On February 7th, 2016 will begin the Winter 2016 edition of Wonder Festival (ワンダーフェスティバル). This is also know as Wonderfest, Wonfes( ワンフェス), or using the hastag “wf2016w” on Twitter. This is a special convention that is based around promoting and selling of figures, typically from anime, manga, and comic series.

The event is split between the official figure manufacturers promoting their upcoming figures to be sold through normal outlets for the rest of the year and one-off “groups” that make their own custom figures for sale during the event. These one-off, fan-groups’ figures typically get a “look-the-other-way” in terms of copyright infringement for using licensed characters on this special day in this special location. Typically these figures are sold at high prices with a very limited quantity. And often these figures are promoted online via social media. A such, there has been a couple new figures (unofficial, fanmade) being advertised and some reprints from last year, which we have listed below. As more are posted online, we’ll have additional news posts. Sometimes we won’t see them until the day of the event!

This post was updated on 1/31 with the additional figures of Damuko (now confirmed) and Ultimo.

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Horohoro from Shaman King by flalamingo

Horohoro by flalamingoTo continue building out team The Ren… Horohoro from 「flalalamingo」 will appear at this event!  This figure will feature Horohoro with a removalable Kororo figure for his shoulder. Currently there is no painted version, which will be for display only. This figure will be on sale at table 8-25-06. You can see more photos of the development process from last year on flalamingo’s twitter and more images on fixia.

 

 

Tao Ren from Shaman King by flalamingo

Tao Ren by FlalamingoTao Ren will be returning to this event. He was previously sold as a garage kit during Wonder Festival Summer 2015 by 「flalalamingo」. This figure will feature Ren holding Bason in a spiritball mode, and include removable shirt. The colored version is only the display model and the figure on sale is unpainted. This figure will be on sale again at table 8-25-06. You can see more photos of the development process from last year on flalamingo’s twitter and final images on fixia.

 

 

Horohoro from Shaman King by oden_shop

Horohoro Oden_shopYes, there is going to be 2 different Horohoro garage kit figures on sale this time around! This figure is to be paired with the Damuko figure he previously released in 2014 Summer, which you can see below.. This figure will be on sale at table 5-24-04 but no price has been announced. If there are any more updates they may be found on oden_shop’s Twitter page.

 

 

 

Damuko from Shaman King by oden_shop

Damuko FigureThis figure was previously released in 2014 Summer, which you can find the original images from his Tinami page.  However, for this Winter 2016 there appears to be some changes with this resell. This year’s design has a slightly different face and hair style. Additionally it looks like the arms are jointed slightly differently (which shows less of a “gap” between pieces). You can see the 2 new images (followed by the original images) on his fxia page.

 

 

Yoh Asakura from Shaman King by Nanbertakahi

CZY7BKyU8AEr7rwNew to Winter 2016 to complete the set… Yoh Asakura appears! This is a 1/8th scale garage kit that will sell for 9000 yen at the table 7-12-03 under the name of 「万魔堂」. This figure may feature a slightly different base than previously. The colored version is only the display model and the figure on sale is unpainted. You can find additional images on Nanbertakhi’s fixia page.

 

 

 

Matamune from Shaman King by Nanbertakahi

MatamuneReturning from Winter 2014 and Summer 2015, the Matamune figure returns for another festival. This is a 1/8th scale garage kit that will sell for 7000 yen at the table 7-12-03 under the name of 「万魔堂」. This figure may feature a slightly different base than previously. The colored version is only the display model and the figure on sale is unpainted. You can find additional images on Nanbertakhi’s fixia page.

 

 

Anna Kyoyama from Shaman King by Nanbertakahi

AnnaAlso returning from Winter 2014 and Summer 2015, the Anna figure by Nanbertakahi is on sale. This is a 1/8th scale garage kit that will sell for 9000 yen at the table 7-12-03 under the name of 「万魔堂」. This figure may feature a slightly different base than previously. The colored version is only the display model and the figure on sale is unpainted. You can find additional images on Nanbertakhi’s fixia page.

 

 

Ultimo from Karakuri Dôji Ultimo by YAMABIKO320

Ultimo WIP figureZBrush UltimoThis is a “Work in Progress” (WIP) figure of Ultimo! It’s currently unknown if this will be a display-only figure, or if it will be available for sale. The design for this figure began back in October with the initial CG modeling done in ZBrush.

It is also worth noting that he was also working on a CG render of Hiroyuki Takei’s Mask that he was making last year.

 

Death Pinch & Destrich EMs from Jumbor by YAMABIKO320

Death PinchReturning from Winter 2014 and Summer 2015, 2 EMs (Earth Movers) from Jumbor will be on sale and 1 will be on display only. Death Pinch (Nipper’s Custom) will be on sale for 12,000yen which is 1000 yen more than last year. When constructed it is about 180mm tall and contains 86 pieces plus decal stickers.Destrich

Destrich will be on sale for 7,000yen. Constructed it is about 170mm tall. Both figures will be on display at table 6-13-01 under the group name of 「YAMABIKO320」. The colored version is only the display model and the figure on sale is unpainted.

 

 

 

As new figures are announced or revealed we’ll be posting about them here on Patch-Cafe. Below are some links to previous Wonder Festivals with our coverage:

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