S.H. Figuarts FRIEZA Third Form Dragon Ball Z Action Figure Review

[@neora5]

They downsized him for the Broly movie, which showed a height lineup between Frieza's forms. In DBZ, Second Form Frieza grew when he transformed into Third Form. I wish this figure was a bit taller.

[@JacM78]

I remember him being the same height as his 2nd form but hunched over.

[@Canadiansamurai]

"I think Ridley Scott is gonna sue somebody" -Piccolo

[@BaileyZK]

They retconned his height is the thing, hes clearly taller in the Namek saga but in the Broly movie they show an image where he's this size. I wasnt interested in this Frieza form anyway but this new height and sizing just looks silly, like genuinely quite funny, he looks like wide Putin. It takes away the intimidation factor of him

[@marcopenafarfan5250]

According to DBZ he should be waaaay bigger, even bigger than the second form, but in DB Super they make him a lot shorter so I guess they're using that height as a reference.

[@MikeyDLooffy]

In all of the pictures I've seen, third form Frieza is the same size as the horns in his second form.

[@christopherkinsella3912]

@@MikeyDLooffyBut they retconned the sizes. Blame Super for this.

[@cameronpittman4554]

He didn't shrink when he transformed so he should definitely be taller. This version makes it look like he shrunk

[@sirfrancois8888]

Just got him and i agree. He does seem pretty small. Honestly they couldve given him slightly thicker and longer legs and it wouldve worked better, still love this figure. Scale is usually pretty good with this line considering how inconsistent the scaling is in the show but the super buu was also way too big, feels as tho he fits in way better with the dragonball line.

[@thegreatgamers9812]

Super Buu is massive. Like, in the show, he is a giant.

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

He should be taller but as others said they shrunk in the Broly movie and for some reason that stuck. I agree on pre-posed tails like the final form Frieza almost did, or if it isn't so expensive, the ball pegs tails the monsterarts Godzillas have. Glad to see Tamashii delivered, with more rampant QC issues, and the nature of 3rd form Frieza's design I was skeptical but now definitely content getting him.

[@kevsil616]

Yea his 3rd form always seemed waaay taller than his other forms. This was like his hulked out form gigantic and more muscular than his other ones. Those small legs look like they wouldn't be able to support him irl

[@brianwebster805]

I love the tail and how you can pose them. It gets in the way at times but it makes up for the pose ability

[@blacknight710]

He definitely should've been taller.

[@Scurwesyn]

Question of the day: He supposed to be as big as 2nd form, or even taller so nope, he's not tall enough.

[@soggyhazard8072]

Bro don't miss, On God my boy Anthony steady be on top wit these reviews bro ain't missing a beat

[@Christo-pv7eb]

That thing is covered in paint! Wow!

[@joehodgson9217]

He definitely looks small, but we're talking about a version of the character that existed for an episode, I think? Maybe parts of 2? I have to believe that Bandai has access to the official height charts and turn-arounds used by TOEI, but it's also possible they made him bigger in the anime and that Toriyama intended for him to be smaller. I think when that Frost guy transforms in Super into his third form he's not that big, but I could be mistaken. That may have been the opportunity for Toryama to sort of set the record straight on how big the third form is. It's nice to see that the Vietnam factory is getting better. I didn't get this one because I just don't care about Frieza's third form, but they look have done a pretty good job.

[@TimothyLau55]

the problem is official and Tori do not care anymore about DB but only the money it brings

[@SploogeCannon]

3rd form friezas proportions are near identical to his 2nd form in the manga

[@eligamerman]

It seems like someone at Tamashii Nations likes the Frieza family since the all the Frieza's + Cooler have been pretty solid releases so far. Great review Anthony 👍

[@cptwigglefuffle]

I didn't get to preorder this figure so it's great to know it's actually good! I agree that Second Form Freeza and Cooler have the best implementation of shoulder pads. I'll never understand why they haven't updated them like the sleeves on the goku figures

[@Mrkarate9]

Hi handsome! I like your profile pic...

[@top7records843]

I was so waiting for the tail verdict. Personally I like articulated tails. It's just the first bend near the butt is huggly. Should angle down not straight. Loved your "oh oh" moment on the tail part anyway. Keep it going. Thanks for the nice review.

[@fullmetal_guitarist1002]

He's too short. The size of hips down to his feet are too short. It's like the lower part of the body is Frieza's first form.

[@WornSatsuma2]

I think he should be taller.

[@Silver01Son]

Me too

[@alexbenedikt]

Same! He looks stompy!

[@supercreativehandlename]

I think he shou.

[@lxyjakermaker8096]

I dint get this figure is due to the incomplete tail, even though it’s accurate to the show, but I wish I dint get a battle damaged version

[@MikeyDLooffy]

All the pictures of third form Frieza I've checked, say he is taller than his second form. His head is the same size as the horns in his second form.

[@SploogeCannon]

He should have the proportions of his 2nd form, here, with his huge upper body and tiny legs, he looks like when first form Frieza starts transforming to his second form

[@crowejagerson3628]

I remember him being as tall as his sexond form but hunched and wider. His legs were kinda small by comparison. I almost feel like they could have done a aecond form Freiza and 3rd form as one figure and just swap out parts but maybe im over simplifying it

[@osplintersnakeo]

Yeah I just cheacked the fight out and he should be a fair bit larger than Piccolo, so defo taller than Goku. Ace review though as always ;)

[@3DSTakemaruEX]

I got tired of waiting for BBTS (it’s never gonna show up there), so I got mine from Hobby Genki. It’s an alright figure.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Half the time bbts ships before pb with the db figure.

[@onetwelvewonders5480]

Wow, that tail is rough. Definitely agree option parts would be the way to go

[@zannusx]

I ended up passing on this because I wanted the original sizing and not the retcon. Did save me some money cause i also ended up skipping 2nd form as well because of this.

[@almighty_demon_slayer9563]

He’s suppose to be the same size as second form Frieza but just hunched over. Idk what tamashii nations was thinking downgrading his size this much when he never did that in the show 🤦‍♂️

[@AnthonysCustoms]

I don't think that's accurate

[@Zakjuh]

The Broly movie had a height chart with his forms, and that's what this is based off. They probably consulted Toriyama or someone who speaks on his behalf, because they did the same when they made the First Form Frieza. They already had a sculpt prepared, but they brought it Toriyama to get it checked out and made adjustments based on his gripes. They also got the idea for the interior of the pod from Toriyama. So if he was asked about it, he'd probably defer to new lore (i.e. how it was presented in Broly) over how it was in Z. 🤷‍♂

[@almighty_demon_slayer9563]

@@AnthonysCustoms He was still suppose to be huge in his third form. The dragon ball games has shown that especially budokai 3. He was massive and the same height as second form Frieza, just hunched over

[@almighty_demon_slayer9563]

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[@sillypolplays]

I think this form should be bigger. I was a trend for DBZ that the forms get bigger but the strongesr form is always a lean streamlined version.But yeah, got retcon on super.

[@mythicpeyote]

0:39 that’s what she said.

[@WolfMoon351]

This form is honestly my favorite because he looks like a Xenomorph xp

[@_9T9T1_]

Cant await for the 100% full power version🤯 childhood dream

[@margelina818mv]

You’re in luck

[@DomitriCervantes]

i too think he should be bigger, also, why does he have two "full " heads? whats the difference?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Eyebrow shape

[@DomitriCervantes]

oooh. i see. i dont think a full head was necessary tho, they could have gave us a bendy tail instead :´v

[@albinogonzo3405]

I was 100% going to get this until I saw the height. This is my second favorite Freeza form. He should be bigger than 2nd form but the lineup in the Broly movie is what they likely based this on. I hated that they made this form look so much smaller in that. I was tempted to get this and a 2nd for and kitbash it to be the right proportions but then I decided not to get either

[@trapcross]

I think he's about the right size he's bigger than 1st form and from what I remember it was a slight grow up, but not as much a 3rd form 🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@_9T9T1_]

The size looks fine, i perfer the 3rd form bit smaller since the 2nd one is tall

[@rexon31]

the head suppose to be stiff or it will flop with how big it is

[@christopherkinsella3912]

It is accurate to current day Dragon Ball, because Super downsized him. There’s an official scaling that they released recently and they changed it to make him much smaller, so Tamashii is correct because Toei messed it up.

[@AlphaProto]

I am surprised at how short this figure is. He looked taller in the cartoon. Wired tails are always better than hinged.

[@MikeCollector84]

I wish that you do a video of storm collectibles Baki 🤞🏽

[@BillyLegumbres]

I haven't seem him before so I can't say how accurate he's height is but I like the transformation because of the clear homenage to the Xenomorph

[@Bean-boo-shadow-guy]

I can’t wait for this video I just now saw it.

[@Aames32]

Im here to see if the figure is worth the cost, great review for this one.

[@ssjMaximum22Goku]

This thing is throwing me off. I remember 3rd form Frieza as being large. His knees were usually a bit crouched, but his appearance looks big. How can SHF Goku be taller than him here? I feel like Tamashii messed up this one.

[@lygonthereddragon]

Well I'm not really sure on his height. Freiza's 3rd form is always hunched over with bent knees. And he still is around Piccolo's height. It was a scary transformation that's for sure.

[@snake10thousand]

He should be just as tall as their release of imperfect cell imo

[@dannybrown82]

Well said.... under whelming

[@spencermcbride3881]

His height is whack. 3rd form is just as tall as 2nd form, but he's like twice as wide

[@ELI-RED1750]

Yo Anthony, any update on the rival collectibles?

[@telephantasm4070]

Very tough figure to articulate. Looks very nice overall.

[@BDWANNEMACHER]

Looks a bit short to me

[@piero50eas]

I really really hate this figure for being too short.

[@juancarlosmarquez7231]

Shouldn't the 3rd form be as big as the 2nd form but with a different armor and head (from my memory of the show)

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Depends when. They shrunk him officially later on. At the original transformation, yes.

[@barayouness4917]

I think they're using his height from the Broly movie

[@genericsidecharacter8915]

If the legs were actually properly sized, he would be taller. But instead of keeping the right proportions but making the whole thing smaller, they made the incompressible decision to only shrink his legs. He looks ridiculous.

[@AnthonysCustoms]

i think this is how they redid him in super.

[@genericsidecharacter8915]

@@AnthonysCustoms really? I don’t remember seeing third form in Super. Also if they did, then I think it’s a pretty stupid redesign that makes him look ridiculous. Also, isn’t this still a Dragon Ball Z figure though?

[@RustyBud]

@@genericsidecharacter8915the broly movie had a height chart for all his forms so that where they redid his height

[@MrFoxLopez]

Looks funny, he is definitely shorter then he should be.

[@Unheardhat]

I wonder why they don’t use the game models from DB: Kakarot, DB: Legends, DB: FighterZ, or DB: Xenoverse 2 for proper scaling. Although I don’t really know anything about how these figures are made so I probably sound dumb 💀

[@DanB.0]

👍

[@mariohsantos2613]

Will you review the new Sh figuarts Guts?

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Yes

[@Jjba_one_piece_baki]

Review Baki Hamma storm collectibles

[@MikeCollector84]

I telling you I’d like to see that review been asking for a minute

[@jas0n848]

i feel like the hole frieza line before was pretty good but this one is kinda mid

[@ZavaBlahBlah]

Wow, he is WAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY too small! What were they doing lol

[@UnitedWarGamers]

This is most likely the last S.H. I buy

[@lmao_sun]

cap 🧢

[@CapnGinyu]

This Frieza is deffo too short lol

[@Charles500-yz9eb]

He should be as tall as his second form

[@Soggydonut]

He doesn’t look right when he’s not slouched

[@Zakjuh]

The size thing is a bit iffy. The Z anime and manga never gave us a straight up answer, but it did indicate that he was taller than he is here, maybe as big as 2nd form (just hunched over), but the Broly movie retconned it and made it so he's a lot smaller than 2nd form. Personally? I see the appeal in both. The latter for offering a range between forms, rather than 1st and 4th being the same size and 2nd and 3rd being the same size. I also kind of like the idea of a manic ki blast-slinger like 3rd form Frieza not being as physically imposing as the hulking beatdown brute that is 2nd form Frieza (or Final Form Cooler). At the same time, a massive, intimidating 3rd form Frieza that is as big or bigger than 2nd form, looming over people, is also cool, so I'm in the middle. I definitely agree with your assessment of the shoulderpad engineering here, but I have to add my own opinion in that I don't like it as much on 2nd form. For the 2nd form figure, I wish the shoulderpad had been attached to the actual arm, not the chest, because it's meant to deform with the movement of the arm, which it currently doesn't if you're moving his arms forward. For 3rd form, it's fine, though, since it's detached from his actual extremities and functions more like, as you mentioned, a saiyan shoulderpad. All of this to say: I like this engineering for 3rd form and Saiyan armor, but not so much for 2nd form. I think the blast effect is cool, but I do wish we had gotten two of them. He's often seen charging two up in short order as he goes for the beam spam, so I feel it's a bit cheap to only pack in a single one. The tail-thing I can take or leave, but I definitely wish we'd get a 2.0 4th/Final Form Frieza with some pre-posed tails. One that is neutral, one that curls and one that arcs for a direct swing/whip. Something like that. I think this figure is definitely better than people expected, if you're willing to overlook the height thing/aren't as much as a stickler for that, and it's gonna be good to see all the forms standing together... except final form, which feels outdated to me by now.

[@the_Alpha_and_Omega]

They call me lil xeno

[@ZavaBlahBlah]

we both have burter profile pics lol

[@the_Alpha_and_Omega]

@@ZavaBlahBlah whe are just so based there's no name for it.

[@retroguy95]

He's way to small and there's no excuse that they made him smaller this is part of the DBZ line not the DBS so he shouldn't be so tiny and the flat purple is much better than the metallic it's far closer to how it looked in the anime and manga.

[@DnxYT1]

Wait a minute

[@SlowQQSlow]

Looks too short

[@Ferjimenez1111]

No. I think he should be taller

[@253emiliano]

I like to pretend Frieza's third form doesn't exist. Not a fan of his design.

[@decepticonjusticedivision9]

So 3rd form frieza has more balancing and QC issues than beast yet you gave this guy nearly a 9 and beast a 7? Lol totally not recency bias

[@AnthonysCustoms]

Are you having an episode?

[@armandocarrion479]

Super fault

[@thegoldstandard18]

Body is way off, when he transforms to third form he still maintained the size of his second form

[@stygianhoplite]

He should be taller and bulkier. This was one of their most pathetic releases to date (in terms of faithfulness to dbz). He is pretty much the same size as form 2, or larger in form 3. He is hunched over though. The scale is just way, way off unfortunately. Despite this being a good figure mechanically, it completely ruins the line up of frieza transformations. They knew what they were doing by going with the severely diminished form 3 from the broly movie. They dont care.

[@Juviticus]

This looks like a bobble head, looks like he has 1 leg day a week… They downsized him immensely 😂 For the money sh has been making they could afford to begin deluxe size figures. Or simply bigger packaging for figures that would need to be bigger.

[@lafamille843]

It can't be any taller because it would cost more money to make the figure. SHF are a bunch of suckers, any money thay can be saved they will find a way to.

[@ZFosterZ]

What is up with the proportions…..?! It looks way off…. Why…. .!!?

[@ZFosterZ]

Damn. That looks terrible. When you see it in your hand, it’s looks so bad. The legs are way too small. It’s like Freeza didn’t fully transform into his beast from properly…. It just looks ridiculous. Damn, that’s shame. Easy pass.

[@dianavespid937]

He's tinier than Second Form Freezer so I don't think it's that bad

[@dealuxs6973]

Anyone who doesn't admit they F'd up big time on this one is lying to themselves. He absolutely looks Ridiculous. Look at those tiny pathetic legs.. are you kidding me? Figuarts nails it sometimes yes but they also fail miserably other times. I have yet to see a decent Vegeta from Figuarts. And some of their figures fall apart way too easily. Dragon stars will probably make a better 3rd form Frieza.

[@TheStrscrm]

For me, he's too small.

[@whataday2624]

I skipped this one. I was not a real big fan of this transformation and to me this figure looks bad. It is definitely too small.

[@craigtodd1008]

His proportions look super off

[@lygonthereddragon]

The tail is ugly. I do rather they swop it out for a different station tail or bendy wire tail.

[@FlyinggMushroom]

His height doesn't bother me, lack of shading does. Then again, sh figuarts doesn't suprise me

[@crayveonmiller3909]

Nah hes def wayyyyy too small, Piccolo is like 7'5 and Frieza was bigger than him in that form smh

[@FlyinggMushroom]

Easy pass

[@candicehill7037]

I think he should be taller.