Bandai updated their coming soon page this month and there are some serious releases coming out. Yoshi, Darth Vader, Stormtrooper, Samurai Stormtrooper and more! As I looked through the listings something strange caught my eye, the scale listing for Darth Vader. As you will remember, Robokillah recently reviewed Bandai’s model kit for Darth Vader and that figure is listed at 169mm or 6.6 inches tall. And the review certainly confirms the height. However the S.H. Figuarts is listed at 155mm or 6.1 inches tall. I now find myself in a dilemma, Hasbro’s Vader doesn’t look good, the model kit isn’t perfect, and now my hope in the perfect Vader is dashed as the figuarts one is seriously undersized. At least the S.H. Figuarts Stormtrooper is in scale to their Vader.
I know that S.H. Figuarts is not a true 1/12 scale, it’s slightly under with their average figure being +5.5 inches tall. I still held out a bit of hope for this Darth as he looks amazing and the model kit was a larger scale. I’m on the fence right now if I’ll pick him up, I’d have to go all in with this line as they won’t fit with Star Wars the Black 6 inch figures, and this would be a significant investment.
Some of the other notables, Yoshi is up for pre-order, as well as a rerelease of Mario and the playlets. I saw a listing for a reissue of SS Goku, and there a number of other great items listed.
AmiAmi has Darth Vader and the Stormtrooper up, and BigBadToyStore has Yoshi and a number of the other pre-orders listed.