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It was a mild rant. I do think EXO-6 is putting out some really good figures although they got me steamed when they released Star Trek The Motion Picture Kirk for half a second before cutting off sales. I do think you have a good point and Nanjin. Who was clamoring for a Wesley Crusher? Fans want Uhura.

@@davidswan5295 nobody does. He thinks as soon as everyone has the tos crew they aren't going to buy any of the other characters from the other shows so he's deliberately not doing them. Same with the twok fiasco

I bought mine from Big Bad Toy store for nearly $300 and it's still available for sale.

@davidswan5295 I wish I could but I just spent $166 on a vintage GI Joe wow it's really beautiful well done thank you anyway

@VinnieCruz-jt7zm I'd love to know what G.I Joe figure you got.

@davidswan5295 I'm going to try to send you a picture

Thank you. I have a bunch of original G.I. Joe figures that were heavily played with from my childhood.

Thanks for the heads up. Gundam can be extremely challenging to follow. There is SO many different mecha. I haven't seen the Anime for Char's Counterstrike yet and I only have the first 2 volumes of the Manga.

I'd love to see them make even more than the core 5. I'd love a Dr Nambu, Berg Katse and a Galactor trooper but as you said, at the pace their going it would be decades. They may be the best Gatchaman figures out there but there is definitely room for improvement. The biggest issue with Ken is that darn cape. They should have gone with a fabric cape but Storm Collectibles seem to only use those soft plastics. I also wish the face was more anime accurate. I'm happy that Jun is the second figure since Joe does seem like the more obvious choice. I would love to see what Bandai or Figma could do with Gatchaman.

CCS toys has it's style of figure and it's often at odds with anime accuracy and I am a huge fan of anime accuracy. I gotta go with Sky X because their figures are rock solid and very anime accurate. I'd say right now Sky X and Blitzway/Carbotix are my two favorites.

I preordered waves 1 and 2 but not 3 for several reasons. First of all, the QC issues in wave 2 were very disappointing but the bigger reason is that all the figures in the first 2 waves eventually went on sizable discount. I fully intend to get the wave 3 figures but I can wait. Geezil, Blozo and Oxheart are absolute must haves for me and I would also love to get Ham Gravy, Nana and Cole. I think it would be awesome if they made a scale sized boat to place the figures on.

@davidswan5295 I didn't realize there were widespread QC issues in wave 2. I guess I got lucky with my figures. Sorry you had issues. I hope most folks don't wait for wave 3 to get marked down because that will mean we won't get a fourth wave. Honestly, I'm not expecting a fourth wave because we're down to the more obscure characters. I'm still hoping, though. I'd love to get all the characters you listed.

I did a video on Popeye in his navy whites and the paint job was pretty awful but this wasn't the only problematic figure. Putting the QC issues aside, just looking at the design of the articulation and the materials used I don't think these figures are worth $40 as compared to what other companies are charging which may explain why these figures went on up to 50% discounts. Should I pay full price just to try and encourage a wave 4 that may never come? I hate overpaying even though I love Popeye but I think Boss Fight Studios should have a more reasonable price out of the gate. I actually want the obscure characters more than the well known characters so I do hope that there is a wave 4 and dare I dream, a wave 5? On the other hand, imagine if Bandai or figma did Popeye figures. I appreciate what BFS is doing in this line but another company could possibly put out the end all be all of Popeye figures.

@davidswan5295 Sorry you got such a bad figure. I agree the price feels pretty high for these figures, even considering the high prices of figures in general now. I assume part of the price is due to BFS being a smaller company and demand for these characters being relatively low. I certainly can't fault folks for not wanting to spend their money on an overpriced product with QC issues. It just doesn't give me much confidence in there being more waves if Popeye fans are hesitant to buy these figures. If a wave 4 doesn't get announced by the end of the year, I plan to make a custom Geezil from Wimpy and Alice from the generic Goon. Having those two will make my collection feel complete. By the way, thanks for posting great videos! I've watched several that are really interesting and informative.

Thank you so much. I'm devoting most of my time to another RUclips channel so the content on here has been very light the last couple of months but I'm still very passionate about figures. I do agree that the price is likely because BFS is a smaller company but my BFS videos are some of my most watched so Popeye clearly has a large fan base. I feel like a company such as Bandai or Figma could produce some absolutely killer Popeye figures but the thing is that the higher the quality the less they produce. For example, Hasbro can crank out dozens and dozens of average quality G.I. Joe figures but a high-end figure maker like Mezco will produce maybe a few a year. I'd buy a high-end Geezil or Roughhouse from Bandai in a heartbeat (something like $80 or more) but it's just not realistically going to happen. Thanks for the comments.

That figure is Bandai Chogokin RX-93ff V Gundam. I bought it on a Black Friday sale from Kappa Hobby.

Dang, I wrote this super long reply and then managed to delete it. I will write more later but I think you're 100% on the money with Gould and it was sad to see and his belief that cops were always right were not working in the tumoltuous 60s and 70s. I will write a much longer response later but I'm curious as to whether or not you ever read Judge Dredd.

You must absolutely love Street Fighter figures. I sold this one after I produced this video because I did not like this figure. Good luck in your collecting. I think there were only five created.

@davidswan5295 there are 8 in the series I think, and these are enough of an oddity that I think they're fun.

I totally get collecting weird, oddball things. I think I would have kept mine if I hadn't opened the package just as a possible investment. These would probably be the rarest Street Fighter figures.

@@davidswan5295 I am absolutely going to open mine. The revoltech stuff can do crazy things if you have an idea of what you're doing, so I'm excited. And they're not crazy expensive either so 🤷 Absolutely understand the frustration though.

@@liesureleeminis8268 I rewatched that old video and cringed because I was still holding the camera vertical back then and hadn't started using a fixed camera so I was attempting to manipulate the figure with one hand. Someone had told me that the Revoltech figures are much better than I gave them credit for and I just don't know how to move the joints but even with two hands I found them brutal. I would be interested in hearing how your collection progresses.

The Bandai figure looks really good and I certainly have my share of all plastic figures including many from Bandai but there is something special about Indy having a cloth outfit that really appeals to me. Indiana Jones has a rugged, weathered look that goes well with real cloth. I'd have to see the facial sculpts up close because I'm not sure which company did a better job. Thanks for the heads up.

The QC issues are horrendous. The shoulders are floppy just like on yours. The cape on mine doesn't feel like foam at all. It feels like vinyl. Mine came with the one sword. In my video I said that it stood fine without the brace but now it can barely stand even with the brace and I had it leaning against a wall. I have no idea what changed so that it no longer stands properly because it doesn't appear to be the ankles. The one thing I'll say is that it looks damn impressive on a shelf so at least it has that going for it.

I did videos on all the Popeye figures from wave 1 and 2 but I haven't bought wave 3 because of past QC issues and because these figures always seem to go on discount. I will buy them when the reach a better price.

It might be legit but I'd warn that Amazon is notorious for selling bootlegs. If it looks too good to be true, it probably is.

@@DCSilverAgeStorytime No, not Amazon! Big Bad Toy Store! 40% off for 65.99! Part of their holiday sale! 65.99 is a no-v brainer for me! 👍

Sorry about that. You specifically said BBTS. My mistake. Yes, that is a great price and if I didn't already have it I'd buy tht one in a heartbeat. Thanks for the info.

A broken figure would certainly sour me on it. Mine seems fine but I wont deny that the articulation is highly limited. On the shelf it looks spectacular. I had a Japanese retailer offer me a $10 coupon after a high end figure arrived with the box badly damaged (the figure was undamaged). I told the women not to bother since I wouldn't be buying from them again. Big Bad Toy Store has been super good about allowing me to return damaged figures although it only happened a couple of times.

@@Sam-em8lm It really is an amazing figure. Any plans to get it?

I didn't know there were different versions. I got a bit lazy in my video and didn't show all the gimmicks.

Do you love it? Here is my biggest piece of advice. The plastic is soft. I am super careful with my figures but I went to pick it up and my fingernail left a small scratch in the figure which was SUPER disappointing. I'm used to figures with hard plastic

Probably, I tried to find the closest one I could to the 1993 Godzilla. I think the costumes were the same.

Mach Baron will probably be a pass for me since I literally have never heard of the character but Grandazier and Raideen are definite buys. Thank you for the info

Thank you

I chose not to preorder the wave 3 of Boss Fight Studios Popeye because of QC issues in wave 2 and because they seem to always get discounted eventually. I actually have two Mezco Popeye figures since I owned one and the only way to get Bluto was to buy a second one but I don't have him in his navy whites. It looks nice but I really don't need a third Mezco Popeye.

Obviously I cherry picked to find the humorous images. Neal Adams was definitely ground breaking and a legend in the business. I don't remember where I heard that Adams and O'Neil had a falling out or maybe my mind is going and I just imagined I read it.

@@ianlee1305 Thank you. I own the series and I really need to get around to watching it although I'm pretty sure it's in Japanese

@@8474Starscream Sky X is really producing some fantastic figures. They are among my very favorite high end Japanese robot companies

Thank you so much. Actually, all my reviews were removed by Amazon and I've been banned from reviewing permanently for breaking community standards. They told me I broke community standards (I never have) but never told me what I did or in what review out of thousands. Since I didn't correct whatever review they were complaining about because I couldn't, they banned me. I never use profanity or anything close to offensive language so my assumption is an automated bot flagged me. I probably wrote a review of Dick Tracy and got flagged for offensive language.

I honestly thought O'Neil's writing on Green Arrow was terrible.

I'll just say this. Regardless of the original design, Bandai did a magnificent job of recreating it in figure form and although I doubt I'll ever fall in love with the look of MOGUERA, I've grown to appreciate it more than I did.

It's so much better than my OTHER Great General of Darkness figure which was kind of a disaster.

@@ironfist9976 I think I would agree

I generally watch the movie associated with figure prior to discussing it but I actually watched it twice when the Space Godzilla figure came out, which was awhile ago and I didn't feel like watching it a third time. I confess that I forgot a lot including the separation of MOGUERA. It is intersting that the figure features no separation.

I'd be worried that once the pegs cool down they'd either be impossible to remove or would break if I remove them. However, when I went to display the figure on my shelf I did manage to get the cape attached with a bit more force. I even removed one and put it back in just to make sure I could. I just feel that the amount of force needed is a lot more than should be necessary.

Thank you so much. At this point this channel is only discussing figures and nothing else. I still have my other channel which is where I'm devoting most of my time. My passion for figure collecting hasn't diminished but I decided not to do any more videos on this channel related to other things like movies and comics and whatnot so obviously my volume of content has diminished significantly.

@@davidswan5295 Qualit. Y over quantity

I hope I can add something to the figure community.

Kappa Hobby. They had the best price and the packing was fantastic

It does seem to be higher quality, particularly in the paint job. I compared it to my original Shogun Warrior and this new one was clearly better.

You have 3 Batman 1989? I also have the Alien figure which uses the same material although it's a bit more shiny. I think even if the figures don't get damaged over time I'm still not a huge fan of the materials. The Batman in particular just feels weird in my hands.

Thank you so much. I do try and stay mellow and not put on fake excitement. Hopefully I'll have some more figures coming soon. My main effort is on my other channel but when I get figures I always produce at least one video.

I produced 3 videos on this figure and after I was done I went to put it on the shelf and my thumbnail actually produced a small scratch on it. It's really disappointing but it is a cautionary tale because this is not strong plastic. Be really really careful because even something as soft as a thumbnail can scratch it.

@@davidswan5295 Thanks for the advice! I🤖🇯🇵👍🚀

It's 11,000 yen on Bandai or around $77 USD so that's probably the bottom price you're likely to find. It was $86 on Hobby Kappa but it's sold out now. It's $95 on Amazon. Everything on Ebay looks over $100. I wont deny that it's pricy for a 1:12 all plastic figure but Bandai does have high quality.

It's unfortunately sold out now on BBTS but they do have the concept version for 38% off. I'm glad I snatched up the one I got.

@@davidswan5295 I can wait for the neca Romulus one. Because it's better than the crappy movie 🍿

You should check out Bandai's Jumbo Machinder line. This is a new line based on the old Machinder/Shogun Warrior figures from the 70s.

@@davidswan5295 Thank you for your suggestion. I really appreciate it. But I want ones comparable to the one in your video with more articulation. I am willing to pay for them if or when they exist.

Evolution Toys is the one company that comes to mind with the larger articulated figures but I got away from them because I felt they were overpriced. They problem with the large articulated figures is the joints can be floppy just from the weight and size of the figure. There is a Mazinkaiser from Blitzway coming soon that's listed as 15.07 inches although that may include the wings in the height. That one will be beautifully articulated without a doubt.

@@davidswan5295 Thank you for the info. I had no idea there was such a thing in the works!

Bandai didn't do an official 50th anniversary Great Mazinger celebration but this is a the Venus two-pack is a nice way to do an unofficial celebration.

Thank you. I'm hoping my new channel can be appealing even to non comic fans. www.youtube.com/@DCSilverAgeStorytime

I am a huge Gatchaman (Battle of the Planets) fan but from my experience Evolution Toy figures are overpriced so I passed on this one.

I already preordered The Blank

@@fossil98 I watched probably 3 or 4 episodes on Netflix and assumed I had plenty of time and then the series was removed so I never finished it. I would really like to finish it.

@@nicholashollingsworth7215 you got him already? How did you manage that?