Toy Review: D-Arts Black Zero

Considered as an upgrade armor or an evil copy, Bandai Tamashii Nations didn’t think twice in releasing the D-Arts Black Zero from Capcom’s Megaman X game. Aside from the obvious black and grey color motif, Black Zero has sharp cornered shoulder pads and silver and gold buster arm. Unlike his red version, Black Zero has gem ornaments on both ankles.

Toy Review: D-Arts Megaman X Ultimate Armor

D-Arts Megaman (Rockman) X Ultimate Armor represents the most powerful form in the game franchise. His violet base frame is highlighted even more with the clear blue accents on the shoulders, arms and legs. There are slight hints of golden wings just above the shoulder parts and near the ankles.

Toy Review: D-Arts Forte and Gospel (Bass and Treble)

Whether you know them as Bass and Treble or Forte and Gospel, this D-Arts set includes two figures much like the classic Rockman release. Forte out of the box already has his Forte Buster already attach on his right arm together with an almost accurate head and body sculpt. What takes your breath away are the nicely applied paint details but was slightly disappointed with the small gaps that glued some of his parts together.

D-Arts Black Zero Set To Release This December

Bandai Tamashii Nations finally revealed the official images of Zero's upgrade form and announced that this will be released in December as a Tamashii Web Exclusive. This is the D-Arts Black Zero. This form represents upgrade form of Zero first seen in the Mega Man X4 game that can be unlocked by a using secret code. 

D-Arts War Greymon Original Designer's Edition Arrives On November 2013

As part of Digimon's 15th anniversary, Bandai Tamashii Nations finally released the official images of the D-Arts Wargreymon Original Designer's Edition (previously reported as renewal version). This will be the first Tamashii Web Exclusive announced that is slated for November 2013 release. The figure will retail at 3,990 yen.

D-Arts Ultimate Armor X Previewed

Tamashii Nations already revealed on their official website the August release of the D-Arts Ultimate Armor X. The Ultimate Armor is a secret armor for X that gives the game character its full fighting potential . There are no further announcements as of this post on the cost for the latest D-Arts offering.  More images after the jump.

D-Arts Wargreymon (Renewal ver) Previewed

As part of Digimon's 15th anniversary, Bandai Tamashii Nations recently previewed the D-Arts Wargreymon (Renewal ver). This was posted under D-Arts MetalGarumon's listing on the company's website.  As of this post, there are no further announcements on this figure regarding price and release date, so keep it here for the latest toy news.

D-Arts Forte (Bass & Treble) To Be Released In June/July

Tamashii Nations has announced the upcoming release of Megaman's ultimate rival in the D-Arts line. This is the D-Arts Bass and Treble aka Forte in Rockman series. Bass is inclusive  with an extra arm parts for the Bass Buster and 2 face replacement parts. Like the D-Arts Rockman, Bass' wolf robot partner Treble will be part of the set.

Toy Review: D-Arts Rockman (Classic)

This is a review of the classic blue bomber D-Arts Rockman - a homage to the 1990s version game classic from Capcom. I would coin this as Rockman 3 just because Rush is included who debuted on said version of the game. As a kid, I almost finished every single Rockman game in the Nintendo Family Computer system before SNES was later introduced in the market.  I would play for hours and ask friends on the patterns for boss fights. This is the reason why I only picked up this version among previous Megaman/Rockman D-arts releases.

Toy Review: D-Arts Terry Bogard (King Of Fighters '94)

This is my review of the D-Arts Terry Bogard from King Of Fighters '94 (even though he started in Fatal Fury).  It is a first for Bandai to delve in to the gaming genre and what a way to start is with KOF. The package design may be like what Bandai used to do with most of their offerings, a photo of the toy in front then accessory and poseability details at the back. To stay true for fans of the gaming genre, it is nostalgic to have the sequences and joystick combinations on each of the figure's signature poses.

Bandai Teases D-Arts Samurai Showdown

After the release of Terry Bogard in the D-Arts line-up, Bandai has recently posted a teaser of their next project. From the silhouette, and most have guessed it right, this could be Samurai Showdown's Haohmaru.

Haohmaru is one of the main playable characters in  SNK's brainchild for their Neo Geo arcade game -  Samurai Showdown (aka Samurai Spirits (サ(ムライスピリッツ Samurai Supirittsu). Hoahmaru is loosely based around the famed Japanese swordsman, Miyamoto Musashi. His popular moves are the Hurricane Attack, Energy Slash and Deflection. Release date and price has yet to be announced.

D-Arts Street Fighter Might Happen on 2013?

It is no surprise that from the recent promotion of the latest designs in the D-Arts line gave birth to Terry Bogard from the game King of Fighters. During team Amiami's visit to the TAMASHII NATIONS Akiba Showroom, there was a special display of D-Arts humanoids in various and well-known fighting game poses. Some of which had tags showcasing fighting game button configurations and if you can remember these, some of the patterns would remind you of Chun-Li, Ken or Ryu from Street Fighter and Ryo Sakazaki from Art of Fighting/King of Fighters franchises. It would be no surprise if it actually happens on 2013 since Bandai has been covering a lot for the past year. This is just mere a speculation on my observation, who knows, these gaming franchises might be included in the D-Arts sooner than we thought.

Tamashii Nations 2012: D-Arts Sol Badguy, SHF Aoi and Deluknight Featured

We are not done yet with the amazing displays and announcements from the Tamashii Nations 2012 event. Two more  Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger characters will get Bandai's S.H. Figuarts treatment. Along is the first Guilty Gear character receiving the D-Arts look. 

First is the S.H. Figuarts Z-Cune Aoi who is the fave Niyojime Z-Cune Aoi anime character in Akibarangers and the basis for Hakase's creation of the MMZ-01.  

D-Arts Rockman Official Images

Here are the official images of the D-Arts Rockman with very cool additions on the set. Rockman includes Rush, shooting effects two face replacements and wrist replacement especially for the Buster arm. Rockman stands at 105mm and will be released this December 2012 at 3,500Yen. 

More Images Of D-Arts Terry Bogart

As a continuous promotion of the upcoming release of the D-Arts Terry Bogard from the game King of Fighters, Tamashii Nations recently displayed the figure at an amusement park in Akihabara, Japan.

S.I.C. Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Decade To Release In the US

Posted recently on Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA Facebook Page the SRP S.I.C. Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Decade Tamashii to be distributed this December 2012 in time for the holiday season. According to the site, the SRP is $18.99.

S.I.C. Kiwami Decade will include an interchangeable Violent Emotion head, Rider Booker in three modes (sword, gun, book) and a special Kiwami Tamashii Stand.

D-Arts Terry Bogard Official Images Released

Bandai's D-Arts line finally released official images of the Terry Bogard from the game King of Fighters. Towering at 150mm, Terry includes a interchangeable hair accessory, 3 kinds of effect parts for his signature moves and an additional face replacement. Bandai promises that the new D-Arts King of Fighter figure will bring more fans into the toy line and we hope that more game-based characters will follow suit. D-Arts Terry Bogard is set to be released this November 2012 at 4,200Yen.

Figuarts Galore at SDCC

Currently running at the San Diego Comic Con 2012, Tamashii Nations USA posted photos on their twitter account new characters for the S.H. Figuarts Dragon Ball Z and D-Arts Megaman line.

D-Arts Terry Bogard Seen On SDCC

First seen in Tamashii Nations 2011 event, D-Arts Terry Bogard has made his way to San Diego Comic Con on display. This means there is a huge chance that the rest of the King of Fighters character might arrive as well in the shores of U.S. and of Canada through Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA. (I understand the photo covers only the lower limbs but the resemblance is obvious).

Earlier on, we reported that Tamashii Nations' current humanoid offering will evolve once again with more detailed and seamless joint design. In one image there is a pose that looks like a shoryuken position. Since D-Arts will be releasing the KOF line, it is more likely the Street Fighter franchise will follow suit. Stay tuned for more updates.