Guess I will be getting those One Piece figures after all. It appears that Tex wrote a "Dear Japan" letter, and convinced them to make Strong World POP figures for all of the crew, including a second version of Chopper and Zoro.
For the Japanese-impaired, Luffy and Chopper come out in December, Nami and Zoro in February 09, Robin and Usopp in April 09, Sanji and Brook in June 09 (birthday present!), Franky all by his lonesome (but in pants!!!) in July 09, and version 2 of Zoro and Chopper in August 09.
Franky's probably going to be expensive, considering how big his guns look. I'm guessing that's why he's coming out by himself? Brook will probably be as much or more because he's so tall. All of the figures but the first four are just concept drawings at this point, but I'm still excited.
More pics:
klet.zero-space.net/lj/zoronami.jpg One especially for
steffannee:
klet.zero-space.net/lj/zorosexynamiluffytheretooiguess.jpg OMG his scar peeking out?!!!! So, so sexy. I'm absolutely loving the way his shirt molds to his muscles, too. Remind me, is drool bad for your computer screen?
My dilemma: I'm not sure if I want the first Chopper now. He's cute, but what I'm really obsessed about is the crew in black. I have been for years. Ask
steffannee. Naturally, I want both Zoro versions. I'm not really super big on figures, either. So, I'm not really sure what I'm going to do. ^^;;; There's 11 of these things, and they're pretty darn big.
In other news, I've had a headache since I woke up this morning.