Figure Rise Standard Faiz ? Excellent kit, highly recommend. Unless you want to wait for an SS renewal, the kit looks more accurate than that old ass SHF. Comes with all the weapons too and an effect piece for the finisher. Only issue is you have to sticker all of them, but all the molding is there if you want to paint everything instead

Also great that the Faiz FRS can pull off the Axel form! Really great kit.

Thinking about it, which FRSes would you lot say are better than their currently available SHFs? I'd say Faiz, Ryuki, Ex-Aid and eventually Fourze. I think Hibiki, Kabuto, Decade and W also have a leg-up on their Seihous with their accessories and features, even though the Seihous are far better as figures

For Kabuto, I definitely prefer the look and proportions of the FRS

https://i.imgur.com/LN3AL8K.jpg

The Figuart feels like it has short arms, smallish shoulders, and the head a little too rounded, compared to the teardrop shape that I prefer.

I'd say Kuuga since he proportionally has the correct helmet and comes with that little bit of kick effect and mark, depending on which version you got. And then later on, Blade will be better than the 1.0 SHF. Once he comes out. I just hope he comes with the "yellowed" clear cover for his face and purple stomach :lol

Also how's Ex-Aid better as a FRS than the SHF? Is it the eyes? XD

For Ex-Aid it's very much the eyes, yeah -- the compoundeye effect SHF always does is great, but it's just inaccurate and out of place on Ex-Aid so the FRS is an improvement there. FRS just feels more proportionally accurate, somehow? Something about SHF Ex-Aid always felt off to me for some reason...

Kuuga I have to disagree on though, I have both Seihou Mighty and FRS Amazing Mighty and the former just nails the design so much better. Blade will naturally be so much better unless a Seihou comes out first, and I think both Drive and Ghost will be improvements too

Definitely for Drive in terms of proportions! Hope they put in the budget and give us some gloss-coated runners, and maybe the Max Flare tire.

As for Ghost, god, he's gonna need it. I imagine all the skeletal patterns would either be stickers or actually be filled in by a separate orange runner. Would be neat if the jacket is made of a soft plastic type of runner.

In terms of their P-Bandai counterparts, Proto Drive and Specter/Musashi, I guess.

PB repaints should be very interesting for Ghost and Drive because they've both got three entire options, all of which are interesting! I feel like Gold Drive is very likely over Proto, but they might just do both.

Ghost I think is going to be marvelous if done right -- something that makes Ex-Aid so great for me is how good "clear plastic part over a sticker" looks in regards to the eyes and the chest readout; and Ghost's entire body is made of that! Really hoping he turns out well since he's turned into a real favourite of mine

I wonder if they would put out a Zangetsu kit after a Gaim release, seeing as how they're the same undersuit.

Hell, if they really wanted to go all out, they could do a set that is just the different arms and include the proper swappable colored visors

Was Zangetsu more popular than Baron? Cuz I'm half-expecting to see him be the P-Bandai repaint. Other than him, Jinber Gaim, Gaim Yami, or just straight up Baron.