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Tokusatsu, merchandising and rampant consumerism (yipee!)
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11-02-2020, 08:51 PM
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TheRaizin
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This is sort of where I'm at too; just substituting Figuarts with Figure-Rise Standards and, uh, old Figuarts that are pretty cheap. Literally of the SHFs I still want to get, if there were Figure-Rises instead; I'd just go for the FRS for all of them except Kuuga. I'm actually quite happy to pay premium for higher-quality versions of my absolute favs (OOO, Tajador, Build, Cross-Z, Kuuga), but for others I really wish there was a much cheaper and readily-available option. Rider gimmick lines used to be this but then RKF happened and your only options now for that scale is SHF and FRSes which unfortunately only seem interested in doing main riders and a couple repaints.
That's kind of the issue with SHF no-one brings up these days -- with RKF and SO-DO being a completely different scale and FRS not doing anything current or beyond the main rider, SHFs are literally your only option for a 6' figure of a recent rider. Don't want to pay 12,000 Yen for a pre-owned SHF Valkyrie even though you just want a decent figure of her at that size? Tough, suck it up or get a smaller one.
It's a sort of balancing game with SHF now with what you can wait out and what you absolutely have to buy to avoid aftermarket prices.
This happened to me with SHF Jin. Jin's pre-orders went up right after his and Horobi's death. I thought that I shouldn't pre-order Horobi since he died and he didn't have any leaks of an upgrade unlike Burning Jin. I bought Jin, not Horobi, and now Horobi is so high up in teh aftermarket.
Won't repeat this mistake for Saber tho. I know Cailbur (and maybe Espada) are going to be high in the aftermarket, but I can also probably wait out Jaouh Dragon to be made into SHF.
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