The old figure would be sticky if it were stored in hot temperatures, as it accelerates the breaking down of the plastic. It will happen to all toys in due time. The only way to avoid it is literally to freeze the plastic and that comes with its own set of damage, as it will begin to crack after a period of time.
@@vascotoys The yellowing definitely suggests it was stored in poor conditions. It shouldn’t look like that after only twenty years. Maybe at around double that. I’ve still got stormtroopers from Hasbro back around 2004 that are as white as the day they were put on the shelves. I’ve also got some that are definitely a tinge of yellow now. But nothing as bad as this Vegeta. He was not handled with care. 🤣
It could also simply be plasticiser leaching, which doesn't mean that it was guaranteed to have been kept in hot temperatures. Just that it was kept in storage for too long, which allows the plastic to start sweating, as well the plasticiser to (I believe so, at least) sort of come off in a sort of gaseous form, creating the sticky build-up that you can feel on the surface of plastic figures that are kept within their packages for too long. The way to prevent this is to open your figures up and let them breathe, effectively, which is much easier for things like newer Japanese figures which have easily opened and resealable packaging, rather than these older things backed on card.
I bought those exact 2 irwin figures with my 9th birthday money. I remember Super Saiyan had only been alluded to by Vegeta in the Namek saga so I didnt really understand the yellow hair, and I remember speculating all the characters on the back of the card. Tons of nostalgia seeing this!
That's awesome, Ernie! Yes, so much of the experience for the American audience was not understanding some of the characters available I'm figure form. Glad you enjoyed.
I'm really loving this comparison series! This is such a cool and unique experience to compare these older figures with the modern ones. This new S.H. Figuarts Vegeta is REALLY COOL! Awesome video!
@M.A.Sketchbook thank you Matt! Doing these videos really takes me back to the good Ole days when we would watch DBZ after school and play with all the old school figures.
Me and my dad used to collect DOZENS of old DBZ toys, manga, posters, magazines, and other collectibles way back when. He was hoping that one day they’d sell for a lot and become collectors items, thankfully he was partly right. I still have all of them and will cherish them
I remember picking a WWF Goldberg figure over this Vegeta figure as a kid and regretting it. I finally picked it up on ebay like over a decade later and was so happy
So, the ones in our day look more durable. And as a kid who used to clash toys together like they were clappers, I can confirm it's durable. The new one looks like it would explode off the first clash 😅
namek saga vegeta was soo entertaining. His fight with zarbon and recoome were so unique and brutal, he just got he crud kicked out of him while also geing a bunch of good hits in himself.
@strictlythemed ahhh, same happened to me. The only one I kept was the SS Goku. But, like I said I kind of started recollecting them. There are a ton on eBay.
@@vascotoys SSJ Goku was my first figure too of this collection. i remember my love was Vegeta anyway, after this collection there was The figures who launche's Ki blast from the hands by clicking the button behind the back
I love those early dragon ball Z figures despite the limited articulation. Vegeta was my first as well and I used to play with it so much that the armor couldnt even snap together anymore. those dbz toys were all we had in the 90s/early 00s and we were happy.
@adamwilson1691 well said! Totally agree, as cool as the new ones are these older ones will always be special to me. It's been really fun recollecting them.
I have a metal briefcase filled with all my dragon ball toys. It's one of the only things I kept from childhood. And it does have a very nostalgic smell haha
Who doesnt used those old figures for make them fight around the house? Even with the new ones, when Im bored, I take two and play 😅 But it makes me happy
I had both Vegeta's growing up, along with Super Sayian Goku, Piccolo, Vegito and Gogeta even before I saw them in the Funmation dubbings on Cartoon Network. Good times but man I remember all those weak points, minus the fadded color and stinkiness. Plus I always loved the sayian armor designs on characters so Namek was my favorite looks wise because slap a different color on a rando like Appule and you get Orlen a different character fun times😁.
@donovanbradford8231 yes the old figures, while flawed, made for some awesome childhood memories. I also LOVE the look of Saiyan armor and think the Namek Saga is the greatest part of all Dragon Ball.
i remember i had that figure when i was like 5 and i would do all sorts of things to it like throwing him around and soaking him water i would bring him to the beach 20 years later i found it in the front yard of my mom and dads place
dude awesome video and comparison, but man it did hurt seeing you open that sealed copy 😅, you can get them loose and still do the comparison, so there will be more sealed in the wild lol, also the aging and stickiness is prob cause they storage the fig in a hot storage no ac or sun exposure
I understand what you mean. I couldn't find any loose ones that had the saiyan armor and that's the only reason I went with a sealed one. It felt like comparing the two Vegetas without the clip on saiyan armor would have been incomplete.
I had that vegeta as a wee lad too... one day I was playing with it and I set the armor down next to me and when I went to pick it back up it was gone, never to bee seen again
I was obsessed with the super battle collection figures as a kid for some reason. There was just something that seemed more special and collectible about them. Made my mom buy the SS4 Vegeta online and it took weeks to arrive. While the details in new figures obviously looks better, the one thing I don’t like about new figures like these is if you drop it on the floor it will bust into tons of pieces. There was something nice about the simplicity of the toys back in the day.
@@lovesgibson I totally identify with being obsessed with those figures. There was something so interesting about them, especially the characters we hadn't seen in the English dub yet. And I do get what you mean about the modern figures. They're expensive and fragile, so if they do happen to break, it's a double whammy of emotions.
@@vascotoys it was also a thing where friends would have some or have one that you didn’t have or a rare one, so it made like a collectible aspect to them. In some ways, because of the looks, they seemed low quality, but I guess the feel and durability, they felt high quality. Some of them have some weight to them, compared to other cheaper toys. I guess figures and toys of characters in general back then were never that accurate looking, so it felt cool just to have actual figures of this show on tv that everyone was obsessed with. This video sparked my memory of these large DBZ toys that I remember seeing in a toy store back in like 2002. After researching I found out that they were 15 inch figures also sold by Irwin. There was a super vegito one and a super saiyan Goku one. I was blown away seeing these massive figures, but pretty sure they were expensive and my parents wouldn’t spend that kind of money. I didn’t even know who the super vegito was because that was long before the Buu saga even came out in America. Doing even more research just now, it seems like these figures might be another case where they were originally made by a Japanese company and then resold through Irwin… very odd. Some of those toys back then just had a charm to them, even if they might’ve looked very wacky tbh
I have this old Vegeta and I loved it when I got it 30 years ago, even with the articulation and cheap materials issues. To be honest, I don't prefer the shoulder and torso articulation in the new one. But I have to admit the faces are near perfection.
Good ole sticky elf ears Vegeta lol Definitely a big fan of the Namek)Freiza saga, i love the S.H version if Vegeta & the old school one is nostalgic for sure!
@hyrulegend9786 🤣🤣🤣 I was so surprised when I opened him and discovered he was sticky. Not sure what that was about! Awesome! I really appreciate you watching and glad the video brought you back from a nostalgia standpoint.
@@vascotoys For sure guess it's one of those things with aging, he's been trapped in that box for years or was lol 😆Yeah I'm a big sucker for nostalgia 💕
@DallasToysReviews yes! When I was a kid I really thought those old figures were a lot better than they actually were. They look so strange without the hair!
Sticky figures is from the plasticize, its more common if the figure has been sealed for a long time. Basically the plasticize vaporizes and has no where to go so creates as sticky layer.
@vascotoys no worries 😅 been collecting a lot of anime figures for over 16 years. Is one of the interesting things ive learnt about over the years. If you every see listings on Japanese sites they label things as sticky if its got that which throws people off haha
I had that old vegeta action figure 😊 i actually had my late uncle paint his hair yellow 😅 it didn't come out looking like i wanted, the yellow was more like a mustard color, and it started flaking off in spots
ive been rewatching dragon ball z and man i love how complex of character vegeta is but those action figures are the best you should try to find the one with goku flexable muscles
Yes! He is so interesting especially in that saga. I know what figure you mean, but I purposefully passed on it. It's a weird 9" scale and I have heard very bad things about the durability of the stretchy material they used on those.
I had the Irwin vegeta that was sporting the tank top and it came with a gun minus the pointy ears then later Android 17 with the Ribbon Army battle suit. Those were my first two I wanted Android 18 as a kid but was near impossible to find
@@vascotoys do you remember those giant Vegeta and goku walkie talkie’s? That vegeta had pointy ears 😂 I had those back in the day as well. I can’t remember whatever happened to them sadly
@SlickAndroid17 wow, I actually don't! There was so much cool DB, stuff back in the day. Like, I remember having this 1:1 scale DBZ toy sword (The one kid Gohan has in early DBZ) and it had a bunch of recording sayings from Goku.
@@vascotoys I remember that but never got my hands on it. How bought those mini ones I think there were four or six in each box. I live in Oregon so we had some neat Asian stores around that carried them Kmart I think had them. Ultimately i had vegeta and 17 of course trunks with his sword I had the ssj trunks with the armor that that you could remove like in your video but cell saga armor. Two ssj vegetas one with yellow hair the other gold panted hair. Kid trunks buu saga, bulma, Raditz and Nappa I remember one of their scouters was easily breakable which was sad. Oh the Burger King vegeta did you ever get that one?
@SlickAndroid17 Yes! I did have the Burger King figures and a lot of the other ones you mentioned. So many awesome DBZ toys and Collectibles out there!
My favorite look for Vegeta was the Cell Saga look.Looking back at the show my favorite era of the art is between the end of Dragon Ball and when Trunks arrives. So now this is my favorite look for Vegeta. Your site isn't working for me. I was interested in seeing how much your backdrops are.
Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment! Those are some great choices! I'm sorry the site isn't working. I do also have them available via ebay here: www.ebay.com/usr/vasco48_sc The large backdrops are $60 plus shipping and the detolf sized ones are $30 each plus shipping. Backdrops have a 2-3 week lead time because they are professionally printed by a third party.
Vegeta with large shoulder pads will forever be my favorite though I doubt he'll ever wear it again. His armor right now also looks good but the Ressurrection F armor is the second best look he's ever had. My least favorite is Buu Saga. Am never a fan of characters wearing tank tops in general
Once again SH Figuarts makes me regret some aspects of my childhood 😅 I had the Vegeta from Super Battle Collection. That 24,000 Figure is like the ultimate Namek Saga Vegeta figure.
I had SSJ Goku and Final form Frieza but I thought there was some mistake with the Frieza one because the first dub never actually showed anything beyond first form Frieza. SSJ Goku was in the intro and was also wondering why we never saw him or Trunks. To be fair the 90's ones were actually toys while today they are figurines. Toys are meant to be played with while figurines are meant to be displayed
I appreciate you watching! I would disagree about your last point. A lot of collectors do "play" with these figures in the form of action figure photography. Especially when you think about forms like A.C.B.A.
@@vascotoys No problem :) and by play I mean like actually kids level stuff where you could break them by having one figure punch another one too hard. I still think the stop motion and posing stuff doesn't actually count as "playing" with them.
the namak saga was peak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I’ve seen the super battle collection figures when I was little, I kind of liked them, BUT I’ve heard that the Ultimate Figure series is similar to the Super Battle figures with the shirts being able to be taken off, but it has much more articulation. I always liked those more when I was little, I thought they looked cooler. I think it’s pretty cool series, I only have Base Gokou & Vegeta, and the Funi release of Vegetto with his name spelled “Vegito” which makes no sense. Unfortunately, that series only did mostly different versions of Gokou, Vegeta, Vegetto, and had Gogeta, Gohan, Piccolo Jr, and Final Form Freeza figures. They could’ve done so much more character, like this list I made, and made a pretty big list that I didn’t know I would make but I like it. I expanded this list cause why not? Son Gokou: 1 Chibi Gokou (first arc of DragonBall), shirt cannot come off like other figures, but only his Nyoibo with the strap. 2 Chibi Gokou (22nd Tenkaichi Budokai & King Piccolo Saga), same thing as the previous figure, just that he’s slightly older and has the orange turtle hermit gi. 3 Gokou (23rd Tenkaichi Budokai), similar design to the official figure, just with a slightly different gi with a Kanji on it, and the shirt can actually come off like the official figure also. 4 Boo Saga, Super Saiayjin Grade 5 (S.S.2), so just S.S.Grade.4 Gokou (Mastered S.S.1) with a slightly different hair mold 5 GrandTour Adult Base Gokou, as seen at the beginning of the GrandTour series. I want to add this. 6 GrandTour Chibi Base Gokou, who comes with his S.S.Grade.4 head, and a removable 7 Super Saiyajin 4 (red humanoid oozaru) Vegeta: 8 Super Saiayjin Grade 2 (buff form), aka Super Vegeta 9 Boo Saga, Super Saiayjin Grade 5, just a blue tank top with no sleeves like in the actual series. It might be hard to tell the difference between the Grade 5 hair and Grade 4’s, meh. 10 GrandTour Base Vegeta, design where he has a removable blue jacket on, with his S.S.Grade.4 head. To clarify, it’s the design he has most of the series, as seen when he fought Super 17. My favorite design of Vegeta. 11 Super Saiyajin 4 Gogeta: 12 Super Saiyajin 4 (Future) Trunks: 13 Original appearance, Base Form (Future) Trunks, with Super Saiyajin Grade 1 head (original form achieved on Namek), comes up with a removable sword, his jacket cannot be taken off. 14 (Room of Spirit & Time) Base (Future) Trunks, with S.S.Grade 1 head. 15 Super Saiyajin Grade 2 16 Super Saiyajin Grade 3 (super duper buff yet slow form) Gohan: 17 Base (Future) Gohan, with Super Saiayjin Grade 1 head 18 Super Saiayjin Grade 4 (Pre-Teen Gohan), with removable cape, and Base Gohan and S.S.Grade 5 heads 19 Base Gohan (teenage) with his blue gi and red belt, and Super Saiayjin Grade 4 head. Kuririn: 20 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai with his orange turtle hermit gi. 21 Saiyajin Saga 22 Cell Saga, not really anything different than his Saiyajin Saga counterpart, just that he notably has a blue undershirt. Yamucha: 23 First arc of DragonBall, comes with Puar, and his removable sword. 24 Saiyajin Saga 25 Cell Saga, which is just the same figure with a different head. Tenshinhan: 26 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, comes with a Chiaotzu 27 Saiyajin Saga, also comes with a Chiaotzu 28 Cell Saga, does not come with a Chiaotzu 29 Boo Saga, comes with Chiaotzu Master Roshi: 30 Jackie Chun 31 Buff Jackie Chun Tao Pai Pai: 32 First appearance Tao Pai Pai with a pillar. 33 Cybernetic enhanced seen in 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai and onwards in Z’s filler, he has a needle hand thing that slashes Tenshinhan’s chest that made him have his iconic scar. King Piccolo: 34 King Piccolo (young) Coola: 35 Final Form, shredder looking form. Android 13 and two others: 36 Regular form 37 Super Android 13 Androids: 38 Android 18 39 Android 16, with removable hands replaced with cannons. Android 17: 40 Cell Saga 41 Super 17, with removable hands similar to 16’s Broly 42 Legendary Super Saiyajin Broly Cell: 43 1st Form / Imperfect Cell 44 2nd Form / Semi-Perfect Cell 45 Perfect Cell Boo: 46 Chibi / Kid Boo 47 Super Boo 48 Super Boo (Gotenks & Piccolo Jr absorbed) 49 Super Boo (Three Saiyajin hybrid and Piccolo Jr absorbed) Rildo: 50 Base Form Rildo 51 Sigma Canon Rildo 52 Hyper Metal Rildo Bebi (or Baby): 53 Chibi design, as seen when he confronted Goten. 54 Super Saiyajin Grade.4 Vegeta, it’s actually just Vegeta with silver hair as he was seen fighting S.S.3 Gokou 55 Super Bebi 1, where he gained Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Bullas powers, it was like a halfway transformation that made him look like the actual Bebi. 56 Super Bebi 2, where he resembles the actual Bebi, and was seen when fighting S.S.4 Gokou and Oob. Shadow Dragons: 57 Eis Shenron 58 Novoa Shenron 59 Syn Shenron 60 Omega Shenron
@@vascotoys Thanks! I should’ve added first appearance of Kuririn with his yellow gi, and 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai version, I’ll edit that. Actually, I’m gonna add G.T versions while I’m at it.
Hey! I have several different tracks incorporated into this. I use epidemic sound for all my audio tracks and sound effects. If you can let me know which part of the video you're curious about, I will let you know what track that was.
I feel shfiguarts has had to step up their game because of all the third party creators. There are a lot of people making really great head sculpts and figures. Glad to competition driving progression. Also seeing that old school Vegeta brought back so many memories. I too collected those when I was a kid. I wish they would make a figure where you can take the armor of like that old one.
No wonder the armor is non removable on the modern vegeta figures since the armor would come off very easily and therefore many people lost it, and without it he looks like he’s wearing kids jammies
@@vascotoys yes but I mean when I was young the hobby shop had dbz toys from Japan and every week it seemed like they'd have new characters but never piccolo I saw a cheesy piccolo but you can tell difference in packaging and quality of figure
I'm really just trying to show how much the action figure industry has evolved. The period of release is a HUGE factor here though. The technology the modern figures have simply didn't exist in the 90s.
Ohhhh yes, very cool version of Vegeta for sure. I chose to pass on the SHF jumbo figure that was released a few years ago because of space and the price on it.
@Scherie-j7m IDK they only sell a Single Figure and it's a Dragon Star which is basically just a Down Grade If you want to know the Figure is SSJ3 Goku
@@MikeyHudson-o9k haha I had a ssj3 Goku but it had gold hair didn't like it also it was in the Irwin toys package not the Japanese one you could take the toy out of and put back in here in the states we have a lot of dbz toys
I hated those 90s figures no articulation no accessories nothing the only thing on par with being that bad were the Ronin Warrior spring action figures.
Idk why but I hate the way sh figuarts figures look all the creases in the body where the figure moves makes it look so goofy. I’d rather have the old figures any day especially for display.
Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion. For someone like me, who wants to pose the figures in dynamic poses, the articulation is so important. But, I do understand some people not liking the look of the sculpt with the articulation. Everyone has their preferences for sure!
@ashleygayo7570 very cool! If you have the opportunity to watch the funimation dub with the American Faulconer music I would highly suggest you watch Z that way.
Watch another Dragon Ball Z figure comparison, here: ruclips.net/video/fUk9zGE-G1w/видео.htmlsi=WFVczucp5bLokUYL
That vegeta from the 90s was the first one i had when I was a kid. I wish I still had it
If you wanted to you could grab one eBay. The sealed one I bought was like $34 bucks, but loose ones are way cheaper.
I still have the 90’s Vegeta and my memory as a kid with it was fighting the 90’s Freeza
@Fourstardragonball yes! See I didn't have the Freiza from this line as a kid, but defintiley had him fighting Goku and the other figures.
The old figure would be sticky if it were stored in hot temperatures, as it accelerates the breaking down of the plastic. It will happen to all toys in due time. The only way to avoid it is literally to freeze the plastic and that comes with its own set of damage, as it will begin to crack after a period of time.
@@karascrow very interesting! That's probably how this was stored, but I don't know for sure because I purchased it on eBay. Thanks for the info!
@@vascotoys The yellowing definitely suggests it was stored in poor conditions. It shouldn’t look like that after only twenty years. Maybe at around double that. I’ve still got stormtroopers from Hasbro back around 2004 that are as white as the day they were put on the shelves. I’ve also got some that are definitely a tinge of yellow now. But nothing as bad as this Vegeta. He was not handled with care. 🤣
@@karascrow yes, the Prince of All Saiyans deserved better... 😅
It could also simply be plasticiser leaching, which doesn't mean that it was guaranteed to have been kept in hot temperatures. Just that it was kept in storage for too long, which allows the plastic to start sweating, as well the plasticiser to (I believe so, at least) sort of come off in a sort of gaseous form, creating the sticky build-up that you can feel on the surface of plastic figures that are kept within their packages for too long.
The way to prevent this is to open your figures up and let them breathe, effectively, which is much easier for things like newer Japanese figures which have easily opened and resealable packaging, rather than these older things backed on card.
@@batterupman That’s possible too. But wouldn’t it still be more white than yellowed?
Pouring out some liquor for all the other 90's homies out there that grew up with that old school shit, you the realest
Yes! Growing up with these toys in the 90s made for a great childhood.
I bought those exact 2 irwin figures with my 9th birthday money. I remember Super Saiyan had only been alluded to by Vegeta in the Namek saga so I didnt really understand the yellow hair, and I remember speculating all the characters on the back of the card. Tons of nostalgia seeing this!
That's awesome, Ernie! Yes, so much of the experience for the American audience was not understanding some of the characters available I'm figure form. Glad you enjoyed.
I'm really loving this comparison series! This is such a cool and unique experience to compare these older figures with the modern ones. This new S.H. Figuarts Vegeta is REALLY COOL! Awesome video!
@M.A.Sketchbook thank you Matt! Doing these videos really takes me back to the good Ole days when we would watch DBZ after school and play with all the old school figures.
I had so many figures from this line. Man, good memories. Thanks for this !!!
Very cool! Same here. It was such a fun toy line. So happy to hear you enjoyed the video.
Even though I wasn’t even conceived, I feel nostalgia radiating from these kinds of videos!
Keep up the good work VASCO Toys!
@@Manofhamcity I'm so glad you appreciate the nostalgia on these videos. Thanks for the kind words and support!
One of my earliest memories regarding Vegeta is somehow thinking he was also Goku's brother
This was when Kai was airing on Nickelodeon
That's interesting! Appreciate you watching and sharing that memory.
alot of people including me also thought this you are not alone
Damn you must be young.
@@da3vagod you guys are dumb. I grew up with the og dbz
This, and Trunks in his armor were my favorite toys growing up.
Yes! Loved that armored Trunks when I was a kid as well.
@@vascotoys with the gold hair, modeled from the cell fight. Pure gold.
my favorite was the future drunks figure because he had a dope jacket and a freakin sword. that belt and sheath were flimsy as hell though 😂
Me and my dad used to collect DOZENS of old DBZ toys, manga, posters, magazines, and other collectibles way back when. He was hoping that one day they’d sell for a lot and become collectors items, thankfully he was partly right. I still have all of them and will cherish them
That's awesome and sounds like some amazing memories. Those memories alone make the collecting worthwhile. Thanks for watching the video
I remember picking a WWF Goldberg figure over this Vegeta figure as a kid and regretting it. I finally picked it up on ebay like over a decade later and was so happy
@@jsplaythroughs oh wow! I'm glad you finally got your hands on one. That line of figures was so great back in the day. Thanks for watching!
So much nostalgia! Good video man!
Thank you! Glad to hear this brought back memories for you.
So, the ones in our day look more durable. And as a kid who used to clash toys together like they were clappers, I can confirm it's durable. The new one looks like it would explode off the first clash 😅
Great review man ! I’m subbing
@@Raadestdude hey! Many thanks. I'm glad you enjoyed it and I appreciate the support.
OMG!! I miss my childhood so much. I had a lot of this Dragon Ball toys. Amazing
@@fernando929305 they were great toys! Glad you had them and that this brought back those memories. Thanks for watching.
@@vascotoys Thanks for the video
The nostalgia! I can still smell the plastic of the Sailor Neptune figure I got along with some others in the early 2000s.
Awesome! Glad this brought back those sensory memories for you! Thanks for watching.
namek saga vegeta was soo entertaining. His fight with zarbon and recoome were so unique and brutal, he just got he crud kicked out of him while also geing a bunch of good hits in himself.
@@EclipseHedgehog yes! Exactly. He was so interesting in that saga. Thanks for checking this out.
i loved these toys from the 90's got many of these. best childhood!
Yes! They were great. I'm starting to recollect some of what I had and even some that I wanted and never got as a kid. It's been fun.
@@vascotoys unfortunatelly i've lost many of mine.
@strictlythemed ahhh, same happened to me. The only one I kept was the SS Goku. But, like I said I kind of started recollecting them. There are a ton on eBay.
@@vascotoys SSJ Goku was my first figure too of this collection. i remember my love was Vegeta anyway, after this collection there was The figures who launche's Ki blast from the hands by clicking the button behind the back
I love those early dragon ball Z figures despite the limited articulation. Vegeta was my first as well and I used to play with it so much that the armor couldnt even snap together anymore. those dbz toys were all we had in the 90s/early 00s and we were happy.
@adamwilson1691 well said! Totally agree, as cool as the new ones are these older ones will always be special to me. It's been really fun recollecting them.
I have a big bucket filled with those 90s figures. The smell will forget be stuck in my mind
I have a metal briefcase filled with all my dragon ball toys. It's one of the only things I kept from childhood.
And it does have a very nostalgic smell haha
Straight 🔥 facts love this
I really appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed
The premium Vegeta sounds nice and crispy just how I like them
0:14 Kakarot i dont feel so go-turns into a action figure
This is Vegeta’s true form, what’re you talking about?
@Legendary_Fard1247 True
Who doesnt used those old figures for make them fight around the house?
Even with the new ones, when Im bored, I take two and play 😅 But it makes me happy
I had that earliest Vegeta too...
@@zesanx very cool! Thanks for watching the video.
I had both Vegeta's growing up, along with Super Sayian Goku, Piccolo, Vegito and Gogeta even before I saw them in the Funmation dubbings on Cartoon Network. Good times but man I remember all those weak points, minus the fadded color and stinkiness.
Plus I always loved the sayian armor designs on characters so Namek was my favorite looks wise because slap a different color on a rando like Appule and you get Orlen a different character fun times😁.
@donovanbradford8231 yes the old figures, while flawed, made for some awesome childhood memories. I also LOVE the look of Saiyan armor and think the Namek Saga is the greatest part of all Dragon Ball.
i remember i had that figure when i was like 5 and i would do all sorts of things to it like throwing him around and soaking him water i would bring him to the beach 20 years later i found it in the front yard of my mom and dads place
@@adventuresofemberandsevi8596 🤣🤣🤣 sounds like you got your money's worth with him. Crazy that you found him all those years later
dude awesome video and comparison, but man it did hurt seeing you open that sealed copy 😅, you can get them loose and still do the comparison, so there will be more sealed in the wild lol, also the aging and stickiness is prob cause they storage the fig in a hot storage no ac or sun exposure
I understand what you mean. I couldn't find any loose ones that had the saiyan armor and that's the only reason I went with a sealed one. It felt like comparing the two Vegetas without the clip on saiyan armor would have been incomplete.
I had that vegeta as a wee lad too... one day I was playing with it and I set the armor down next to me and when I went to pick it back up it was gone, never to bee seen again
Ahhhh that's a sad story. As you know from watching the video. I can relate.
I still have this toy from the 90s with all the armor intact, and just gave it to my kid along with all my other old DBZ toys.
Man that's awesome! I'm a father as well and look forward to hopefully sharing the hobby with my kids when they are ready.
Figures look so amazing now. Kids and adult collectors today are lucky
@@azurestrike6551 totally agree! Thanks for checking out the video.
I was obsessed with the super battle collection figures as a kid for some reason. There was just something that seemed more special and collectible about them.
Made my mom buy the SS4 Vegeta online and it took weeks to arrive.
While the details in new figures obviously looks better, the one thing I don’t like about new figures like these is if you drop it on the floor it will bust into tons of pieces.
There was something nice about the simplicity of the toys back in the day.
@@lovesgibson I totally identify with being obsessed with those figures. There was something so interesting about them, especially the characters we hadn't seen in the English dub yet. And I do get what you mean about the modern figures. They're expensive and fragile, so if they do happen to break, it's a double whammy of emotions.
@@vascotoys it was also a thing where friends would have some or have one that you didn’t have or a rare one, so it made like a collectible aspect to them.
In some ways, because of the looks, they seemed low quality, but I guess the feel and durability, they felt high quality. Some of them have some weight to them, compared to other cheaper toys.
I guess figures and toys of characters in general back then were never that accurate looking, so it felt cool just to have actual figures of this show on tv that everyone was obsessed with.
This video sparked my memory of these large DBZ toys that I remember seeing in a toy store back in like 2002. After researching I found out that they were 15 inch figures also sold by Irwin. There was a super vegito one and a super saiyan Goku one.
I was blown away seeing these massive figures, but pretty sure they were expensive and my parents wouldn’t spend that kind of money.
I didn’t even know who the super vegito was because that was long before the Buu saga even came out in America.
Doing even more research just now, it seems like these figures might be another case where they were originally made by a Japanese company and then resold through Irwin… very odd.
Some of those toys back then just had a charm to them, even if they might’ve looked very wacky tbh
The one thing I can remember if I had that old vegeta is to try and make the "his power level is over 9 thousand!" Scene
You know this figure is really rare
@nicolaebafana3690 the sealed version is rare, but the loose figure isn't hard to find on eBay.
gave that original vegeta figure to my son. the only difference is the blue suit was darker on mine.
I have this old Vegeta and I loved it when I got it 30 years ago, even with the articulation and cheap materials issues.
To be honest, I don't prefer the shoulder and torso articulation in the new one. But I have to admit the faces are near perfection.
@JoseCarmonaLH I understand what you mean on the articulation for this new Vegeta, but totally agree on the faceplates.
I still have Vegeta,Gohan,son Goku , super Saiyan son Goku and Frieza
No, I had bardock, which confused me cause I didn't see the special till way later, so I was like "is this goku or that guy from the tree movie?" Lol
🤣🤣🤣 I can relate to that. I had Vegito and Cell figures way before I ever saw them in the anime and had no idea who they were.
Good ole sticky elf ears Vegeta lol
Definitely a big fan of the Namek)Freiza saga, i love the S.H version if Vegeta & the old school one is nostalgic for sure!
@hyrulegend9786 🤣🤣🤣 I was so surprised when I opened him and discovered he was sticky. Not sure what that was about! Awesome! I really appreciate you watching and glad the video brought you back from a nostalgia standpoint.
@@vascotoys For sure guess it's one of those things with aging, he's been trapped in that box for years or was lol 😆Yeah I'm a big sucker for nostalgia 💕
Lol my fav sagas also probably cause cartoon network built it up so much
I had the 90s Irwin's version and wanted them to have the same articulation as the figuarts one. I also removed the hair, I thought it was removable 😅
@DallasToysReviews yes! When I was a kid I really thought those old figures were a lot better than they actually were. They look so strange without the hair!
Sticky figures is from the plasticize, its more common if the figure has been sealed for a long time. Basically the plasticize vaporizes and has no where to go so creates as sticky layer.
@exiaR2x78 that's so interesting! After a while the stickiness went away on its own. I guess it just needed some air? Thanks for explaining this!
@vascotoys no worries 😅 been collecting a lot of anime figures for over 16 years. Is one of the interesting things ive learnt about over the years. If you every see listings on Japanese sites they label things as sticky if its got that which throws people off haha
I have great ape vegta, wonder if they have great apes Nappa & Raditz?
So far, I believe SH figuarts jas only done Great Ape Vegeta.
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@fredwilliams9695 thank you 😊
No problem bro 🙂
Ultra ego is my favorite 🎉😈☠️
Shut up you have no idea what the past was
I had that old vegeta action figure 😊 i actually had my late uncle paint his hair yellow 😅 it didn't come out looking like i wanted, the yellow was more like a mustard color, and it started flaking off in spots
Thanks for watching and for sharing that memory! It was cool of your Uncle to give it a shot for you.
That's funny had a majin Vegeta with gold hair I didn't like
people don't remember that anime merchandise was almost non-existent back in the 90s.
I wonder how much that old figure costs now
Probably about $70 or higher
I purchased the one you see in this video (sealed) for $34 on eBay.
ive been rewatching dragon ball z and man i love how complex of character vegeta is but those action figures are the best you should try to find the one with goku flexable muscles
Yes! He is so interesting especially in that saga. I know what figure you mean, but I purposefully passed on it. It's a weird 9" scale and I have heard very bad things about the durability of the stretchy material they used on those.
Bro I remember this toy good stuff I wish I still had mine
Thank you! They have a bunch on eBay if you want to try and get the old figure again.
@@vascotoys do you have gundum wing Gundam Eypon and shelong gundum upgrade.
@@theviperkiller-io5ji I love Gundam, but I don't have any Gundam figures anymore. I did as a kid.
@@vascotoys I have the original figures just missing those two ikr love collecting
I remember my parents glueing the armor together cause i was terrible about it 😂😂 frieza armor too
@@PapaRainYT 🤣🤣🤣 well that's a solution to ensure you didn't lose your pieces! Thanks for sharing.
I had the Irwin vegeta that was sporting the tank top and it came with a gun minus the pointy ears then later Android 17 with the Ribbon Army battle suit. Those were my first two I wanted Android 18 as a kid but was near impossible to find
@SlickAndroid17 very cool! I never got any of the Android figures as a kid. Would have been cool to have them!
@@vascotoys do you remember those giant Vegeta and goku walkie talkie’s? That vegeta had pointy ears 😂 I had those back in the day as well. I can’t remember whatever happened to them sadly
@SlickAndroid17 wow, I actually don't! There was so much cool DB, stuff back in the day. Like, I remember having this 1:1 scale DBZ toy sword (The one kid Gohan has in early DBZ) and it had a bunch of recording sayings from Goku.
@@vascotoys I remember that but never got my hands on it. How bought those mini ones I think there were four or six in each box. I live in Oregon so we had some neat Asian stores around that carried them Kmart I think had them. Ultimately i had vegeta and 17 of course trunks with his sword I had the ssj trunks with the armor that that you could remove like in your video but cell saga armor. Two ssj vegetas one with yellow hair the other gold panted hair. Kid trunks buu saga, bulma, Raditz and Nappa I remember one of their scouters was easily breakable which was sad. Oh the Burger King vegeta did you ever get that one?
@SlickAndroid17 Yes! I did have the Burger King figures and a lot of the other ones you mentioned. So many awesome DBZ toys and Collectibles out there!
My favorite look for Vegeta was the Cell Saga look.Looking back at the show my favorite era of the art is between the end of Dragon Ball and when Trunks arrives.
So now this is my favorite look for Vegeta.
Your site isn't working for me. I was interested in seeing how much your backdrops are.
Thanks so much for watching and leaving a comment! Those are some great choices! I'm sorry the site isn't working. I do also have them available via ebay here: www.ebay.com/usr/vasco48_sc
The large backdrops are $60 plus shipping and the detolf sized ones are $30 each plus shipping. Backdrops have a 2-3 week lead time because they are professionally printed by a third party.
Vegeta with large shoulder pads will forever be my favorite though I doubt he'll ever wear it again. His armor right now also looks good but the Ressurrection F armor is the second best look he's ever had. My least favorite is Buu Saga. Am never a fan of characters wearing tank tops in general
Hello, your videos are great, do you have any tricks for creating dbz power effects?
Thanks so much! I actually have never tried to make a DBZ effect. I mostly focus on making dioramas.
your the best
Once again SH Figuarts makes me regret some aspects of my childhood 😅 I had the Vegeta from Super Battle Collection. That 24,000 Figure is like the ultimate Namek Saga Vegeta figure.
😅 it's a GREAT Vegeta figure. I'm excited to see what the late namek saga Vegeta Figure is like when it comes out in 2025.
Man I really need that prince of all saiyans
He's such a good figure! Great for any DBZ collector.
Still have my Japanese vegeta from 90s with armor
That's awesome! It was really fun to unbox that one.
I had SSJ Goku and Final form Frieza but I thought there was some mistake with the Frieza one because the first dub never actually showed anything beyond first form Frieza. SSJ Goku was in the intro and was also wondering why we never saw him or Trunks. To be fair the 90's ones were actually toys while today they are figurines. Toys are meant to be played with while figurines are meant to be displayed
I appreciate you watching! I would disagree about your last point. A lot of collectors do "play" with these figures in the form of action figure photography. Especially when you think about forms like A.C.B.A.
@@vascotoys No problem :) and by play I mean like actually kids level stuff where you could break them by having one figure punch another one too hard. I still think the stop motion and posing stuff doesn't actually count as "playing" with them.
Older sh figuarts had markings like that on the face around the eyes. If I remember correctly, the first SS Goku had them
Oh that's right! They also had a lot more shading throughout the figures
@vascotoys yeah I recently went back to look at mine and the hands for example are so detailed and yes their skin had shading
I had a ss3 goku figure like that it was so cool
@@leroyowers9946 awesome! I showed the Super Saiyan 3 Irwin toys goku in my SS Goku comparison video that is part of this series.
He's sticky? That's how Trunks was born
You can also pull the hands off Vegeta from the 90s
@@IsaacHerring-pc9uh oh cool! Had no idea. Thanks for telling me that.
The 90s figure is from the super battle collection Japanese figure line. They licensed it and rereleased it in the USA. 🇺🇸
Correct, that's covered right at the start of the video. Thanks for watching.
the namak saga was peak!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@thgoofyahh yes it was!
All you need is the ginyu squad and bulma and the saga would be complete 🥹
@@Kingame69420 One day! I missed out on the Ginyu Force and now they are crazy expensive. I'm also missing Cui and Porunga/Dende.
I’ve seen the super battle collection figures when I was little, I kind of liked them, BUT I’ve heard that the Ultimate Figure series is similar to the Super Battle figures with the shirts being able to be taken off, but it has much more articulation. I always liked those more when I was little, I thought they looked cooler.
I think it’s pretty cool series, I only have Base Gokou & Vegeta, and the Funi release of Vegetto with his name spelled “Vegito” which makes no sense.
Unfortunately, that series only did mostly different versions of Gokou, Vegeta, Vegetto, and had Gogeta, Gohan, Piccolo Jr, and Final Form Freeza figures. They could’ve done so much more character, like this list I made, and made a pretty big list that I didn’t know I would make but I like it.
I expanded this list cause why not?
Son Gokou:
1 Chibi Gokou (first arc of DragonBall), shirt cannot come off like other figures, but only his Nyoibo with the strap.
2 Chibi Gokou (22nd Tenkaichi Budokai & King Piccolo Saga), same thing as the previous figure, just that he’s slightly older and has the orange turtle hermit gi.
3 Gokou (23rd Tenkaichi Budokai), similar design to the official figure, just with a slightly different gi with a Kanji on it, and the shirt can actually come off like the official figure also.
4 Boo Saga, Super Saiayjin Grade 5 (S.S.2), so just S.S.Grade.4 Gokou (Mastered S.S.1) with a slightly different hair mold
5 GrandTour Adult Base Gokou, as seen at the beginning of the GrandTour series. I want to add this.
6 GrandTour Chibi Base Gokou, who comes with his S.S.Grade.4 head, and a removable
7 Super Saiyajin 4 (red humanoid oozaru)
Vegeta:
8 Super Saiayjin Grade 2 (buff form), aka Super Vegeta
9 Boo Saga, Super Saiayjin Grade 5, just a blue tank top with no sleeves like in the actual series. It might be hard to tell the difference between the Grade 5 hair and Grade 4’s, meh.
10 GrandTour Base Vegeta, design where he has a removable blue jacket on, with his S.S.Grade.4 head. To clarify, it’s the design he has most of the series, as seen when he fought Super 17. My favorite design of Vegeta.
11 Super Saiyajin 4
Gogeta:
12 Super Saiyajin 4
(Future) Trunks:
13 Original appearance, Base Form (Future) Trunks, with Super Saiyajin Grade 1 head (original form achieved on Namek), comes up with a removable sword, his jacket cannot be taken off.
14 (Room of Spirit & Time) Base (Future) Trunks, with S.S.Grade 1 head.
15 Super Saiyajin Grade 2
16 Super Saiyajin Grade 3 (super duper buff yet slow form)
Gohan:
17 Base (Future) Gohan, with Super Saiayjin Grade 1 head
18 Super Saiayjin Grade 4 (Pre-Teen Gohan), with removable cape, and Base Gohan and S.S.Grade 5 heads
19 Base Gohan (teenage) with his blue gi and red belt, and Super Saiayjin Grade 4 head.
Kuririn:
20 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai with his orange turtle hermit gi.
21 Saiyajin Saga
22 Cell Saga, not really anything different than his Saiyajin Saga counterpart, just that he notably has a blue undershirt.
Yamucha:
23 First arc of DragonBall, comes with Puar, and his removable sword.
24 Saiyajin Saga
25 Cell Saga, which is just the same figure with a different head.
Tenshinhan:
26 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai, comes with a Chiaotzu
27 Saiyajin Saga, also comes with a Chiaotzu
28 Cell Saga, does not come with a Chiaotzu
29 Boo Saga, comes with Chiaotzu
Master Roshi:
30 Jackie Chun
31 Buff Jackie Chun
Tao Pai Pai:
32 First appearance Tao Pai Pai with a pillar.
33 Cybernetic enhanced seen in 23rd Tenkaichi Budokai and onwards in Z’s filler, he has a needle hand thing that slashes Tenshinhan’s chest that made him have his iconic scar.
King Piccolo:
34 King Piccolo (young)
Coola:
35 Final Form, shredder looking form.
Android 13 and two others:
36 Regular form
37 Super Android 13
Androids:
38 Android 18
39 Android 16, with removable hands replaced with cannons.
Android 17:
40 Cell Saga
41 Super 17, with removable hands similar to 16’s
Broly
42 Legendary Super Saiyajin Broly
Cell:
43 1st Form / Imperfect Cell
44 2nd Form / Semi-Perfect Cell
45 Perfect Cell
Boo:
46 Chibi / Kid Boo
47 Super Boo
48 Super Boo (Gotenks & Piccolo Jr absorbed)
49 Super Boo (Three Saiyajin hybrid and Piccolo Jr absorbed)
Rildo:
50 Base Form Rildo
51 Sigma Canon Rildo
52 Hyper Metal Rildo
Bebi (or Baby):
53 Chibi design, as seen when he confronted Goten.
54 Super Saiyajin Grade.4 Vegeta, it’s actually just Vegeta with silver hair as he was seen fighting S.S.3 Gokou
55 Super Bebi 1, where he gained Gohan, Goten, Trunks, and Bullas powers, it was like a halfway transformation that made him look like the actual Bebi.
56 Super Bebi 2, where he resembles the actual Bebi, and was seen when fighting S.S.4 Gokou and Oob.
Shadow Dragons:
57 Eis Shenron
58 Novoa Shenron
59 Syn Shenron
60 Omega Shenron
Great analysis of these DBZ figures. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave this detailed comment.
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@@vascotoys
What do you think of this list I made by the way?
@azimuddin1890 great list! Very detailed.
@@vascotoys
Thanks! I should’ve added first appearance of Kuririn with his yellow gi, and 22nd Tenkaichi Budokai version, I’ll edit that. Actually, I’m gonna add G.T versions while I’m at it.
Song?
Hey! I have several different tracks incorporated into this. I use epidemic sound for all my audio tracks and sound effects. If you can let me know which part of the video you're curious about, I will let you know what track that was.
frieza looked horrendous! He kinda looked like that giant gray monster from The Amazing World Of Gumball.
@@Manofhamcity don't worry, his turn is coming...
@@vascotoys HELL YEAH
His shoulders tho on full power. HIS SHOULDERS ARE BASKETBALLS
@@vascotoys also qui might make a release
@@Manofhamcity SHF Cui is actually shipping right now for those that pre ordered.
Maybe a then vs now frieza
Good to know! Thanks for watching and suggesting.
I feel shfiguarts has had to step up their game because of all the third party creators. There are a lot of people making really great head sculpts and figures. Glad to competition driving progression. Also seeing that old school Vegeta brought back so many memories. I too collected those when I was a kid. I wish they would make a figure where you can take the armor of like that old one.
You are so right! The third party companies have caused SHF to step it up.
Awesome! These old DBZ figures were so much fun.
I had the 90s vegeta
Very cool! It's a fun figure for sure
No wonder the armor is non removable on the modern vegeta figures since the armor would come off very easily and therefore many people lost it, and without it he looks like he’s wearing kids jammies
@@darknessmechainvader4960 🤣🤣🤣 that' so funny, but so true!
Vegeta hitting that Buu saga fit
Who will be the next character in this series?
It will either be 100% Full Power Frieza or "Teen" Gohan.
Dragon Ball Super Battle Collection is the true best 90's dragon ball figure
Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion! That figure was such a great part of my childhood.
The Irwin toys figure is better left in the box
I think dragon stars has the Saiyan sages
@timomorphine yes, the certainly do!
What's with all the spooky music?
The background music I chose sounds like Bruce Faulconer's style music from when Dragon Ball Z was on Toonami. That's why I used it.
Piccolo is the best 90s super battle characters in my opinion maybe cause i could never find him
I'm planning to give Piccolo this same treatment in 2025. I secured the old figure on eBay. Have you checked there?
@@vascotoys yes but I mean when I was young the hobby shop had dbz toys from Japan and every week it seemed like they'd have new characters but never piccolo I saw a cheesy piccolo but you can tell difference in packaging and quality of figure
100%the late namek vegeta with the brownish armour or the buu saga vegeta
Those are good choices
put the vegeta in warm water to get the layer of plastic off
@@Joseph_j0est4r thanks! After being exposed to the air, that stickiness went away on its own.
I had the then version
Awesome! That was a fun figure
I really love more the old figures than new one's
7:17 bro fought Storm Collectibles Mike Tyson XD
Kinda feels lopsided to compare a toy made for kids too a collectors version. The differences are less the period of release, and more the MSRP.
I'm really just trying to show how much the action figure industry has evolved. The period of release is a HUGE factor here though. The technology the modern figures have simply didn't exist in the 90s.
Then vs Now with Bardock
Great idea! Making note of it for sure.
its over 9000 lol
@@curthusdojo yes! Waaaaayyy over 9,000
I need the ape form Vegeta
Ohhhh yes, very cool version of Vegeta for sure. I chose to pass on the SHF jumbo figure that was released a few years ago because of space and the price on it.
I have vegetables with warp tail
I want to start Collecting Figures but they don't Sell in England😢
😢why
@Scherie-j7m IDK they only sell a Single Figure and it's a Dragon Star which is basically just a Down Grade
If you want to know the Figure is SSJ3 Goku
@@MikeyHudson-o9k haha I had a ssj3 Goku but it had gold hair didn't like it also it was in the Irwin toys package not the Japanese one you could take the toy out of and put back in here in the states we have a lot of dbz toys
@Scherie-j7m Yeah here in England all you can do is Order from America and hope not to get a Goku Black with a Missing Arm and Face
Why did you open it😩😭😭😭😭
I think the old vegeta has waist swivel
I just looked at it and I think you are right. Mine is really stiff though, so I'm not going to mess with it because I don't want it to break.
@@vascotoys dont do it I had the Frieza from the super battle series from 90s and my bro snapped him half had to crazy glue him back together
And beerus
I hated those 90s figures no articulation no accessories nothing the only thing on par with being that bad were the Ronin Warrior spring action figures.
@Clintdaddy412 at the time I really thought they were great, but now it's obvious how limited they actually were.
Idk why but I hate the way sh figuarts figures look all the creases in the body where the figure moves makes it look so goofy. I’d rather have the old figures any day especially for display.
Thanks for taking the time to share your opinion. For someone like me, who wants to pose the figures in dynamic poses, the articulation is so important. But, I do understand some people not liking the look of the sculpt with the articulation. Everyone has their preferences for sure!
Do frieze
He's on the list for a comparison video! Thanks.
I was born in 2015 so I didn’t really like dragon Ball Z and I started like two weeks ago😅
@ashleygayo7570 very cool! If you have the opportunity to watch the funimation dub with the American Faulconer music I would highly suggest you watch Z that way.
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