We missed a few companies(I forgot to add them to the list) and certainly our opinions won't resonate with everyone, but hopefully you guys enjoyed this fun little(big) vid

appreciate you editing in figure pictures as you talk about the companies

Thanks for having me on for this fun video! 😆

The part where you said "If you like square enix stuff/if you like Final Fantasy specifically, I feel sorry for you" I FELT THAT WITH MY WHOLE CHEST 😭😭😭 it's a struggle

OMG My favorite creators collaborating together! Thank you so much! You guys have opened my eyes to new shops I have never heard of!

Just a small note, Aniplex is not a figures manufacturer but a distributor. It plans figures based on its franchises and outsources production to some of its partners. Historically, its subsidiary Claynel (now Revolve), and partners Wing, Stronger, and Alter were responsible for production and that's why their lineup has some high highs and low lows.
Claynel rebranding in part was to branch out from its offerings and produce figures from other franchises under the Claynel branding (Uma Musume, Hololive, Azur Lane, ...).

omg 2 of my favorite youtubers collabing this is awesome

I get disliking FREEing because of their lack of experimentation and shading/detailing, but seeing them below Union Creative especially given my experience with how poorly their figures turn out even compared to the prototype is a headscratcher personally. I guess we probably just had different experiences with them, and I am just coming off of receiving my 1/4 Reimu which turned out pretty well after all. I guess I could say the same thing about me viewing Spiritale poorly just because the one figure from them I wanted happened to be the Miku mentioned.

Nice to see you guys do a collab like this, great hearing you guys' thoughts even about companies that I'm pretty unfamiliar with.

i dont collect anymore, but when i used to, alter and megahouse were the top. i'm not surprised to see them still held in high regards. kotobukiya gets a shout out too because they had good products, i buy some of their model kit line nowadays

Idk, I do think Megahouse is pretty consistent high quality across their Digimon, One Piece and Shippuden figures but I do think they're a bit pricey too.

For Kotobukiya, I agree about the exclusivity but generally the quality matches the price. Also last year they announced they're launching an official online store for the US in 2025, so hopefully that means we can start getting those bonus parts easily and preorder with them 🤞. They are actually my favorite scale figure manufacturer (lol!) because of cost/value, but I would put them and Megahouse in A tier and Alter in S tier (my three favorites). Alter figures just FEEL premium haha.

GoodSmile scale figures are B tier for me but mostly because they just overall struggle to do male characters right (faces usually look off) and I primarily collect male character scale figures. Their male Pop Up Parades are usually atrocious but across the board the seem to do female characters well.

I'm new to collecting, but I really liked my Phat Comapny In/Spectre figure. I can't speak to the rest of their line, but overall the pose and base, plus the paintjob are all pretty great.

This was such a fun video! I loved hearing both your takes, especially on the brands I'm less knowledgeable about.

I did want to touch on Claynel since I haven't seen anyone else comment on it. They're actually a rebrand of Revolve! They made an official post about it on 2023.02.12, but basically:

"Since its establishment in 2010, Revolve has expanded its business beyond the production of figurine prototypes to include the production of decoration masters, reproductions, and mass production of these. In order to further develop as a figurine manufacturer, we will be changing our company name and corporate logo to reflect our desire to "have free creativity and passion, and bring new joy to the world. We will be exhibiting our first booth as Cranell at Wonder Festival 2023 [Winter], which will be held at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Hall on Sunday, February 12, 2023."

And as Revolve, they released so many bangers!!! They have the best Holo figure, hands down, and probs my favorite Asuka (as someone who owns the Alter one, too). Also, their Touken Ranbu and Natsumes Book of Friends?? They really have a good record of making affordable figures that look almost identical to their prototypes. (Ok, I'll get off my soap box. I just - they have a good track record!  It's just that no one knows! TT^TT)

On Megahouse, I do think their quality control is pretty good. But they keep such a tight grip on all my favorite shounen. I just want some 1/7th scales. ^^" Who do I need to sell my soul to get a good 1/7th scale Kakashi. Or an Orihime.

I was ready to grill you about Methos, but you saved it right at the end!  The Jinx figure they made with the light up explosion (that wasn't in the description) is amazing! And the A-Z line, v detailed.  One of the best Freeing 1/4 scale is X10.  Then it was generic bunnies?!  Union Creative did do a great and unusual figure i have of Calne Ca.  One of my fave Miku figures.  Square Enix did do one good figure, Million Arthur  Nimue.  Eikoh have v cheap well made figures in the Puzzle and Dragon line, I have quite a few.  And a top notch Amazingly detailed figure for the price is GSC Bang Dream Girls Band Party Mitake Ran that was 18000 jpy but I waited for a sale price and got it for 9000 jpy!  Never seen so much detail and colour for the price.  The guitar is amazing and even has strings! 10/10.  One figure i wish would come around again and I'm not sure why it hasn't, is Eureka (from E Seven).  She has so few figures and are all cheap ones.  Imagine a 1/4 scale.  I often buy figures just because they look cool and have bright colours and I think this character has it all.  Shout it out Zucco, I expect companies watch your channel!  One last thing i need to say..... I wish companies would give up already on these stupidly huge boobed figures!!  So tiring now.

Great taste as always zucco 😊❤

Call of the Night mentioned!!!

So happy with this collaboration, you both are my favorite creators 😁😁

This was an interesting video.

I've never agreed more with a tier list. Good takes, fellas

Just came over from the DTTCReviews video!

I love this collab!

I wish freeing would just branch out the designs a little, like when characters have a canon bunny outfit I wish they would take some inspiration from it