One Piece DX Figure

TV Anime 「One Piece」 DX Figure is a series of 18 cm tall figures released in 2006 by Banpresto, which could only be found in UFO Catcher games. Each released set is composed of 2 characters. Each figure is generally sold in specialized shop at ¥1200~1400.

Since then, Banpresto has released a lot of figure series, marked under the DX brand, which stands for Deluxe. It generally deals with figures of an overall better quality than their usual productions, with a size of around 15 cm tall. Sometimes, a line name is also marked with the word Kumitate Shiki (組立式). It's a Japanese word meaning pre-made / pre-assembled, i.e. no painting and minor assembling required, but sometimes you can find it literally translated as Assembly Type (as 組立 / Kumitate can be translated as assembly and 式 / Shiki means type, style).

So this article is a catalog of every Banpresto figure series, marked under the DX brand. Still, this page isn't exhaustive as it doesn't enumerate the numerous plushies, in particular Chopper plushies, that has come out under the DX brand.

The different lines are organized under 3 categories:
 * Regular figure series,
 * Chopper focused series, which deals with lines centered around Chopper renditions.
 * Crossover series, which deals with crossover between One Piece and Dragon Ball.

One Piece DX Figure
This set, released in July 2006, represents Nami and Luffy, both in swimsuits. Nami is wearing Luffy's hat instead of Luffy.
 * One Piece DX Figure ～Swimsuit Style～

One Piece Kumitate Shiki Super DX Figure
This set, released in mid-December 2008, represents Going Merry and Thousand Sunny. Improved versions, named Grade Up Coloring ver., were released on late April 2009. They feature better gradient coloring and added details.

One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Figure ～The Grandline Men～
This set, released in August 2009, represents Luffy and Ace in their usual, though in darker coloring, clothing. A re-edition of this set has occured in early February 2010.
 * One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Figure ～The Grandline Men 1～

One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Movie Version Heroine Figure ～Strong World～
This set, released in mid-January 2010, features Nami and Robin in their casual clothes as depicted in the 10th OP film: Strong World. The DX Heroine series may become the female equivalent of the DX Grandline Men series.

One Piece DX Ouka Shichibukai Figure
This series will feature every known Shichibukai, the former members Crocodile, Jinbei and Blackbeard included, for a total of 8 figures. 2 figures will be issued every months from August 2010 onwards.

Retailers and UFO catcher owners can get a box of 36 figures at 28,000¥, or 778¥ a piece.

One Piece Super DX The Portgas D. Ace
This unique figure of Ace will be released on the last week of August 2010. The wholesale price of a box of 25 figures is 20,000¥, i.e. 800¥ a piece, available only to resellers and game center owners.

One Piece DX Figure ～The Title of The D～
At the end of December 2010, Banpresto will launch a new series of figures, focused on characters having the famous D. middlename. Part 1 will start with Luffy and Garp.

One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Chopper Soft Vinyl Figure
This set, released in early August 2008, represents 2 versions of Chopper, one in his canonical appearance, another with a cool jacket.
 * One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Chopper Soft Vinyl Figure

One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Chopper Conceptual Art Figure
This set, released in late July 2009, represents 2 versions of Chopper in a swimsuit and along a surfboard.
 * One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Chopper Conceptual Art Figure 1

Chopper Kumitate Shiki DX Figure ～Rumble Ball～
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Dragon Ball x One Piece DX Kumitate Shiki Figure
2 sets were released in mid-November and mid-December 2008 to celebrate the Shonen Jump 40th Anniversary. The first one is comprised of Luffy and Son Goku, the second one Nami and Bulma.

Dragon Ball Kai x One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Figure
To celebrate the 2 most successful Jump series in Japan, their animated counterparts have seen a common allocated time slot, marketed as Dream 9, every Sunday mornings, going from 9:00am to 10:00am. First Dragon Ball Kai, a remastered full HD version of Dragon Ball Z without the fillers, and then One Piece.
 * Dragon Ball Kai x One Piece Kumitate Shiki DX Figure 1

This set of figures, to be released on mid-March 2010, represents 2 key characters of both series, merely re-engineering previous incarnations of the same characters:

- Son Goku SSJ from the High Spec Coloring Figure series, holding the Demon Fruit eaten by Luffy. The turtle kanji (read as kame, written as 亀) on his gi is replaced by Luffy's jolly roger.

- Monkey D. Luffy from the Grand Line Men series, holding the single-starred Dragon Ball (the one that Goku inherited from his grand-father Gohan is the 4-starred Dragon Ball).