S.H.Figuarts Upcoming Releases

I'll probably get hate for this, but I really feel this is being blown out of proportion. First of all, I don't get where people got the idea from they'd be getting a massive roster of first, second, third tier characters etc with this line. It's a deluxe prestigeous line, that's just started and tends to focus, in all of it's liscenced sublines, on main characters. Secondly the fact the Pwn spoke to a few product designers, as great as that is, doesn't mean their word is rule. Tamashii as a whole might end up making different decisions and they've clearly, explicitely set out to collect fan requests and input. I'm sorry but imo people are getting near to the point of arrogance here. I'm glad people from tamashii are even remotely being interested in what collector communities have to say. We, people on this board, on other boards, only constitute a smaaaall percentage of everyone who buys these. The majority of Buyers probably barely care enough about the show/have enough money to collect more then a few of their favorites, especially considering their price. It's pure common sense tamashii would focus on the main characters, who tend to often be saiyans. If you dislike saiyans, I really don't get why you'd watch DBZ at all (DB, different story, literally).

Now take a step back, stop demanding all kinds of stuff and just ask yourself, is there anything of interest for me this line has to offer? If so, what could realistically get enough widespread appeal to get here and are their ways to perhaps influence this? Turns out, now there are. Opinions differ on the measure of it, maybe Pwn's news was a blow to what you hoped was the case, but then that might be a reasonable correction of your own POV, because Pwn made it clear Tamashii puts a hell of a lot of research into deciding what they release. Multiple releases have also bern pushed into existence directly by polling the customers. So before you start calling them idiots, try to contemplate whether your own POV might hinder you from a more neutral business perspective. If you think saiyans aren't EASILY the most popular DBZ characters and with it, the most wanted, maybe you might be the one who's out of touch withe the AVARAGE DBZ fanbase, instead of Tamashii/bandai. Not to mention the fact that DBZ does have a different status, apparantly, in Japan.

I'm sorry if your favorites seem far and away in having an SHF release, but honestly, as much criticism as I might've expressed on certain releases (one upcoming in particular), I still think they're overall doing a great job, trying to interact with the fans and making versions of DBZ characters I'd never dared to hope for years back. So that's my pov, take it or leave it, vote or don't vote, whatever, do as you please. I'll be over here, appreciating that which does get released. Yes, I am that annoying 'glass half full' type of person (usually).