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Tamashii Nations' S.H.Figuarts line had another incredible year of releases throughout 2025. Though the price increases weren't the funnest pill the swallow, the quality of the figures were phenomenal as always. Multiple lines were firing on all cylinders, and in this list I'm going to break down the five figures that wowed me most from the 2025 offerings that I picked up! (Images Source) Honorable Mention: Ichiraku Ramen shop set One of the funnest releases had to be the Ichiraku Ramen play set for the Naruto line. This came out when the line was bursting with releases and seemed to be firing on the same rate as the One Piece and Dragon Ball line, with an entire playset cementing its status as one of the big long running lines. While the break in Naruto figures hasn't been fun, the Ichiraku Playset still stands as one of the most engaging pieces of the line that greatly help to fill out environmental displays and really breathe life into the characters and the world th...

(Image Source)   (Following Images Source) Dragon Ball GT has been receiving a lot more love in the S.H.Figuarts line as of late, with Super Android 17 being our first big villain from the series to see release, and the core trio of the initial saga being pumped out relatively close together as seen above. While the show had its low points, it most certainly had so many high points as well and after watching it I personally enjoyed GT and its villains. I hope the recent surge of GT isn't all we'll get, because these next five slots are characters and designs I'd love to get next! 5. Majuub For as important as the end of Z made Uub we still haven't received any representation of him at all across the Tamashii Nations line. While a base form Uub would be cool, I think a Majuub would be even better as the embodiment of his most powerful look that we see him take on during his fight with Baby. He became a core Z fighter in this series after his set up in the end of Z, and G...

(Image Source) Daima is the latest entry into the Dragon Ball universe offering a fun adventure taking place immediately after the end of the Buu saga. As it is the most current series it has seen a lot of love from Tamashii Nation's S.H.Figuarts line with many figures already released and many more revealed for the future. It expanded the world with new lore, new characters, and new villains, and with it at the height of popularity now this list is my top 5 most wanted figures from Tamashii Nations! 5. Releasing all the figures already shown (Images Source) Dragon Ball does have a track record of showing off figures that never actually see the light of day, and I'm hoping that isn't the case with all of the Daima figures that have been shown off at conventions. Glorio, Panzy, and kid Kai have been seen several times and are desperately needed to finish off the core adventuring group of the series, and very recently we saw a litany of reveals including the magnificent Kuu a...

(Banner Image Source)   (Following Images Source) With the rereleases of Final form Cooler and Broly due out this year, and Tamashii Nations' focus on the Frieza saga and Daima lines seemingly beginning to wane, I'm hoping to see more of the Z film characters and namely the villains get more S.H.Figuarts going forward. There were some amazing designs and characters introduced in these movies, and the hype is certainly real for these characters especially as we saw how excited fans were for Turles. This list compiles my top five most wanted Dragon Ball Z film figures! 5. Cooler's Armored Squadron The Cooler movies have enjoyed two really well done offerings from Tamashii at this point with their final form Cooler and the Metal Cooler from the sequel. The perfect way to continue to build out these movies' roster would be with the Armored Squadront hat flanked him similar to Frieza's Ginyu force. All three had great alien designs, Neiz being easily my favorite with his...

With the conclusion of Dragon Ball I have seen the quintessential fight anime. While very light on actual plot, the spectacle of world shaking battles never lightened up as we were treated to one destructive event after another in an escalating series of arcs. From Frieza to Cell to Buu the anime world was treated to iconic villains with equally iconic transformations for the heroes. Tamashii Nations has made Dragon Ball Z the bread and butter of their S.H.Figuarts line and the Frieza Saga in particular has enjoyed a heaping helping of action figure support over the past few years. Despite the high output of figures every year there are still dozens of characters, transformations, and outfits still yearning to be made in the line and in this list I'll count down my top 5 most wanted Dragon Ball Z action figures! Honorable mentions: Kid Buu and Future Gohan Don't get me wrong, I would absolutely love an official Kid Buu figure from S.H.Figuarts and I feel it is one of the most g...

(Image Source) My adventure into the Dragon Ball franchise has officially begun as I finished out the first series in the long running saga. It was a ton of fun with great battles, cool character designs, and after all these years I'm fully ready to jump into the Tamashii Nations S.H.Figuarts line as opposed to just window shopping and cherry picking what I thought looked cool based on appearance. Now knowing the characters and their specific looks, I'm putting together my first Dragon Ball Tamashii Nations wishlist based on the original Dragon Ball series from 1986.  Honorable mention: squat Goku and Krillin, Goku (Piccolo Jr. arc) (Following Images Source) S.H.Figuarts put out versions of kid Goku and kid Krillin years ago; however, they are wildly out of scale and their proportions are much too lean. With how far engineering has come with the Dragon Ball line there should be no barriers towards putting out squat figures that accurately capture their looks from the original s...

My collecting of S.H.Figuarts really took off in 2024 as I branched out into multiple new and old lines, with Tamashii Nations themselves seemingly taking their figures to the next level between character choices, sculpting improvements, and bringing new shows into the S.H.Figuarts banner! With 2024 come to a close I've put together my list of the top 5 S.H.Figuarts that stood out to me most as my favorites of the year! (Images Source) Honorable mention: Legendary Super Saiyan Goku Dragon Ball wasn't a line I had really dived into until just recently as I've finally started the franchise myself with the original show, and have found myself addicted to picking up a lot of the series' S.H.Figuarts offerings. The Legendary Super Saiyan Goku released last year was one I had seen a lot of fans raving over and knew I had to get it for myself for what looked to be the definitive Super Saiyan Goku figure, and in hand I could plainly see what the excitement was about. This figur...