No just no.
The art looks adorable. I wish they'd have natural skintones but it looks like they are like EqG and keeping the pony coat color as skintone. I really like Kotobukiya and have collected figures from them in the past. I've since given up that collection though and don't know if I'd start again for MLP. Still, I'm interested to see how they will look.
The art looks adorable. I wish they'd have natural skintones but it looks like they are like EqG and keeping the pony coat color as skintone. I really like Kotobukiya and have collected figures from them in the past. I've since given up that collection though and don't know if I'd start again for MLP. Still, I'm interested to see how they will look.
How long does it usually take Kotobukiya's figures to go from the announcement stage to revealing the sculpt, etc? I wanna know about how long I have to save up money for this!
I'd love to see them in a variety of tones but unnatural/fantasy colors always put me off from dolls somehow, not just EqG but other dolls I collected too like BJD and EAH. I get an "uncanny valley" feel from them that takes away from their cuteness for me. Pinkie Pie definitely looks pink in that image so I expect the others to match their pony colors too.
I actually really hope they keep the EqG skin tones, because I have no doubt that if they chose natural ones they'd make all characters have the same skintone (read: pale).
The art looks adorable. I wish they'd have natural skintones but it looks like they are like EqG and keeping the pony coat color as skintone. I really like Kotobukiya and have collected figures from them in the past. I've since given up that collection though and don't know if I'd start again for MLP. Still, I'm interested to see how they will look.
As long as they don't make them sexy. I'd hate to see that Pinkie with her panties halfway exposed for extra "cuteness".
The thing with the skin tones is that well everyone has a different opinion on what character would fit what ethnicity. So keep the unnatural tones so fans can still have their own personal ideas of what natural tone they see them in ;)
I love seeing everyone's different interpretations, I'd hate it for there to be an "official" answer. (Not to mention all the silly drama it would cause, lol)
Day 1 (7/19): BISHOUJO A (Pinkie Pie) & BISHOUJO BIf Pinkie is 'A', I presume Twilight who was teased before (https://twitter.com/figsoku/status/977876784799563776) is 'B', I wonder who 'C' is? (guess would be RD given how the anything G4 is generally released)
Day 2 (7/20): BISHOUJO C & Group Illustration
Day 3 (7/21): BISHOUJO A (Pinkie Pie) & BISHOUJO B
Day 4 (7/22): BISHOUJO C & Group Illustration
These are cute and have nice detail however I'm not sure why I'm not interested; like say if they did a statue like this of the Last Unicorn figure with her in human form and unicorn form...I'd totally be all over that. But I don't see myself buying these or collecting them.
On some level MLP seems to have been stretched so thin now-a-days that it doesn't quite feel like MLP anymore. I'm not really familiar with this company/brand making the statues, so it even feels a little displaced to me or not even MLP so maybe that's why I don't really have any interest in collecting all things Generation 4 related.
Does anyone have advice about the best place to purchase/pre-order these when they become available? I'm thinking AmiAmi, but I've never bought Kotobukiya so I don't know if there's a go-to online store for international fans. Cheers ^.^
Tulips, if I remember correctly, when I was collecting Kotobukiya in the past I was getting them from Entertainment Earth. BigBadToyStore I think may be an option too as well as of course AmiAmi.
Advice to anyone planning on buying these figures too, Kotobukiya fakes are very prolific. Please be careful of who you are buying from once they come out!
Aw. I love the girl, she's quite tempting.
I'm not too keen on pinkie tho (more so because I hate pink ponies)
Also amiami has it for preorder for 9,970JPY
https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-043152
Did they announce the other three yet? I'd be shocked if they skipped Rarity. She is the palest :lookround:Apparently, Rarity is next after Twi. & Flutters.
Did they announce the other three yet? I'd be shocked if they skipped Rarity. She is the palest :lookround:Apparently, Rarity is next after Twi. & Flutters.
https://twitter.com/Kotobukiya_EN/status/1049356132156940288
Wow the quality on these looks amazing. I couldn't help but pre-order as well. I hope they at least get to Fluttershy.
I'd expect Rarity's outfit to be based on this ver. Equestria Girls' outfit since the other 3 are.
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Wow the quality on these looks amazing. I couldn't help but pre-order as well. I hope they at least get to Fluttershy.
Twilight and Fluttershy are up next!Spoiler
And they recently said in a reply to someone else's tweet on Twitter that Rarity is next after Twilight and Fluttershy, though they've yet to reveal her artwork.
I wish the Integrity M6 would have been not as limited because they were about the same price + they were dolls which is always a plus for me.Not exactly aimed at you, but this sort of thing always rubs me the wrong way. Here is a company who is amazing at sculpting, and has a reputation for higher quality anime figures... and then people just want a cheap version. Which then in the end hurts the company.
Someone please tell me where to get these knockoffs somebody mentioned :biggrin:
I wish the Integrity M6 would have been not as limited because they were about the same price + they were dolls which is always a plus for me.Not exactly aimed at you, but this sort of thing always rubs me the wrong way. Here is a company who is amazing at sculpting, and has a reputation for higher quality anime figures... and then people just want a cheap version. Which then in the end hurts the company.
Someone please tell me where to get these knockoffs somebody mentioned :biggrin:
I'm sure there will be enough fakes on ebay from China. :/
I will say, as someone who works with freelance artists... the artists who work for corporations and who freelance for corporations do deserve their share of money too.
I'm sorry that bootleg talk annoys you, but not all of us can or want to pay full price for a luxury item (MLP are luxury items as well). And it's not forbidden per the Arena rules to talk about fakies. I see people here have no issue with MLP bootlegs :shrug:No it isn't. But I'm allowed to talk about how it makes me feel.
I hope that they will make the others eventually.
Someone please tell me where to get these knockoffs somebody mentioned :biggrin::cloud: I'm sure you realize these 2 statements don't go well together. I don't know if there is anything I can say to discourage you, or anyone else, from buying bootlegs but would like to say there is a reason these figures take so long in production and cost what they do. Every Kotobukiya figure I've owned and seen in the past was really nice! I really love seeing cool collectibles like this and hope that us fans will support Kotobukiya.
I hope that they will make the others eventually.Someone please tell me where to get these knockoffs somebody mentioned :biggrin::cloud: I'm sure you realize these 2 statements don't go well together. I don't know if there is anything I can say to discourage you, or anyone else, from buying bootlegs but would like to say there is a reason these figures take so long in production and cost what they do. Every Kotobukiya figure I've owned and seen in the past was really nice! I really love seeing cool collectibles like this and hope that us fans will support Kotobukiya.
:what: I would like to see more characters made. Recasting someone else's product and profiting off it is sleazy and if collectors/fans choose the fake over the legitimate item it hurts the chance getting more of that type of item.
Why try to convince anyone at all? If they want a knock-off or a bootleg its none of anyone's nevermind.
I hope that they will make the others eventually.Someone please tell me where to get these knockoffs somebody mentioned :biggrin::cloud: I'm sure you realize these 2 statements don't go well together.
I want companies to make money to support it's employees.
The reason we don't see eye to eye on this is because you implied that people who have an interest in fakies have no interest in supporting artists... then it turned into designers with royalty contracts... now it's all employees.
I was waiting patiently for the Rarity reveal and now I find her to be the most boring out of all of them. Human!Rarity looks best with more of a tan or actual brown skin instead of pink. Her pony self looks cute, tho.
Also, will they make a Sunset Shimmer at all?
(Although I guess by the time all six have been released, G5 probably will have started, right? idk if that would affect this.. hm)
(Although I guess by the time all six have been released, G5 probably will have started, right? idk if that would affect this.. hm)
EqG will continue for a little longer so I guess the timing is ok.
Fluttershy's prototype images have come out!
http://en.kotobukiya.co.jp/kotoblog/my-little-pony-bishoujo-fluttershy/
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I'll post preorder pages when I can find them. AmiAmi doesn't have it yet.
edit - Here's the AmiAmi page to preorder her! Gonna place my preorder now!
https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-050683
She releases in December.
To me Rainbow Dash is the only one that doesn't have a slight "made for creepers" vibe. (Maybe Twilight Sparkle too.)
Are there plans to produce any of the other characters - i.e., Luna or Celestia? Or are they just sticking with the main group for the moment?
Are there plans to produce any of the other characters - i.e., Luna or Celestia? Or are they just sticking with the main group for the moment?
I think these are meant to be interpretations of the ponies, not the EQG versions. (I could be wrong) They're meant to be adults as ponies, right?
They aren't middle school aged. They also aren't EQG. They are the characters "reimagined".
These are still tempting. 😥
I highly recommend them! While Kotobukiya aren't the highest quality manufacturer out there, they're still pretty good quality (significantly higher qc than Hasbro's output the past however many years, which is expected given these are collectibles rather than children's toys) and Kotobukiya don't charge as crazy high prices for their scales compared to other figure manufacturers. When I first got into collecting scale figures as a result of this MLP line, I was like "man I'm going to be spending a hundred each on these", but now they're the cheapest scales I've bought so far, next to the one Pokemon scale I have which was also by Kotobukiya. At least we aren't having to pay Good Smile or Alter prices for these. :lol: While about $100 is expensive compared to other recent MLP toys and figures, it really is pretty cheap in the current anime scale figure climate. And at least with AmiAmi where I've been buying mine from, you don't pay when you preorder but instead pay when they get them in stock, which gives good time to save up for them.
Oh, I'm no stranger to anime figurines, or kotobukiya. The price isn't the issue. I'm just trying more critical to buying things as I'm trying keep all my stuff on a singular book shelf.
Hm. I could sell a few things to make up space... :huh: