>>11492861I still like Dual Zangetsu Ichigo a lot. He's a design I enjoy, and he has 2 effects parts plus a third one if you're willing to fudge a bit. But yeah, I think the Getsuga Tensho version is better simply because of the big effect part and multiple states you can have him in. It's not just Classic Bankai Ichigo, but hollow overtaken Ichigo and Vizard Ichigo. Basically hitting on three areas of the series at once. Now that we got the Getsuga Tensho Ichigo with the jointed coattails, I really am sad they didn't do so for Dual Zangetsu Ichigo. If the line still is alive by the time cour 4 of TYBW comes out, I can very easily see them reusing Dual Zangetsu's body to make a HoS Ichigo, and when they do, I hope they make the waist cloth pieces jointed.
>>11492869Also yeah, Naruto line is not going anywhere. Other than Shikamaru, it has been pumping out basically only good figures since it returned. It should be fine. Bleach is in a more precarious position, in part because Bandai's own fumbles. The knees are something people have mostly grown to accept, but they were not well-liked out of the gate. Then it was multiple characters without any effects pieces. Toshiro without ice effects and Byakuya without Senbonzakura effects. And Renji basically only got one default Shikai Zabimaru, not even an unreleased blade, or an extra two shapes of Zabimaru to emulate its whipping and extending effects. After that, the next two figures were back to back Ichigos. They were good Ichigos, but they are still Ichigos, and people want more than Ichigo. Some lines die because people just don't buy into them. If the Bleach line dies, I'll blame Bandai for putting such little effort into the line to begin with. The Getsuga Tensho Ichigo proves that people do want Bleach stuff, since despite still having the knees, I've seen nearly everyone raving about it. Dual Zangetsu was much the same, ending up on multiple people's figure of the year lists in various spots.
