Pokémon D-Arts/S.H. Figuarts Thread | Bulbagarden

I don't know should this belong to here or not, but since it is figure made by Bandai, so I'll put it in here.

HG タケシ | プレミアムバンダイ | バンダイ公式通販サイト

I...... don't know what to say about this, because I feel super awkward by just looking at it. It doesn't have any of the "Sugimori style" impression in this figure, so it just feel extremely out of place.

BTW, many of the posts and replies in other figure arts websites and Japan BBS doesn't seem to pleased by this product of Bandai.

I saw this the other day and just got confused. Who ever said they wanted a shirtless Brock figure?

Who knows, it must be the idea of any one of the director board staff in GF, because this is based on the GenI RGB games, but not anime nor manga nor any other Pokemon media. Currently the suspicion of Ken Sugimori is the largest, because in his Twitter he evasively urging fans to buy it. I really wonder how good the sale of this figure is......

BTW, the next one HG Misty is said to coming up in Autumn. It is also based on the in-game pose of GenI RGB game. At least, it should be better than Brock, because, well, it is Misty, and because she is female, and the original character of OS trio in anime.
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