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What figures does Capcom itself make for Monster Hunter?

Capcom runs its own statue studio for the series, and its catalogue is a second bestiary: nearly every monster, twice, at two sizes.

The official range is Capcom Figure Builder (CFB), and its flagship line is the Creators Model: non-scale, fully painted statues sculpted under named artists, priced in the premium band of roughly $100 to $160 at release. The roster reads as a hall of fame: Rathalos and Rathian, Tigrex, Zinogre, Lagiacrus, Brachydios, Gore and Shagaru Magala, the Fated Four’s Glavenus and Mizutsune, Magnamalo, Nergigante, Alatreon, Malzeno, and Wilds’ Rey Dau and Nu Udra, with popular pieces returning as labelled Re-Production runs.

Below the statues sits Standard Model Plus, palm-sized blind-box miniatures issued in waves that now span the entire series history, from the first game’s monsters to Wilds’, at roughly $10 to $15 a box: the democratic end of the line, and a collecting hobby in itself. Around both orbit Capcom’s plush ranges and the amiibo produced for Stories and Rise, Magnamalo’s among them.

Capcom Figure Builder Creators Model Rathalos statue
CREATORS MODEL No. 1The Capcom Figure Builder Creators Model Rathalos, sculpted by Ryu Oyama — the first release of Capcom's own statue line, in 2010.

THE RANGE, ORGANISED

Two shelves
Creators Model · the trophy shelf
Statues as portrait commissions: dynamic poses, scenic bases, sculptor credits on the box. These are the pieces that anchor a Monster Hunter display.
Standard Model Plus · the army
Twenty-plus waves of miniatures covering monsters the statue line will never reach. Completeness lives here, one blind box at a time.
Reading the market
First-run Creators Models of beloved monsters, Zinogre and the Magalas especially, appreciate steadily; Re-Production announcements are the signal that a price has run too far.

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