S.H. Figuarts Super Saiyan GOHAN (The Warrior Who Surpassed Goku) Dragon Ball Z Action Figure Review

[@flute2010]

'half way awesome figure, half way what were they thinking figure' has essentially been SHF's motto for the last year or so lol

[@kidrobot.]

nah, more like 70% good - 30% questionable

[@Trazyn_the_Hoarder]

​@@kidrobot.I'd say the exact opposite. Almost every figure had design flaws, poor QC, or a crazy high price ... or all three.

[@kidrobot.]

@@Trazyn_the_Hoarder must be the luck of the draw

[@jonathandelgado3755]

Me on G5 Luffy. Which I’m still hoping Anthony will review soon. 😂

[@Tulio2024]

Gohan, love him as a character. I liked that he became what he wanted and I love that he returned to being a fighter as of the story nowadays

[@Ching.A]

I will take cloth cape (except for pleather cape) any day over stupid crappy plastic cape split in 3 sections or a rubber cape that u can slap someone into the next dimension with. ALSO, revoltech batman potato chip cape is a big F no On that note that the glue that seeped thru, it is highly likely the white cape will end up turning yellow where the glue was applied overtime. But if u can airbrush the cape i guess u can still fix it. All material degrade eventually, just how bad it becomes or last is probably what most of us worry about

[@FREKKI]

“Those hip flaps are out of control!” Is what my date said to me when I got shot down at prom.

[@MrBrennan-11]

💀💀💀

[@CrimsonMoonM]

Gohan's always been my favorite DB character. As a meek and studious kid, I were happy to find a character who only fought due to necessity and his sense of responsibility. It's the same reason why characters like Mega Man X and Guilty Gear's Ky Kiske appealed to me back then.

[@hexisabeast]

Gohan was not in DB

[@funkybones]

​@@hexisabeast what

[@reubentherblazer9756]

​@@hexisabeast He means the franchise.

[@possibly8180]

Lmao Faust appealed to me first, idk what that says about me as a person lol

[@TheDavidvillarreal20]

Fun fact if you have the older ssj2 Gohan either version, the ssj2 head does fit on this figure, the skin tone might be different, and it might look a little weird because the head is more sunken down, but that's a thing ya'll can do.

[@glxblrt]

Small scale soft goods are very tricky but when done good it elevates the figure to the next level.

[@xeanheart]

I felt this was a very fair review overall. And yeah, it's easy to see why this figure came out so polarizing. One could easily argue that the older figure is overall better. For me, the best thing about this one is the new faces and hair sculpt. Outside of that, no real reason to "upgrade" from the old figure. Makes me wonder if these new heads fit on the old body.

[@kidrobot.]

yeah, the faces on mine are super clean and crisp

[@ORGASMATRON1945]

The only thing that bothers me is the one piece shirt restricting the Abe articulation

[@snkosen9798]

Cant wait to see your take on 24k Vegeta, Anthony

[@treyvonishere4375]

It’s gonna be NUCLEAR and EVEN MORE NUCLEAR in 2025 when we get the Older Armor Vegeta

[@arielazaria4680]

@@treyvonishere4375 the worst looking vegeta figures without a question.

[@thegreatgamers9812]

​@@arielazaria4680to be frank, I feel like it's one of the most accurate and best-looking when posed.

[@arielazaria4680]

@@thegreatgamers9812 the head sculpt is undeniably spot on but the body is a total mess. First, it has that ugly crotch design that should have been done with by now, then he has an extremely wide chest, it may have looked like that in the show but it doesn’t translate well at all to a plastic figure that needs to be moved around. Every pose that involves the arms being moved towards the body or even moved at all make it look like he arms are dislocated from his body. Also he had gigantic shoulders and relatively slim rest of the arm. The new vegeta that was announced with the older armor is not much better

[@mikewzowske]

@@arielazaria4680ikr tamashi might as well just release vegeta head sculpts by them selves rather than continuing to make bad vegeta bodies

[@nhyar]

I love this figure but the neck is loose on mine and the ballpegs in the hips problem is actually real. The legs don't feel super tight but it's still putting a lot of stress on the ballpegs when you move the legs for some reason. Mine had stress marks after one day of barely posing him, be careful when moving this guy.

[@CyberDragon10K]

*QotD:* Soft goods can better portray foofier elements of a design (like Doctor Doom's cape from Marvel Super Heroes/MvC2). Something like the Mezco DKR Batman has a good idea for capes too with the heat-sealed vinyl bits that help it drape more naturally. I'd prefer it kept to capes/jackets, mostly kept to bits that largely don't hamper articulation.

[@variablex]

Always liked that about that mezco dkr batman. I don't think they ever revisited that method for cape draping either

[@supercreativehandlename]

I never even noticed the glue showing through the cape, even after all I did with it to get the head on and whatnot🤔 funnily enough I’d told myself you’d give this guy a 7 was once you reviewed him and I was right

[@EckerKyle]

0:49 luckily if you dont like bread, this Gohan is still Keto. Drink water with it tho, I didnt and am currently trapped on the toilet.

[@mrjukeboxparty4563]

Yeah I’m gonna stick with my 2.0 battle damaged gohan with the ssj1 and 2 heads once they release like a 5.0 gohan then I will MAYBE buy it but I just cannot keep supporting them with all the issues these figures have nowadays

[@raymondking6538]

Good choice. I have both and prefer the original. Got mine from P-Bandaii, tried to return it for QC issues, got re-directed twice then told to get in touch with Premium Bandaii. Absolutely ridiculous. I’ve come to like this figure a bit more since then, but generally I don’t like the direction SHF is going w/ the DB figures- specifically the 3.0 bodies & figure heights.

[@terryflaps4492]

Careful Anthony. If they spent a little more time with it just to finally choose double ball peg and stretchy material they'd find another reason to up the price on another basic main character

[@maki9978]

Idk why tamashii insists on using those weird hip flap things…I think they did it best with super hero ultimate gohan and I’m surprised they haven’t just stuck to that instead

[@quintonbrooks7536]

Yea the figure is to small for those hips

[@omegashenron8]

I bought this Gohan because I did not get the battle damaged version and sold my 1.0 Gohan. I'm not mad I bought it but I'm really not liking what they're doing with the 3.0's. The 2.0's weren't perfect but they were mostly better IMO.

[@Hajime079]

Been seeing too many cases of the legs breaking off to feel comfortable purchasing this figure. The quality of the Figuarts line is falling, but the fanboys will just attack you for pointing out the lack of quality.

[@NordicWiseguy]

I have seen people talking about qc issues around the hip area that leads to breakage. I think i'll pass this.

[@whataday2624]

Can you just cut the belt loose from the torso? Wondering if this is viable without making it look weird due to extra pieces of the belt.

[@spidernesto]

wait until the legs on your figure break, almost every gohan came with both leg joints pretty damn tight, they move tho but you can't really notice you are stressing the plastic on the joints

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I guess we'll see I have no indication of stress yet though.

[@spidernesto]

@@AnthonysCustoms hopefully you are one of the lucky collectors with no problems on this figure

[@Saiyan1229]

Very easy to avoid with shock oil

[@spidernesto]

@@Saiyan1229 i *think* shock oil won't completely do it, i've seen cases it works and also some it still stresses the plastic, but i'm pretty sure it's because the plastic was already too damaged

[@nhyar]

​@@Saiyan1229It kinda helps but an actual fix would be to carefully sand the ball pegs a bit.

[@beautifulstrange7057]

I’ve always preferred Goku. While I guess kids can relate to standing up to a bully, but Goku did one much better. He stood up to the bully and made him his friend. Goku’s not the brightest guy but you got admire that he’s able to tackle evil on two fronts.

[@stlancaandsonstoys3123]

Anthony awesome review really enjoy watching your videos they really helped me when my sons and I started our collection and how to look at them objectively also really think it helps the companies see what they need to fix always watch your vids even if its Marvel Legends which we got rid of all of them once realized companies like SHF actually existed keep up the amazing work brother 👊👊💯💯

[@treyvonishere4375]

Nobody is talking about this issue but when I pop the head off to remove the cape the neck joints become really loose and I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong or not.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I talked about it...

[@rossbarr-scragg4076]

Here we go!

[@dopecactus1749]

No ssj2 head is a real bummer

[@FlyinggMushroom]

There's already like 5 ssj2 gohans out there already. And you can only display him with one head anyway. Go cry about it

[@rainierzx9677]

Gohan was cold for like ...2 seconds there

[@benmacleod7000]

Gohan and Piccolo have been my favorites since after the defeat of Raditz.

[@raidenkeify]

Love them both can't choose between father and son too unique

[@marioreyes6471]

Only if soft goods are necessary like capes and stuff like that

[@ghulamshaikh1124]

Gohan's always been my fav, and for a long time I really wanted him to become the main character of the story, but as I grew older I started to understand that that wasn't what Toriyama wanted for his character, and more-or-less began to accept the character he becomes later; I'm also quite partial to Superhero's nerdy dad take on his character lol. As for the cape on the figure, I'm kinda 50/50 on it. The glue thing honestly doesn't bother me that much, it's more just kinda how see-through the material is. I think what have been nice would've been nice Imo would be if they put some kinda silky, almost reflective fabric on the inside to bounce some of the color of the uniform back onto the figure, and I also think it'd compliment the plastic parts better. But overall, it's not that big of a dealbreaker.

[@Bonkers0411]

I love the reviews! I would also love to see YOU make the perfect figure!

[@timdoe8895]

FINALLY. Love Gohan but Goku is my favorite of the two. Wouldn’t have minded if Gohan took over though. Also soft goods. Also oil up your leg joints. 3 more just broke today.

[@dankerbell]

gohan's still my favourite but i do love goku a lot especially after watching og

[@crusaderfigures7851]

Personally I love Gohan and would have liked to see him actually get a full shit at being the main character. As for the figure I think it's good but it's not figure of the year material like most of the people on Reddit say, it's just an above average figure for me. One annoying thing though is the heads go really loose after swapping them or having the cape on, make it a pain to pose around

[@chiefsmokingdragon]

Gohan is my favorite character in Z and he’ll always be at the top of my list, sucks that Super has no idea what to do with him besides repeating the same character arc over and over again. Still love Goku tho

[@LegendarySuperSaiyanSonGoku]

they should have made ssj2 hair instead of the wavy ssj1 hair

[@crimsoncollects]

Gohan was the goat, until he settled down. I was happy for him but he was so cool😭. So happy that he has beast now.

[@siranthonyhall7595]

used to be a gohan type of guy but i like vegeta

[@lazergator1016]

Solid figure overall just not feeling the cape and wish the torso and ankle range was better and still not feeling the weird hip flaps but still a solid figure!

[@TheCoolerAlex_]

Sucking at something is the first step to being good at something. They had good ideas, but they didn't transition too well in engineering. I can see P-Bandai learning from this and giving us yet another banger of a Naruti figure down the road, but now I'm worried to see how the Full Power Frieza will turn out later this year because it's going to have the same soft plastic as this Gohan. I don't regret passing on this figure. I've also seen several posts of this figure breaking at the hips, too. Maybe a reissue would help address the QC issues like they did with Future Trunks, but i still wouldn't get this. I'd rather wait for a 2.0 (3.0?) SS2 Gohan and fingers crossed a Perfect Cell 2.0

[@QuantumSurge64]

I like Piccolo but since I own him and Goku, I plan to get this soon hopefully

[@tamayo_the_saiyan_2182]

I'm getting this the only photo that I'll end up taking with the cape is him next to piccolo then the cape is going back in the box

[@MykolCarlos]

“ I do wanna show you my package, it’s a nice package” No diddy my dude 😂

[@OfficalPanzerX]

Hey anthony, which you like better the Ssj2 or this one better? Personally I like the ssj2 better cause it has more detail

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Toss up

[@joelh90]

Gohan all the way. Tbh none of what u mentioned as a problem bothers me some i didnt even notice. The only annoying thing id say is it needed an effect part and maybe a super sayin 2 head. Other than that i really like the figure.

[@finkz5674]

Definitely prefer the soft goods. I don't like the hard capes, they are rather impossible to pose.

[@chasecummings1529]

They did, gohan caused the sales of the manga to slip and the higher ups told toriyama to bring back goku, same thing happened with the androids 19-20 were supposed to actually be the main threats before cell but he was told a fat and old guy wouldn’t sell well and that’s why 17-18 were created

[@Josema234]

Gohan will always be my favorite he was so cool and has so much development! I love this figure it represents this iconic moment so good!! Wish they make a future gohan or ultimate Gohan soon!

[@MacCalloom]

I wish figuarts where still packed with as much stuff as great saiyaman had

[@dealpha3698]

Thanks Anthonyscustom, It help me to decide that I will get this at least 30% off.

[@Matte._107]

​@AnthonysCustoms Do i buy this figure then ? Can i do poses with him and It worth ?

[@nachocheese3382]

If you put his head on one of the evolve Vegeta figures, it looks legit.

[@YOKAI156]

Goku is my favorite character in all of dragon ball

[@_gelato.god_4265]

The legs are definitely the weakest point of the figure for me but overall solid release can’t wait for the Ss2

[@Dragonballzack123]

Blud finally got it!!

[@JoelsCreed141]

So when the hell are we gonna get a 2.0 Perfect Cell, I didn’t even know about this figure I feel like there’s already been 4 teen Gohans(not saying much seems as we have 20 different Goku’s)

[@daymeonzoleo183]

Gohan. I wish he had more passion for martial arts after the cell tournament.

[@the_nightmare_anime7869]

Hi Anthony! Will you review the Tekken Shf line? And what are your thoughts on them

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Yes

[@steven60]

I like the figure and yes they should did it better. They attempting to add soft good so they could do better and reissue more characters with soft good

[@jonathanhodapp8735]

I know you kind of talked about your feelings on pinned and no pinned joints. Would you be able to explain in one of your videos since you do design figures what is the benefit if there are any of one verse the other? I enjoy no pinned joints as much as the next person, but if it’s the same color, it does not matter to me.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I'll do a video about it at some point

[@originalAoitora]

Hey Anthony are the joints deep enough that you could trim the hip flaps down? They would still be somewhat thick looking around the thigh but I suppose you could sand them down a bit to try and make them flush to trick the eye.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

You could in theory but it would be difficult to make them look good

[@michaelsuezo]

Definitely needs the Supersaiyan 2 hair.

[@jakecook7104]

We'll eventually get it, maybe with his damaged gi, more like the Beast Gohan

[@suhtangwong]

Mr articulation guru (AnthonyC) in your opinion, what toy line has the best articulation for 1/12th scale action figures?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

If you're counting the best they've done, probably shf.

[@suhtangwong]

​​@@AnthonysCustomsimo it's either mafex, jadatoys or storm collectibles (1/12 scale lol) I think the soft diaper helps with range of motion, I don't really like the legs on mafex though.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Mafex hips are not especially good

[@arvangregorius4492]

i think it's time for tamashii to change & refresh the box design. it's been a while tho

[@WeeaboohJones]

As soon as I saw the hips and the lack of ab articulation, I knew this was a rip off. This is marvel legends levels of disappointing, which is said because legends and SHF DBZ were my favorite lines. They’ve just been so inconsistent. Idk why they are over complicating articulation they already nailed down years ago. Oh well, thankfully all my characters figures already have good iterations that were made in the past.

[@xboxplayer6124]

I have the figure but his right leg i see stress on the joint idk what to do

[@LeviGary]

I will never, ever forgive Tamashii for doing the thigh swivels the way they do with their 3.0 products. Using a screw to secure the peg to the upper thigh instead of it just being part of the mold like the 2.0 figs is an objectively bad design. I always have QC issues with 3.0 figures, and it’s always the lower body. Always. Aesthetically, the 3.0s are better and it’s not even close, but I much preferred posing the 2.0 figures because they seemed way more durable.

[@That-KidDo]

The hip flaps on my look significantly better. Not exactly perfect, but not that bad.

[@GiVeNuP96]

I kinda dig this figure I was wondering are you going to review the sand land wave?

[@mrsign1233]

only issue is the neck is loose as hell, personally a great figure and they keep improving and improving i’m loving it edit: also the shoulder pads make the neck articulation incredibly limited but that’s about it

[@kidrobot.]

it might be a qc issue. mine has a solid neck but i just read someone else on here has a loose neck

[@kaioken654]

Yes, those hip flaps suck but they can be tucked and posed away.. I give it an 8

[@Jas-1119]

Did you have to do anything for the legs? I keep seeing posts of his leg snapping off. Question of the day: Gohan, I like them both but Gohan became my favorite between the two easily after seeing Future Gohan.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

No. Mine seen ok so far

[@Jas-1119]

@@AnthonysCustoms awesome, thanks! Mines been sitting in the pile of loot and was waiting on a few reviews lol

[@張文諾-p7g]

GOHAN🎉❤❤❤❤🎉🎉❤❤🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤❤!!!!!

[@kaineparker6384]

Gohan

[@WinterWolf94]

Gohan!

[@OverBenthousand]

QOTD: Trick question, Vegeta.

[@pablofelipe8021]

Need to know if the cape fits the figure rise version

[@AnthonysCustoms]

it doesnt

[@TheStrscrm]

Goku, for sure. I like Gohan, but Goku is the soul of DBZ, for me.

[@Sonnacs]

Some might say he is not tiny at all but of average height.

[@Imaddictedtodbz]

Crotch nuggets has me dying😂😂😂

[@sigerlion8608]

Gohan or Goku? The answer is of course Future Trunks. Not the DB Super pansy version, the badass Cell Games version.

[@sharingansasuke5]

Why the hell are they giving figures windswept hair lately instead of another super saiyan head? Trunks had both forms (base and super saiyan) but iconic Gohan doesn’t have SSJ2 with his super saiyan one? And GT goku didn’t have a super saiyan head, just windswept. I’d rather have a different form if I’m getting a whole other head

[@AnthonysCustoms]

For posing and so they can sell the other option later

[@JoseRizo-lw4xq]

When are we going to be able to get some of your figures?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

dont know. i stopped working on the line when my daughter was born so i could spend more time with her. ill be resuming work soon i hope

[@Spongemonkey26]

Gohan is my favorite DBZ character, and like you said, he was cool until they decided to make him a B going into GT and Super... Glad he finally got something in Beast Form now though.

[@suhtangwong]

This was the best Gohan until the fans wanted goku and goku came back and made Gohan irrelevant 😢

[@essexofsuran]

Gohan. Then piccolo

[@PlasmaSnake3]

I’m still a Gohan fan

[@almighty_demon_slayer9563]

Ridiculous we never ever had a base form head 🤦‍♂️

[@alexkarzon3275]

Crotch nuggets needs to be a thing from now on 😂

[@cassettecoverage6944]

I prefer pre buu saga gohan

[@muddy5013]

The hips in the DBZ line have looked terrible for the last year or two. WTF was wrong with the 2.0 design?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Good question

[@wsugj]

Goku 100%

[@kellypeters5867]

goku

[@EJaDav]

He has those jetstream Sam thighs lol

[@jaguarnero]

Gohan all the way. Toriyama just couldn’t figure out how to write a reactive protagonist, I guess, but he was at one point the better character

[@kidrobot.]

iirc toriyama wanted the series to end after the cell saga with gohan taking the lead role. but goku got so popular that he continued with goku. this is pretty evident when you watch the last episodes of the arc. goku dies while "helping" gohan protect earth, vegeta vows to never fight again, trunks goes home and kills the androids, piccolo takes kami's role and watches over earth, yamacha and tien go train(?) & krillen ALMOST gets the girl

[@r.davidhill7639]

Crouch nuggets!!!!😅

[@zojirushi1]

Battle damaged Gohan was better

[@Ledluver]

'Floppy head' and 'crotch nuggets' 😂 add it to Websters Dictionary