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- Long overdue but we're finally back with part 2 of our Q&A series. Sorry this took so long. Holidays and obligations and whatnot, but we're finally back to answer some more questions about myself and the hobby.
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Edit: in the event that this video leaves my normal audience, this video is focused on pvc scale figures. articulated figures and resin/polystone statues are better about making male characters.
Happy Sunday everyone. Hope you're having a good weekend. Alright so quick notes here. Part 2 was originally a bit longer, but I ended up removing some questions simply because I felt like I could answer them better if I had more time to think about it and write down my thoughts. It's very easy for me to miss some points I'd like to make when I go in blind essentially. Some off the top of my head were: Feelings of getting too old for the hobby, Younger collectors wanting to get into the hobby, How I got into xenoblade(legit this part was like 8 minutes on its own and killed the pacing lol) and my most sentinmental figure. I plan to talk about all of this and more at a later date when I find appropriate(and perhaps in seperate videos), so no worries there, but yeah not editing this video for like a month and coming back to it is bad for me because I know I'm just going to want to redo the whole thing lol. Even with some questions left in I wish I answered them a bit better, such as the lack of male figures. That's a huge topic to get into and I know I missed some details, but we can always revisit it another time. For now we must move on so I can hopefully get one more haul video out before December ends.
When it comes to male figures, while there are a decent amount like from Shonen series, the thing is they are still catered to the male gaze, or created with men in mind. The male figures are cool, the female figures are often done sexy or provocative,; they're made with male buyers in mind.
I think that's the difference. There are way more figures made for male audiences, even when they are male figures. It's super rare to have male figures done with a female gaze in mind. I think I could count on one hand just how many are. (And that doesn't count Shonen male figures that women figure collectors personally find attractive). I think that's an important distinction to make with male figures in this hobby.
I 100% agree and wish I thought to speak about that at the time of recording. Gacha and OCs kind of imply that based on the nature of their designs more of the time, but it's still worth pointing out. I think the problem with Sexy male figures though is that they simply target a smaller audience. I think its safe to say that female collectors are much more open to the types of characters and figures they like to collect, perhaps due to the lack of choice, but I've seen tons of women who love sexy female figures. Most guys on the other hand aren't looking to add sexy men half naked on their shelves unless they have an attraction towards them or there is still an element of coolness like you mentioned(of course I don't speak for everyone but based on everything I've seen throughout my many years of collecting, that's how it feels). That doesn't mean those figures shouldn't exist, they definitely should, but companies know that and most likely stay away to play it safe.
@@ZuccoFigures Oh agreed! They don’t bother to make them because as you said, women will gladly buy the female figures but men wouldn’t often buy the male figures if done in the same vein as female designs. Sad but true unfortunately.
I don’t know the scope of female collectors, but it is definitely growing. I’d compare it to the video game community that took a very long time to finally cater to its many female fans, I’d say figure collecting is in a similar timeline just very early. Hoping one day the manufacturers will wake up to the many women collectors in existence. Hoping for that risk, so they can see just how wanted those types of figures are :)
Uh idk I mean look at the male resin especially the JJK... they are uh very explicit versions but yes they are resin thus more expensive then PVC plastic figs... idk how id feel if suddenly theyd make male bare chested... but I have noticed some of them wearing tight clothing and showing their muscles through the shirt... im a fan of JJK which has attractive men so again as an example Toji showing his full on muscles through his clothing and Gojo Luminasta being tight on his chest showing his lanky abs... idk how they can make them anymore sexy then that when it comes to shounen figs accurate to the manga anime. If the manga anime was explicit like how hentai exist for males then yeah wed probably see figures for the men like that but reverse hentai doesnt really exist, Otomes or reverse harem do it just so happens they arent as popular. Like if we talking about targeted female franchises like say Genshin Impact in which the males are all attractive and alot of femboi then yeah we got those figures for female gaze all prim and proper bleh.
The issue I see really is the lack of acceptance some women are into more explicitly stuff and mayhaps the market is small unfortunately so they wont risk it idk
@@semekiizuio Granted those Resin figures you’re referring to with explicit natures aren’t licensed, they’re unofficial, which just shows the nature of figures some people actually want that won’t be risked or attempted by the bigger manufacturers, so unlicensed companies step up to the plate.
And while sexually explicit figures are abundant with female figures, I don’t necessarily mean all male figures with a female gaze need to be sexual in nature. Its just they don’t branch out to other series that cater to more women then men. While women love JJK, men often don’t given Shoujo series a chance, they think it’s just romance and fluffiness when a lot is drama and deep story based, just as much as Shonen, sometimes more. It’s really just the bigger companies catering to men more then women. Which wouldn’t even be too bad if they didn’t at least try to branch out a bit more then the same 3 series lately.
It’s all like 3 gacha games that blend together at this point and all end up tanking in price cuz the market is inflated, and two big Shonen flavor of the week. It makes figure announcements so boring lately :/
At this point, any male figure is just dude in action pose with some flame or electric attack effect piece. Those one or two that actually differ are in the minority unfortunately.
@@Msis03 you have a point, they are unlicensed.
I just feel its going back to the same problem, women not being allowed to like shounen genre, not being allowed or rather difficult to get a foot in the same league as male mangakan, the shounen manga being male dominated. Thats very slowly changing as well as how anime/manga has become more popular and has shown girls have always liked ike shounen. And you do have a point as well that the men dont give Shoujo an opportunity when there are very good ones with plot focus dynamics not just emotional drama.
We could see more male figures from fate, genshin, fire emblem, honkai etc. Especially with Loid we saw how companies treat male characters. Many price figures, but only 1 or 2 scales. Such a waste that GSC never made one...
Would also like a Sora to go with the many Shiro's.
There's always hope for Loid I feel, but it makes no sense how they didn't do it right away. Fire Emblem so far hasn't been bad for male characters. Marth Ike and Roy are all really good choices, but we'll see where the line goes from here since the last few have been popular ladies
The fact that many lead male protagonists get shafted over the female side characters on getting figures is just criminal. I'm also upset at the fact that a psycho villain that only showed up in 2 or 3 episodes of Overlord gets a figure while the important male characters get none.
Wow thanks for going so in depth with my question! I agree with all you said unfortunately and I wish manufacturers would at least go a bit out on a limb. I collect both female and male figures and I see in comments when I post them on Reddit is people wishing for more, so I know there is totally a market for them, it’s just been untapped. I personally really want a Subaru scale from Re Zero to go with my Emilia haha. It just feels like a gap in characters, especially with male romance anime leads when only the girl gets figures. And I also know some great artists that do male oc’s that would look great as figures but unfortunately manufacturers don’t look that way 😔
Romance protags are doomed in this industry. I always found it funny that Ryuuji from Toradora never got a single figure and Taiga has like 50 or something counting all the recolors. I do recall that one Subaru and Rem figure riding that monster but that's about it, and I think the scale on that ones a little small?(plus rem would be getting in the way I assume in your case lol)
@@ZuccoFigures lol I do love Rem but that figure definitely is not what I’m looking for. My dream figures would be a pair of Subaru and Emilia from the ceremony at the end of Season 2. As a fellow Toradora fan I’m also sad at the lack of Ryuji, not even a nendroid unfortunately.
Yeah you got a point. There's less male scaled figures unless it is an One Piece figures. I'm a collector of male figures like Free!, Durara, Fate series and etc, and some of them cost a lot and rare. But when you saw them on your display cab they look awesome.
I love these so much! I never get tired of Q&A videos! :D
Really good video! I really hope that one day we will also have a great amount of male figures, I think that a lot of collectors would be willing to buy them
I'm so happy you answered my questions! I didn't expect them to end up in a video for some reason☺️🥰
Awesome video as always! Can't wait for the next one❤
I feel bad skipping questions lol
It’s funny. I think as figure collectors we all sort of naturally have or obtain a curiosity about photography. I myself have been browsing lately for cheap soft lighting, all to gradually level up my anime figure photography without having to buy a dedicated camera. I would like to continue using my iPhone camera. I am also finding myself enjoying writing up little reviews upon receiving my figures. Hobbies beget other hobbies I guess! Perhaps it is also ego, wanting to contribute art and opinions the more involved you are with a hobby
It's the logically progression when any of us want to appreciate our figures more. Can't really do much else with them lol. I've been inspired by fellow TH-camrs who put in a lot of effort to get nice shots and I'd like to reach that level of quality some day.
@@ZuccoFiguresyou hit the nail on the head!
Arknights does have a lot of male characters. Some meta characters are even male, so there isn't really any excuse to (to this day) just make Silverash into a scale figure.
I think I've recall seeing someone unbox a male arknights figure. Might have been KenKen or TheMiyazakiMan, but regardless it was the only one I ever saw lol
Great video as always! I would also appreciate more male figures, but sadly it seems that isn't the popular vote. At the end of the day, the companies are going to want to make a profit as you pointed out 🤷♀️.
it's frustrating cause there's plenty of male characters that would turn a profit but still get ignored for whatever reason. Like damn you aren't gonna go bankrupt if you make 1 Loid figure from Spy Family lol(unless they do him dirty like Furyu)
love the thumbnail zucco! made me giggle 🤭
hopefully the figure market becomes more varied with its male figures. I know the male bunnies that are out rn are super popular & expensive. I myself snatched the new Hitsugaya ( he's got abs and ice c'mon TvT)
edit: also biting the bullet in the new year and buying my grail Shinya Kogami & Levi Ackerman Birthday figure ;)
17:53 Oh my God I love that figure, it’s so cool. I just bought the first 2 volumes of the manga after you talked about it recently. Hopefully I’ll get to read it soon, I’ve got so much manga to get through.
Love these Q&A series. Maybe you can make a vid about all the different manufacturers like you mentioned in this vid?
I want to do a tier list in the near future
Shampoo's one of my favorite female Anime characters of all time, so I hope we'll get a figure of her or more Ranma 1/2 merch in general. Maybe a remake like Urusei Yatsura could happen. Love to see it for sure!
I just hope the license isn't tied to bandai like I fear it is
great video! uhh... I don't have much else to say, but I really like these videos about figures or just figure adjacent commentary about them.
don't sweat it. I appreciate the comment
Awesome video! My question was if you're ever worried about age in collecting, I began getting a little stressed as I get closer to thirties.
Yeah sorry about that. I did answer your question but I felt I could have done a better job articulating my points and its an interesting topic that can be focused on in another video. If it means anything, I'm 31 and don't see myself stopping soon. I think the hobby makes more sense as an adult since you have the income to support it, but the feelings of growing out of it could be a product of your surroundings. It's gonna be a little different for each person though so I don't want to act like I know how you're exactly feeling if that makes sense. I've had my ups and downs with this hobby though
They usually have a bishoujo category, i don't think I've seen a bishounen section at stores. Also man that shirt is actually sick i want to wear it for a video on TH-cam one day.
Whenever I gather figures for my preorder roundups, I just have to go to AmiAmi's "character figure" section and hope I find what I need when it comes to male figures. Also I just realized I wore my Bocchi shirt again in the next video that's going up lol. Totally forgot since this was filmed like 2 months ago
7:24 The figure I want the most is Misato from Union Creative, I wish they’d rerelease it, I don’t understand why they haven’t, a lot of people want it. They’ve rereleased nearly all the To Love-Ru Darkness figures after only 3 years.
Might have to do with licensing but I dont know enough about how that works.
I really like your videos! They're very chill and you try to understand other people's preferences.
Now onto the male figure issue which concerns me since that's what I collect the most.
As somebody who has been playing FGO for almost 6 years, I've always been bothered by people saying that it gets a ton of figures even to this day. First off, the releases have been getting fewer and fewer over the years, especially for the nendoroids where it's really noticeable. And secondly, there have never been enough male figures compared to the popularity of the characters. Combine the two and you have more recent (4 years ago at most for an 8 year old game) really popular male characters like Ashiya Douman, Saito Hajime, Mandricardo who have really low chances of ever getting anything. They even have garage kits so the demand is there but for some reason they won't capitalize on it. So no, as somebody who's into FGO I've never been satisfied with the figure releases and it's only going to get worse.
Thankfully one of my favorite franchises has been saving me figure-wise and that is Yu-Gi-Oh! Amakuni has blessed us with high-quality scale figures for a variety of anime characters, not just the ones from Duel Monsters! Other companies have also been making a ton of monsters but since I don't play the card game I don't care about those. I was so happy when they announced Yuuma and Astral because I never thought they would get anything. The next character I want them to make is Jack Atlas, that would be really cool!
Finally going onto the shonen figures, I want to talk specifically about One Piece. I got into the series last year and I was thinking that I finally loved a series with a lot of figure choices but it turns out that that wasn't really the case. My two favorite characters from the series are Jinbe and Robin and I'm going to be honest and say that I don't like most of their figures. I don't really know why but they always mess up with them for me. For Jinbe, the only figure of his that I like is the Portrait of Pirates Maximum one with horrendous aftermarket prices (1000$ ouch) because all the other ones don't have enough shading and look like toys. As for Robin, most of her figures are too sexualized for me. Sure, One Piece has a bit of fanservice but with the figures they make you would think it's an ecchi show.
Sorry for the long comment and keep up the good work!
I really do love the work that Amakuni has brought to the table for Yugioh. I still need to give 5D's a shot since my nostalgia lies in the original series and GX, but despite that I kinda wish I bought yusei since his designs pretty cool and the figure looks great to me. Not sure what they're cooking up next, but I did see a random announcement for a Tour Guide from the Underworld figure. Really random announcement, not even familiar with that card, but I gotta admit I love her design lol.
I would have guessed most one piece fans would be happy with the selection since there seems to be so many, but I suppose when most are made by the same company and the rest are lower budget options it can still feel limited for certain characters. I get what you mean with robin though. She's certainly attractive but sometimes the sculptors try way too hard to get everyone "excited" and it can take away from the character. Partially why I don't love most resin figures and never talk about them. They feel like character assassination, but that's a different story. I genuinely don't understand how Jinbe hasn't been rereleased yet though. I'm sure it'll happen eventually but with a 10k markup or something because megahouse loves overcharging for rereleases
@@ZuccoFigures Yes I'm so happy that such a high quality manufacturer is the one making YGO figures! I recommend 5D's since it doesn't take time to start unlike most other YGO series. I personnally like all of the 8 series but it's hard to recommend them to people used to one cour modern anime pacing. Yusei is a great character too! As for the tour guide, she's featured a lot in the Duel Links mobile game! So I'm not surprised she got a figure.
As for One Piece you hit the mark right on the head. The Bandai exclusivity hurts. I also totally agree with you about the resins. I hope Jinbe gets a rerelease but yeah there'll probably be a big markup unfortunately.
More zucco let’s go
I can't wait to one day see your room tour and see that DDDD figure! Didn't even know that exists!
I'm trying to think of a good excuse to talk about it now that I brought it up. I'm not lying when I say I have no idea where it is tho lol. I should probably go digging for it
I'm literally wearing the same shirt. Also you should rate all anime manufacturers
I'm def going to do that, but I think I have all my January vids planned out already. Hopefully soon though
I think there would have been a lot of male genshin figure, but they controll merchandise not made by them with an iron fist. There should have been a diluc, venti, or riaden, and yae figure already. They would have sold like hot cakes. But mihiyo seems to want to take it slow for some reason. Maybe theyre tryna make their own in the future who knows, but rn its mostly apex making them and sometimes a few others.
People seem to forget that the simplest reason is the most obvious answer to why there are very few male figures and that is that the Japanese anime audience is mainly filled with guys so if these companies wanna make money, they will make what sells and what sells is that bought by male fans, they also don't cater or care for the audiences overseas for that matter, only the Japanese audience is what they consider to make merch for, the rest of us get table scraps.
Very true, though I do think some companies care about overseas fans to an extent. Mainly GSC and Kotobukiya and perhaps Bandai even though they aren't making scale figures which is the main focus of this video, but regardless I do think slowly but surely we are making more of an impact in this industry.
It's not only guys. Girls also like their fair share of female characters because they are cute.
I guess Japanese audiences just prefer softer characters staring back at them on their shelf. I know I do. Contrast that with most guy characters these days being a little to harsh on the eyes or just too generic and you have the main culprit for the issue.
There WAS Bridget but.... oh.... someone's pointing a gun at my head so I'll stop right here. :P
I have a quite a few male figures in my collection including the amazing Guts pop up parade L, Kratos and Atreus statue by Sideshow, and the TMNT Mecha Leonardo figure. I would love a Rudeus figure from Mushoku Tensei as well as one of Sylphiette in her Fitz disguise.
I feel like I have a respectable amount of male figures as well. More scales then I realized when I look back, but also I have a LOT of articulated male figures thanks to my addiction to collecting megaman stuff back in the day lol. Perhaps that's cheating though because "robot"
I saw an Onizuka figure in one my local geeky shops. It wasn't very good quality though, but i was surprised to see one even existed!
There's a few floatin around out there but its so rare sadly
I would like cool figures of male characters I do like, male characters that aren't your typical Shonen protagonist.
13:25 Yea I utterly despise when they just stick a plain base on the bottom and call it a day. As the very least have a print on the base, something.
Or do what Kotobukiya does just cut the flat base into a shape like they did with the Vash from Trigun.
As a huge Dragon Ball fan myself i don't have this "problem" but i also have a lot of male Nendoroid figures as well.
There are plenty of male figures availlable period😊
Other than that a great video keep up the great work👍
And greetings from the Netherlands🇳🇱
Yeah Dragon Ball fans don't have much to worry about thanks to Bandai lol. Shounen series in general are represented pretty well in the figure world, especially if you are into articulated figures
Also thanks for the support!
cool video :) can you do a quick video for the Square Enix that are on pre order, do you think its over priced for the Nier versions the expensive ones lol
I think most Square Enix figures/statues are usually overpriced simply due to them knowing they can get away with it which is kind of annoying
How many of your collection would you classify as figures because the Crunchyroll website has a lot of "figures" on the website that are just statues. I don't know what people call figures anymore lol, I thought you could move parts.
Figure is kind of a catch all term these days. You can use it for static or articulated, though some people would disagree. Personally I only use the term statue when it's very large or made out of polystone/resin.
Although I do agree with the gatcha hell trend and the OC stuff, I think its more than that. As people have mentioned already here, its all about WHO is buying these figures, and most companies think its men. Why is there a million Rem/Ram figures and only a few Subaru? Why are most of Arknights figures the female characters? Some anime do have figures of their male character(s), but a majority do not. As he mentioned, more people are buying male figures now. If they sell, more will hopefully come!
I don't have statistics of course but at least here in the states the % of men vs women who collect seems pretty close. Honestly a lot of the time I feel there's more women collecting lately.
Seriously, this video was two weeks ago? Shit, I thought it might have been two years. I've been watching a lot of old figure content to learn what I can. Sooooo from the sounds of it, the market has produced a niche. The companies that are at the top know what sells, but this means they are blind to the niche they create, or they underestimate it. Male anime figures, licensed and OC, PG or 18 is a niche that can be taken advantage of. I know I might. How about anyone else? This is an opportunity staring the market in the face. Who's gonna jump on it?
yess team shampoo. i want ranma scales so bad. Every year when gsc asks who you wanna see it's who i write.
I really feel like Ranma is trapped in Bandai jail along with Sailor Moon but I hope I'm wrong
Model kits have the same issue with no male characters see the Gundam human kit series. Even the made for customs series like 30 Minute missions are like this. Very few antagonist of series get any figures either. Shows like Kamen Rider never make merch of any of the bad guys like ever for example.
Let's Gooo! Literally jumped up when I heard Shulk (especially that form) bro yes man I love xenoblade and even more Shulk. He's an amazing character and my favourite male character in all of gaming. I really want a figure of him
The emotions I felt when they based Shulk's older look and fighting style around Dunban. God I love videogames
@ZuccoFigures Xenoblade and the xeno Trilogy as a whole is goated ngl. The story telling and the realness in those stories are too die for. Still can't get over how cool Shulk looks
Five Male PVC figs I'd like to see are:
Shulk, as you said. OR Noah, because we already have a Mio so I would want to pair them together.
Hachiman from SNAFU, all he has is a Nendoroid which is a crime. There's been like what, 30 Yukino, Yui scales, but where's the main character?
Reigen from Mob Psycho 100. More Mob scales in general would be nice. Feels like the series barely gets figures?
Literally anyone from the Zero Escape series. I don't believe there's a single figure period.
Several from Hunter Hunter. Stop teasing me with PUPs, Nendoroids and prize figures. I want a scales man. I want one for Netero, I want one for Meruem, I want for Hisoka. Give me a Chrollo. Come on. There's a goldmine waiting here.
I don't think many of these will happen, but I hold out hope.
Need GSC or Monolith to get their head outta their ass and start making more figures for xenoblade lol.
Hachiman should have happened already, very silly.
Mob Psycho in general is just so poorly represented when it comes to anime figures and I have to assume it's due to the art style, which is infuriating.
Never played Zero Escape but it took years to get anything for ace attorney so I'm not surprised sadly. Ship might have sailed for Zero Escape :(
and yeah HxH should have been picked up by a major manufacturer by now. There's certainly a rise in figures lately even if they aren't ones you want, and a freakin fighting game was just announced for it, so maybe we'll see more in the future, who knows.
@@ZuccoFigures Dang you reminded me that for Ace Attorney its one of my favorite series and it doesn't have any scales yet.
I was so tempted by the PUPs by Edgeworth really does look a bit weird.
W. The OG Bravely Default is just something special man... I liked Bravely Default II but not even close to the first one and I didn't like Second at all (The new main character... oof).
I wish they ported the OG in HD to get it out of the 3DS but the camera stuff probably makes it hard (Probably not needed for some but it's just cool). Pls Nintendo, let the Switch 2 have a camera just for Bravely Default, thanks.
Also, I may be moving soon too and it will be my first time after starting to collect a lot and it sounds like such a pain, I have everything out and will have to get everything in their boxes x_x
I tried bravely second and was kinda turned off by all the reused assets for some reason. Maybe it's a good game but I didn't play it for too long.
Last time I moved was during the summer and I didn't really trust the moving company with my figures so I went back and forth a few times with my car and boy was that fun. even outside of excess travel and sweating throughout some of these figures are just so annoying to put back into the box lol
Omg! 12:39 It would have been insane if they were ever to release a scale figure of Onizuka 🥰 would get it in a heartbeat
I saw he got some expensive polystone figure not toooo long ago, though I don't remember who was making it. 800 dollars or something like that but he came with a motorcycle so somewhat justified....I guess
@ZuccoFigures saw that too, but I don't have space for a resin.
Ranma ½ figures would be 🔥!!!
I'd even settle for a PUP set,,
I could see that happening. A large Pop up Parade of Shampoo would make me pretty happy
nice content
Appreciate it!
We need Guyver, Needless, Dorohedoro etc figures/statues
I wish there were more video game figures tbh. Just the other day a song of Bloodstain Ritual of the night started playing on my playlist and I really love Miriam so I went to look if they ever made a figure of her and no I couldn't find any or many just maybe 1...
Anime/manga p much run the market for PVC figures and video games are there just not as many
Tell me about it. I consider it a blessing if I can ever add a video game character I actually care about to my collection
That is an excellent question. And the answer is: I'm not sure.
There's alot to think about for sure
9:46 There’s only a few male characters I’m interested in, characters from Berserk, Demon Slayer & Seven Deadly Sins are the only ones I have, and most of them are resins.
Had no idea they already made a figure for Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction. I really need to start reading that series considering I've read/collected almost everything else from Inio Asano.
People are hoping it gets rereleased but I have a bad feeling they aren't going to do it. I think Asano Inio likes his stuff being hard to get lol. Sure feels that way with all the merch that you can never find on the aftermarket. Also the figure is very small so the aftermarket prices are horrid for it, but yeah definitely read dead dead when you get the chance
As a man lover it’s sad to see the lack of male figures. Unfortunately I understand why though 🥲
I can't help but feel things have gotten slightly better for male figures, if only slightly. Taking too long for real progress tho
Do you have a favourite figure?
Did you see the price of the Gecco Atorias figure?!?! I’m seething, I was so excited to buy it for my partner 😭
I'm still shocked from the reveal. Honestly can't decide if I should go for it
Would you buy figures on eBay ? And do you find eBay a trustworthy website/online shop ?
I've rarely done it, but it all comes down to the individual seller. Legit photos and good feedback are important to me. Also sellers from China have sadly built up a reputation of selling bootlegs so gotta be careful. Still, I've managed to get some good deals on there from time to time. it's just not my go to store
@@ZuccoFigures thx that really helps me 😁
In comparison to males, male aren’t so intricate for styles. But female is just boundless. Cause the state of male fashion is just 😅. I have a few male figures but they are relatively from ohmyouji and ouji fashion
I feel like when it comes to mens fashion for figures, you just aren't going to attract many male collectors who care, but women are more likely to appreciate all different types
@@ZuccoFigures definitely agree
didnt realize that i don't have any male figures. i only technically have 2 but they are silly cartoony animals. 😭😭
women want men as well oh well
It is interesting how artist's almost exclusively make female OCs. As we saw with Xenoblade 2 allowing artists to draw what they want, drawing women seems to just be more appealing to artists generally speaking. I'll happily take it.
can't knock em for drawing what they like
It's like in tattoos. The only males are Jesus, Santa and Wizards. For everything else a girl is better
5:47 I’m afraid to buy figures from ebay, there seems to be a lot of knockoffs on there.
you aren't wrong, but I feel like its pretty easy to sniff out the fakes and Ebay should have your back if you ever do end up buying a bootleg
The only male figure ill get is of the Dragon of Dojima.
Good taste. Need to get one of him eventually as well
I hope it's not insulting but come to think of it you look a bit like Mario. Not to say that Mario is Italian but his name sounds like that.
Well I do love me some Mario games so I'm not offended lol
12:16 There’s more female figures because female figures sell, it’s as simple as that, it’s not rocket science. There’s some male characters that will sell, characters like Guts, it’s why Prime1 keeps making Guts statues and hasn’t given us a Farnese.
If you’re buying an Evangelion figure you’re getting Rei or Asuka, you don’t get many of Shinji but hundreds of the former.
TLDR: waifus are hotter and more popular
Waifus hold all the power
Men love computer games and figures way more than women do. It's basic statistics. Money is on whatever sells, so if there aren't any figures for women - it's because the audience isn't there. Same reason there isn't a real market for small chic handbags for men.