S.H.Figuarts Gamerverse Cyclops Figure From Tamashii Nations

[JayC]

The latest item in our GAMERVERSE series, Cyclops faithfully recreating his appearance in the iconic fighting game joins the S.H.Figuarts line. Cyclops features not only incredible sculpting and articulation but also has a range of extra blast parts as well as a pixel styled optic blast back sheet included to recreate classic fighting action.

Scheduled release: November 2025
Pre-orders open July 1

[JbombTheGreat]

If S.H.Figuarts is going to start releasing Marvel figures like this, both Mondo and Mafex are going to see a drop in sales. This looks incredible.

[SUPREME007]

Man man man this looks phenomenal but the hips look...whack but thats my opinion on shf hips but other than that this looks way better than any other cyclops figure I have seen! I hope the price is right.

[watanabefan]

Glad to see even more Marvel vs Capcom love.

[SUPREME007]

Hope this scales well with ML. Would be a real bummer if he is not in that larger 6 inch scale.

[AndyL]

Uhmmm...this is just lame. Not a big fan of the whole Gamerverse thing to begin with but when Hasbro does it the figures at least look the part. Whatever SHF is doing there doesn't seem to be anything particularly game-y about it. Sure the backdrop is and I guess the eye beam kind of is but for a company that banks it's entire $80 and above price structure around swap parts and accessories this is a pretty sparse offering. But I hope this means since SHF is doing a so called Gamerverse Cyclops we won't have to see one from Hasbro. Since Hasbro doesn't like following particularly when other companies do a character.

[SpiderS]

As much as I hate segmented crotch articulation shf has it doesn't look horrible here, overall figure has dynamic quality about it, although it also has stubby quality about it too, reminds me of their Tobey figure. I'm really curious what figure they do next, I can see them doing Spidey and Psylocke.

[frozentenderloin]

Is “Gamerverse” the official term for anything tied to Marvel video games? I had thought that was something Hasbro came up with for their stuff game based figures, but it seems the title is being used here by Bandai as well?

[Redgouf]

I really want this to scale with the new Storm Arena SF:Alpha line. Finally, a true 90's MvC-accurate look is upon us!

[raziel0203]

I don't usually stray too far from Marvel Legends, but I've got to admit, this SH Figuarts Cyclops is looking pretty sweet. Import figures are typically out of my budget, so I'll have to wait for the reviews on this guy. Cool that they are keeping with the MvC theme. Wonder if that's just a coincidence... ?

[MvCfan]

On 6/23/2025 at 2:10 AM, SUPREME007 said:

Hope this scales well with ML. Would be a real bummer if he is not in that larger 6 inch scale.

It wont, too small. Hopefully these will scale with storm arena. And if not, then we're at the mercy of bandai making a robust line so that they at least scale with one another. Not likely tho..

[SUPREME007]

On 6/24/2025 at 10:19 AM, MvCfan said:

It wont, too small. Hopefully these will scale with storm arena. And if not, then we're at the mercy of bandai making a robust line so that they at least scale with one another. Not likely tho..

Its height has been circulating the net, it's 14.5 cm, which is short... yeah, I'm out of this line before it even started.

[JbombTheGreat]

On 6/24/2025 at 7:19 AM, MvCfan said:

It wont, too small. Hopefully these will scale with storm arena. And if not, then we're at the mercy of bandai making a robust line so that they at least scale with one another. Not likely tho..

 

On 6/24/2025 at 3:44 PM, SUPREME007 said:

Its height has been circulating the net, it's 14.5 cm, which is short... yeah, I'm out of this line before it even started.

Actually, S.H.Figuarts has updated the height of the figure on their website. It is now listed at 155 cm. or 6.1 inches. The 145 mm (14.5 cm) that was originally listed was most likely a "placeholder" height. That may simply be the average height of many of the figures they release, so it was listed as 145 mm automatically, until it was corrected.

Or..... maybe they became aware of the complaints about the height, so they just just changed what is says on the product page to fool more people into buying it. I guess we'll have to wait several more months to find out for sure.

See attached image from the S.H.Figuarts website.

[toynewman]

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[SUPREME007]

This looks...idk like it looks pretty good except for the over engineering that Tamashii incorporates for absolutely no benefit but at a cost to aesthics for no other reason than to be different. I really am a hater at that crotch setup, I just cant over how whack it looks.

[JbombTheGreat]

There it is, gang; the real "Maximum Series" Spider-Man

[tarot]

On 8/26/2025 at 5:12 AM, JbombTheGreat said:

There it is, gang; the real "Maximum Series" Spider-Man

Yes and all you have to do is pay double maybe even triple the price for it.

[LoneWolfSones]

Still not the biggest fan of how the hips are cut. I kind of prefer Mafex but...I dunno. I am tempted. But SHF tends to scale small compared to Legends.

And with Marvel scaling up Wolverine? Having a smaller Spider-man might look goofy next to a beefed up Wolverine? I may wait and see if Legends release a bulked up Spidey in the gamerverse line. But then by that time the SHF one will probably have sold out. 

 

So we have...

I could totally see Legends re-releasing Maximum Spider-Man in a lighter color scheme. Also the SHF iirc only has the one head. The webbing is sculpted but a person could use a gundam marker if they wanted. I prefer the hips on the Mafex. And having the Mafex Tobey I think that is a great balance of Aesthetic vs. posability. And I think Mafex tends to scale smaller than Legends as well. Ugh I am so conflicted...Maybe I just buy a 2nd Maximum Spidey and repaint the blue. But then the red will similarly be too dark. 

[SpiderS]

If we just ignore this modern SHF crotch/leg articulation they made a truly great figure, if they had mafex or even yamaguchi style articulation there I would gladly pre order this figure but it's just too hard to ignore, this has to be most needlessly complicated and overblown articulation scheme that crushes with figure's clean and simple aesthetics. Maybe if they make player two dark blue variant I might consider getting it after all, because in that case it should be way less noticeable than on bright baby blue. 

[JbombTheGreat]

On 8/26/2025 at 3:40 AM, tarot said:

Yes and all you have to do is pay double maybe even triple the price for it.

You got that right, friend. Yet, this one may actually be worth paying for!

[toynewman]

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[toynewman]

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[LoneWolfSones]

I still don't know how you get so far into production on a figure only to then realize licensing is an issue. 

I've seen a few theories online...

• Could be artist thing?
• Something to do with ZD Toys, since ZD has the Gamerverse license and they primarily sell their figures in HK, China and Taiwan
• Maybe hasbro had something to do with it?
• Maybe Sony because I think they have exclusive rights for Spider-Man video games at the moment.
  
  So, an artist thing I don't think would prevent a figure? The artist would have to retain the rights to that particular character. But a lot of these artists were working for Marvel. Either in-house or as "work for hire". As such Marvel being the publisher would retain all rights to any and all likenesses/versions of a character produced by an artist. Heck Marvel Legends is using John Byrne's art for the Inhumans. Maximum Spider-Man is clearly using Todd McFarlane.  
  
  As for ZD Toys? I think this may be more likely. If ZD Toys already had a particular license? Another studio probably would not be able to use it. This as noted seems to be a regional issue. It's kind of like we saw with DC. McFarlane had the "Master license" to DC figures. But now that Mattel will be taking over? I think what McFarlane will probably do? Is more static posed figures like he does for Marvel. He can't create Marvel Figures because Hasbro has that 'master license' with Legends. But he can make static posed figures. But as others noted? Legends sell in those regions too. 
  
  Hasbro having something to do with it? It's possible. But why then are only those asian regions seeing cancelation? While Hasbro does release figures in those regions? I don't think they are too bothered. They don't really go out of their way to get a mafex canceled. Especially for figures that would be insanely desirable like No Way Home Spidey, etc. Those figures usually carry a premium price tag and Hasbro being the cheaper option probably isn't too concerned. 
  
  I don't think Sony enters the equation at all. If it were the particular PS4/PS5 Spider-Man? Then maybe. But Sony would have very little if any input on a figure that is designed to evoke a "Capcom" aesthetic. And while Sony may have rights to Spider-Man in it's own games, Marvel would have final say. I think that's why we saw the different packaging for Amazing Spider-Man because Sony still has the film rights. And even then? Three Zero is making a Advanced Suit Spidey. Sony's spidey license is entirely separate of other games. Spidey is in games like Midnight Suns, Tokon, and yes even the re-release MvC collection. I think the most obvious answer is that it probably has something to do with Disney/Marvel at the top.
  
  I say this because WotC bungled the licensing for Marvel's MTG Set. They couldn't secure rights to create digital versions of the printed cards so WotC had to make an entirely new alternate digital set for MTG Arena. Why? Because Disney/Marvel were afraid it would compete with Marvel Snap. But how did Bandai Namco make it that far without sorting this out?
  
  That's all speculative of course. But I think the regional licensing seems to be the more likely answer? The figure is still available for preorder on BBTS. 
  
  Here is a reply a reddit user received from BBTS.
  

[toynewman]

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[Air-Walker]

Love the concept, but oh man those thigh joints are hideous!!!