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Hi guys, new to the forum. 

 

Been searching for the original Guyver figures as I was a massive fan of the original Manga series. After getting quite disheartened at the extortionate prices, I was about to give up until the last link I clicked mentioned that Figma are set to make the figures from April 2014.

 

Does anyone know any more about these, specifically as a UK resident, how to go about pre-ordering the figure? 

 

I've got the Metroid figure of theirs and I'm really impressed with their work.

 

Cheers guys!

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Well, thanks for the warm welcome. 93 views and no one on a Guyver specialist board knows anything about it?

haha, you'll learn that this forum isn't frequented as much these days.......sadly......also we have a lot of lurkers and few posters........

In response to your questions...........yes, Max Factory did announce a Figma at Wonder Festival last year.............it's been 12 months since then, and whilst pre-orders were supposed to go up in December for an April release, nothing has yet materialized........

I was hoping we might have seen something at yesterdays Wonder Festival in Japan, but sadly it doesn't look good. They seem to be cashing in on the Shingeki No Kyojin series for now.............

The latest e-mail response from Max Factory after being asked about the release was:

"Hello. Thank you very much for contacting us.

However, it has not been decided, yet.

If any news comes up, you will see it on our homepage. Thank you for your kind understanding."

My feeling is that the figure has been delayed indefinitely and it's quite possible it will end up in the same abyss as all the other Guyver prototypes they have shown us over the past 5 years................. :no:

Sorry it couldn't have been better news.............

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Ah, that's more like it. Thanks for the response mate. That doesn't seem promising does it. Very reluctant to pay (way) over the odds for the last iteration. What a shame.

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to be fair, 93 views is not a lot.

the forum detects views by visitors as well as signed up members.

also, consider teh fact there is a thread around here somewhere with lots of talk about the figma line.

then consider, the real collectors don't always visit every day. some members visit once a week or even once a month.

 

about the recent wonderfest, my friend visited. he took some photos of the guyver 1 figma.

not much info as far as i can gather apart from it being made available this summer.

https://twitter.com/lycanthropebata/status/432476115915911168
https://twitter.com/lycanthropebata/status/432475493703507968

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Ah now see, that is absolutely wonderful. I was once again teetering on the verge of buying the previous Guyver 2 and 3 models from a seller in Japan for not such a bad price, but seeing this gives me hope that they'll continue and make more G2 and 3 figures. It'd be nice to have them all lined up in corresponding boxes. If the price is right I'd even be tempted to get one for show and one to unbox and display. 

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Yeah I hope they get pretty deep with this and we end up with all five Guyvers some Zoalords and a bunch oh Zoanoids, but I figure we'll get G1,G3 and maybe Lisker's G2. Now it is still being listed as a 2014 release but no month or day as of yet. I knew the April release was a no go back in December but I'm hoping it'll come sooner rather than later.

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WOw. Really nice pictures. I can't wait to see that figure in person. The mega smashers Joints look very nicely done. We it comes out I'm ordering at least 3. One for me and one for my son and one to keep in the box. I can't wait

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Figma had pics of guyver painted and looked to be done. They had marvel figures that were pictured at the same time as guyver but they were not even painted and they are already on the Figma website. Why max factory why?

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they seem to be holding back the release for some reason, wish i knew what?

afterall, it has been about 4 years since their last release.

 

it is frustrating, but then again, to be honest, its just another G1.

 

if they were continueing the line from the last figure, then we should really be seeing alky. well, come to think of it, theres another 7 zoalords that have yet to be immortilised as figurines plus apollon now.( add one more for those who want ANOTHEER gigantic in red!)

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i really don't know about the release date, but i have a feeling that checking the figma calendar is hopeless as i really think this figure will just pop up unexpectedly for preorders when max factory is ready.

 

as i remember last year when seeing the advertising for this figures' preorder and release, the figma calendar at goodsmile still showed nothing.

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i really don't know about the release date, but i have a feeling that checking the figma calendar is hopeless as i really think this figure will just pop up unexpectedly for preorders when max factory is ready.

 

as i remember last year when seeing the advertising for this figures' preorder and release, the figma calendar at goodsmile still showed nothing.

Yeah, I don't expect it will pop up there before the announcement is made, but I'm using it as a guide for when we can expect the release. Since it's unlikely he'll drop before the already announced stuff.............No sign of him at today's Miyazawa Model Exhibition, which is a real shame! Maybe Wonder Festival in July?

 

Also, Tamashii have announced some really cool effects parts: http://www.tamashii.jp/item_brand/tamashii_effect/

 

Figma Guyver would work perfectly in one of these poses!!

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stumbled on this a video from wonderfest - guyver is at about 20 secs in.... for some reason theres a peter figure from dawn of the dead on it aswell ...wtf??

 

nothing new but gives a bit more of an idea to how the figure should look

 

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