Amazon Japan accidentally tossed up a pre-order page for Bandai's new 66 Action Mega Man figures. It's since been removed but the listing did confirm a September release. The new figures will be available in two SKUs: a box of ten figures for 5,940 yen ($54) and a Ride Armor 2-pack for 6,480 yen ($60). As a reminder, these are big boxes of individual blind box figures, which will be sold at a *much* lower price at retail. The Ride Armors are sold in a 2-pack only. [UPDATE: Amazon's page is live with images of each figures' accessories. You can find the Ride Armor listing here.]
The new figures include Vile, Star Force Mega Man, Cut Man, Super Mega Man, X's Ride Armor and Vile's Ride Armor. The X figure isn't exactly new – it was included in the initial 66 Action line from 2016 – but the face looks a little different.
Pre-orders should go live soon. Thanks to Reploid21XX for the heads up!
This answers my question regarding X's one arm not being visible in the ride armor while displayed at toy shows; his "extra" accessory is his left arm, which we didn't get with the last batch.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little disappointed that this configuration makes it seem like we're not getting a rare, one-per-box-of-10 variant like the last batch, as 5 separate designs suggests that each large retail box will contain two of each character. Oh well. I'm excited for these anyway; the sculpts were great for the price on the last batch, and the price for the amount of figures (even pre-ordered at an inflated price) was worth it to me. The ride armors looks great, and I love this tiny scale!
Here's hoping this isn't the last wave!
$60 for all 5 figures and both armors? Pretty decent
ReplyDelete$54 for the figure pack, $60 for the Ride Armor two-pack. Still, pretty great prices. About average if you were to buy the figures individually.
DeleteI really wish someone would put out other figures instead of re-releasing the same characters under different brands/companies over and over. Who do I have to sleep with to get ANYONE ELSE but X, Zero, and Rock?
ReplyDeleteI'll join in if it'll get us some ZX stuff.
DeleteLiterally need/want the animal based Mavericks from the X series!
DeleteEvery maverick sculpt would have to be different; we keep seeing iterations of the same characters because they use mostly the same body type. Example: Cutman, which is basically just Mega Man with a different head.
DeleteThose are the most popular, and will be the default for every series. they only way to get uncommon characters is through the blind boxes, because then a lot of people are forced to get unpopular characters while trying to get popular ones.
Delete66 just sounds bad luck.
ReplyDeleteThat said what's up with the Ryuusei love? It's weird.
Naaah.
DeleteNow, if they promised something like "44 Action," that might be different.
Just placed my order for both listings..shipping and import fee alone to canada is 117 cad bucks!! Will have to wait for hlj.com
ReplyDeletepretty neat stuffs. good to see Vile getting something.
ReplyDeleteam i missing something?
ReplyDeletewhy is vile associated with a cup of whiskey?
i think D-art also this too.
It refers to a scene in Iwamoto's Rockman X manga. Vile says something edgy about Reploids not knowing the difference between bourbon and mud. Then he smashes the glass.
Deletehttps://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/megaman/images/2/2b/RXMVile.png/revision/latest?cb=20120414022945
Its from the manga
DeleteIt's because in Rockman X(1) manga there's a little scene where Vile and X are in an western style pub, and Vile's sitting there drinking bourbon. The japanese fan base kept on using the idea, much like how Bit's MERRY CHRISTMAS is another tradition from the same manga author.
DeleteNeat, since I bought X on a whim last year I'll snag Vile and the armours for some fun.
ReplyDeleteThese just popped-up at BBTS for pre-order.
ReplyDeleteSeptember... seems so far away. I want these bad.
ReplyDeleteI need X and Vile with both ride armors. So because they are random boxes, should i wait until they appear in Ebay with the corresponding figures?
ReplyDeleteYou can preorder them individually on toywiz.com
DeleteThey are not random. The boxes show the character you get, and there are no chase figures in this set either. It should be pretty cheap just buying the RA set and track down Vile and X later.
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