Portrait of Pirates/Excellent Model LIMITED - P.O.P

In addition to the black and white recolored versions of "Strong Edition" Chopper, with the Mangart Beams T editions, MegaHouse also regularly produced other limited editions of P.O.P figures, rightly under the Excellent Model LIMITED brand. Those models are often sponsored by some companies to promote some events or some other brands. This special series is composed of 19 figures, representing 7 distinct well-known One Piece characters.

Limited P.O.P "Strong Edition" Lawson Limited Edition Color
Lawson made a partnership with MegaHouse to release metallic color versions of some figures from the Strong Edition series. The first wave was focused on Zoro and Nami, released on March 6th 2010. The second wave was about Luffy, released on July 10th 2010.

P.O.P NEO-DX Lawson Limited Ace Metallic Ver.
In January 2011, Lawson released a metallic version of NEO-DX Ace, also dubbed Marineford Ace by fans, with only 100 issues ever made. Despite being very limited, it was marked with the regular Excellent Model logo instead of the Excellent Model LIMITED one.

This version could only be won through a 1-month campaign, which started on August 10th and finished on September 6th 2010, to go along the announcement of the DVD and Blu-ray releases of the movie Strong World, the Lawson ARG One Piece Stamp Rally (ARG stands for Alternative Reality Game, i.e. using augmented reality).

To participate in this campaign, you had to install the Lawson ARG One Piece application on your iPhone 3GS/4 (as it didn't work on other types of iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad, and very badly on iPhone 3G), follow a Log Pose that would appear on screen until reaching a real Lawson shop, buy some eligible products like rice balls/onigiri, and try to gather 5 different "stamps" that would appear by inputting 16-digit numbers, given with your printed receipts. When succeeded, you could choose which prize you would participate for, lottery results being announced late October 2010.

The prizes were:
 * 30,000 sets of 4 "Strong World" postcards,
 * 5,000 sets of 2 "Strong World" clear files,
 * 100 figures of Ace metallic version.

Chopperman Memorial Log Limited Edition Ver.
During the special event One Piece Memorial Log in Lagunasia held between March 20th and June 27th 2010, the goodies shops at Lagunasia, a theme park inside the marine resort complex Laguna Gamagori, near Nagoya, sold the Lagunasia limited edition of Chopperman, with blue clothes instead of red ones.

More information available in Japanese at @Press.

Chopperman Metallic Blue Ver.
The special event One Piece Memorial Log -The Summit Battle Final Chapter- in Lagunasia opened again between March 19th and September 4th 2011. It featured another Lagunasia limited edition of Chopperman, a metallic blue colored version, available early May 2011 for ¥2,000.

More information available in Japanese at @Press.

Chopperman Metallic Pink Ver.
During the special event One Piece Thousand Sunny Cruise in Huis Ten Bosch held starting March 19th 2011, the goodies shops at Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park in Sasebo (near Nagasaki), sold the Metallic Pink Ver. of Chopperman, available early May 2011 for ¥2,000.

Limited Mild P.O.P Mugiwara Theater
During the special event One Piece Memorial Log in Huis Ten Bosch held between July 15th and October 17th 2010, the goodies shops at Huis Ten Bosch, a theme park in Sasebo (near Nagasaki), sold the Memorial Log Ver. of Mugiwara Theater Luffy, rendered with a sky blue shirt and a brown shorts. It wasn't available at the beginning of the event but was actually released early August 2010 at a price of ¥2,000.

The annual summer event United Stated of Odaiba 2010, held between July 17th and August 31th 2010 at Odaiba in Tokyo, ran its own version of the One Piece Memorial Log, where were sold the Marineford Ver. of Mugiwara Theater Luffy with a yellow shirt at the same price of ¥2,000.

A 3rd version of Mugiwara Theater Luffy, Sabaody Ver. with a dark blue shirt, could be found during the One Piece Premier Show 2010, a live action stage that ran between July 17th and August 31th at the Universal Studios Japan theme park in Osaka. It was also sold at ¥2,000.

Those 3 versions could also be pre-ordered between August 10th and September 30th 2010 at the Toei Animation e-shop site for a release early December 2010.

Limited P.O.P "Limited Edition"
This series is the first of the Limited POP label to be composed of actual new models instead of recolored versions of already released figures.

It's been launched following the association of 2 media producing companies (Toei Animation and Shueisha with Mekke!) with 2 figure editing companies (MegaHouse with its MegaTrea Shop and Bandai with its Premium Bandai) to adapt into figures some female characters as they were illustrated during the Memorial Log events and the Wonder Festival Summer 2010, sporting bikinis on a set of goodies (beach towels, posters, puzzles and so on).

Nami Ver. RED & BLUE
The first character to be adapted is Nami, with a Ver. RED at ¥5,985 and a Ver. BLUE at ¥6,615, 18cm tall. They both can be pre-ordered from July 30th to November 30th 2010 (preorders passed before September 3rd are secured, then it's until sold out) for a release in early December 2010. Here's a direct link to the related pages: The bikini of the blue version follows the same pattern as the bikini Nami wears on the color spread issued with manga chapter #553, in volume 57.
 * Nami Ver. RED at Toei
 * Nami Ver. RED at Mekke!
 * Nami Ver. BLUE at MegaTrea Shop
 * Nami Ver. BLUE at Premium Bandai

Hancock Ver. WHITE & PURPLE
The second character of this series is Hancock, with a Ver. WHITE at ¥5,985 and a Ver. PURPLE at ¥6,615, 22.5cm tall. Both versions can be pre-ordered from October 1st 2010 and onwards for a release late March 2011. Here's a direct link to the related pages: The bikini of Ver. PURPLE matches the color of the original illustration.
 * Hancock Ver. WHITE at Toei
 * Hancock Ver. WHITE at Mekke!
 * Hancock Ver. PURPLE at MegaTrea Shop
 * Hancock Ver. PURPLE at Premium Bandai

Nami Ver. PINK & Hancock Ver. GOLD
With the success that previous figures got, (Toei Animation and Shueisha with Mekke!) decided to re-issue them in an alternative color scheme. They were first available during the Mega Hobby EXPO event on May 22nd 2011, and a few days later for pre-orders on the 2 above websites for a release in September 2011 at ¥6,000.

The bikini of Nami Ver. PINK matches the color of the original illustration.

Hancock WEDDING Ver.
Once again, the 4 webshops came up with a new limited figure of Boa Hancock, this time in a wedding dress as pictured in the anime filler sections of the episodes 469 and 470. She could be pre-ordered on the Internet from March 28th to May 5th 2011 at ¥7,770 (fixed shipping fees within Japan included) on Megatrea Shop and Bandai Premium or at ¥7,140 (without shipping fees) on Mekke! and Toei Animation, for a release late September 2011.

To promote the figure, a special raffle has been organized: 20 winners chosen randomly from the people pre-ordering the figure received a wedding veil that can be used with the figure.

Limited P.O.P "Limited Edition" 7-11net Limited Edition
In October 2010, 7-Eleven launched the pre-order of their own version of Portgas D. Ace, called Ver.1.5, with a release on April 30th 2011 at ¥5,985 VAT included. This figure is based on the regular Neo Ace but with some differences that should appeal fans:
 * The head, the necklace and the bracelet have all been remodeled,
 * Paint application has changed following a renewed color scheme.

http://www.711net.jp/product/p/9524188

Limited P.O.P 7-11 Limited Edition Luffy & Toriko Figure Set
[To be confirmed: may actually not be P.O.P]

In March 2011, 7-Eleven launched a promotional operation for the Jump Heroes Film event and the theater opening of the double featured One Piece 3D: Straw Hat Chase and Toriko 3D: Gourmet Adventure. Through a raffle, it was possible to win a figure set of Luffy and Toriko, Luffy being a recolored version of its NEO-DX incarnation [to be confirmed]. To participate to this raffle, you had to buy a list of specific products in 7-Eleven shops, receipts would give you serial numbers that must be input in the dedicated webpage. Every ¥300 spent gave you 1 point. Those points allowed you to participate to the raffle for an unlimited amount of entries. The prizes were: The promotion ran from March 1st to 31th 2011, points could be reedem until April 2nd 2011.
 * T-shirts, 5 types, 1 point per entry, total of 5,000 winners.
 * Set of 2 figures, 3 points per entry, total of 1,000 winners.
 * Sony Cyber-shot 3D digital camera (color: violet), 5 points per entry, total of 200 winners.

Limited P.O.P NEO-DX Dome Tour Limited Ed.
During the special event One Piece Dome Tour (which ran in Osaka between March 25th and 27th 2011, in Tokyo between April 27th and June 1st 2011, in Sapporo between June 17th and 19th 2011, and in Fukuoka between July 1st and 3rd 2011), a limited edition of NEO-DX Ace could be ordered there at the price of ¥6,300, with an actual release in September 2011. It was advertised as having a "vivid" color scheme, featuring "vivid" opaque flame bursts instead of the regular translucent ones.