Mid Figure - SH Figuarts Chainsaw Man Denji Action Figure Review Tamashii Nations BANDAI

I had really high expectations for this SH Figuarts Chainsaw Man Denji Action Figure, but I have to say that I was pretty lit down with how disappointing it turned out to be. Don’t get me wrong, there definitely were some things to enjoy about it, but I feel like this figure could’ve been so much better. Every single one of the chainsaw man figures have been outstanding, and somehow this one fails to meet expectations. How Tamashii dropped the ball here, I don’t know but I truly hope that they pick it back up before they release any future figures. I was so sure that they were going to be able to execute this one flawlessly, but apparently I turned out to be wrong. I don’t know what’s going on in terms of these action figure lines, in terms of why some figures are so good, but others are terrible. Not saying this figure is terrible by any means, but again it could’ve been so much better.  overall I hope you guys enjoyed this review and if so don’t forget to give it a thumbs up because that always helps me out. Subscribe to my channel if you haven’t already and make sure to hit that bell icon to be notified whenever I upload new content. Lastly, follow me on everything you see listed below to keep up with my activity outside of KZbin:
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[@Cronexx]

Optimus prime ahh shoulders 😭😭

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Sadly

[@DivineSukuna]

1:53 got him posted up like young boy😭😭

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Lmfao “Slime in this bihh”

[@wsugj]

I think this should of been just one figure. There was no reason to make 2 figures for this guy. Change the head & arms for the transformation, bump the price to $85, maybe 95, and done.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Agreed

[@marvelousuprising1547]

This is definitely a case where the product images were the only reason why the figure looked so good, but actually in hand is a whole different story. Can't say too much on other Figuarts releases but i can say with what they did to 2099's unmasked face in the promos and in person, was literally day and night. I'm super glad they fixed it for 2099 and that figure is great imo but i feel like the Denji is definitely far more of a disappointment. Great review as always though!

[@desertaxe5522]

Why do the promo images make this figure look like Denji but actually seeing him I don’t think he looks like denji at. My honest reaction when when I saw he out of the box for the first time was he was a bootleg with the weird shoulders and weird face

[@myidolgwen359]

agreed entirely, same with ichigo. the way theyre messing up the protags first releases, the focal and highest buying point of the lines. granted the protags are usually the cheapest entry in the line so id rather your bang for your buck be not as ripped off.

[@DTiSthimself]

That was a question I had how did you not see the shoulders in promo pics

[@naughtykillua9683]

Ace based as always keeping the reviews while the whole world is attacking him for the where's Toji post. Keep the good work man they got effected cuz they know u're right!

[@Yamchasbestfr]

Explain

[@AnimatedHeroes]

🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

[@DivineSukuna]

@@Yamchasbestfr Ace posted on his insta story saying that people should stop asking for toji on every tamashii post and people started to get mad at him

[@Yamchasbestfr]

@@DivineSukuna that’s very stupid why would people get mad at him 💀

[@Saiyan1229]

@@Yamchasbestfridk but i really dont see a problem with people asking for toji either. It literally doesnt hurt anyone besides people with clearly nothing else to worry about so they get irritated by it. I was never annoyed by it. Its just simply a lot fans really want a figure of him. I know theres those toxic people as always but anytime i see someone just simply say they want toji, they get attacked and its so pathetic

[@jpoviedr]

Thanks for the review man! Unfortunate how this one came out, I was really enjoying my Chainsawman and Power, I have Denji preordered but it hurts my heart when figures have these many issues

[@AnimatedHeroes]

I know right. It definitely sucks.

[@cynicaldudeman]

With all that gapping I just can't see myself ever getting this set. Promo images definitely gassed him up too much, and why they continue to make it difficult to mod older sets because of peg size changes is strange

[@nunocabreracancelo]

He didn't posed him right, he just took it out of the box, chainsaw man uses the same shoulders, but he didn't bother posing him, not even trying, this body is just as good as the chainsaw man body, bc it's the same, so buy it if you like that body

[@SlideysWorld]

​@@nunocabreracancelodo you even have Denji? They are NOT the same ahoulders. This is the most upsetting figure release I've had in a while. It's not bad, but they set the bar WAY too high with CSM.

[@TheChillinSaiyan_Official]

FIRE INTRO BROOO 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Sleepysant1]

Love the review ❤

[@Shippudenstudios_]

Dude this Intro in so sick I get hype every time I see it

[@chasecummings1529]

Dope review bro! I think tamashii is just trying to tackle way too many characters and franchises all at once and that is leading to so many figures coming with QC or terrible design choices bc they don’t have that extra love and care, it’s really disappointing to me personally😢

[@GoreZilla1954]

One thing that was done right for a Chainsaw man line was the Model kit, classic Chainsaw man look and they also released a Denji ver but had a whole different outfit that being shirtless. You can swap arms and head with each other and the Denji includes his Axe and other accessories. SH Figurarts should’ve done something similar at least

[@MikiDrummer]

Amazing review! It's strange they made a different ball peg for the head as they are showing promo pictures with swapped heads with his powered up version, but then it's not possible to do so, strange decission by tamashii :(

[@Zakjuh]

I don't think they swapped the heads there. I think they swapped arms.

[@Mr_Der]

Decent Chainsaw Man universe figure with unfortunate issues. Thanks for the review. 🤘

[@AnimatedHeroes]

No problem

[@SharkysUniverse]

that intro is peak!!

[@rainyhictory704]

Some parts are weird but I can’t wait to get him and I just got the chainsaw man figure today

[@restock_1731]

I thought the shoulders for the Figma looked bad, these are worse. The head and faceplates of Figma are better also. I'll still get this one, gotta have that Pochita. Lol. Great review as always.

[@pumpkinpie6912]

Just wanna ask, is denji's thigh swivels abit loose? Like they could fall off

[@Monkeyboy1524]

Wait so do you think the figure is worth it because I am thinking of buying him

[@amazingstudios7889]

I definitely don’t really like a lot of csm face sculpts from both companies, surprisingly. It’s not like they weren’t trying, but some of the proportions on the faces feels weird across the board. I’m not sure if the art style is what’s stopping it, but when I think of the manga/anime there’s something slightly off honestly.

[@GoosePlayingGtag]

Fire intro

[@XXTROB]

That’s a major bummer, well figma it is….

[@DakiDakSan12]

3 new vids let’s gooooooooo❤❤❤

[@gasmasklumberjack9383]

Did you try swapping the shoulder joints which are attached at ball joint sockets in the torso?

[@AnimatedHeroes]

I did actually, and it makes the figure so much better

[@BEVCE]

@@AnimatedHeroescan you make a quick short on how to do that cause my s***** brain wont be able to figure that out

[@gabdlc_]

I'm so glad I bought this before watching this video. Because it would've detour me from getting it and as it turns out, I LOVE IT! I don't care what people say like "oh the human parts shoulda just came with the regular chainsaw man." Yeah but that would jack up the price, and you'd only get to display him in one form at a time. I'd rather have a Denji hanging around with Power and a separate chainsaw man in the background without too much extra parts on a bag. (Saying this because imagine getting like 2 Figma Denjis, one for chainsaw man and one for Denji form, those Figma bags would just be filled with unused parts and that's gotta be hella expensive.)

[@gabdlc_]

Also if the bangs look short, it's probably because it's not pushed in properly/ all the way in. Figured this out while changing the face plates.

[@gkhnfusion5175]

His shoulders were a lot wonkier than I can't lie. The figure itself is pretty simple, I just wonder why they didn't still with the old molds tech, no real reason to change it up this much. Otherwise, it's a good figure, and it had a nice review, Ace, no sugar coating.

[@spacemonkey777]

do you think is it worth to cope bro?

[@amazingstudios7889]

Hey, I don’t want to bug you, but are you reviewing that Kamen rider figure you got in your last unboxing?

[@AnimatedHeroes]

He’s a rerelease so probably not

[@Slurpo0]

I was really hyped for this figure but after watching your review i think won't get Denji, but who knows

[@AnimatedHeroes]

He’s still worth it.

[@oxygenenjoyer8440]

got the figure and personally I think while it has its issues its pretty good for how much it comes with and how cheap it was. Doesnt work well in simple poses with the shoulders but it looks pretty nice when its posed right. Definitely better on faces then figma with them having a lot more texture and just a better look to them.

[@danielvillalba1962]

By any chance is it possible to swap the neck and arms to the chainsawman body?

[@oxygenenjoyer8440]

@@danielvillalba1962 arms can be swapped around if you own a chainsaw man but only the arms apparently

[@Zakjuh]

I think it's just a bummer that they somehow screwed up the shoulders in manufacturing. I think the body for Chainsaw Man is way better than the Figma, and I think the faces (while not perfect by any means) are also better than the Figma. They had the perfect body for the Chainsaw Man version, and going by the promotional pictures, they by all means intended to use the exact same body for Denji, but somewhere it went wrong. So now you either need to go and interchange the shoulder pieces between the two versions whenever you want to use one or the other, or buy a second Chainsaw Man and use the shoulders from it. They really ought to do corrections for this kind of stuff.

[@danielvillalba1962]

@Zakjuh Tbh i think the body of CSM is almost perfect, the only thing they had to fix was the tie falling to easy, other that may have the best articulatión system and may have the best movement range of SH, unfortunately they went for this. I would have preferred them to include the accessories like head and pochita on another figures like they did with Gohan Superhero, or just went straight forward with a 100 dls price but with all accessories

[@angel-zd1mk]

@@danielvillalba1962even then you could fix the tie and mouth falling off issue by tightening it. did that with dome super glue and now its perfect, just wish this denji looked better cause i love him

[@drycrownerr3274]

My guess is sh figuarts didn’t want this figure being “the same” as the chainsaw man do they tried to make the arms different but in doing that, it made the figure worse

[@BigManKarp]

The two hands together are from when hes covering his face with the thirsty/disappointed face

[@jorgemartinez2843]

Man now I’m kinda sad I bought him

[@AnimatedHeroes]

He’s still worth the money, but not as good as he should be

[@Zakjuh]

I might be wrong and I'm just speculating, but I looked closer at both the Chainsawman version and this Denji version and I'm feeling as though the Denji was just misassembled and the shoulders/arms are put together incorrectly. Obviously, I can't tell for sure until I get my hands on it, but that's my suspicion right now. That, or it was a mismold of some kind. It doesn't make sense to me that they'd use exactly an identical mold for an entire figure (except neck peg ig) only to give it unique butterfly joints.... that look worse in every way. And also the way the figure looks just seems as though it wasn't assembled right. Again, just my speculation and I can't verify anything, but maybe it's worth something.

[@Schiels229]

stuff like the shoulders and the peg size changes is exactly why i dropped everything from sh figuarts (except for this line). tamashii makes far too many strange choices that serve no purpose and give off this feeling of active disdain towards the customer.

[@Dave-qg7vt]

i saw this on display at the tamashi nations store tokyo and the shoulders were fine

[@AnimatedHeroes]

They played us

[@Dave-qg7vt]

dam@@AnimatedHeroes

[@Beardalorian]

FIGMA definitely killed it with this figure. Plus you get all in one box. Figuarts messed up on this one. Awesome review bro. I needed this to make my mind up on getting the FIGMA one instead.

[@jetix7888]

I’ll admit the shoulder problem is a valid criticism, but overall I’m still liking this over the Figma. More accessories, and while the faces still aren’t great, they’re significantly nicer than whatever Figma was doing with theirs.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

2 of the Figma faces were OK in my opinion. Two of the face plates on this guy are OK. It kind of evens out lol.

[@thefookinchamptfc]

Lmao that title is crazy

[@kevinpillar6934]

To me it seems like figma goes more for the anime look well Figuarts goes for more of the manga look in the faces

[@AnimatedHeroes]

It’s possible, but the faces on both of them are off with certain expressions.

[@Yamchasbestfr]

Why is everyone hating on this figure I love it!

[@angel-zd1mk]

i’ll get this figure but use the chainsaw man’s body as the base body it’ll be on.. just wished the faces looked a bit better and that the hair had detail. power’s had shading but not denji’s? is odd

[@diisis]

They may have done that on purpose so that you HAVE to buy both. Shady move not making the necks compatible, no idea why they didnt just keep everything the same from CSM.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

As much as they love reusing parts, I feel like that’s absolutely pathetic

[@marmancito8362]

im kinda thinking that the Shoulder "butterfly" parts are just putt in the wrong way... maybe rotating them would make it look better

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Sadly, no, but I did swap them out with the first release and it looks so much better

[@Zakjuh]

@@AnimatedHeroesI did see that someone else mentioned this. It's dumb and sad that this is necessary, but I guess it's a positive that it CAN be done... I'm not buying a second Chainsaw Man to fix Denji, though. Unlike all of the people that just wanted a Chainsaw Man with Denji transformation parts, I was actually looking forward to having them both as separate bodies, since it really is a good body with good engineering (on the first release) and I wouldn't mind having a second. Kinda feel like I lost here because now it's a glorified parts-swapping figure, anyway.

[@CrzyIsValid]

The two hands that are together are from the scene in episode 4 when Power says Denji can grab her melons

[@kusoteitoku1010]

Yay, it's ma boy Denji Edit: that face isn't a thirsty face it's a disappointment face or a talking face,also it's a chainsaw trigger

[@TamerChris]

So the only reason to buy this is the SHF Pochita 😅

[@ofnram2160]

why he got revoltech shoulders

[@marcelomurisk]

The hands are based on his first kiss

[@Linguinito]

Shoulders on this dude remind me of figma’s Nanami, I really don’t like the look of the arms just floating to the side like that. Why would they even make the effort to change it?

[@yukii883]

Swap the chainsaw man upper arms around with the denji figure and they both look better

[@DevonFleck93]

Are the neck parts swappable?

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Sadly no

[@jeremygermani9153]

This is a totally different figure than the promo art. That's the #1 thing I can't stand about Figuarts

[@krishnabasavaraju2926]

2:16 bro really looks like this ----> /V\ 😭

[@n82swift]

Lookin like a dragon stars figure fr

[@technokaiju5956]

Ngl, if they were really gonna make a denji figure, I would’ve appreciated chainsaw legs. Oh well, guess I’ll wait for someone to make custom accessories.

[@iplaxz_vr]

he is ok for 70

[@jackiechan6500jr]

Are his shoulders in backwards?

[@Zakjuh]

This is what I'm thinking. I feel like the bodies are supposed to be identical, but the Denji was assembled incorrectly.

[@The_singularity]

Yes I think this figure is built incorrectly. This is QC, because the promo images do NOT look like this.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Sadly, no, they are not.

[@shrubbery8090]

Man i have their chainsaw man and power and i love those figures how'd they mess denji up especially after doing so well with him, power, and samurai sword...

[@AnimatedHeroes]

I will never understand

[@travisbrown1893]

Them making the neck pegs different sizes shows what kinda company they are in my eyes. They did that shit on purpose and it’s grimy.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

Facts bro

[@hectorcampuzano8239]

i licke the figure man but the chainsaw man was fricking sold out bro and i could only find denji

[@sonicrockmanx]

Figma Denji is still trash. 🤣 I think you rely on that one more because thats your first hands on a Denji. 😜 For the faces, the one face you don't recognize is basically like him yawning like he doesn't care, or used with hands that are together, you recreate the scene in the bathroom with Power as she grants him three squeezes. 😄 Denji covers his face and calls her a goddess. 😄 And you are correct, Tamashii fucked up on the shoulders. I don't know why they did that. 🙄 But its a easy fix. Luckily I had a spare Chainsaw man, but its a easy fix by swapping the entire shoulders from Chainsaw man to Denji. Thats what I did with mine. 😊 He's so much better now as his arms can pose more closer to his body in a normal stance. 😃 And it gets rid of the gaps on top of his shoulders and arm pits gaps. Like i said his arms could not pose more closer to his body. I also swapped out the shoes. 😄 Because the shoes on Denji are a bright white and Chainsaw's is a bit more of a darker white tone. To me it's better this way because it matches when Denji is in Chainsaw man form and the darker white tone goes more with the shading of his shirt. Over all I perfer SHF Denji than Figma's. Better faces, more accessories, better articulation. Only negative of SHF Denji is the shoulders, but once you swapped them out, hes way better. 😃

[@Zakjuh]

Are you sure the shoulders that came on Denji weren't reversed? As in, you don't need the Chainsawman shoulders. You just need to put the Denji ones in the right way.

[@sonicrockmanx]

@@Zakjuh - Hi. As I wrote this comment to you I have my Denji figure and his shoulders I took off in front of me, and to answer your question, it's a no. Denji's actual shoulders are not in reverse. If you want Denji's arms to be more natural looking, flushed, aligned and such, you need to interchange Chainsaw man's shoulders onto Denji.

[@Zakjuh]

@@sonicrockmanxThat's really weird! So what is the shape of Denji's shoulders actually like compared to the Chainsaw Man version?

[@fugo1503_actionfigure]

👍

[@Sebastian_AG1792]

unfortunately, both power and denji got big downgrades when you compare them to the promotional pictures. in power's case, the whole glossyness in the figure and the cheap looking hair sculpt which is the most noticeable part in my opinion. now denji with that torso and weird face sculpts, mostly worth it for the pochita. makima is a huge money maker so i doubt they'll fk up that release as well but still let's see what happens.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

If they miss her up, I am going to be extremely disappointed.

[@Randomgamerknight24]

I thought he wore an eyepatch?

[@Jay-rp5rk]

that was before he got pochita as his heart.

[@JunicoLoco]

My theory is that Denji was designed first due to backwards compatibility with the arm swapping, but they released CSM first in line.

[@sirrayo1159]

Deleted my comment 😔

[@kittyself]

i bought it only bc i LOVE denji but its bad😭😭😭😭

[@The_singularity]

Ace, I don’t think this figure is built correctly. Those gaps in the shoulders do not look right. I think you got a figure with some QC issues. The shoulders look like they were installed backwards…

[@AnimatedHeroes]

No, because even if you turn them around, they still don’t work correctly

[@andagi1920]

1:51 He looks like a rejected Gorillaz character

[@AnimatedHeroes]

😂😂😂😂

[@canismkit666]

Wow, those shoulders....

[@game_low7219]

TFUCK IS GOING ON HERE TAMASHII IT WAS OKAY ON GOJO Like the comparison between prototype final product was okay But HERE man they nailed it on the prototype and in hand it’s disgusting How are we going to buy figure with promo images if this is 100 times better than final product Shit

[@demetricsmith471]

Cool review. I'm not interested in the figure. Hell's Paradise is the line that i am going to stick with.

[@CHANBIBBIN]

Figma or sh for denji

[@UnrealChaosyt]

Why is he built like that 😭😭

[@hectorcampuzano8239]

like

[@blank5768]

Faces look so off to me. Like the one that comes on him in the package doesn't even look like him. That ain't denji thats fuckin dennis lmao

[@dennisjoaquin1412]

Looks like a bootleg sheesh

[@nunocabreracancelo]

Man I appreciate you, but PLEASE pose the figure off camera before the whole video just a little 🙏😭 this figure has the same shoulders as the chainsaw man, but if you rotate them or don't push them in they look bad, this figure doesn't have any problem in the shoulders

[@AnimatedHeroes]

It definitely does because I messed around with this figure for quite some time.

[@maskedsaiyan1738]

Does anyone prefer the Figma over the SH Figuarts Denji?

[@naughtykillua9683]

I do, it's a more complete figure. I don't care enough for CSM to have 2 denjis in my collection but I would love to have one and be able to change from Denji to Chansaw so yeah team figma here.

[@Zakjuh]

@@naughtykillua9683brother the figma also cost twice as much as the shf...

[@naughtykillua9683]

@@Zakjuh I'm talking about my personal collection I'm talking about not wasting space in the shelf with 2 Denji's while I can buy a complete Denji by the same price and variate the forms as I wish

[@veryraree]

my denjis shoulder do NOT look like this lmao. ngl i think its either a qc issue or u suck at posing this particular figure

[@Zakjuh]

I think they were assembled the wrong way around.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

You’re definitely wrong because there have been plenty of people who had the same issue.

[@wahwah_707]

This ain’t toji

[@uzumakicata]

Really?

[@nunocabreracancelo]

Bro is so triggering to have to watch how you complain about the shoulder when you didn't even posed them well, they are the same as the Chainsaw man, just posed badly, pls mess a little with the figures before recording

[@Zakjuh]

I don't think it's posing. I think it's the way they were assembled in the factory. Reversed, or the wrong way around. As you can see, they slope downward on the Chainsawman, but on Denji they peak upwards. Since the rest of the figure (paint finish notwithstanding) is identical, I have to assume that's to do with how it was assembled, because otherwise that would mean they made unique butterflies/shoulder caps for Denji. Only to make the figure worse. That makes no sense to me. I think they were put in the wrong way. Which isn't really the reviewer's fault, but I do wish he'd consider that that might be the case rather than just assuming that thye made a worse figure.

[@AnimatedHeroes]

The shoulders were not assembled correctly. It’s literally a completely different shoulder joint.

[@nunocabreracancelo]

Omg what a review, he's not even trying to get the shoulders right 😭😭😭 and he's just yappin the whole video complaining about them 😭

[@AnimatedHeroes]

There’s literally no way to fix them…

[@izukun3]

Figma wins this time

[@maskedsaiyan1738]

Quite ironic really.

[@Zakjuh]

really doesn't.

[@elatedquaid1279]

Big disappointment I’ve been wanting this for a long time

[@eonsalazar6534]

wheres toji

[@ryantheanimator1156]

Damn, SHF took another L with this one.

[@scraylix]

bro looks goofy ass shit he looks way different on the packaging

[@hystericx167]

Figma better

[@starXzen]

Yeah no this is a miss.

[@DTiSthimself]

You’re a Naruto fan so your opinion is officially irrelevant (this is a joke.)

[@AnimatedHeroes]

I don’t know you nor does anyone else on this platform so your opinion is officially irrelevant

[@DTiSthimself]

@@AnimatedHeroes I’m sorry, but I can’t resist a chance to rip on Naruto fans

[@anonymoustroll2432]

Below Average Figuart Man

[@ErikGames_XL]

Wth is that face 😶

[@vin45278]

Denji figma's faces looks horrible imo

[@Zakjuh]

This. Figuarts are better imo. Not stellar, or like AMAZING, or anything. But still notably better than the Figma.