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Toy Review: SH Figuarts Dragon Ball Z Normal Vegeta with Scouter - Bandai Tamashii Nations Action Figure

I have been looking forward to this SH Figuarts Vegeta figure for a very long time. This depicts the Saiyan Prince Vegeta during his first appearance on Earth, still spotting his tail which enables him to turn into a giant ape as well as his Scouter. This figure is now commonly known as the SH Figuarts Vegeta 2.0, SH Figuarts Vegeta with Scouter or SH Figuarts Vegeta (Normal) to distinguish him from the Super Saiyan Vegeta.




Great details seen here on the Scouter which allows the S.H. Figuarts Vegeta to detect the Battle Powers (BP) of his opponents.  I have always liked the idea of the Scouter which allows the author to more easily describe the various capabilities of the characters in the Dragonball Z manga. It allowed the author to quantify the strength of the Dragonball Z characters.



This is the only time the S.H. Figuarts Vegeta is seen with a tail. After the battle with Goku on earth, his tail never grew back and from then on, all Saiyans are no longer seen with their tails. I personally think that the author did away with it because transforming into giant apes may seem cool at first, but strength that comes with size seems to be not so interesting at that point in time when the manga was moving towards the idea of Super Saiyans. 


The S.H. Figuarts Vegeta  comes with this smashed Scouter accessory to re-enact this classic scene with the dialogue "It's over 9000!" when Vegeta realized that Goku's Battle Powers were way beyond what he expected and he thought that the Scouter must have malfunctioned.



Very nice picture of the S.H. Figuarts Vegeta along side the S.H. Figuarts Nappa. These two S.H Figuarts Dragonball Z figures go very well together. I love the size of the S.H. Figuarts Nappa and how he towers over Vegeta. 

There will be many more interesting S.H Figuarts figures for the Vegeta Saga such as the S.H. Figuarts Tien Shinhan which will come with a ChaoTzu figure for attacking Nappa in a self explosion attack which failed, as well as a  S.H. Figuarts Yamcha figure which will come with one Saibaman. So, I guess there is no choice but to collect them all if we wish to re-enact the whole Vegeta Saga. The only accessory lacking now is the capsule that Vegeta escaped in when he was badly injured and I hope to see this being released one day.

The SH Figuarts Dragon Ball Z Vegeta comes with the following

  • Re-create dramatic scenes from the anime with incredibly life-like posing 
  • The 160mm figure includes many accessories, including 2 pairs of optional hands, 2 optional facial expression parts Optional crossed arms, an optional head, a tail, a wearable scouter, and a hand gripping a crushed scouter 
  • Product bears official Bluefin Distribution logo 
  • The affixed label with the Bluefin Distribution logo also entitles the purchaser to product support assistance

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