo.Interested in collecting pokemon for your figma or similar sized figures?Mix and match everything!Jazwares Release wiki:https://jazwarespokemon.fandom.com/wiki/Archives:https://archive.palanq.win/toy/search/subject/Pokemon/Previous: >>11862069
NNG opened pre-orders again for the latest model kits.
>>11891202Nice picI saw a battle figure Gardevoir added as an entry on the wiki, is there a pic of the pose out there? Since recent battle figures like Gallade, Armarouge, Ceruledge got made as both selects and battle features I'm guessing select Gardevoir is also around the corner.
>>11891339Might've been a target stock discovery or something, so no pics.
Rate my desk 'mon. I am searching for anything from the Sinestea / Polteageist lineup. 3-5 cm ideally, if anybody has any idea where to get them.
Man pokemon toys are in such boring state. Blokees just barely salvages it
>>11892323There's not much. You could get the Pokemon kids finger puppets
>>11892443Oh shit that's perfect. What's the best way to import to the west with these guys? I also saw a Zacian and wanted that too.
>>11892350what do you want
I wish they didn't abandon nendoroids and made at least 2 figures per region.
>>1189232310/10>>11892167I think it will be the best looking Mewtwo figure but too short. I wish someone would make a Gen 1 style Mewtwo figure.
You know, if this was a card collector gen, people might care
>>11893294cards are not toys
>>11891202You can clearly see the contrast between the good toys and the mediocre Jazwares toys in this pic
>>11893409It;s not fair to compare figma to garbage
>>11892966I just hope it's not as bulky as jazwares mewtwo
>>11893409Toys too fragile to be played with are not "good toys"
>>11893771>figma_sekiro_face.mp4
>>11893887Yes, jazwares has a knack for making fragile toys with disastrous QC.
>>11894004>fragileChrist, I have to use the force of a thousand suns to disassemble some of these Selects.
That Red goes for 300 now.
August's checklist update. The only new stuff that came out last month was a new wave of 2" singles. Distribution continues to be unbelievable bad :(>>11891339Listings for a 4.5" Gardevoir, the Machoke/Spoink/Pachirisu wave, and a future wave with 3" Alolan Raichu were found in the Gamestop system for release this Fall if those dates are correct
>>11892350Blokees are trash though.
>>11894375t. someone who's never held a blokees
>>11894375nah I got Charizard. This shit is good. Only downside if tail needs more articulation
>>11894378>>11894389Lame shill posts
>>11894378Hi Chungusfurry. Still brown and seething I see.>>11894410>domesticGODS>paying tariffsHuh?
>>11894375Better than Fail World
>>11892539I import whole cases from Plaza Japan but there might be other sites to get them as well. I usually try to sell the extras online i don't want which evens out and basically gets my money back and then some.Theres 24 in a box; usually 12 different Pokemon or characters in a set and then most pokemon have one or 2 extras in the box. >>11894420these anons are insane lolBlokees Pokemon are just fine. They look great and are relatively easy to assemble. I've seen a few where the joints or other pieces don't stay together very well but nothing on the scale of the sp//dr I got that does not stay together at all, and falls apart if you look at it wrong. It probably just depends on the character and how many pieces there are.
>>11894221I've been wanting a regular version of the Delibird but it keep getting pushed to the back by newer 3" figures each update.
>>11894926I think the checklist guy just pushes it back and places others before it once they have concrete listings. Delibird in reg paint is probably just an assumption that it will come eventually just like the Greavard did after the glossy one.
>>11894375Blokee is good, even if it's not perfect. It's Jazwares that really sucks.
>>11895228>Blokee is goodGood model kits maybe. They're not toys.
>>11895240Good thing they're toys and not model kits, then
>>11893409>You can clearly see the contrast between a $12 figure for children and a $40+ figure for man childrenExcellent observation, anon.
>>11895243Why are you lying?
>>11895245model kits come in disassembled sprues.
>>11895248Good thing they don't come on sprues, retard. They literally just need to be popped together. >>11895244Its an even wider margin. The 4" WCT was like $9 when it came out and the Figma was about $60
>>11895422>Good thing they don't come on sprues, retard. They literally just need to be popped together.thank you for clarifying that they're toys
>>11895244Even Select, which is supposed to be Jazwares' "premium" Pokémon line, is absolute garbage. I wouldn't even give Scizor or Incineroar to a kid, it's so fragile.
Bandai Namco has a shit ton of exclusive Pokemon merch that can't be bought anywhere but through their crane games. Has anyone found a workaround their geoblock for their namco online crane app and website and a way to get a Japanese number? These crane game exclusives, Pokemon or not, are a pain in the ass to buy since the markup is crazy. Like 500% crazy
>>11895832ebay, pkmncollectors, or maybe just go to Japan because it's nice there
When are we getting more pokegirl figmas?
>>11895832Maybe try Yahoo Japan Auctions or Mandarake to see if people are selling their prizes.
>>11895548If fragility is an issue, why do you call model kits like Blokees "toys?" They're not sturdy enough to be playable.
>>11895996Clarify if you ever actually touched a Pokemon Blokees or are only talking from either your ass or your own experience with the -actual- model kit blokees such as Marvel?Because picrel is not how Pokemon does things.
>>11895972We didn't even get the obvious coomer baits of SV and ZA. So NO
Scalpers have pics of Golurk already. I hope this has shoulder ball joints or it's going to end up as yet another useless toy in the shelf that people use as a figma accessory
>>11896187Scalpers? This has been released in my country for a couple months now. I saw it also went in stock for Americans at Gamestops already too. There are no shoulder ball joints. People have already reviewed it and the articulations are barely there. The pose it has in the box is only what it can do and the elbows apparently dont move much either.
>>11896190Another dust collector then. What a bunch of shitters I don't know how Jazwares still has the license when every store is flooded with their unsellable products
>>11896187https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNMH53vqMSoSomeone had a review over a month ago.
>>11896190So as dynamic as my Dragon Quest Golem then.
>>11896196Real Pokemon collectors dont care about Marvel Legends articulation. They just care if the toy exists. We all knew the Charizard D-arts was a piece of shit, and the others were less shit. We bought them anyway
>>11894221>Distribution continues to be unbelievable bad That seems to be true across everything
>>11894375Good thing you will die alone without procreating, huh?
>>11897023Only people who constantly fear death say things like that as a way to claim some semblance of control when it inevitably comes for them. Lots of people throughout history died alone and without procreating. It's normal and there are worse ways to go.
>>11896187It looks lame :/
>>11896481I gues it sounded better in your head
>>11896481>Charizard D-arts was a piece of shit,Wrong
Update: Tea's ready, and Zacian's seen some SHIT
>>11897344He broke his sword, he's traumatized.
>>11897430I actually have the sword, I'll glue it back on when I get a chance. Now I need to find one last critter for a full team of 6.
>>11897188we dont. not every design works with toys what with all the different molds companies would have to use only once>>11897264dwaaah
Not sure if I'm too late but if I find one in stock somewhere, does anyone recommend the Jazwares Select Rayquaza?One part of me thinks it's cool since I've always liked him but the other part of me feels as though he isn't a figure that I really need to have and that I'd be better off in waiting until Blokees takes a crack at him or some of my other favorite mons.
>>11897591its the biggest and most posable. Never wait for something better, that's the pokemon collecting way
>>11894375They used to ban b8 this poor
Well, here's the Blokees Mewtwo finally. Comes with two effects and a closed eyes head. Tried to link the FB post with the rest of the images, but 4chan thought it was spam.
>>11897625>closed eyes headWould be cool if he could fit in this, but he's prolly too wide.
Select
>>11897625
>>11897752I like that the tail is not segmented that shit never does any good except making the sculpt look awful
>>11897808Couldn't disagree more. Charizard looks and functions spectacularly with a segmented tail and d-arts Mewtwo looked great. It's okay for toys to look like toys instead of being as close to their fictional counterparts as possible and the lack of segments may look "smoother" but also give it less posing options as well as making it look cheaper.
>>11897625This is looking like it won't stand on it's own very well like the Greninja. Using a stand isn't the worst but the one they give is also like a diorama piece. The tail is done in a way where you can't really use it to support standing and also makes it back heavy.
>>11897344>>11892323There are these little pokemon centre (maybe rement?) figures, kinda small enough for figmas.
>>11897823With my D-Arts, I always just lowered his tail to act as a third leg.
>>11897625I looked at the other pics and didn't see a straight forward face. If it's always looking to the side that kinda sucks.
>>11897854Yeah, looks like just perma-sideglance and closed eyes.
>>11897825I wouldn't even know where to begin looking for those. I got most of my figs from walmart, and two from ebay.
wow so many people here have the figma
>>11897625I predict it'll be the same size as the VAH. Can't believe that line flopped, or at least why they just didnt make their Megas instead
>>11897854The teaser pic had a forward eye so maybe they just forgot to put it
It does have a neutral face. All this for $35-$40. Good shit
>>11898096Easy butI do want an armor version though
>>11898096Not bad, but the feet being a single piece and requiring props is not perfect. The Pokken VAH did it a bit better. Still, a fairly affordable and accessory-rich release.
13.8cm without the base.
>>11897595>Never wait for something betterI think I'll take my chances. Aside from Blokees feeling so much more high-quality, the fact that Rayquaza's curved segments are stuck that way instead of having ball joints makes it look like it has the illusion of dynamic articulation rather than actually having it.
>>11898139Basically the same size that the SHF. It's going to scale like this
>>11897816Update: I didn't realize that you can still get a lot of poses as although the tail seems less segmented than D-arts, it seems as though there's still more articulation than Jazwares so that's cool.
>>11898164Yea, maybe a tiny bit taller. Also the proportions look different with the head on Blokees looking bigger.
>>11898096when is he out? And what mew would go with this guy, you think
>>11897625>>11898096Apparently they went too hard when it was waves. Now we only get 1 Pokemon at a time.
>>11898390They got too many IPs now imo.Sucks Pokemon has the shortest straw.
>>11897825So who produces/did trainers?
>>11898721figma and shf.Both have abandoned them.
>>11898290They really didn't try with scale in the Figuarts line, did they? Considering how amazing the Yu Gi Oh figures have been, you'd think Bandai would give Pokémon another try.
>>11899496They made Pikachu for some reason, remember?
>>11899496You'd think this would be the year to do it with it being the 30th. Their attempt at Digimon again seems to have failed so maybe they don't want to give Pokemon another go at the moment.
>>11898099here's your armor bro
>>11898139>muuuh scalekek
>>11900177I want Armored Mewtwo so much, but not everything Tomy USA made was gold. I could already tell what a loose piecey mess it was.
>>11900177This armor is unironically super cool
Does anyone here know why blokees Pokemon model kits never made it to europe? I think they would sell like crack. So there got to be some behind the scenes thing going on.
>>11900260>>11878311 may have applicable answers
>>11900260>>11900268If you have the means to do so, I don't know how you wouldn't go for Blokees over Jazwares as the former is both higher-quality AND affordable.I know there's a guy in these threads always shitting on Jazwares and it makes people feel like he comes across as just another schizo but the line does have serious qc issues (lousy paint jobs, fragile joints, warped pieces, etc.) that people report over Reddit and YouTube as well.Sadly, it seems like Jazwares has a monopoly on Pokémon figures in the west so it's an uphill battle for Blokees in addition to all the China shit they're dealing with but I'll hold out in the hopes that they drop an earth-shattering bombshell in announcing a shitload of new mons in the event they get permission to sell beyond their borders.
>>11900342>it seems like Jazwares has a monopoly on Pokémon figures in the westWell yes. Thats what paying millions of dollars for the master toy license gives you. Better positioning in those regions and limited competition in the same categories you're making products in
when are we gonna get some decent animatronic shit and not manually-operated puppetronic bullshit
Good Pokémon that still don't have articulated figures>Golduck>Slowbro>Lickitung>Exeggutor>Rhydon>Skarmory>Swampert>Tropius>Krookodile>Malamar>Forces of nature therian forms>Paradox legendary beasts
>>11900268>>11900260Essentially, that they have to get the permission of the license holder (e.g. presumably Nintendo, Game Freak and/or the 'Pokemon Company') for the territory outside China and SE Asia. Plus, whomever does have the rights to make toys and has world-wide, probably raises 'concerns.'Just as their are some businesses willing to re-sell the non-licensed stock in North America (BBTS as one example), there should be something in the EU.And if there isn't, it's because your countries are OLD and lame Boomer minded establishments.
>>11900689>Aggron>Haxorus>Latios>Latias
>>11900689NidoqueenArcanineAlakazamRhydonKangaskhanKabutopsAerodactylMeganiumFeraligatrAmpharosSteelixHoundoomHo-ohSceptileBlazakinAggronAltariaSalamence
I picked up this Gollet figure yesterday. I really like his arm mobility. I also saw a mega pack with big mewto, mew and a few other pokemon for only 24€ so I might cave in and get that one too.>>11900689I really want a proper Vikavolt figure...
Saw a sick Nidoking figure at the mall today and it reignited my passion for collecting. Does anyone want to show off their displays? I'd love to see them.
where can I even order Blokees Mewtwo? I’m guessing AliExpress but most of the listings won’t ship till next year
>>11901912Just wait for the release and check aliexpress around then
>>11896187Well, I got one on the way.He will indeed just be used as a background 'mon or something for other figs to sit on.
>>11898390>>11898402Pokemon got put on hold due to a controversy with a pokemon tournament held at/near a japanese war memorial, the whole Pokemon license for china was on hold until the issues got worked out
>>11901912I think Hobby Genki might stock it.
>>11901912I asked Gundamit about it earlier, and they've just put him up.
>>11904008I click on the listing from searching and it just leads me back to the main gundamit page?
>>11905272ohboythisagainYou might have to wait a few days before your account's allowed to order it.We still dunno if it's age, money spent, or both.
>ZA scale word with Emma in her sex suitFuck I need it
January
M-Emboar somewhat confirmed!
>Golurk I got was damagedI know it's also because of usual JW quality, but I hate that the open box of Epics invites even more reasons for disaster.
>>11906669How do you like it? I saw one in person and it was smaller than I imagined it didn't really make full use of the box size.
Any recommendations for a good abra figure?
>>11907059It's not like there's much choice.
>>11907059Tomy, Tomy USA and Jazwares
>>11906205I wish they did a regular dragonite instead
>>11907638They already did, with Lance.
>>11906830Was waiting for his replacement to arrive, this one had some better QC.He's alright, will still use him like >>11902393.Is indeed about the same size as my DQ Golem, so maybe they can bro up and do golem things once I unpack everything.SHF Mega Blaziken was also delivered today.
>>11910242I got his Tomy USA dirt cheap last year when I was buying those left and right.The SHF is a bit smaller, but oh so much better.
>>11906830>it didn't really make full use of the box size.If they put him sideways they probably could've made him taller.
>>11910245A bad case of toy overlap. We could've gotten a regular Blaziken from either company, but no
>Blastoise and Mewtwo Selects randomly doubled in price to $40 on TargetUh, what the fuck?
>>11910978I wish I was surprised. Do you remember when ETBs were less than $30 there?
ScaleWorldChads are eating good today, fellas.
September's checklist update. New stuff found this past month:-Some of 3" Iridescent Shine W3 (Eevee, Galarian Ponyta) in stock in some Australian etailers-2" Select Case W10 in stock on some European Smyths sites and in store. Nothing exciting - Pikachu, Char, Bulba, Squirtle, Mew, Snom-12" Epic Golurk, Basic Holiday Calendar and the Pancham/Growlithe Hot Springs Environment set in stock online and in store at US Gamestops-8" Deluxe Vinyl W5 (Flareon, Jolteon) in stock at some UK etailers-US Targets should have Incineroar and Mega Lucario in stock this Sunday. Not much else going on in the US but hopefully some things from the Gamestop system do show up in stores/online in Oct or Nov. Those were Golett, Ponyta, Machoke, Midnight Lycanroc, Armarouge and maybe a few others.
>>11911852-Clip n Go W23 (Swablu, Buizel, Minccino, Tandemaus) is also showing up at US Walgreens too if you missed it from Macy's earlier in the year
Mega lucario and Incineroar are released today! I like Lucario but the arms are a lil restricted and the size of it is too big for the other figures. Incineroar is ok too but there are a lot of ways it could be better. One of the hands is already splitting at the joint so I don't want to pose it any more and the tail can't bend like it should. The balancing is also too hard to do and he needs to be attached on the base to stay upright which is not good if you didnt want to use it. His feet make it hard to pose without the base since they cant sit steady on any surface. I like him I think but I'm afraid to move him any more which shouldn't need to be the way it is.
>>11914395Thinking about getting Incineroar. Is he able to give the middle finger?Any idea what might be coming next now that the Selects we know about are out?
>>11897625Whats the best place to actually get this?
>>11914419Gundamit, AliExpress, etc.>>11914418Already have his Tomy, but might grab the select once he shows up here because of the finger articulation.Blastoise only recently showed up here and that was only through Amazon Returns.
>>11914418>>11914447the hands are one of the worst part. the plastic is soooo soft and gummy that it is tearing at the wrist part very easily when you are gently posing them. The fingers are fine but cant go into a tight fist but he can do a middle finger I really dont like that he needs the stand since it will take up so much room on the shelf next to the others. It can only stand if you rotate the tail down and lean the figure back on the tail. The ankles dont have good articulations and dont help it.
>>11914485Being able to plug a few stands into one of the new bases does a help a bit with space. I've seen someone with Ceruledge and Armarouge sharing a base and it's pretty nice you can do that now.
>>11911780mega starmie!!!
>>11914590yes that is a good thing but most other figures dont need a base to stand so it just gets in the way and is annoying that he can't stand up since they made the feet weird. They are curved on the soles of the feet and the ankle joints are not good. That's the only reason it doesn't stand.
>>11914604yea that's not good design. When there's always a stand included one of the downsides is they can over rely on it.
>>11914614WIth their tiny feet and large bodies, that's just a problem GameFreak doesnt consider when it does get toys. I also dont even use the base when the post itself acts as a 3rd leg
>>11914674its not tiny feet. its that jazzwares made the bottom of the feet curved. They are not flat as weird as that is. Then the ankle joints don't work. So you have feet that are not allowing it so stand flat plus no good ankle joints to adjust the figure. Its a jazzwares problem and not a problem with the design of the pokemon for this specific figure
>>11914699Looked at a review vid.You say they're slightly curved inwards?
>>11914801NTA but I also have the fig and the feet are definitely not flat. They don't really look like it, but they definitely wobbly and don't sit perfectly flat or give the figure good stability. This isn't a terrible figure but it's def in the bottom 25% I'd say. Its a struggle to get Incineroar to stand on its own. It really does need a base or tail support to stand which didn't have to be the case. There's many other joints that also don't work. The torso joint only bends forward, not back at all. The fingers can't bend fully into a fist. The top of the knees are stuck and I can't get them moving. The isn't bendable like it says it is. The wrists are sooo flimsy feeling too. I'm afraid to rotate them because I can see why so many people's wrists are breaking there.
>>11914801oof. im glad i own the Tomy USA. Gamestop even clearanced them because nobody was buying
Anyone have any recommendations on protective/display cases for pic related?
>>11891202Just posting pikachu in spaaacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=245Ryi8d4cg
any new jazjaz 2" figis?
Wow this general is the slowest shit I've ever seen for the #1 media franchise of all time.
>>11910245Actually now that you mention it, there's a criminally low amount of SHF or similar brand figs for Pokémon.
>>11920196Pokemon toys have always been low tier compared to cards, plushies and videogames
>>11920196not many poketoy happenings I guess, page 9 also
>>11920196Hard for me to tell which company was most fruitful. When Tomy USA, they had annual catalogs promising by the end of the year, but it was kind of limited. Jazwares doesnt catalog, and it's mostly through insiders/wiki for announcements
>>11920196It's a slow dripfeed when TPC cares more about paper than plastic.
OK so I just browsed around the wiki and apparently there's a Select Nidoking and Lugia for W13 Selects? And rerelease of Suicune. Lugia would be the first double up when it comes to the epic sized figures.
>>11920323That was close, I almost bought the Blokees. Eh ill buy it anyway because Nidoking is awesome
They should've made a Ho-Oh before a second Lugia.
>>11920323We talked about it in the discord today. Some people hated Lugia since it's so small but I don't care I just want more legendary Pokemon to get articulated figures even if they don't size well with other things.
Maybe /pg/ can helpI'm on the hunt for the old 90s/2000s era TOMY Dragonite. The only issue is, most of the listings I've seen seem fake. Not sure if they are.Pic related: the CHINA logo is raised instead of depressed like it should be on every single "official" listing and database of the Dragonite that I've seen so far. But the coloration and the moulding seems to be right. Any experts in here? I'm relatively new to this.
>>11920474>>11920475>>11920477>>11920478I love them both. No more Blokees
>>11920507And here's what a 100% documented legit one is supposed to look like
>>11920508I can't even find Pokemon blokees ANYWHERE how do you fuckers keep getting them?
>>11920517online
>>11920517Ali and Gundamit. Latter now only has Mewtwo left though.>>11920477>>11920478Blokees still looks better, but ig select will be bigger. Only Nidorino I have is the big hasbro one so that'd probably fit then lol.Battle Feature Nidorino when.>>11920323Wish they reissued the other beasts and birds before fucking Suicune again.
>>11920474Jaz doesnt give a single shit about product scale, you just have a vocal minority of copers in total denial about it
>>11920507>>11920510I wouldn't call myself an expert but I'm gona say the first is fake. Something to look for is how deep the printing of the logo is. Due to the reproduction process the words won't be as deep and clean as the original like in the second image. It's something you can tell fairly easily when you can compare the real with thr fake.
>>11920656they don't give a shit about much of anything. Not scale, QC, if articulation even works, if you can even find items in stores or if products even show up in various parts of the world. but we know they don't care of scale since this select line is separate from the other barely scaled lines they do.
>>11920651The entire Blokees section on the website is empty. I keep seeing links with pictures for their Mewtwo page but it just doesn't exist for me.
>>11920762Nobody orders direct. Order from aliexpress or wait many months later and order from companies that import them like BBTS or nerdzoic
