I messed up the editing with the final rating being wrong and in the middle of the video. Was playing with my daughter while editing. Sorry about that.

Those hand pegs are one of life's great misteries. How could they have made the most gigantic sword in the world, that's as big as the entire figure. And then make the tinniest peg you've ever seen in your life. It's so absurd that it feels like someone did it on purpose.

Nobody can make me not want to buy a figure quite like you can. I appreciate your detailed reviews. I wish these companies would step their game up

It’s especially sad since he’s such a beloved character. I don’t get how random side characters get the deluxe treatment from Bandai and Guts is treated like this.

I picked this up when I was in Japan a month ago, most anticipated figure I was grabbing when I was there, and I was HORRIBLY disappointed. The wrist situation is actually the most baffling mistake I've ever seen on a figure

You know the figure is bad when Anthony starts swearing 😂

I love Berserk but everything he said is true. The way I had to pose it so it looks good is to make him hold the sword facing down so he could stand. But this is definitely not worth the amount of money they were asking for it. It truly makes me sad and hope the Heat of Passion armor they’re releasing next year has these problems fixed.

I was so disappointed with guts. Cannot hold a sword fts. Not only that but my wrist peg broke with the lightest pressure. Shout out to hobby genki for getting me a replacement btw. What makes the whole situation even more crazy is Griffith is really well done. Aesthetically amazing with tight joints and a nice plush material cape. I don’t know how they managed such a contrast

Thank you for your honest reviews. Always a pleasure to watch.

Just talked about this on my channel the other day. For $100 there’s no excuse for the QC issues either. The left knee on mine came stuck and can only bend at the bottom part of the joint. They really dropped the ball on this one. I appreciate the paint and attention to detail but like you said. This figure is NOT fun to handle. A nightmare in hand.

My figure doesn't have any loose or overly tight joints, the cape is not that bad after posing it around a little. I agree the shoulders joints (just like what they did to one piece Luffy) and wrist peg are so bad. I also have the Griffith, I was surprised by it after seeing what they did to Guts figure. Griffith figure is actually good, no weird shoulders and the armor doesn't really hinder the articulation that much.

I found many of the same issues upon my first handling of the figure, but I'll do you one better: whatever adhesive was used to secure the forward facing crotch piece to the posterior facing crotch piece came undone. My figure fell apart like it was taking a giant plastic shit as the legs, posterior, and both left & right side pouches fell apart simultaneously. I gorilla glued the crotch back together (without the pouches) & it now has MUCH better mobility & honestly doesn't look any worse IMO. Then I had to dremel out a larger hole for the sword-gripping hand. Now it functions at least passably.

This is genuinely heartbreaking to see. I adore berserk and would’ve loved to had a Guts figure on my shelf. The original Guts figma figures were just outta reach in terms of price but this Guts, if everything was quality and handled well, was gonna be 100% worth the asking price to me as a Berserk fan. So sad to see how this figure turned out and to hear too the Griffith figure is actually good, I can’t understand for the life of me why S.H Figurarts made the poor quality control decisions they did here. Really bummed out about all of this.

For anyone wanting to fix the proportions tony mei has a really good tutorial on lengthening the torso. But I agree for the price this is unacceptable. I wish storm had the berserk licence.

I treat my figures in a sort of Smash Bros mentality. As long as everything is in a rough scale or vibe with each other, I like them looking appropriate to their origins. That being said, Kentaro Miura was one of the best draftsmen in manga and it disappointing that a level of care didnt go to the translating the figure with a high degree of excellence in proportions and sculpting. Im an avid fan of the Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider SHF and their proportions and sculpt are immaculate. A lot of the DBZ figures speak for themselves. But this level of execution and engineering feels like its from almost a decade ago.

Man I was not expecting this to be a bloodbath. Was looking forward to this figure since I had it preordered and sitting there to be shipped. :(

Yeah he's definitely one for the books, hyped up to be this masterpiece of design and has a full on article about it...then becomes one of the most frustrating things to handle. It's like early Yamaguchi modeling.

In hindsight I'm kind of glad I missed the initial pre-order window. Was kicking myself at first, because I assumed Tamashii would bring their A-game for a property like this. It's hard to imagine what happened while they were designing this thing. The wrist pegs in particular are absolutely baffling, it's like the worst possible choice. Maybe they had to rush it out to meet some sort of deadline?

If not even Bandai can do Guts justice, I dont know who will...

I’ve had the figure for a couple months now, and you’re definitely right about a lot of your points, Anthony. The cape is trash, the wrist pegs are ridiculous, shoulder is terrible, and the figure is finicky as hell. However, I do like it in general. Although, berserk is my favourite property. So, I might be looking at it subjectively. I will say though, in the manga, guts is drawn with pretty long arms. So, that might be accurate to the source material :P I have Griffith too, and luckily he’s a significantly better figure. But, I worry for the new berserker armour figure that is on preorder. Seems like it reuses a bunch of parts off of this figure.

I think I'll chime in since I also own this figure. My copy of the figure arrived about three weeks ago, so I can tell you a bit about my own. It's.... very very weird. And very worrying in many aspects. I'll say first that Anthony usually has pretty bad luck on QC. His Marvel Legends Vulture was missing a wing piece, Quicksilver from the Magneto 3-pack had I think two left legs, so he usually has it rough in QC. I will say my copy of the figure does not possess the same quality control issues as Anthony's. Rather, I have a a DIFFERENT set of quality control problems. Anthony's cape didn't have paint along the edges and bottom, mine had paint on the left side and bottom on the back of the cape, but on the right side it fades out a bit. My ball pegs didn't pop out like Anthony's did (really werid sentence out of context), but the pouches and other parts are very hard to pull out with excess heat. My hips weren't loose, but my right leg was very tight, and it's become so tight that it requires an uncomfortable amount of force for me to move the leg, and each time I get it to move it gets tighter next time, and it makes this horrible snappy sound when it does move. My ankles weren't loose, but my left toe hinge was looser than the right foot and could hinge down while the right foot couldn't, which means it might be assembled incorrectly. The fact that my copy has different issues from Anthony's gives the idea that either Guts has really poor QC, or more worryingly, the whole Berserk line may have poor QC going forward. I'll close this comment out with a warning to everyone in this comment section: If you are still planning to buy this figure, quality control may be the deciding factor for you. You may either have joints that are too tight, joints that are too loose, joints that aren't assembled properly, or your cape may not be painted properly. You may either encounter the same issues as Anthony, the same issues as myself, a combination of both our issues, or even entirely new issues neither of us share. So should you still be buying this, keep all of that in mind, because this thing is a crapshoot.

Im excited to get this. So curious what you think Edit: WELP

Anthony you the only on that honest with this guy why everybody can't be honest like you

I was a hair away from buying this SH Figuarts Guts figure, the comic shop I buy a lot of my figures had four of them and they had one VToys Knight of War for roughly the same price. I’m so happy I bought the Knight of War figure instead because it does everything this Guts figure does but infinitely better including the way it holds its own Buster sword

I feel bad for myself, I bought this figure in pre order version cuz i saw the the promo imagines and i thought “It will be good cuz S.H figuartd”. One of my biggest mistakes i have ever done in my life. Thank you for your review anthony!!

I laughed for like 6 minutes straight with the tomatillo! HAHAHAHA

I got jumpscared by the final rating in the middle of the video

I saw somebody in youtube putting this figure in their top 10 best figures of 2023 lol

Also, studio Gaga (the creator of Berserk’s assistant team and current team drawing the manga) apparently had a big part to play in how this figure turned out.

I unfortunately have this travesty and I completely agree with your review. What a waste of a legendary property.

They are going to fix the berserker armor version right?....right?

I pre ordered it cause finally a berserk guts figure that doesn't cost as much as my rent. Sadly though this review reflects my thoughts exactly. To me it looks decent enough in a neat enough pose. But that's just it. This figure is just enough and could have been way better. I found that the collar piece is actually two parts poorly glued together when they separated while I was fitting it back on with the crazy thick cape on. I was quite annoyed when I wanted to swap the hands and realized i couldn't until I drilled out the holes to fit the pegs. But sigh because it's the first ever berserk figure I have I'm just happy to have it.

Man it feels like Revoltech could probably do a better job. Yeah it would probably have the weird looking shoulders and the stylized look of the fgures but usually make muscular characters look good The horrible shoulders reminds me of that Figma doom figure you reviewed a while ago, why are shoulders on armored characters usually designed horribly? Loke they shrink the shoulders and make them extreme flat which makes the shoulders look horrible once you liift the shoulder pads and stuff like that

Heat actually wasn't enough for me to be able to get the sword hand on. I had to file that tiny peg down even smaller, and then it couldn't support the weight of the sword. I've ended up just gluing that hand on. The cape does a lot to help the aesthetics for the proportions. Overall I like the look of the figure, but that's it. The joints are terrible. Pieces fall off all the time. this is the only SHF I've regretted buying. Which sucks because I love Berserk.

your saying exactly what i feel, i paid 100 dollars for this cause i love guts but damn i was very disappointed! not sure if i should cancel my berserker armor one...sad

He CAN rest the sword on his shoulder. But you'll curse a hundred times, the wrist peg will unplug a dozen times, the knife on his belt will fall off 6 times, and once you get it all in place finally, the figure will fall over because the ankles are too loose.

Man I can't believe that they screwed up so badly on the shoulders and hips

Storm collectibles might have to give berserk a try

And I almost pulled the trigger on this Guts figure. As an avid fan of Tamashii Nations figures, this one is rather disappointing. Instead I purchased three figures from the Four Horseman Studios line-up. Two Mythic Legions and one Cosmic Legions figure for Black Friday. Appreciate the review @AnthonysCustoms 👍.

Man I really hope they fix all these issues on the berserker armor version. I'm scared cause I have that one PO'd

Glad didn't bought it. Was so tempted on the promo pictures and it was around $60 to $70 pre-order but then suddenly after the release it sky rocketed to $120 to $130 so decided not to get it anymore because even i really like the berserk but the price just sent me off and glad i waited for your review. I'm going to buy Figma Demon Souls Fluted armor instead and I think it's much better, given both having almost same pricepoint. Thanks Anthony

It's beyond me that companies can't seem to figure out how to make a shoulder articulated. Integrate it with the chest, have the entire shoulder be a moving unit that folds into and out of the shoulder area (like I don't know, a butterfly?), something other than Japanese companies with double ball joints and Hasbro with their weird orb shoulder that gives you maybe 1mm of extra arm movement. I feel like this has been figured out and implemented before but Tamashii is still fiddling around with double ball joint abominations on a 9500Y/ $120 figure.

Holy shit, I didn't think the figure would look this bad, the proportion is terrible, it looks like he's a monkey with armor, and the fact that his shoulder joint design literally does nothing is what pissed me off, this is a figure that i was very hyped for, because it came from one of my favorite manga, i wanna bought this to honor kentora miura legacy, but instead, we got this abomination

I have this figure and I really wanted to like it. Let me repeat myself, I really really WANTED to like it so it pains me to see that it turned out the way it did. I'm willing to overlook the super long arms cuz they give Guts almost a kinda exaggerated Go Nagai character look so that's not a huge deal to me, but the engineering, you are so spot on it hurts. All I could think is "Why why why?" as I'm even doing something as simple as holding the figure. It feels cheap, like a bootleg. And the worst part is I don't want to get rid of it. I like it enough, but at the same time, that's not "good enough". This not the level of quality I expect to be getting from something with the Tamashii Seal of Approval, and it stings even more that it's present in a figure of a such a beloved series. My disappointment can not be overstated. Sorry, for the rant, I just want to let you know you're far from alone on this.

Always thought the proportions looked off when compared to the Figma. Can at least salvage some of the looks by doing Tony Mei's mod to extend the torso with some plastic tubes so the arms don't look so long.

I can't believe I can unironically say that Bandai would've produced a better action figure of Guts if it was in model kit form

While I was trying to pose the figure I was so frustrated that I thought the intention of the designers was to transmit the desolation that Guts himself feel in his deadly journey….. PD mine came with broken knees

I got this figure on the day of release and was worried that maybe it was an issue because mine was such an early production figure. I don’t know how I feel I’m kind of relieved that it’s not just mine but I’m concerned that it shows the qc is horrible. I got Griffith about a month ago and that figure is fantastic, no qc issues what so ever.

Sigh… this was one of my most anticipated figures ever..idk what the hell the people over at tamashii were thinking. They messed up so bad with the main mf of the line. How am i going to want the rest? The wrist pegs not being ball pegs for a character with a big ass sword is insanee. I also freaking hate the hard plastic they used for the straps on his chest. Makes it feel scary to handle. They always do soft plastic for things like that so idk what happened here. Really hope they listened to complaints and the full berserker armor figure will be much better. Only thing i can give this figure is it at least looks beautiful.

The Shoulder made me Audibly Gasp

Super late but I agree with everything expect the cape, that’s the way miura drew his art using the motion lines. The only time it’s solid black is when he’s still which isn’t a lot or when he’s in the dark. It’s hatching that miura did a lot and they tried to replicate it

I’m hoping that they do an entire overhaul and fix everything for the heat of passion Guts figure, cause this sucked I was so excited to get this guy and I was disappointed I don’t even wanna mess with him I just left him in the best pose I could

Damn, I have this in my loot pile from BBT. Almost cancelled it a moment ago after seeing your review. I cannot unsee the long ass arms and the ugly armpits now. Only keeping it at this point for the head sculpts. Hopefully I can use them with the other Berserk S.H.Figuarts Guts (Berserker Armor -Heat of Passion-) when they release it.

The extra hands for the right arm don't fit on the pegs... so I can't put the sword. Does anyone have the same problem?

I had to cancel my pre order from all the bad reviews. Im so disappointed hopefully we all can let sh figurearts know that they need to cancel production on these and get a better version asap please!!

I think medicos would do good with the berserk liscense

Tbh the only issue I have is his hand pegs but I can get around it and make him pose and hold him right I truly love it

Maaaaaan, I was really looking forward to owning a Guts figure now i’m thinking about cancelling my pre orders

I know you say you dont have time to do much other than reviews lately which is why you haven't worked on your own line of figures, and I know you do "photoshop" fixes in some cases, but I would really love to see a "How to fix" series where you pick a figure, and from an toy engineering POV, how you would correct the issues. Maybe once a month or every other month. I know you explain some of that during the review but a more in-depth look I think would be cool. One of the main reasons I liked your channel was for the action figure customizing, but since you're not doing that anymore some educational content like that I think would be worth watching.

Welp, looks like I'm sticking to my Figmas with custom wired capes. I was somewhat apprehensive about figuarts getting the license, since they can be very hit and miss. Hopefully the Zodd figure they showed off recently turns out ok, and I'm praying for a Skull Knight figure to get released at some point too.

i swear when Import companies do big strong characters like Guts they’re usually just kinda hit or miss like his anatomy on the arms barley resembles the art and even if you can hit cool poses it just doesn’t work for me

Did you order this from WISH?

Guts smiling and laughing had me dying 😂

Hopefully the beserker armor is much better

Honestly the Naruto line is the best one Tamashii has put out right now All of the Naruto figures released this year are excellent

It's so sad too, this was easily my most hype release this year only for it to crash and burn. I cancelled my preorder after I got my friend's in hand and it felt so bad and I saw a ton of people talking about theirs breaking. So disappointing. I can only pray his proper berserker form is better. I want this line to succeed.

Skipped this and preordered the fully armored version, will still probably have the same probelms in the shoulder but since it'll be all black figured it would looked better and it doesnt have all those straps and buckle so probably wouldnt be as finicky, the all black color also help hides the LONG arm better just hope that the joints will be tight enough and the wrist fits better since they have different hand sculpts

Damn, I've never seen so many issues with an shfiguarts. Its not like Trunks which is mostly QC issues this one has engineering and R&D issues, it looks like it was designed by amateurs this is crazy

I have this, i really want to like it, but i just can’t! Basically all the pegs in this figures needs to be redesigned just to function

I know this was a big let down but the new one with the the full armor is pretty awesome! Still not perfect while holding the sword with one hand but it is amazing other than that. A little pricy but i guess that’s to be expected now a days

The cape looks like somebody's wig blown in the wind..😆😅🤣😂😄😝

So mad, he can hold the sword, but the hand can’t stay on the wrist peg 🤦‍♂️ the holes for peg to go into are too small and the sword is too heavy. The wrist pops off.

Appreciate you making this! Helped me dodge a very expensive bullet.

Bought him with the intention to make a Vyke vs Guts display and as soon as I tried to place his holding hand onto the wrist peg I was scared to handle it since it feels so fragile than most SH Figs. Immediately put him back in the box 😮‍💨

I've said it before, about how Bandai's promo pics are too dark because they were hiding the ugliness of this figure. People say I was crazy

I'm glad i skipped it. My figma Guts Black Swordsman will do just fine even if it's older and a bit flawed

Yeah, that figure has a strange weird, sculpt 😮 Question Anthony! I notice companies are going this route now, instead of using more of the head sculpts. They're using these swop out face plates which I am not a fan of! So are face plates cheaper to manufacture vs. producing the traditional head sculpts????

Yeaaaahhhh I'm still probably getting him though. I appreciate the honesty in your review but I just *really* want to finally have a Guts figure, as I wasn't collecting when figma made all theirs. Its a damn shame hes so scuffed

pretty new to imports and i bought this new Guts, the figure is so fragile it feels like I'm holding legos.

Storm Collectibles should've gotten this license instead

The hand pegs are definitely the worst, but I genuinely believe that most peoples problems are due to not understanding how the figure works, It’s my favorite figure this year and everything works for me, maybe there’s Bias because the manga is genuinely the greatest thing I’ve ever experienced

This is the most baffling shoulder joint I've ever seen on an action figure.

It’s an incredible figure sculpt wise man, and they just had to go and fuck up basically everything else. Super scared for the Berserker Armor now, glad I didn’t pre-order.

Looks like slender man cousin

Dang thanks for saving my money will get the figma instead. I was deciding between the sh griffith or the figma femto and now im convinced to go figme inspite of the extra price. Thanks.

Thanks dude, im such a huge Berserk fan

im glad i held off...im happy with the ones i have from a long time ago

Bandai should know that if they keep cutting corners, they’ll keep going in circles!

This is a best video of Guts figuarts

me when android knees: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH KILL IT WITH FIRE me when guts shoulder: *AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH KILL IT WITH BIGGER FIRE*

I recently received my copy of Guts and I'm desperate. How do I attach the neck armor piece without damaging the ring where the cloak is inserted? The triangular part of the neck armor piece fits but the small ball very tight. I'm afraid if damaging the ring where the cloak is inserted...

I am so heartbroken from how bad this is. The most anticipated figure for me this year and... just, wow. I have the Figma Golden Age Guts but I really need Guts with the slab of iron. The Figma Black Swordsman is too expensive because its out of circulation. And the THREEZERO Black Swordsman Guts is just too expensive in general!

I’m glad I cancelled this and Griffith I really wanted them but I just knew they weren’t worth the money at all.

I've heard Griffith doesn't have the same issues with the joints and has more standard shoulder joints. I'm hoping by the time the heat of passion version releases, they'll have these issues fixed

Great review, May I ask what do u think about the revoltech line? I have the Spider-Man 2.0 and it’s great. I am awarw that they can be liked or not for the design and joints but to me they’re great :)

Man that's a bummer. I was looking at getting into anime figures, and Berserk is at the top of my list. But seeing this and the price of the figmas is depressing. Hopefully they get it right sooner rather than later.

Hahahahahahah his tomatillo, I loved it

This is inexcusable. I've been a collector for many years and a huge fan of some bandai lines (Chogokin, SHF, Robot Spirits). Any honest reviewer will tell you they've been dropping the ball more often than not. Yes, there's the occasional great release here and there (DBZ line had a couple of bangers lately) and THOSE should be recommended and financially successful. However, people NEED to start speaking with their wallets or this will continue. I thought the Godzilla Minus One MonsterArts was disappointing but this is just on another level. At first I thought Bandai's issues were mainly due to cheaper plastic / worse factories being used recently, but now they're even messing up basic planning and sculpting so I don't know what's going on there. All I know is that, like everything else, collecting action figures has NOT been getting cheaper, while the quality of many of these companies have not been keeping up with that price increase.

Ive lost his sword pommel and i need to glue his right hand in so he can only hold his sword, i love figuarts but ive had bad luck with figures breaking or loosing parts

Really wanted the berserk line but was hesitant now I don’t want them thanks Anthony saved everyone from making a big mistake, also you think the weirdly proportions for the arms are due to the sword?