Are You Considering this POP to be a Part of Your Collection?

Last Tuesday, 8th of April, MegaHouse officially opened up preorders for POP Sailing Again - Hyena Bellamy (check out the preorder announcement here). And finally, along with it are the release of the official promo photos of this figure on the Megahobby Station. It's the first time that we saw the fully painted prototype. And MegaHouse didn't disappoint.

The overall look of this figure is absolutely stunning. It even surpassed my expectation. We are already aware how amazing the sculpt is, but with all the paint details, it looks perfect. The muscle contours has been accentuated by those fine paint details, adding that tatoo and nice color contrast of the vest and the sash, it's nothing short of awesome. We're also familiar on how the two facial expression looks like, but with all the paint details. It feels more bad-ass.

The only nitpick that I have is the small legs being out of proportion to the upper body. But that's more of a character design issue and not the figure itself. I know that a lot of you aren't a fan of Bellamy, and that includes me. He isn't that character that really requires a POP treatment as there are some other important characters that really need it (cough.. Buggy.. cough!). Not everyone will notice the lack of a Bellamy figure if MegaHouse didn't even produce it. But since MegaHouse is of the bandwagon of producing Dressrosa characters, Bellamy had to be one.

Having said that, I wasn't really planning on getting this figure. Not a fan of the character itself so this was an easy pass for me. But with this nicely sculpted and detailed figure, it made me thinking. I'm still on the other side of the fence but if Eiichiro Oda decides to give this character a push on the manga storyline. I might really go for it.

POP Sailing Again - Hyena Bellamy is to be released by late-July 2014 for 8,800 yen (tax included). Preorders are now open at HLJ, Hobby Search, Amiami, Figmation and some other POP distributors. It isn't selling out fast like pancakes, so you still have some more time to think about it. I'm sure there will be more in-stock left on store shelves after it's been released. But like I said, Oda has the power to change the demands of this figure. Who knows, he might end if being a great ally... or a Strawhat maybe... 

Below are the official photos by Megahobby Station