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Completely forgot to check! Next up is Waferdanos!

Could be a legacy thing or a contract they have with Takaya. The website does show them doing this a lot, so they might also just not want to let anything go, no matter how successful or dead the series is. The paranoid part of you might also be correct... Something that is also interesting about Japanese Trademark Law, is that if nothing is done with a license after 3 years of inactivity, someone else can appeal and see about getting the Trademark revoked. And now we are getting new Figma figures... That is taking more than a year, if not more than 2 years for each figure... We randomly get an artbook with zero new artwork... They might just be doing them for that reason... But at least when they do release them, they are of high quality and sell well.

As of December 15th, 2025, Kadokawa has renewed the Trademark rights for Guyver. This is something that has to be done every 10 years in Japan... Which the last time they did it, the Manga was actually still being published. https://chizai-watch.com/t/2025139888?q=kadokawa&d=20251215&a=株式会社KADOKAWA It's a bit of interesting news that doesn't actually tell us anything about what is going on with the Manga... Only that Kadokawa is still invested in owning the franchise and controlling what various products can use it.

You usually don't have to pay when you pre-order, and only pay when it is ready to ship. I think there is exceptions for some payment apps that you might have to pay at pre-order, but I didn't have to when I ordered my Guyver 1's.

Right!?! I may only be getting one of these, which fortunately is enough because I use Amiami and they are only allowing 1 per customer.

The Figma Guyver Gigantic is now up for preorder! The pre-order closes on February 11th, 2026! The Price is: 21,800 Yen - Approximately $140 US! Release Date is: October 2026 Remember, pre-ordering is going to the the CHEAPEST this figure will EVER be. I cannot state this enough. These figures skyrocket in price after they are released. There currently does not seem to be any exclusive item from Goodsmile, so ordering from them isn't a priority for those who want the most. Goodsmile Japan https://www.goodsmile.com/en/product/61424/figma+Guyver+Gigantic Amiami https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail?gcode=FIGURE-195428

I am just happy they listened to my nit-picky suggestion... And make sure the Cronos troopers have chin straps for their helmets. But they did it! 😁

I really need to get update pictures to my collection done... But then I look over at the rather large pile of kits I haven't built and think I should probably work on them first... But just a quick pic I took a couple days ago... After finishing the Detonator Orgun Moderoid model kit and thought it would be silly to pose 3 characters with similar looking big attacks together. The three figures are from left to right: Moderoid Detonator Orgun Figma #600 Guyver 1 Moderoid Tekkaman Blade

I've set it to unlimited for Member+ and ++'s for now. We'll see how that works!

I can't believe we missed a month! These were from the start of October! They did Shin/Sin's Zoalord form! And another Zoanoid.

Evil Ted has completed the Foam stunt prop version of the case! He is still working on the lighting on the hero prop and said it should be done tomorrow.

I love that Evil Ted is making the case. Bringing back the old legends to work on the fan project just hits right in the nostalgia. Some in progress shots from his Facebook page.

Indeed... Now they just need a couple more armor pieces for a proper armor conversion... Just the mid torso, cod piece and upper legs. Also new feet. lol

It's been a week and we finally got some shots of the upcoming Guyver merch from the Shanghai Wonderfest 2025. No preorder dates yet, but the Titanomachia Guyver 1 and Guyver 3 kits are looking better, this time with a splash of color... But I don't think they are done with the armor on them just yet. And a couple shots of the upcoming Figma Guyver Gigantic. Hopefully we will get a pre-order date soon. Thanks to Donald Burtschi from the Guyver!! Facebook group for sharing these!

If we get an announcement in February for the Guyver Gigantic, it could still be a Q2 or Q3 release. Because of the odd scheduling, I have seen some pre-orders go up pretty quickly after the announcement. So there is still hope for that one. But we're probably looking at 2027/28 for Guyver 3 and Gigantic Dark...

Sadly, unless Max Factory has another show of their own before, the next Wonderfest is in February, which is usually when release dates are announced...

This one has to be an issue with your setup... I just tried my Edge, which I never use, and all youtube videos on the forum show up properly.

I think invision board has removed that ability... But they have given us another option. Down at the bottom right of the text box you will see an "Other Media" clickable small menu where you can choose "Insert Image from URL". It will pop up a small window with a spot to put in the URL.

Yeah, it really sucked for people back in 2005-2011 when the BFC Max figures were being released... Online ordering wasn't as easy, and advertising to the west was not really done. Finally being able to get a Gigantic Guyver at launch prices is going to be a big boon for a lot of people now. Sadly, a lot of people slept on the newest Guyver 1 to go with it, and are either paying the price for it... or buying the newly released bootlegs... Which are still not great, but are a huge step up over the malformed original Guyver 1 Figma bootleg (edit: turns out the bootlegs are worse than I suggested initially)

I'd say closer to $200 USD. The new Guyver 1 was around $80-90 with a little bit of accessories. If Guyver 3 has similar accessories to the old figma ( and it looks like it does have the folded arms), will likely be around $120-130-ish. So considering the extra figure size, and extra accessories, based on the BFC MAX figure, does increase the price significantly over the others. So $200 seems about right. Would like to see it a bit lower if they are nice about it.

This time it is a suit reveal...

So a teaser of a teaser? I hate marketing people so much.

Haha, yeah, the cartoons were new, just done in the old style. I also found it kind of predictable, but kind of in a good way... In that the events happened the way I wanted them to, so it worked out for me. I liked the general feel of the movie. It didn't feel like a standard Marvel movie, and had its own style. I can appreciate what they were going for with it. It's not one with badass scenes that I will revisit often... But as a whole it was a good movie. Definitely the best Fantastic Four movie out of all of them. But yeah, post credits scene was disappointing as I would have liked a bit more set up for Doomsday... But I guess we'll just have to wait for the next one... Which is sadly about a full year away... And then 5 months later than that for Doomsday itself.

Now time for some Li Yentsui!

Haha, They really like these two pages from vol 18... 😅