We broke an announcement earlier on our Facebook Page that Figuarts ZERO - Dr. Hiluluk and Chopper will be released on July 2013. Today, Tamashii Nations website officially announced this release along with their promo images.
We've seen Dr. Hiluluk's prototype from some exhibitions more than a year ago. I thought this will become another one of those disappearing Figuarts ZEROs. It's great to see him now getting a release date. And this time, they threw in Tony Tony Chopper to be sold as a two figure set. A set more like Coby and Helmeppo. And this Chopper isn't anything that we've seen before, it's a totally new Figuarts ZERO.
Bandai made a safe decision by releasing the teacher and his student as set since there aren't too may fans of the Dr. Hiluluk. By adding in the cute human reindeer that is loved by many, this set has become an interesting collectible. Dr. Hiluluk's importance as a One Piece character should be supported by Chopper by his side right? So this set made a good sense.
The only problem that I have with this is Chopper's grin. I don't like this expression. It's better if they made him in a cautious expression, showing his distrust to humans before. More like his expression when he first saw Luffy on Drum Island. Anyway as I have mentioned, this is still an interesting collectible. You think we'll see Dr. Kureha in Figuarts ZERO form sometime later?
Below are the details of this Figuarts ZERO set.
Figuarts ZERO - Dr. Hiluluk and Chopper
- Price: 3,675 yen
- Release Date: July 2013
- Material: PVC, made of ABS
- Height: 75mm approx (Tony Tony Chopper)
- Height: 170mm approx (Dr. Hiluluk)
No preorder schedule announcement yet so just keep following this site and our Facebook Page for any further announcements regarding this item.
Update (2013-03-28): Preoders starts 3rd of April 2013 at 16:00 (JST)
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