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NEWS: Funimations Acquires One Piece Merchandising Rights




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Drac



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 6:57 pm Reply with quote
These images taken during Toy Fair 2008 seem to be the first bit of merchandise under Funi.

Bookends by Toynami
http://tf08.figures.com/showgallery.php?cat=833
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rizuchan



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:06 pm Reply with quote
So with the release of new Dragonball toys, does that mean America will be seeing the toy scouter after all? Very Happy
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Wyvern



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:26 pm Reply with quote
Toy scouter? Oh, man, make way for hundreds of people at cons dressed as the "OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!" meme.
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luhead



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:51 pm Reply with quote
I wonder if there are going to be any Dragonball movie tie-in toys? Like a Goku figure that looks like Justin Chatwin?
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BladeDragoonZETA



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 7:51 pm Reply with quote
Wyvern wrote:
Toy scouter? Oh, man, make way for hundreds of people at cons dressed as the "OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAND!" meme.


Hundreds? No there will be thousands, ney Millions (which coincidently is over 9000)
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Cherry Root



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PostPosted: Tue Feb 19, 2008 9:33 pm Reply with quote
if Blue Dragon figures are coming out here soon, when is the anime? I know Viz licensed it a while ago but...
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 4:13 am Reply with quote
I hope FUNi didn't overpay on the OP stuff. It likely won't be as big as DBZ, even with them handling it, instead of 4Kids. I'd like to see some Claymore toys get out here, though...
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i cast fira



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:53 am Reply with quote
Cool! I still like Digimon, so I'll probably be searching for those figures x3
Potentially getting the scouter in America? Sign me up.
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Emerje



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:31 pm Reply with quote
rizuchan wrote:
So with the release of new Dragonball toys, does that mean America will be seeing the toy scouter after all? Very Happy


If their Ben 10 and Power Rangers lines are anything to go by (and they are) I think it's safe to say that there will be some sort of scouter toy put out by Bandai outside of Japan.

luhead wrote:
I wonder if there are going to be any Dragonball movie tie-in toys? Like a Goku figure that looks like Justin Chatwin?


You really think they wouldn't? I think the biggest reason why they wanted to get back into DBZ figures is just so they could make movie figures (since their first batch of anime figures aren't that exciting).

GATSU wrote:
I hope FUNi didn't overpay on the OP stuff. It likely won't be as big as DBZ, even with them handling it, instead of 4Kids. I'd like to see some Claymore toys get out here, though...


I think FUNi will be smarter with the license and go with with the collectibles market rather than the childrens market. Especially where even Naruto can't seem to get a foot hold with kids. I'd like to see them stick with Toynami and give One Piece the Bleach treatment (no pun intended).

i cast fira wrote:
Cool! I still like Digimon, so I'll probably be searching for those figures x3


Start looking, they've been in stores since January.

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bglassbrook



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 20, 2008 9:53 pm Reply with quote
Emerje wrote:
GATSU wrote:
I hope FUNi didn't overpay on the OP stuff. It likely won't be as big as DBZ, even with them handling it, instead of 4Kids. I'd like to see some Claymore toys get out here, though...


I think FUNi will be smarter with the license and go with with the collectibles market rather than the childrens market. Especially where even Naruto can't seem to get a foot hold with kids. I'd like to see them stick with Toynami and give One Piece the Bleach treatment (no pun intended).

I was trying to think of why Funi (or any for-profit) would grab such a low margin line like this other than just to say they had the tripple-crown. Hadn't thought of higher-end collectibles. That could make sense if there were enough fans still willing to support the franchise in a post-4Kids world.
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