S.H. Figuarts PORUNGA & DENDE Dragon Ball Z Action Figure Review
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- This is the most expensive Dragon Ball collectibles in the S.H. Figuarts line. Does that mean it's the best or will it just be the most disappointing?
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I think for $300 this thing should grant at least one wish.
Many are probably going to wish for their money back
Wish it would look like the product picture…….
Wish for a good figure lol
Lol good thing I searched reviews for this item before buying, packaging seemed cool, but this item is not well made. $300? More like $50-100 top.
Figuarts Zero is the ideal way to go with shenron and porunga instead of being action figures. It’s not like we’re gonna be posing them in action battle poses 😂
Porunga could’ve been a cool affordable figure if they didn’t add the poorly made over complicated gimmick. You don’t even get the full dragon😂
@@albertlewis4903 not really, they might make it even more expensive if they thought of a worse idea. Don't underestimate how greedy they can get.
Come on you ain’t tryna have porunga fight Shenron?
Exactly like give some posability but that’s it (hand,head,maybe jaw)
Never mind just researched I don’t want a statue
For $300, he better grant wishes.
You know it's good when it's 30 minutes review! 👍
You know it!
@@AnthonysCustoms you're videos are always good but I was talking about the figure lol
Then definitely not
Oh man, barely halfway through February and we already know whos taking the #1 spot on the Worst of 2023 list. See you again in December, Porunga.
LOL was thinking the exact same thing 😂
little did yall know 😭😭🙏
1. Anybody who buys figuarts for kids, are nuts. 2. I think this was for die hard fans and even I can see them being disappointed in this. And 3. I take it that this is a top contender for worst figure of 2023 or at least making the top 10?
Not really if they are rich and are rich from TH-cam and their kids enjoy playing with toys on camera they do them
Me who most of the old figures when I was in elementary school
I’m in 12th grade now
Looks like an xl McDonald’s toy
What makes me laugh is that Gohan kid era is like 1/3 of the cost of this guy
Why is it funny?
@@marssamuelzacarias8375 P bandi prices are out of control and gohan kid era is sooooo tiny
That Gohan was $60 I believe. This is $250-$300
@r.j.434 I am going off bbts prices. Also I live in Australia so $60usd is $100 AUD. Which is a big ask
@@redajun2593 it's all the same. Milk is $5 a gallon. What is it in Australia? The numbers may be different but it all equals the same amount.
Lol this is not worth $300. How in the world is this more expensive than the original shenron and great ape Vegeta?
Lights and sounds... That's their reasoning.
This honestly has me worried for Cell Max once they eventually do him
@@spoogtastic a feature no one asked for lol
@@chaoticmess0587 you mean fat cell? I don't know if they'd ever do him.
Its the light up features and sound that does it. Shame.
The price for this thing is such a joke. There are plenty of kid's toys that are this huge and are articulated and play sounds but they don't cost $300! This is a COLLECTABLE for ADULTS. For three hundred dollars it should have tons of perfectly applied paint and shading but it has NONE. For three hundred dollars the little Dende figure should be completely articulated! For three hundred dollars it should have English voice options! For THREE HUNDRED dollars it should actually grant wishes! Good lord!!
So this is in my BBTS pile of loot….after this review I’m real tempted to just get $300 back in store credit and probably be set for this whole year of preorders.
Always appreciate you Anthony.
happy to help
Update: used the store credit to pay for Guts & Griffith coming out later this year and still had money to spare. No regrets.
@@RatBass29 ohhhhh nooooo
@@ChainsawChungus update update; I cancelled those preorders because WOW they messed up that line horribly.
@@RatBass29 this is the funniest fucking string of comments man, jesus you got stiffed. You should try out some revoltech figures
imagine if purunga actually makes your wish come true.. that would make that 300$ purchase all worth it 🤣🤣🤣
The collectible world is being hijacked by corporate greed and many people are falling for it. The spring on the abdomen is laughably useless. Great review as always! Thanks!
it's not the greed that is the problem. it's the consumerism. if people stop buying stuff like this, the companies will stop doing it.
@@AnthonysCustomsyea but how are people going to know how bad it is
This is by far THE BEST REVIEW! Extremely entertaining! Especially when it's a review of a toy I do not have budget for.
The first entry to the 2023 worst figures video lol
Haha 100 percent. It has to be on the top 3
If i had a dollar for every time Anthony said "Why??" I STILL wouldn't have enough money to get this figure xDDDD
ha
The glowing problem seems to be a QC problem, since mine glow perfectly under light and I see some TH-camr reviewing this toy, their dragon ball did glow up nicely. But I am disappointed for why don’t they make the base of the dragon glow too, since it’s a transparent plastic
Same for mine my glow perfectly in light and dark it really sucks that some peoples aren’t glowing very well for the price
Should’ve put the rotating base on his hands
Oozaru vegeta was like $200. And he's awesome. One of the best figuarts ever
I see they decided to go with the Mcdonald’s Happy meal look. That’s very gracious of them. That Dende makes it a definite must get for me but also because I only exist in this world for the sole purpose of throwing my hard earned cash at Bandai so they could fund their future ventures. I am being sarcastic of course.
I wish it looked like it did on the box not this low detailed light painted Titan hero toy
😂the execution on the jokes are just perfect
thanks
LMAO, I love how this figure is driving Anthony crazy! 🤣Also this figure looks like it belongs to Dragon Stars collection, not SHF...
Porunga & Lil' Green huh? XD
Even Darwin seemed embarrassed to be in this video
Just started to think of older charecters like Dende and realized that the pilaf gang wasn't forgotten in super but launch was forever forgotten
Missed opportunity to say " I wish my 300 bucks back"
It looks like a five points of articulation oversized toys they sell at target for kids
The shoulder joint stop is there to protect us. Abby further and Porunga would be unstoppable
I'm wondering what was worse this or the 3a master chief?
Tie
I have a bootleg Ichiban Kuji Porunga and Shenron off of ebay that does what I need it to and is larger than figuarts ( The shenron especially), both were $50 each.
I knew this character when I was a kid Watching this show. I don’t think I would have wanted this character then or now. Before even watching this review you can tell this is a statue and not an action figure.
For $300 you can buy so many other figures.
A shame - I was on the fence on this but happy to jump off after seeing this. I' like to get the Dende figure if they would release him in a future, more affordable and more articulated release. Heck, I can take the dragonballs that came with each figure and customize an LED base to light them up worlds better than Bandai has done.
It be nice if they make a 2 pack (like tien and chatzou) with Nail and Dende.
The abs button was probably original for a light up eye feature but then they decided not to do it or something kinda like an older transformer or megazord, I can't remember which one it was but I remember seeing a review where the Japanese release had a light up feature then the English release did not and the battery compartment and button were still part of the sculpt just not functional lol.
I think I would have preferred a better articulated Dende and then a nice quality A3 poster of Porunga in the distance on Namek. This way you could have it in the back of your Namek display and the scaling would look better because he's off in the distance and it would have been a lot cheaper.
Or for those who really do want an action figure just make it not suck! For the price I reckon the yellow light at his base should be vibrantly glowing, LEDs below the dragon balls would look so much better. Put a bluetooth speaker in it with a dedicated app that can replay the scene with Dende making the wishes and can also play music from the Japanese and English animes. Play Rock the Dragon!
There was 100% some kind of obligation to make this figure.
Got a good laugh out of that instruction manual. Cannot believe it's real.
It's a scam. Lack of shading and lights. Better go with a $200 Shenron statue which is fully shaded and has lights. I forgot the company making it.
looks like a $50 figure, honestly would just rather get a statue that has better paint and sculpt. no real point of articulation he has like 2 poses in the anime
For $300 I could buy two masterpiece transformers instead😂
this almost would have been worth it, if they just shaded the terrain and the body on porunga, even then its still a bit expensive ...But as it stands it feels like a complete rip off
why make him posable? should've made him a statue and a posable dende
I got mine and yeah the box size was absurd. The base thing was very jarring when I seen it was shown because what were we collecting 2 SETS of dragon balls for? They should've done it where it's set up the same but have little lights in the pits so the dragon balls we have can shine or whatever. I wish it would have english lines too or something because fuck that shit is $300! Dende I didn't really care for like cool I have him but I wasn't really asking for him personally. Porunga himself seems like they didn't plan it out properly but they had a deadline so they rushed him out while making stupid decisions the whole way through. A cool set piece but they were crazy for this one, i'm curious how he sold overall because I don't see even most collector's shelling out for that
I usually buy every sh figuarts dragon ball release (not counting exclusives, and specially region exclusives like that NYCC Broly) but damn I had to pass on this one, it's basically a big statue, I couldn't care less about the electronics, and here in Mexico it wasn't even that expensive, I was just a little bit more than great ape, like $250.00 dollars if I'm not mistaken
Lucky
@@aprilstegall6002 Lucky? 250 dollars for this pile of garbage? Honestly this shouldn't even exist.
@クリストファー I only said lucky cause its cheaper where he lives opposed to america
@@aprilstegall6002 I mean yeah I get that but even 250 dollars is way too much for this thing 😂
@@LightDarkxZ true true 😂
I like the features like sound, I don't have to mimic their voices when I play with them, I guess everyone play with his figures, I do with my marvel universe sentinel.
I thought it was kinda okay but then you mentioned the price, HOLY SHIZ. Even Engine of Vengeance seems like a better deal than this lol
Blasphemy
This is why Anthony is my favorite toy reviewer
Ikr, no bull s💩, he makes 100% honest criticism reviews
Magic eight ball Slayed hahaha thanks Anthony!!
boy oh boy what on earth were they thinking here? this is a $300 fisher price toy you’d get to keep the kids quiet and occupied. now if this thing granted real wishes, i wouldn’t question the price at all
The poor painting transition on the hands its to give you that reptile vibes lmao
Like damn, you can get a Titan Class Transformer between $130-$250 and those offer more play factor and size. That $300 really went to the electronics...that don't even work.
I'd prefer an Ali express porunga statue with more detail and half the price.
If you never said how much this "figure" cost, I would have never guess this $80 looking toy cost $300! Shit, what a disgrace.
When you consider the Haslab Sentinel is only $50 more than this lol
"CNN might get mad at me..." Ha!
"$300, Holy crap thats expensive!"...He says right after blowing $500 or an 8 year old SHMA Destroyah figure. I know we are in a ridiculous price hike, but Bandi is loving every second of it.
Bro your review made me feel good about canceling my pre-order and saving $300. Thanks
Glad I could help
Opposite for me, made me feel bad for not canceling. Lol
At least 300 dollars paid for a hilarious review
I love the porunga by itself for a 100 bucks
Thanks for this revieuw i saw it in a store nearby and was thinking of picking this up thinking the dragonballs would properly light up to have something nice as a small lightsource, but man the fact that the soundclip has to play and the fact that you can get more light out of electrocuting a potato, makes this a pass, a real shame that they just couldnt give us a proper light feature. I guesse ill have a look at the other figurenese there, i bought an omnimon mercifull mode figure last time there and i am very happy about that one but this one looks like a pass even tho at first sight it looked nice, but that is what the box is supposed to do.
Edit: so i ended up buying for alot of money but basicly the money i was gonna spend on that parunga i spend on a cloud + bike figurene which was about the same price i think even cheaper and that one is waaaaay more posebel and that bike is really heavy too and it rides and is posebel as well (i just think clouds face is done a bit weird, but i like that his clothes are made out of this rubbery susbtance) the other figurenese i bought were a majin buu charging up his vanishing ball, a small dr robotnik figurene and a really pricy dark magician figurene that is a pretty big size.
It just baffels me that the Parunga is in the same price range as that cloud figurene and you get soo much more for that one.
$300 is the living wage in my country bruh
I can’t believe how bad this is! 😂 The wish aspect is really something. Thanks for the awesome review Anthony❣️❣️💯❤️
Okay I would buy it for like 100$, not 300$
29:10 I’m just waiting to hear an AVGN quote
*”WHAT WHERE THEY THINKING”*
HAHahaHAHA The best reviews are when Anthony has to review shit toys, companies are making a great job at producing this comedy gold
It’s Hilarious listening Porunga interrupting him
Typically I disagree with you on expensive figures, and I often feel like you look for too much out them when they're really just large showpieces like this... but this is genuinely trash. They really just needed a good looking Porunga, with a good paint job and functioning arms. If they ticked off all of those boxes I'd say it would be fine, but they didn't, they failed across the board. Then they throw in this weird gimmick, and they don't even give us a decent Dende. This should be a $90 Dragon Stars figure, if anything, not a $300 Figuarts.
Bro the instructions for this guy had me dying
Oof. Parunga looks like a model kit, I actually like Dende and I was expecting a Chioatzu type deal, and the gimmick could have been cool with better lights but it's all just overly designed and trying to be clever. I usually prefer figures, even for a bigger character like this, but imports never seem to be able to execute on them like domestic companies. Diamond Select and McFarlane megafigures are usually better than this. I like the ideas going on, even the articulation choices. But they're all just don't land. I think a model kit with a matte spray and some after market LEDs could have done the same thing.
As for the question....I'm a serious collector but even as a teen, my dad spent a lot on those old Halo figures and instead of playing, I would display them. As for price in general, Bandi is releasing King Mecha-gidorah at almost $300. This is the same figure they released like 7 years ago at like $160, and it arguably came with more unique accessories (actual figures you could display instead of swappable parts you can't).
While I hate light up gimmicks for figures, I do love them on statues that you can flip a switch. For figures, you have to usually move them, messing up your display just to look a light for 5 minutes, then turn it off again. Not worth the extra money.
Porunga should have been $100.00 at most with LED red eyes. The base is pointless. Dende should have either been a single P Bandai release for $50.00 or in a set with Nail for $90.00.
Why didnt they just have solid dragonballs and pin hole LED lights in the base? It would look great, and be functional
I just hope Orange Piccolo doesn’t end up like this
He should be like coolers price.
Orange piccolo is like Full power Broly size, so it's more of a larger regular released
Nah, he'll be great. When it comes to big figures like that, they usually deliver. See Super Buu, the Brolys, Cooler, The Ginyus, etc. Giant figures on the other hand, have all been underwhelming due to lack of paint.
Don't get your hopes up. I'm predicting the rubbery plastic shenanigans will end up exactly like IW Goku - poorly engineered and highly prone to ripping.
@@DipperGames420 companies use plastic rubbery shenanigans all the time. Look at Storm Collectibles figures. They are phenomenal. Just because one line did it wrong, it's supposed to be a bad sign?
This had to be one of the funniest reviews I have ever seen LOL
For 300$ it better have some god level paint, and come with ever thing a dragon ball collector would ever need,and no gimic
This would have been a total loss if it wasn't for the Darwin appearance at the end.
Dende would have better as a double pack with my man, Nail. We didn't need Porunga as a figure. Should have just released this guy as a semi- articulated statue with a base for the balls we got with the namekian line. It would have made more sense to have Nail+ Dende with the last ball and then Porunga as the "storage" for the balls. This, coming from a massive Freeza fan- don't think we needed forms 2 and 3 for the last balls. Though, you know I ordered them too XD
i see darwin has a new stando
All of this and Lil' Green is just an accessory. What a shame
LOL this is basically a $300 Titan Hero Tech toy
My wish is that these toy companies stop half-assing releases and cutting back on quality and give us better quality products esp when they keep jacking up the prices 🙏🥺
How can I get dende but by himself? I don’t wanna spend 300$
Sadly you can’t get little green in his own
@@THE_DARK_CELESTIALS_EDITZ damn that sucks
I Agree with this video mate I'm glad I didn't pick it up and sell an internal organ to grab one. Love your reviews to congratulations with 200K by the way 👍
thanks a bunch
The ab spring is so Dende Can jump up and down on Porunga’s stomach while he lies down
I haven’t heard him sound this annoyed since the 3A Master Chief.
Wow what a disaster, we don’t even get the full dragon. And that light up feature could be done way better with $2 LEDs. And for $300 they couldn’t add English audio.
$300??? No way in hell is that worth that price
A lot of the other reviews on this weren't willing to show us or share their thoughts on some of the dirty. Lol'd @ the voice and "lighting" stuff. Thanks for the review.
It's possible to make the lights look better than they do here but i shouldn't have to. They barely glow enough under normal daylight. Cool enough idea but not well executed
I may have said this on another video, but anytime you're pushing into Hot Toys pricing territory, I simply expect a totally different level of quality, and this ain't it. Hell, you could get one of Threezero's MMPR 1/6 figures for about a third of the price, and those seem way more appealing than what Bandai is trying to get away with.
Replace the U in Porunga for an O and search for it's meaning... you're welcome :3
It's pretty clear why its $300. They anticipated very few to be interested in buying this. To compensate for the small number of units being sold, they jacked up the price.
Could be
This should be priced at like 150-180 nothing more outta me details are very important. I’m only placing it at this price because of the size. IMO
At first I thought this was a model kit at first glance😂
As an adult collector gimicks are fun to dick around with when board
Thanks Anthony for saving me $300 bucks LOL
Lol * r we just listening to the balls* 🤣
I’d love to have this for exactly the point that it’s a buff dragon😂 I love Porunga, Dende is a fun addition, I could do without the light up features and gimmicks but it’s whatever, but that shit is funny🤣 Look I’m 23 and I’m down to ask my homie Porunga for some wishes😆 If I came across this in store I’ll probably ended up make a stupid purchase ngl😅
You didnt need to type this much emojis😊
@@sko6075I don’t mean to sound like a prick but four is a lot to you?😂 also mate it’s 2023 emojis are part of daily life🌎
Not for everyone for sure, i liked mine though
Bro what is this, the eyes don't glow which would've been way better then the sounds and they could've done an English dub with the voice. I mean come on tamashii😆
They should remake this wit omega shenron and the black star dragonballs thats be soo cool
Collector tbh. It's comming sometime soon