Tuesday, May 25, 2010

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ixa Wins Tamashii Nations Award 2010

Tamashii Nation announces the result from its Tamashii Nations Award 2010, a survey on the fans' pick of favorite releases from the company for the past year.

The details about the survey can be seen in this previous posting.


The survey was conducted between April 28th and May 6th on Tamashii Web's dedicated page. A total of 1,529 votes were cast, and the average age of the fans who voted is 29.4 (young working adults). The ratio of male to female voters is 98:2.

Out of 100 people who voted, 98 were male, 9 were female. That tells you the gender composition of Tamashii Nation's customer groups, which would probably be true for the entire hobby/collectible industry maybe. ^^;

There are 5 categories in this award, with top 10 winners shown for each category. It's also important to note that the items that can be voted in the survey were those released between April 1st, 2009 and March 31st, 2010.

[Packaging] Item with the best packaging.

10th: S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii Kamen Rider Blade
9th: Robot Damashii [Side MS] Gaga Trans-Am Mode Ver.
8th: Robot Damashii [Side AS?] Bonta-kun
7th: S.I.C. Hibiki Kantou 11 Ki (関東十一鬼 ~揃う精鋭~)
6th: S.H. Figuarts Cure Is
5th: Chogokin Drossel
4th: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade
3rd: G.F.F. Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam
2nd: S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto
1st: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker


Image is from this previous posting.



[Gimmick] Item with the most impressive gimmicks.

10th: Soul of Chogokin GX-50 Combattler V
9th: Soul of Chogokin GX-46 Daizengar & Aussenseiter
8th: Robot Damashii [Side MS] 00 Gundam Seven Sword
7th: Robot Damashii [Side EVA] Eva Unit 2
6th: Soul of Chogokin GX-49 Shin Mazinger Z
5th: DX Chogokin VF-27γ Lucifer Valkyrie (Brera's Unit)
4th: Robot Damashii [Side MS] V2 Assault Buster Gundam
3rd: G.F.F. Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam
2nd: S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto
1st: S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii Auto Vajin



Images are from this previous posting.



["Amazing" section] Items with the best elements of surprise - features one didn't expect of, such as color, realization of certain designer's style, pure amazement that the project is pursued in the first place and so on.

10th: S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto
9th: Manga Realization Baoh
8th: S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii Auto Vajin
7th: Robot Damashii [Side MS] V2 Assault Buster Gundam
6th: S.H. Figuarts Kakugo no Susume "Zero Armors"
5th: Chogokin for the Adult Apollo 11 & Saturn V
4th: Robot Damashii [Side Mashin] Ryujinmaru (龍神丸)
3rd: S.I.C. Hibiki Kantou 11 Ki (関東十一鬼 ~揃う精鋭~)
2nd: Robot Damashii [Side AS?] Bonta-kun
1st: Robot Damashii [Side MS] Regnant


Image is from this previous posting.



[Proportion] Items with the best proportion and coolest appearance design.

10th: Robot Damashii [Side KMF] Guren SEITEN Eight Elements Type
9th: Chogokin Drossel
8th: Armor Plus Tekkaman Blade
7th: S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto
6th: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ixa
5th: Robot Damashii [Side MS] 00 Gundam Seven Sword
4th: S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form
3rd: G.F.F. Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam
2nd: S.H. Figuarts Another Agito
1st: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker


Image is from this previous posting.



[Overall] Applicable to all items.

10th: Robot Damashii [Side KMF] Guren SEITEN Eight Elements Type
9th: S.H. Figuarts Kakugo no Susume "Zero Armors"
8th: G.F.F. Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam
7th: S.I.C. Kiwami Damashii Auto Vajin
6th: S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form
5th: S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto
4th: S.H. Figuarts Another Agito
3rd: Robot Damashii [Side MS] 00 Gundam Seven Sword
2nd: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker
1st: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ixa


Image is from this previous posting.



So, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ixa wins as the fans' favorite Tamashii Nation release for the past one-year period. The result is somewhat at upset to S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker, who was leading the poll one day before the due date. I suppose the difference in the number of vote was indeed very little, as mentioned in that same report. ^^;

S.I.C. Vol. 52 Kamen Rider Kabuto was quite unfortunate to appear in each of the 5 categories but didn't win. Other items well recognized by the fans that didn't win include G.F.F. Metal Composite Unicorn Gundam, Robot Damashii [Side MS] 00 Gundam Seven Sword, S.I.C. Kamen Rider Kiva Emperor Form, Chogokin Drossel and Robot Damashii [Side MS] V2 Assault Buster Gundam.

Information is from Tamashii Web.