Tatsunoko Heroes Fighting Gear Ken and Joe

Hi all!

There's been a little news on the upcoming Ken and Joe figures from Sentinel's Tatsunoko Heroes Fighting Gear series. In Sentinel's Twitter feed, they announced that the Ken figure will be released in August, and the Joe figure will be released in September. They've also announced that the figures will retail for 7,800 yen apiece (Roughly $65.50 at current exchange rates).

Sentinel also posted a trio of pictures of the figures, giving us out first look at them in color.







As with the earlier Hurricane Polymer and Casshan figures from this line, the two figures will feature a gimmick that makes their chest symbols light up.

I'm sure we'll see even more pictures of these in the next few months!

James

Yeah I feel the same way CW. Putting these on the list too, I think !

Hard to tell if the faces are the same nor not though. I wonder if the helmets come off?

Hopefully they'll be listed for pre-order in the near future. Thank you for the update James!

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I'm putting those on my list! I hope they do all of the team and not just Ken and Joe

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Hi all!

Chris is correct, this series of figures has thus far only done the lead male characters from their respective Tatsunoko series. All of these figures have been made using the same body molds, with new heads, chest plates, and add-on bits to make them look more like the characters they represent. You can figure that the only reason we're getting both Ken and Joe is because they only need to create a couple of new accessories and change the colors to have two different characters.

This isn't to say that they can't make a Jun, Jinpei, or Ryu sometime in the future, only that to do so would require an entirely new body. If that body isn't something that can be reused for other figures, it likely won't happen. With that in mind, I can see them possibly doing a Jun, which would give them a generic female body mold to be used again and again. Jinpei and Ryu would be tougher to reuse. I suspect that we're more likely to see a Berg Katse or a Gallactor Member before we see either of those two.

If I were speculating, I'd guess that the next figure after these will be Tekkaman. After that, who knows? It could be Yatterman, Ippatsuman, Urashiman, Generator Gawl, The Soultaker, Karas, or someone else entirely. It's also likely that there will be variant versions of both Ken and Joe. Hurricane Polymer has already been reissued in a metallic version and a black version.

I'll admit that I'm surprised that no one has commented on their capes. We don't get a real clear view of them in these photos, but, to me, they look much too short and oddly cut, like they're trying to look like a pair of wings. I much prefer the full cape look of the original.

James

Hi all!

Just an FYI: the Ken figure is up for pre-order on CDJapan. Only three per customer.

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Hi all!

Since the Joe figure is coming out a month after the Ken, it's probably safe to assume that preorders for that figure will start being accepted sometime in late May.

Sentinel has posted a number of photos of the figure in different poses on their blog site. Here are a few of them.











You can see more photos here:

http://ameblo.jp/sen-ti-nel-info/entry-12017418561.html

From these, the figures look great in action poses. Not so much when simply standing on their own two feet. Their posture is awful!

James

Another picture (courtesy of Sosai Tim).

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Great pictures! The light up chest is too cool!

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Ah yes. It's never Katse, is it? Well, I can't say I'm surprised. It's just... I wish there was a figma of Katse-sama. I'd give my entire monthly wage to get that one (seriously), but I know it's not going to happen. -_- And not only that. It's difficult to live in the boonies completely out of reach of couriers.

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