YMMV / S.H.Figuarts

• Fan Nickname:
  • Type-1 hips◊ and Type-2 hips◊ originally coined by Vangelus.
  • 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 bodies, used when talking about the Saiyan bodies introduced during various parts of the Dragon Ball line, which are intended to be the main bodies for most male Saiyans.
• Fandom Rivalry: For anime figures, Figma. It originally came down to whether someone preferred aesthetic and accessories (Figma) to engineering and articulation (SHF). However, over time Figuarts arts caught up to Figma and the rivalry sparked once again, especially once both lines began tackling Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man simultaneously.
• Friendly Fandoms: For superhero movie figures, with Marvel Legends and MAFEX. The three companies' figures generally scale with each other, so collectors are usually all too happy to mix and match, and the different price points and release schedules help with that (Legends will release first, followed by Figuarts, and then MAFEX).
• Germans Love David Hasselhoff:
  • The Dragon Ball Z figures are far more popular in the US than in Japan, which led to the line being distributed there locally by Bluefin, and the eventual expansion of the line further into the Frieza and Cell saga characters.
  • Same goes for Tyrannoranger and Dragonranger Figuarts which actually debuted at the Toy Fair in New York! Many Power Rangers fans see this as Toei throwing them a bone, helped by the release of a female Yellow Ranger, explicitly for Western fans. It's taken another step as a recent TV commercial in Japan shows an adult sized Kibaranger
  • An interview with Forbes stated that the brand's other biggest sellers in the U.S. are Sailor Moon, Super Mario Bros. and Star Wars (despite the last one being No Export for You due to Hasbro), while many of the top sellers in Japan like One Piece and Kamen Rider aren't nearly as popular among American collectors.
  • In the same interview, Adam Newman mentioned that the figures for Saint Seiya, Mazinger Z, Kotetsu Jeeg and UFO Robo Grendizer are very popular in Italy and other parts of Southern Europe, largely because those countries used to air dubbed versions of old showa-era anime. The Saint Seiya figures are also big in Latin American countries.
• Memetic Loser: Kamen Rider Ryuki, one of the most requested Shinkocchou Seihou releases for years and of an extremely popular and enduring Rider to boot. Bandai haven't even hinted at its existence, with Ryuki being one of the only Phase 1 Heisei Riders to not have a Shinkocchou Seihou figure alongside the much less popular Blade. It got to the point that the much lambasted Kiva got Shinkocchou Seihou figures before Ryuki, and Kiva himself was a previous Memetic Loser in his own right.
• Memetic Mutation:
  • "That's not Miguel, that's Michael." ^note  This became a running joke due to Bandai giving Across the Spider-Verse Spider-Man 2099 very pale skin and a very Anglo unmasked head sculpt, which isn't how he appears in the movie.
  • "Toji". ^note  Overzealous Jujutsu Kaisen fans began spamming gifs of the character or just his name under every post Tamashii made on Instagram, leading to it being ridiculed as an example of an annoying fandom. Now, sometimes people will just throw Toji's name out ironically.
• More Popular Spin-Off: To Bandai's discontinued Souchaku Henshin series, which is where many thought the "S.H." comes from, but in actuality the S.H. in the line stands for "Simple Style and Heroic Action".
• The Scrappy:
  • The Berserk line has not been well-received due to several design faults that make them difficult to pose without breaking.
  • The Raid on Onigashima Zoro is very hated for how limited his articulation is in the legs (it's next to unusable since the plastic around them is so thick) and his arms constantly popping off. Combined, this makes him essentially a statue.
• Scrappy Mechanic: Pack-in accessories for separate figures. Unless you're collecting an entire line, you will be missing some accessories for a character because Bandai decided to pack some in with another figure, sometimes completely unrelated, such as when Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero Broly came with an alternate hair piece for Gohan... a character he has literally never even shared a scene with.
• Spiritual Successor: To the Souchaku Henshin line.
• Unexpected Character:
  • The first few Figuarts of female riders (Nadeshiko, Femme and Marika) were Tamashii Web Shop exclusives, then come the Kiva-la Figuarts, which is a retail release released in September 2015.
  • In 2016, Bandai unveiled the S.H. Figuarts Ultraman and Alien Baltan figures just in time for Ultra Series's 50th anniversary. Unlike Ultra-Act (another Bandai action figure line that is made exclusively for Tsuburaya Production's characters and is now discontinued and absorbed in the S.H. Figuarts line), the S.H.Figuarts version was more show-accurate compare to their Ultra-Act counterparts.
  • Certain American comic book characters who aren't well known in Japan have gotten figures, like Ant-Man and Black Panther, thanks to their movie adaptions.
  • The announcement of figures from both Kingdom Hearts and Pirates of the Caribbean during the Tamashii Nations World Tour in Osaka, which were given positive reactions from fans of both franchises.