P.O.P DX Limited & Sailing Again

P.O.P Limited DX - Shanks

Here are some up coming awesome P.O.P (Portrait of Pirates) Limited DX and Sailing Again editions for next year. For the Limited DX line we have Califa, Gol D. Roger, Sadi-chan, and Shanks (New World). For the Sailing Again series, we have Trafalgar Law and Franky. Mega House is also planning on bringing out Shiki from the One Piece Strong World series as well but the date of his pre-order is not yet released. Here are some prototype photo's I have found online for the time being.

P.O.P Sailing Again - Trafalgar Law

I apologize to my subscribers for the very delayed post! I have been really busy the last months with work and trying to find some time to write a post. I will try to get on top of that in the next few weeks! For now, enjoy these prototype photos and I will post some photos up on some figures I was able to open while I went back to Vancouver during a short vacation from work. Enjoy!

Banpresto Grand Line Men: Roger

I finally got my Banpresto Grand Line Men Roger in the mail, so here is a short review on him. The coloring and details done on Roger is fantastic as always, coming from Banpresto's standards. I love the details on his clothes and the pose is his typical cross armed look. Nothing really different from all the other Roger figures out there, but the Grand Line Men version of him will match up very nicely with my Will of D. Roger. 

I wished Banpresto did another pose for Roger other than his typical cross armed look, but none the less, he is still a pretty good figure to add into your collection. Compared to other Rogers out in the market, the Grand Line Men version of him is not as muscular compared to his Ichiban Kuji or Will of D. version of him. If you put them side by side, the Grand Line Men version makes him look a little wimpy. Though he should be fine with his cape on. Here are some photo's I took of Roger. Enjoy!

Banpresto 2012 One Piece Convention

Banpresto's 2012 One Piece convention has started just three days from now and from all the photo's being shown online, there are so many awesome figures that I thought I would like to share with you all. All the images can be found from the following links at the bottom of this post, but here is a list of Banpresto's up coming releases. Check out their blogs as well! There are a lot of other figures other than One Piece characters and some pretty awesome prototypes being shown.

Banpresto Ichiban Kuji: The Legend of Edward Newgate & The Legend of Gol D. Roger, Girl's Collection: Shirahoshi, Hancock, and Perona, and Chopper & Creatures. 

From The Grand Line Series: Grand Line Men - Garp, Young Shanks, Shiki (all Vol.0), Franky (Vol.13), and Grand Line Ships Vol.1 & 2 - Thousand Sunny and Moby Dick. 

From Banpresto SCultures and SCultures BIG we have the figures from the One Piece Colosseum. I am aware that some people on forums have been asking about what the difference is between the SCulture and SCulture BIG series, but to my best knowledge I am unsure of myself. Some people state that the figures are a little taller for SCulture BIG but there are characters such as Nami being labelled BIG where as X-Drake is still the regular SCulture. If I do however find out more information on this, I will post an update on this matter.

From what I have seen so far, I am pretty excited about the Ichiban Kuji: Chopper & Creatures releases since they have Karu and a bunch of well detailed characters. There is a mystery character that has not been uncovered but who ever the character is, it should be awesome! If you have any question on any of the resource links provided at the bottom, please leave a comment and I will get back to you on that! Enjoy!

Reference links

One Piece POP Figure Blog

Akiba Hobby

Moeyo Blog

Ichiban Kuji vs. Grand Line Men Roger Comparison

Here is just a small comparison of the two Gol D. Roger figures that are coming out very shortly. First we have Ichiban Kuji's version of Gol D. Roger that was being shown at the JUMP Festival. This version of Roger has a vibrant color finish to him compared to the Grand Line Men version. The sculpt pose is similar to the Grand Line Men version, but with some differences in some parts. He is a lot more muscular in the Ichiban Kuji version, especially his upper body, which is what I would picture the King of Pirates would look like.

Compared to the Grand Line Men version of Roger, the colors are a lot darker. This is to keep its consistency with the other Grand Line Men figures of this line. His body sculpt is less bulky compared to the Ichiban Kuji series, but it does make him look a little "scrawny" compared to the other. His facial express is different as well in terms of their smile and their eyes.

Personally, I am leaning towards the Ichiban Kuji version of Gol D. Roger, but I would also want to have the consistency of the Grand Line Men series just because I have a bunch of them already. However, I am not 100% sure of the height difference of the Ichiban Kuji version of Roger. I am hoping that he will be as tall as a MSP (Master Star Piece) so that I can put him beside Ace. I wll update you guys on that once I find out more information on him. This is what I have for now, come back again and see if there are any updates regarding these figures.

Also if you want me to go through some reviews or make some comparisons of certain figures, I will gladly make a post on that topic. Just leave me a comment on that and I will get back to you guys on it. Enjoy.

Jump Festival 2012 Ichiban Kuji Update

Here are some more Ichiban Kuji updates I found on some blogs and forums you guys might be interested in. First we have two, A Prize ichiban kuji's of Gol D. Roger and White Beard (Roger's Era edition), both of which they look pretty awesome. For those that are wanting to get Banpresto's Grand Line Men version of Roger, I would think again before buying that. The Ichiban Kuji version basically have the same pose, the only difference is the details, the height of the figures and vibrant colors on the two. If you're looking for more of a lighter vibrant color of Roger and perhaps a little taller then the Grand Line Men series, I would choose the ichiban kuji version. However, if you prefer to get a darker colored version of him and would like to keep the consistency of your other Grand Line Men figures, then I would choose the Grand Line Men version. I am torn between the two right now, but depending on the price, I might be going for Grand Line Men series, but if the prices are not too different and the height is similar to a MSP figure then I might go for the Ichiban Kuji. Wanting to let Roger stand beside my MSP Ace if the height of the figure are very similar. Here are some photo's of the other figures from the festival. Enjoy.

Reference Blog

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