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Toy Review: S.H. Figuarts Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Action Figure - Bandai Tamashii Nations

Yamcha was an enemy of Goku at the beginning of the Dragonball Z manga and managed to defeat Kid Goku. Subsequently, he became Goku's ally and took the side of the Z Fighters as a powerful fighter, one of the strongest Earthlings.

In the Vegeta Saga, Yamcha fought along side Krillin, Tien Shinhan and Chao Tzu to stop the attacking Saiyans Vegeta and Nappa. The S.H. Figuarts Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Action Figureaccurately replicates this character in the Vegeta Saga battle.





Other than the Yamcha figure whose articulation and possibility are things we have gotten used to in S.H Figuarts Dragonball Z figures, the S.H. Figuarts Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Action Figure also comes with a Saibaman accessory which is a great addition.


The Saibamen were small green alien like creatures which sprouted when the Saiyan Nappa planted seeds in the ground, one Saibaman per seed. They were some sort of entertainment or warm up to the main battle before Goku was revived to join the Z Fighters.

Tien Shinhan took on the first Saibaman and defeated him easily. Yamcha volunteered to go next, in place of Krillin. 


After Yamcha seemingly defeated his Saibaman, he got careless and the Saibaman managed to jump on and latch onto him and proceeded to self explode.


Yamcha was killed along with the Saibaman in this explosion and the S.H. Figuarts Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Action Figure allows us to recreate this scene from the Dragonball Z manga. One of the wrists of the Saibaman is detachable to accurately replicate this scene.

Yamcha's death made Krillin realize that Yamcha took his place in the fight against the Saibaman because he knew that Krillin had already been revived once with the Dragonballs and would not be able to come back to live again if Krillin were to die. Hence, Yamcha took the risk to fight the Saibaman, to test out their true powers in case of any surprises.

This enraged Krillin and he launches the Expanding Enery Wave blast attach which splits and kills off all the remaining Saibamen. 

The S.H. Figuarts Yamcha Dragon Ball Z Action Figure stands about 6 inches tall and is super articulated. He looks great beside other S.H Figuarts figures like Tien Shinhan and Chao Tzu and Vegeta and Nappa. Collect them all now for a great display.


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