cmakhk
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Post by cmakhk on Mar 16, 2024 8:18:02 GMT -6
Bulma in pink dress & bike and power Jiren were bootlegged for a while but then Bulma & bike got a cheaper version. I just want Power Jiren and even the bootlegs are still very expensive to this day. My AB bike is turning yellow and now considering buying a bootleg shf bike. For the Lunch, I guess you've seen a lot of bootlegs being sold on eBay. I bought dog chairman and Shen here for about usd $7. It will cost over $10 when released, but the price will drop over time. And kid Goku is usually more expensive than others. The Goku(turning to Oozaru) I bought before felt a bit small. There's a bootleg from China now, about 13cm tall, which is too big, but it works better with shf scale. Since Goku gets bigger as he turns to Oozaru, I figured it's better to be too big than too small.
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Post by cmakhk on Mar 14, 2024 2:50:13 GMT -6
First of all, Rest in Peace to our great Akira Toriyama. Life must go on. Still waiting for bootlegs of so many shf figures, they finally released something new but why did they have to choose Bulma and Lunch that I already bought? Bought some figures from a seller at an online auction, got a 22nd Tournament kid Goku, a WCF Baba, a wolf effect for my custom Yamcha, and some other useless figures. WCF Baba's head is bigger than Hachette's but Hachette's has a wider body and larger ball, not a big difference, so it's not necessary to buy the WCF if you have the Hachette one. Bought a Dog Chairman and Shen from Dragon Archives. Dog Chairman is exactly what I wanted from this series. Shen is close to 4" scale but I want him to stand up straight so I made him another body. As for the others, the moon-Krillin is 5" scale but I'm not interest. The body of Roshi-Nam is too small and I have no plan to make custom of it so I wouldn't buy it too. It seems that Dragon Archives is not sold in the U. S except for some expensive prices from Japanese sellers on ebay. I'm just having fun alone here. For the next release, I already got 22nd Tournament kid Goku and so many kid Piccolo so I'll skip those two. I'll buy Master Mutaito for its head. King Furry looks better than popy head with dwc Commander Red's body so I'm going to buy it too.
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Post by cmakhk on Nov 2, 2023 13:23:34 GMT -6
Bought a Hybrid kid buu before since his articulation is better than the sbc one for 5" collection. I recently made some accessories for him - yelling and sleeping head, floating body, kite's body, right arm's ball, and some legs attacking Goku.
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Post by cmakhk on Sept 29, 2023 4:36:09 GMT -6
I love this DS Omega Shenron too. I left it on my desk and played with it for several days. But I have the Jakks one, and I don't need two Omega Shenrons. So, I considered turning one into Syn Shenron. Search for pictures of it. It seems they are more different than I thought. I ended up going with the DS one because the Jakks one was a better value, although it's a bit of a pity to cut off the 3D balls on its chest. (There's also an AF Syn Shenron for those who don't want to customize.)
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Post by cmakhk on Aug 29, 2023 9:27:15 GMT -6
Looks like gammas are taller than Goku, so the height of their shf is fine for 5" and I wouldn't need to cut their boots short. I guess if you swap out the heads of the Krillin and Yamcha from that set with monster Zarbon for a dwc/wcf Krillin's head, they will work for a 5" scale Krillin. But there are already so many articulating options for 5" Krillin that make it pointless to pick posed figure. For those 5" collectors who don't have a Frieza in pod and don't mind it not being articulated, there is a Frieza in pod from the same bootleg series that you can swap the head for a dwc/wcf. (The upper body of 3rd form Frieza also looks like 5" scale)
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Post by cmakhk on Aug 26, 2023 5:23:37 GMT -6
I don't have Shodo or Flash figure. For reference, this Hybrid Vegeta (I bought it for Gohan of time chamber) is as tall as the Flash one. Looks like gammas with capes, guns and lower skirts cost too much that we can't expect Evolve to release it. So, I bought their shf without Gohan accessories from a seller. Each Gamma comes with two guns. The headless gun fits into the holster, but the holster can still hold the headed gun loosely, so I might turn the headless gun into Cheelai's gun. Saw a Zarbon in the third series of some bootleg figures about 13cm, which upper body looked like 5" scale, so I bought one. I swapped its legs with my old custom one.
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Post by cmakhk on Jul 11, 2023 12:57:22 GMT -6
Those wcf are legit. I waited for the bootleg release and missed the cheapest time to buy. From the shf or other figures I've seen it sells on eBay usually for almost twice as much as here, but you can still find bargains if you keep hunting every day. I have a few wcf bought from eBay which are cheaper than here. Not only the legit line, the bootleg line of wcf has been dead for a long time too. The bootlegs released now are mainly the huge figures of Ichiban Kuji Prize. Nothing I am interest except Cell max and orange Piccolo (both 31cm).
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Post by cmakhk on Jul 10, 2023 6:27:42 GMT -6
I turned the larger kid Piccolo into Cargo. Its head was too big, so I swapped it out for another adverge bootleg head. I'll keep the smaller one as kid Piccolo. And I cut the Irwin Dende shorter but it still too big for 5". Looks like I'll have to wait forever for a shf Dende bootleg. Just bought the kid Goku and Oolong transform of dragon archives. The customs of Oolong transform is easy, just swap the legs. The kid Goku fits for 5". I think that's the ideal size a 5" scale or shf kid Goku should have, instead of those oversized bodies and huge heads. Took a picture of the wcf I bought earlier. I bought the second kid Goku in armor because the armor is a different color, but you can see that their bodies are exactly the same, just swapped heads and arms, so I wouldn't buy the second kid Vegeta whose armor is even the same color. The Oolong and Chaozu are too small. The Freiza in cocoon fits for 5". I'll be swapping out the head of my custom to a regular Freiza later on. I haven't seen any news about wcf for the latest movies. I'm afraid the wcf product line seems to have come to an end.
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Post by cmakhk on Jun 1, 2023 13:15:11 GMT -6
Bought a set of bootleg Piccolo's family. The egg of baby Piccolo and Cymbal are good for 5" and shf. The Piano is a little bit small but still fine for 5". And it give me a bigger head of Cymbal and Drum for customs. Here are comparison of rice cooker and kid Piccolo. The size of rice cooker from this set is better but I prefer the key chain one with a funny King Piccolo inside. The kid Piccolo is smaller than the other cheap bootleg, which is useless for me...maybe this is better for 5" scale? I'm not sure. And I bought a bootleg absorbing buu, quite scale with 5".
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Post by cmakhk on May 15, 2023 5:59:00 GMT -6
I usually buy the bootlegs from taobao. Just search it on ebay, it seems that only bootlegs of figma she 02 is available. I don't know of any other way to buy it in the US. Maybe you can try figma she 02. You can give up the joint under the chest and cut away the middle part of upper body to make it shorter. The re-release of shf Frieza 1st form is selling a little bit cheaper than before, so I finally bought one. It is wider but a bit shorter than the Jakks one. Anyway, only this one or figure rise is available for the 5" collectors without space pod. And I tried smaller wcf head on it, look a little bit small on shf body as usual.
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Post by cmakhk on May 11, 2023 2:09:00 GMT -6
I afraid that the chances of making bootlegs of any shf releases before Gohan and Krillin in armor are dwindling. Still waiting for bootleg of shf full power Jiren. The Evolve one is smaller than the DS or shf normal Jiren. I assume it's easy for them since they've already released a bootleg of shf Jiren. The figure I used for Kefla is the bootleg of Figma archetype she 02, which is too tall for db female customs. I only bought two to see how tall it is, and I already used one for Kefla and the upper body of the other one, so only one pair of legs left for the pic below. From left to right: Figma she 01, Figma he 01, Figma she 02, Figma he 02, SHF dx Figma she 01 has the best height for 5" female customs, which I always use. Figma he 01 look better for Kefla, just need to put some epoxy on its chest.
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Post by cmakhk on May 6, 2023 22:01:32 GMT -6
Bought a bootleg of shf Gohan in armor. It's a little bit shorter, better than the Irwin one. There's bootleg for shf Krillin in armor too. It's better than the Jakks one I guess, but too large for 5" anyway so I'll give it up. Tried smaller dwc head for Gohan, which I scratched the neck thinner, but the head look too small for shf body, and it's as tall as the real works Vegeta and Frieza I got. Overall shf Gohan is not very ok for 5 inches, but it's still a good base for custom Krillin in armor. Bought some more female shf, they're a bit shorter than Evolve Goku. They're the only choice for 5 inches collector anyway. Tried smaller cp head for Bulma, the size look a little bit better. The wcf head for Kefla is just a bit smaller than shf one. May be look a bit better to swap it... And the custom I made before I turned it to normal form. Bought two more old dragon archives. Just swap the head of Goku-Satan fusion on any Goku's body will be an easy custom for anyone (the Evolve body look too skinny), and the upper body of Roshi seems close to 5" scale. The frieza transforming now release is too small for 5" so I'm not going to buy it. But I'll sure buy Goku and Oolong transform for the next release.
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Post by cmakhk on Nov 6, 2022 8:58:10 GMT -6
Bought a cover of airpod's box that's fat Gotenks in appearance. (Normal one for airpods 1/2, flat one for pro) It's too big for the fat Gotenks from Buu Saga but the size is just right for the teen fat Gotenks from new movie, though look like a bit flat from the side and need to fill the gap between the body with some epoxy.
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Post by cmakhk on Oct 2, 2022 12:34:56 GMT -6
I don't have Giochi Preziosi Cell. The shf Cell scale the best among all Cells from 5 inches series anyway. Finally found someone selling the last piece of dragon archives I want. And I had to paid double for the cost that bought it late.
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Post by cmakhk on Sept 28, 2022 12:38:56 GMT -6
The cell with dropping arms just a little cheaper is not worth buying. I bought the new one from shop. Not just the arms, the joints of wings are easy to break too. And the wings and tail make it hard to stand stable. Overall, this figure is fragile that make it difficult to produce bootleg. The only legit shf I bought before are android 16 and golden frieza. I usually wait for bootlegs. But the line of bootlegs seems stop for a long time that make me begin to look at the new releases of shf now. Bought Android 17 and 18 too. If they're a little bit shorter than evolve Goku, I'll not do anything, but unfortunately, they're the same height of Goku. I need to cut their legs shorter to scale with 5 inches anyway. The size of shf cell's head is fine for me. But if you think it's too large, just for reference, here is how it look to swap it with dwc head. And I want my King Yemma a little bit bigger so I bought a wcf Yemma to swap its head. I dug the wcf head until it can put on the figure wihout cutting anything. But you can see below it can't cover the head completely, unless I cut away the horn of the original head.
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