Tag: Bandai

First of all, yes, the judging for the Zero Type 2 contest is still ongoing. There are a number of amazing entries, and the judging is coming much more difficultly than we expected. This is in part because of the very loose standards for what to evaluate entries on. Bear with us a little longer; […]

         Yep, Bandai’s D-Arts VAVA figure (Vile to us) is now shipping in Japan. This was a Tamashi Web exclusive here, and while those in North America should be able to buy it via the regular means, there was only a short window of time that people in Japan could order from Bandai directly. Perhaps […]

Zero is pretty much the coolest character ever. You actually can’t disagree with that. You can TRY to, but it just won’t come out; it’s physically impossible. If you can hear yourself think otherwise, or see it written by someone else, it’s just a distortion of reality caused by errant gamma rays bouncing off microscopic […]

And it’s so intense. Vile (known as VAVA in Japan) is getting powered up with a second shoulder cannon for his Bandai Premium release. Unlike in North America, VAVA is being released in Japan as an online exclusive figure. Orders have opened up, and will run through to April 9th; not an especially long time […]

In case you missed it, the aforementioned second phase of voting for the next D-Arts Mega Man figure is now up and running on Bluefin’s Facebook page. Poll choices are as follows: Roll Caskett, Axl, Command Mission X, MegaMan.EXE, Ultimate Armor, Tron Bonne, Proto Man, Bass, Sigma, and MegaMan Volnutt, with the last two holding […]

The pic at right (click to enlarge) was posted to Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA’s Facebook page, and was accompanied by the following text: “I was originally only to be available as a Japanese Web Exclusive until massive American interest pulled me out. Who am I? ‘You worthless piece of scrap metal, did you think you […]

A couple weeks back, Bluefin conducted a poll for North Americans on what Mega Man characters they wanted to see come up in Bandai’s D-Arts figure line. Starting Saturday, tomorrow, a new poll will begin using the top ten characters from the original poll, such as MegaMan Volnutt, Bass, Sigma and Vile. Bluefin notes that […]

Last week we posted on some talk that Bandai had Zero Type 2 at the ready for the May releases in Japan. I doubt anyone had a reason to doubt it, but nevertheless it’s really happening. And here is a sweet, sweet promotional image just to show you they mean business. No details are known […]

Some early reports are coming out in various places around the internet that Bandai’s planned May release schedule for Japan includes the followup to their previous Zero figure, the D-Arts Zero Type 2. A prototype of this figure was among those shown off at Tamashii Nations 2011 late last year. The corresponding flavor text states: […]

Well folks, are you ready for some 2012 festivities? Let’s kick it off, it’s time for a new contest! Our latest offering is the already super-rare D-Arts Rockman X “Comic Ver.” figure! This figure was sold in limited numbers at the Tamashii Nations 2011 event int Tokyo, but now it can only be picked up […]

Mega Man 8 released in North America with no more than the usual amount of fanfare. A special edition package came with a small booklet of the series history, and there was also a chance to buy a Mega Man figurine in honor of the Blue Bomber’s 10th anniversary (even though it was still only […]

As we alluded to before, Bandai and Bluefin are looking into fan input towards the future of Mega Man in their D-Arts line. And today we can now say this will be effected with a series of polls to be held on Bluefin’s Facebook page starting Monday. The first poll will allow fans to submit […]