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Collectibles => Other Collectibles => Topic started by: Jeff on May 25, 2014, 11:24 PM
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Don't think we have a thread started for these yet (and really, Vader is the only once announced/planned so far). Here's a bunch of pics anyway (clicky thumbnails for a better look):
(http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_full.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_full.jpg) (http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_close_saber.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_close_saber.jpg) (http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_close_hand.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_close_hand.jpg) (http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_close_stump.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_close_stump) (http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_close_nodome.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_close_nodome.jpg) (http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/tn_medicom_mafex_vader_close_nohelmet.jpg) (http://www.jedidefender.com/image.pl?http://jedidefender.com/news/images/2014_05/medicom_mafex_vader_close_nohelmet.jpg)
Retail in Japan will be 4500 Yen and he's due in December 2014. It'll be pricey to bring one into the USA, but probably worth it if you're a Vader collector.
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Anyone know how these match up with TBS 6" figures? Price is way too steep for me.
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It's available for preorder now from BBTS. I ordered mine.
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I thought this was only going to be $45?
I don't know, doesn't look much better to me than the Hasbro version. Not sure if my comic shop would even stock these or not either.
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I thought this was only going to be $45?
MSRP is 4500 Yen (~$44.15 US) in Japan, but most Japanese etailers are charging less ($35-40).
If you order from a solid Japanese etailer like Hobby Link Japan (http://www.hlj.com/product/MEDMAFEX-6/Act), you can get one for $37.50 US plus shipping from Japan.
BBTS is probably buying them wholesale from Japan for $40-45 shipped to them and then flipping them to US customers with a $10-15 mark up ($55).
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Thanks for the HLJ link Jeff, I'm putting in an order.
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Sorry I can't do up something nicer at the moment (too busy at work), but www.taghobby.com has new pics of the MAFEX Darth Vader and Stormtrooper figures from this past weekend's Wonder Festival in Japan!
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Stormtroopers are the same height as Vader. Medicom, again WTH? Swing and miss.
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Never got around to posting these, but I'll drop them in here since I'm doing the Revoltech too -
Miracle Action Figure EX (MAFEX) No. 010 Stormtrooper Pre-Orders:
- BBTS = $54.99 US (http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/product.aspx?product=MED10930&mode=retail)
- Hobby Link Japan = ¥4,050 ($37.73 US) (http://www.hlj.com/product/MEDMAFEX-10/Act)
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I have the 4 different 6" versions of Vader on order: Hasbro, MAFEX, Revoltech and Bandai. I'm looking forward to comparing them all when they arrive in the next couple months.
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I have the 4 different 6" versions of Vader on order: Hasbro, MAFEX, Revoltech and Bandai.
Which Bandai Vader - the Movie Realization Samurai or the 1/12 Model Kit Vader? And don't forget about the Bandai SH Figuarts Vader, which will be going up for pre-order in the near future! ;)
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I have the 4 different 6" versions of Vader on order: Hasbro, MAFEX, Revoltech and Bandai.
Which Bandai Vader - the Movie Realization Samurai or the 1/12 Model Kit Vader? And don't forget about the Bandai SH Figuarts Vader, which will be going up for pre-order in the near future! ;)
I've got both the Samurai and 1/12 Vader ordered, so I guess that makes 5 different 6" versions I have coming. I haven't been able to find any preorders for the SH Figuarts version, but that'll make a cool half dozen. Booyah. 8)
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MAFEX C3PO and R2-D2 Announced (http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/list/10475.html)
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They look good, but considering Vader hasn't even been released yet, it will probably be a few years til we get our hands on them. :P
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Yeah, I think Vader was originally supposed to come out in December of 2014 and there's still no sign of him.
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Yeah, I think Vader was originally supposed to come out in December of 2014 and there's still no sign of him.
News from Medicom Toy - MAFEX Darth Vader finally launching September 29th (http://www.medicomtoy.tv/blog/?p=29755).
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Just got my payment request for Vader from HLJ... would have been nice to know this would be arriving since I just paid for the SH Figuarts Maul over the weekend and now have to ship them separately. Thanks Medicom! ::)
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News from Medicom Toy - MAFEX Darth Vader finally launching September 29th (http://www.medicomtoy.tv/blog/?p=29755).
Vader yesterday, Stormtrooper tomorrow - NEW ITEM INFORMATION／launching October 1st (http://www.medicomtoy.tv/blog/?p=29767)!
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Got my Vader and Stormtrooper from HLJ yesterday after letting them sit in the Private Warehouse for close to 2 months. Haven't opened them yet (and probably won't for a while) but it's kinda funny how delayed these were because they come in the old Rebels packaging from last year.
Vader has a bunch of accessories (4 sets of hands - "can hold a lightsaber", open, fist, and "Force choke") but the plastic looks... cheap? The figure is way too shiny in parts of the costume that shouldn't be shiny. The Stormtrooper looks like it could rival the SH Figuarts version although he just comes with the E-11 blaster. I wish more Stormtrooper figures came with the bigger rifle, only the Hasbro and Revoltech versions do.
Maybe, just MAYBE, during the holidays I'll take some comparison shots. Laziness and all. :P
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MAFEX First Order Stormtrooper Announced (http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/list/10896.html) - Due August 2016. Comes with standard blasters and riot gear.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CW7LlMwUkAEUlYm.jpg)
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Looks like I never posted MAFEX Boba Fett (http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/prod/dt/27/1/10703.html) in here when he was announced, so here he is too - due July 2016.
(http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/WI/upimage/0151_151024_h.jpg)
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What's price on these typically run, if anyone has an idea?
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Vader and the Stormtrooper were roughly $40 each when I preordered them on HLJ. They currently have Boba for around $45, and the 3PO/R2 pack for roughly $80.
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Are there any scale comparisons to the Bandai kits anywhere I'm not seeing?
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Looks like Medicom is making a MAFEX ROTJ Boba Fett (http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/prod/dt/27/1/11006.html)
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New Force Awakens MAEFX Figures Revealed (http://yakfaceforums.com/main/2016/02/23/medicom-toys-announces-new-mafex-figures-from-the-force-awakens/)
Kylo Ren, Captain Phasma, C-3PO and BB-8
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MAEFX Hologram Darth Vader Announced (http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/list/11542.html)
MAEFX ROTS Vader and TFA Rey Also Announced (http://thefwoosh.com/2016/06/medicom-mafex-star-wars-rey-and-darth-vader-and-more-suicide-squad-deadshot)
I'm all over that Rey... I thought the Hasbro version had enough accessories!
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MAFEX stuff is really masterpiece work... Fwoosh does some nice 6" comparisons and it's kinda comical when side-by-sides are done of Hasbro stuff and the stuff like MAFEX and Bandai.
Even Bandai's kit figures are insane by comparison. Wish they could do something other than masked.
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Got my MAFEX C-3PO and R2-D2 in the mail this morning. Woah baby! The Revoltech versions are great, but these might be better.
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Saw your tweet, and wow. Just wow what a great figure set.
To my Tweet point, Hasbro's competing as the "budget" line at this scale, and I get it, but what you get is so vastly superior with Mafex and such... even the Bandai kits generally speaking.
IMO if you wanted to get into 6" as a small side collection, you'd be so far ahead buying out of Japan than buying Hasbro at this point... Mafex is doing human sculpts and things, Revoltech same... Bandai's all masked guys so far with the kits, but you never know (though I wouldn't count on anything else unless they give pre-painted heads in kits, which I doubt).
Hasbro has the branch-out space, but I think I'd prefer the higher-end stuff as a side collection to my 3.75" figures. Hasbro REALLY is left in the dust... yeah, you pay more, but you get what you pay for too. :-X
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Bandai's all masked guys so far with the kits
You mean Bandai's model group is all masked guys so far. Bandai's action figure group, Tamashii Nations, is responsible for the S.H.Figuarts (http://www.jedidefender.com/yabbse/index.php?topic=23660.0) stuff. So Bandai's got plenty of killer human heads out there too. ;)
(http://tamashii.jp/special/sw/img/products/shf_lukeskywallker_hope/sw_shf_item08.jpg)
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Yeah I should've changed that... Bandai's kits are all masked/droids, but they're damn fine figures once built. The astromechs may be unmatched IMHO.
I almost consider Tamashii Nations/SH Figuarts a separate thing all together... but they're killing likenesses.
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Yeah, pricey (the 3PO/R2 set ended up costing around $100, though that included the express overseas shipping I sprang for) but they really are worth every penny. And to be fair, most of the figures made have been helmeted characters or droids just like the model kits. Rey will be the first MAFEX human character, and the first non-SH Figuarts human character from any of these lines.
Hasbro made a HUGE mistake with their product drought from 2013-2015. They had a 2 year head start on these Japanese companies making the 6 inch figures, and they did nothing to lock the American market down. There was nothing to buy on the pegs, so I figured what the heck, I'll blow a spare $40 on one of these figures... they blew me away and I've never looked back.
I get that Hasbro is, as Jesse said, the budget line, and they've made a lot of figures the Japanese companies will probably never touch, but there are often times where you have to ask if a Hasbro figure is worth the $20 while I've never felt like I wasted money on the Japanese products.
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Rey and ROTS Vader are up for preorder!
Rey at HLJ (http://hlj.com/product/medmafex-36)
Vader at HLJ (http://hlj.com/product/medmafex-37)
Rey at AmiAmi (http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-022425&page=top)
Vader at AmiAmi (http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/detail?gcode=FIGURE-022426&page=top)
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My ESB Boba Fett arrived at HLJ. I've paid for it but probably won't ship it over here for a few more weeks since I have some other stuff set to arrive in stock at the end of the month.
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Got a large package in the mail today from HLJ, containing the ESB Boba Fett and First Order Stormtrooper. ROTJ Boba Fett is on its way too, via much slower shipping.
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Finally got ROTJ Boba Fett after a 6 week wait. I shipped it here with the cheapest available option to save $10. Never again.
I've kept most of my stuff carded, but opened this one up. It's such a great figure! I've heard reports of loose joints but everything on mine is great so far. Only "bad" thing is that the wrist ball-joints pop apart easily, but they're also easy to snap back together. ESB Boba is supposed to be an even better figure so maybe I'll get around to opening it some day.
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Got a payment request for Phasma but I'm letting it sit in my HLJ Private Warehouse for a few weeks. Kylo Ren and 3PO/BB-8 arrived in the mail the other day. Some brief thoughts:
BB-8 is fun, but there isn't much to do with it. I haven't opened my Hasbro version but this one uses magnets to move the head, not unlike the Sphero BB-8. You can swap out a panel and put in the lighter when he does the "thumbs up" to Finn.
3PO is GREAT to look at, but a bit of a mess. I haven't opened the OT MAFEX 3PO that came with R2, but I've heard bad things. This one just feels fragile. The joints come off, but I'm not sure if that was on purpose or not. They're easy to pop back into place though. I still think Revoltech has the best 6 inch version of 3PO on the market, even if the vac metalization looks great on this version.
Kylo Ren, I had heard bad things about it, but I LOVE the figure. The robe is a bit bulky but it hides the weird joints of the figure. I LOVE the hood. Medicom threw in a wire at the edge so you can adjust it so it covers Kylo's helmet perfectly. They also added vac metal to the silver portions of Kylo's helmet and it looks AMAZING. Legit only complaint is that the Adam Driver headsculpt looks nothing like Adam Driver at all, which led me to buy a few unmasked Kylo Hasbro figures on the cheap to use the heads. The Hasbro version of Vader's melty helmet is also much better than Medicom's.
But yeah, Kylo gets a high recommendation from me.
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I got some Japanese figures in the mail last week, specifically Phasma, Rey and ROTS Vader. Haven't opened Vader, but he comes with cool "crossed" hands, which allow you to pose him with his arms crossed like at the end of ROTS.
Rey is a pretty fun figure though, with a TON of accessories. My only complaints re with the quality of the figure: the left arm falls off since the peg is too small (had to fix that with a dab of Krazy Glue), and the hands are way too small, so putting the lightsaber or blaster in her hands takes a good 2-3 minutes.
Phasma is alright, I enjoy the vac-metal with "dirt" weathering they did, but it's just kind of a boring figure, much like the character. Looks good standing behind Kylo, but not much else you can do with it.
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Is there a good resource anywhere with a complete listing of the SW figures released in this line? I have tried cobbling one together but apparently there are a lot more than I thought.
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Is there a good resource anywhere with a complete listing of the SW figures released in this line?
http://www.medicomtoy.co.jp/prod/3/27/1/
But it's all of their movie/TV lines together so you just have to look for the SW figures...
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Off the top of my head:
PT:
- Darth Vader (ROTS) (2016)
- Clone Trooper (AOTC/ROTS swappable heads) (2017)
OT:
- Darth Vader (ROTJ) (2015)
- Stormtrooper (2015)
- Boba Fett (ESB) (2016)
- Boba Fett (ROTJ) (2016)
- Sandtrooper (2017)
- Darth Vader (Hologram) (2016)
TFA:
- Kylo Ren (2017)
- Captain Phasma (2017)
- Rey (2017)
- FN-2187 (2017)
- C-3PO/BB-8 2 pack (2017)
- Stormtrooper (2016)
Rogue One:
- Darth Vader (2017)
- Shoretrooper (2017)
- Death Trooper (2017)
Be aware that not only are these taller than other figures (they trend around 7" tall), but there are also some serious quality control issues with a lot of the figures... loose joints, fragile weapons, etc. It's a crap shoot. The only figure I've really had a problem with is the Rey, whose arm completely shattered.
The Boba Fetts will probably be the hardest and most expensive to track down (they're the best figures from the line) but everything else can be found fairly cheap. I also recommend the Rogue One Vader over the other 3.