Well, just going off the comments I read and reviews I watch on YouTube. I'm sure Figmas are great, the recent Spide-man an example, but consistently Figuarts has the upper hand. But I'll have my chance to see for myself when Thor comes out. Might get Spidey and maybe Robocop before then.

Anyhoo, wasn't knocking them too hard. Sorry if it came off as such.

My biggest issues with Figuarts is there is seemingly very loose QC in play, for every Figuart which is good enough to be displayed in an art installation, there is another where half the accessories are missing and the toy is basically broken right out of the package. Worst of all, those two opposite ends of the table can both be released in the same month.

In my experience Figma are far more brittle then Figuarts.

I've got about 60 Figuarts and 12 Figma and at least 4 of my Figma have broken pieces and 1 of my Figuarts has a broken piece.

Still vastly better then Revoltech, but I think Figuarts are better compared to Figma.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't a majority of your Figma the (now pretty old) Haruhi ones though?

The line has come a LONG way since then.

Very true, my Samus and Link are definitely better in comparison and if that's the case then that's awesome, but aren't the Ryuki ones fairly old too?

I own Strike and I think he's great. Not a touch on my SHF Zolda but by all regards Zolda was the best of the Ryuki figuarts so go figure.

That's true too, but the main Haruhi cast were among the first Figma ever produced in 2008. The Dragon Knight ones didn't come until 2010/11.

Personally I find the Ryuki Figuarts mostly superior to the DK Figma, but early Figuarts have exactly the same issues as early Figma do so its hard to say one line is better than the other. They both have their strengths and they stick to them pretty well nowadays.

Dat rubber crotch.

I wouldn't assume that's the case. Kabuto got a reissue RIGHT before the renewal version was announced, which annoyed anyone who went and bought that version.

They're running out of riders to actually release, so going back and doing upgraded versions of the older ones makes sense and Double will probably be high up on that list. He's one of the oldest releases, was a very popular character and the current one suffers from quite a few problems. I'd still bet on Agito and Kuuga first, but Double won't be far off.

As for the Figma vs SHF thing, Figma tend to be better when it comes to human characters. The Precure have come a long way since they started making them, but they're still not quite up to the same quality as Figma anime characters are. Figuarts have almost perfected armored looking characters, but they still sometimes suffer from problems. The Figma Iron Man looks leagues better than the Figuarts one, for example. But then we're maybe getting slightly off topic with this discussion.

Renewal Double is an absolute must, but the big issue is that unless they release ALL his forms, CycloneJoker's quality will make the other W figuarts look even worse when displayed together. And 9 forms of the same renewal Rider seems unlikely.