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Bandai plans incredible D-Arts releases, including Samus and Mega Man! photo

Bandai stunned a lot of us when they announced the D-Arts line. Long-awaited figures of Digimon and Medabots was just the tip of the iceberg it appears. How many times have we cried out for a GOOD figure of Mega Man? Samus Aran? Well, Bandai is going to try and make that happen.

The company receives numerous requests for figures, and according the staff page of Tamashii Nation, they are now in the process of trying to make these reality for the D-Arts figure line. Among the names listed as possibilities they're looking at are Mega Man, Samus Aran, Grid Man (or as US fans may remember him as Servo from Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad!), Kuro-chan from Cyborg Kuro-Chan and yes, Izanagi from Persona 4!

I really, really want this to happen. With the weight of Bandai and their reputation for quality licensed goods, I think this is going to be reality. I can't wait to see what they'll come up with. Given that Bandai is moving in this direction, which figures would you like to come out in the line?

[Thanks tCi!]



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Definitely excited for Samus and Megaman!
Yessss, Izanagi!
sounds epic
Already have Digimon's War Greymon on order, can't wait for Medabots and Samus to join in the party. This throwback to the awesomeness that was my childhood makes me feel all tingly inside :)
Izanagi = confirmed buy
WHERE'S MY DIABOROMON DAMMIT!
FUCKING A!

I've wanted a Samus, Ridley, and normal Metroid figure forever (not the crappy Metroid variants introduced in games like Samus's Return), but I don't think we'll probably see the last two. It's cool that we're getting another Mega Man since I don't really trust plamos for display purposes (as nice as the recent one looks; it's a distrust based partly on the Mega Man items Takara has released in the past), but I have a feeling we'll continue to get screwed on the Robot Masters front (such as when JazzWare decided to not release that awesome-looking Retro Roto Wood Man...)
Really excited about Samus. Perfect timing for Other M.
Alright, hate to be a pessimist, but NONE of these are confirmed. They're TRYING to get the licenses, but there's no guarantee. In fact, Samus in particular is probably not going to happen - Nintendo despises non-articulated figures because they feel that they "cheapen their characters." The only reason Revoltech Layton exists is because the licensing for the Layton movie was out of Nintendo's hands.

Most of the others, though, seem reasonably likely - Atlus is quite open to merchandising, so Izanagi will probably happen. Same goes for MegaMan - Capcom is pretty pro-merchandising. IIRC, Bandai already has the Grid Man license.
The only thing that matters is that Samus is getting a figure that isn't $100+ dollars and in limited run.
Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad! OMG!!
The only thing that matters is that Samus is getting a figure that isn't $100+ dollars and in limited run.


Again, Samus isn't getting a figure just yet. They haven't talked to the license holders yet - if the license holders say no (and Nintendo probably will), the figures won't happen.
I WATCHED SUPER HUMAN SAMURAI CYBER SQUAD THAT WAS LIKE MY FAVORITE SHOW FOR A COUPLE YEARS WHEN I WAS A KID!!!
So sorry for cap spam.
I really got excited when they confirmed the WarGreymon-MetalGarurumon-Omnimon trio.
Now they bring me Samus, Kurochan and Megaman (ah dammit! I've already pre'ordered my Kotobukiya one...)
They've got on me a new collector of all these series
Izanagi? for real? FOR REAL?

just the potential has me all exciteddd.


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