Tamashii Nations World Tour New York City 2017
Taking up a massive corner of Grand Central Terminal, the show featured a rather gigantic Shenron and the dragon balls looming over the exhibits. Even better? Shenron was joined by a life-sized Goku action figure. That's right - action figure. Goku had joints!
The amount of figures they had on display was impressive for the space they had. Figures were grouped by show or movie, with a mix of figures that had already been released and were going on pre-order. Lighting in the cases are fairly decent too, which each case featuring a different layout and setup. I thought that was a nice way to keep each display looking fresh.
In addition to Japanese characters, they also had a wide variety of non-Japanese characters including Star Wars samurai figures, super hero samurai, and Marvel characters from Suicide Squad. I haven't seen much of these figures in person, but needless to say, the Stars Wars ones were wicked cool.
There was two retail counters for both days, one for pre-orders and non-exclusive items and another for exclusive items you could only purchase at the show. The photo above show all of their show exclusive items:
- S.H.Figuarts SON GOKOU KAIOHKEN Ver.
- THE ROBOT SPIRITS <SIDE MS> MS-06 ZAKU II MASS PRODUCTION MODEL ver. A.N.I.M.E. ~Real Type Color~
- SUPER ROBOT CHOGOKIN SHIN MAZINGER Z GOLD Ver.
- SAINT CLOTH MYTH GODDESS ATHENA -ORIGINAL COLOR EDITION-
- SAINT CLOTH MYTH APPENDIX GOLD CLOTH OBJECT WORLD TOUR Ver.
- S.H.Figuarts BODY-KUN / BODY-CHAN WORLD TOUR Ver.
- TAMASHII STAGE WORLD TOUR Ver.
- DARUMA CLUB WORLD TOUR Ver.
Although sadly neither Jordan or I got the Real Type Zaku we were hoping to get, we did take home a few of the commemorative goodies they had for sale, including Body-chan, the Tamashii Stage stand, and the World Tour Daruma. They were also handing out goodie bags with a free issue of Dragon Ball Super, a poster, card, and a flyer to pick up a free tote bag and sticker from participating stores nearby. I snagged my tote and sticker Kinokuniya. At the show they also offering a free Tamashii Nations membership card if you signed up on their website and with a purchase, members received a free white Daruma figure.
The coolest part, though? Getting to ride the flying Nimbus (Kinton), of course.
Even though their stock did not reflect the sheer amount of people that attended, I think that this shows that our country is just as enthusiastic and dedicated to collecting Japanese figures as the rest of the world. My hope is that there will be more shows like this in the future.
Please share this blog or leave a comment telling me what you thought of the show, what your favorite figure was, and what you would like to see more of next time for Tamashii. Personally, I want more Gundam figures!
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