Best S.H.Figuarts Figures

How this S.H.Figuarts list was built

Every product here is a listing that names the S.H.Figuarts line in its own data. That's the whole entry rule. I didn't rank by character, show or fame. The list runs one listing per character version, so the same character can show up more than once when the listings are different versions.

That happens a lot with Son Goku. He's in this list seven times. Each listing names a different version in its title, like A Saiyan Raised on Earth, Legendary Super Saiyan or Angry Warrior. Those names are how the line tells versions apart, so they're how I tell them apart too.

Here's what you won't find in this list: guesses. Our data for most of these figures holds the line name and the title, and not much else. Only one listing gives a height. Only one gives an age. Only one lists its accessories. Where a field is empty, I say so instead of filling it in. Some of these listing titles are longer than the lease on my casita, and they still leave things out.

What S.H.Figuarts is

S.H.Figuarts is a line of action figures from Tamashii Nations. The Tamashii Web site, where the line has its brand page, carries a Bandai Spirits copyright. On its English brand page, the maker describes S.H.Figuarts as a palm-sized action figure series that brings together sculpting, movement and paint.

In plain words: these are small figures made to be posed. Articulation means the number of places a figure can move, and that's the point of this line. Many listings add spare hands, extra faces or effect parts so you can set up a scene.

The maker's brand page shows figures from a wide spread of licensed lines, Dragon Ball, One Piece and Marvel among them. This list follows the same spread, as far as current Amazon US listings go.

Tamashii Nations also has a line called Figuarts ZERO. Its brand page calls those static figures. That means one fixed pose, made for display. If a listing says Figuarts ZERO, it isn't an S.H.Figuarts figure, even though the names share a word. Read the full line name before you click. More fixed-pose display pieces live on the statues page.

Dragon Ball figures in the S.H.Figuarts line

Twelve of the nineteen listings are Dragon Ball. The titles name four series: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT and Dragon Ball DAIMA, plus the movie title Dragon Ball Super: Broly. One Son Goku listing names the character and version but no series.

Son Goku, seven ways

Here's the table version of the seven Son Goku listings, by the version name each title gives:

• A Saiyan Raised on Earth — Dragon Ball Z
• Legendary Super Saiyan — Super Saiyan Son Goku, Dragon Ball Z
• Son Goku -GT- — Dragon Ball GT
• Super Saiyan 3 Son Goku (Reissue) — Dragon Ball Z
• The Kind-Hearted Saiyan — Dragon Ball Z
• Ultra Instinct, Breaking the Limits — no series in the title
• Angry Warrior — Super Saiyan Son Goku, Dragon Ball Z

The version name is the part that matters. Two Goku listings can look alike in a thumbnail and still be different figures. If you're filling a gap on a shelf, write down which versions you already own before you shop. (I keep mine on the back of a takeout menu stuck to the fridge. The menu is from 2019. The list is current.)

Only the Angry Warrior listing gives an age in our data: 15 and up. The rest don't state one here.

Frieza, Cell and Broly

The Frieza First Form & Frieza Pod Set is the one Dragon Ball listing that names two pieces in the title: the figure and the pod. A set like this asks for more shelf depth than a single figure. Measure the spot first.

Cell First Form and Super Saiyan Broly Full Power are both marked Reissue. A reissue is a figure made again after an earlier run. The title doesn't say whether anything changed from the earlier run. If you own the first one, compare the listing photos before you buy the second.

Bulma and Piccolo

Bulma (Adventure Begins) is the only Dragon Ball pick here that isn't a fighter's version name. It's the Dragon Ball series in the title, not Dragon Ball Z.

Piccolo (Mini) comes from Dragon Ball DAIMA. The word Mini is in the title. Our data doesn't give a height, so check the listing before you set it next to full-size figures. It may not stand eye to eye with them.

Other anime lines in this list

Five listings come from five different shows. Each is the only pick from its show here.

Naruto Shippuden: Naruto Uzumaki

This is the most complete listing in the list. Naruto Uzumaki (The Jinchuriki Entrusted with Hope) is 5.5 in tall, per the listing. It also lists 7 optional hands, 4 optional expressions, a kunai, a Rasengan effect and crossed-arm parts.

That's a good example of what a Figuarts box can hold. Optional hands and faces let you change a pose and a look. The crossed-arm parts swap in for a standing pose. It's also a reminder that a palm-sized figure can come with a lot of loose pieces.

One Piece: Monkey D. Luffy

Monkey D. Luffy (The Raid on Onigashima) names both the show and the version on the listing. Our data doesn't list height, accessories or age. If One Piece is the shelf you're building, this is the one listing here for it.

Hunter x Hunter, Demon Slayer and My Hero Academia

• Killua — Hunter x Hunter
• Shinobu Kocho — Demon Slayer
• Overlay Deku — My Hero Academia

For all three, our data holds the line and the title. No height, no age, no accessory list. That isn't a strike against the figures. It just means the listing page is where you finish the homework.

Marvel: Wolverine (GAMERVERSE)

One Marvel listing made the list: Wolverine (GAMERVERSE). The title names the character and the GAMERVERSE label. Our data doesn't give a height.

If your Marvel figures come from another line, check sizes before you mix them. Different lines are made at different sizes, and our Marvel Legends page covers one of those lines on its own.

The effect part: Smoke Burst ver.

One pick isn't a figure at all. Smoke Burst ver. for S.H.Figuarts Tamashii Effect is an effect part, made to sit with figures in a pose. The title says it's for S.H.Figuarts.

I couldn't open the maker's page for this exact set. On the Tamashii Nations page for a sibling set, Smoke White Ver., the maker says no figures or stands come in the box and lists 15 and up. Read this listing's contents for what Smoke Burst includes.

Effect parts make sense once you own a few figures. Before that, they're a stand-in for a figure you haven't bought. My tía saw a photo of my shelf with smoke parts on it and asked when I took up barbecue. I told her it was shelf math. She hung up.

How to choose an S.H.Figuarts figure

Start with the version name in parentheses

The character name tells you who. The words in parentheses tell you which figure. Angry Warrior and Kind-Hearted Saiyan are both Son Goku, and they're different listings. Copy the full version name when you shop or when you send a gift list to someone else.

Read Reissue as "made again"

Three titles here say Reissue. If you never got the first run, a reissue is a second chance at that version. If you did, the title alone won't tell you what changed.

Check what's in the box

Spare hands, faces and effect parts are where a lot of the posing comes from. Only the Naruto listing spells them out in our data. For the others, read the listing's contents before you buy. That's also how you'll know about small parts in the box.

Check the seller line before anything else

Straight up: with S.H.Figuarts, I read who's selling before I read anything else. Here's why. Tamashii Nations says on its page for overseas customers that release dates and prices are generally based on Japan. It tells buyers outside Japan to check release timing with local sellers, and it lists distributors by region, including the Americas.

So a figure can be out in Japan before it's on a US shelf, and some listings are imports. On the Amazon page, look at the "ships from" and "sold by" lines. Check whether the listing says it's an import, and whether the box contents match what the maker shows. Marisol's take: "A seller line is a property line. Read it before you build on it."

Plan shelf space by the listing, not the photo

Palm-sized isn't a measurement. Only one listing here gives a height. If a figure is going next to others, look for the height in the listing details, and leave room for a pod, a stand or an effect part. I keep the boxes for the shelf math. Marisol calls the box stack behind my couch a wall. I call it an archive, boss.

A small-parts note

Small parts: Check the age label on the listing. Toys with small parts are a choking hazard for children under 3. Spare hands, faces, a kunai and effect parts are all small. Keep them in a closed container, out of reach of young kids.

Who should skip this list

Skip this list if you're shopping for a young kid who plays rough with toys. These are small posable figures with small parts, and the one age label in our data says 15 and up. Our figures section has other lines and types to look at.

Skip it too if you want a figure that holds one pose on a desk and never moves. That's what static lines are for. Our anime figures page has more of those.

And skip the effect set if there's no figure to pair it with yet. Buy the figure first. Smoke without a fighter is just smoke.

How we picked

The list draws on Amazon US listings in our data as of 2026-10-23. A product made the list if its listing names the S.H.Figuarts line. One listing per character version, so seven Son Goku versions count as seven picks. The table up top shows all nineteen. Every brand here is Bandai, because the line is Bandai's. For the rest of the company's figures and kits, see the Bandai page.

Read the seller line, then make room on the shelf.