Surrender those wallets! Posable Sailor Moon dolls are on the way.
Over at this great website called TOMOPOP I found this great news:
Surprise: the biggest announcement from Tamashii Nation 2012 has come one day early. Bandai has the Sailor Moon license and they’re going to be dropping a poseable Sailor Moon on us. Now, to be honest, I’d heard recently that this was possible pending licensing issues being sorted out, but that looks to be the case, folks. So yeah, all that wishing you’ve done has come true.
No word yet on pricing, a release date or such, or even which line it’s a part of yet (S.H. Figuarts or D-Arts), but I would suspect it’ll be 2013 since we appear to have at least a colored prototype. Whether or not we get the rest of the main senshi/scouts probably depends on sales … my gut feeling is that won’t be a problem.
There is some speculation (as seen on the TOMOPOP page) that there isn’t an official announcement of dolls for the other Senshi, but looking at the photo, one can catch a glimpse of a Chibi and images of the other scouts so I’ll bet Bandai will be on board for making at least all of the Inner Senshi. This prototype looks much better than the original dolls we were all ‘blessed’ with by Irwin and Bandai in the early 90s. I consider this more of a figurine than a doll or a toy, really. This doesn’t look like a toy, but rather an acknowledgement from the corporate aspect of Sailor Moon that knows the fanbase has grown up and are now adults who support the franchise. I suspect these dolls will start popping up in collector’s shops and toy stores alike.
