He apparently uses a different body then the Busters. So he has that going for him.

I have him, he's pretty great except that he only has a couple pairs of hands.

They really skimped on Nick's accessory count but he's still a fantastic figure for 3000 yen. Really well made even if he doesn't have much. At least he's not Gorisaki, he comes with nothing. Literally nothing. He's just packaged in a tray. No hands, no ice packs, no bananas, no accessorie at all. I mean come on, no freaking bananas at least?! :(

Hmmm, the only thing is I feel like I'm going to be tempted to complete the Go-Buster team which would be very expensive...even more than trying to get DX Great Go-Buster Oh which I am also contemplating...

I would say don't bother with the Gobusters…they're honestly some of the weakest Figuarts I own…(Says the guy who has Blue Buster and has his eyes set on getting Yellow…)

Yeah, I'd probably go as far as Cheeda Nick and thats it considering how much the rest of the team goes for unless they decided to release Beet and Stag Buster. I'd be all over those guys.

I only have Buster Red and Cheeda Nick. I'd buy the rest but they're surprisingly popular/expensive on Mandarake.

I got a few new Figuarts today: Ryuki Blank, Fourze Cosmic States, Decade Violent Emotion and Kaixa.

A few short (ha!) thoughts on all of them.

Ryuki Blank is nice. It's 95% a repaint of Ryuki, but the top of the helmet is different, his mask has less molded detail, the card visor is and advent deck are much plainer and he's got a different sword. I originally didn't think he was different enough to merit getting, until I picked one up for Den-O and looked at it when it arrived. Glad I picked it up, I am once again release-complete on the Ryuki line. Oh dammit, Ryuga just came out, didn't he? Well, almost complete.

Decade, Still think the suit is goofy looking, but the figure is well executed. I like the Ryuki style hips, the diecast feet, that he has all three forms for his ride-booker, and that he comes with the alternate head. I haven't seen this form in the show yet, but looking at the two heads, the only difference I see is the purple corner vs the yellow corner on the top of the center slat in his head. I think I like the yellow version more, because it stands out better. I'm a little suprised the DecaDriver doesn't open, or have a swappable open piece, but this is a fairly old Figuart, too, isn't it? It's no big deal at all, just kinda surprising.

Fourze Cosmic States is only my second Fourze figure (Fire States first), and I have two complaints. First, is I don't much like the lowering peg joint in the hips. I understand it helps with certain poses, and I'm glad it can do those poses, but I much prefer the Ryuki style hips. On Fire this hinge isn't a problem, but on Cosmic it's loose than I'd like, so it makes posing the legs a little more tedius. Additionally, I don't like the plastic feet. Especially for a figure with such a large primary weapon, that he'll often hold out extended from himself, he needs heavier feet to help with stability and balance.

Aside from those nitpicks, Cosmic is awesome. I haven't had any of the switches pop out, which was kinda annoying on Fire, the paint is beautiful, his eyes are super beautiful, the Barizun sword is really great. His gripping hand for the sword handle doesn't hold it as tightly as I'd like, but it's not really a problem, either. I didn't notice until just this very second that the jetpack exhaust ports on Cosmic are different than on Fire, that's neat. Anyway, great execution of Fourze's best state, except for the slightly loosish hips and plastic feet.

Kaixa. Kaixa has a lot of accessories. Decade and Ryuki Blank are a little light on accessories, they've got one weapon in 2 or 3 forms, and a few hands, that's it. Kaixa has 7 regular hands, another hand holding the Kaixa Shot, Kaixa Shot for hanging on the belt, Kaixa Driver in 4 different modes, the phone in gun mode, Kaixa Pointer in two different modes, Kaixa Blaygun with removable blade, Blaygun in holster, and empty Blaygun holster. Not knowing the show, but glancing at a KR wiki, I'd say the only thing that's missing is a case to store all the gear in, like the SH figures have (in fact, I may hunt down the SH figs to get the case)

The figure itslef is pretty cool. It's got metal feet, and though it has the hinge-down legs I don't care much for, they're quite stiff joints, so they don't move when I don't want them to, so I don't have a problem with them. The suit design is pretty good, the gear is interesting, and it seems like there's lots of posing options with the gear. It really makes me want to start watching Faiz. I guess it would look better with a purple visor, instead of blue, but the blue still looks prety good.

I'll definitely get Orga, Psyga and Delta, should they actually be released. I've got Faiz Blaster on the way, and I'll have to see my way to getting regular Faiz and Faiz Axel.

The only other difference on the Decade heads is that the purple dot one has different, 'evil' eyes. That form will appear in one of the Decade movies. The yellow dot is his standard head from the show.

I have to say I agree on Cosmic States. It's a good figure, but I definitly have an easier time posing him when I do midair poses with a Tamashi stage.

Next time I've got cashflow I'm picking up Ryuki. I really want to give figuarts another chance since apparently all the ones from my favourite series are junk. Plus, if I ever start Ryuki, I won't need to bolt out and grab the main rider only after I finish :lol I'd go for Den-O who's a fair price on Mandarake, but I figure I'll go for Ryuki since I already have a Den-O now. Plus Ryuki comes with a dragon. Like seriously I can't get over how he just has a dragon that can break down into gear and weapons thrown in like an extra pair of hands. Den-O get's a sword effect, Double get's an extra scarf, Ryuki get's a fucking giant-ass dragon. Really that just makes other riders look like we're getting ripped off.

Does anyone know how much Ryuki's shipping weight is? I want to get him off of Mandarake but they calculate shipping by weight, which of course they don't tell you on any of his listings.

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For all my dislike of the Buster mould, I gotta say…Blue looks damn good next to Red.

God damnit, I NEED to track down a Yellow Buster now…

Yes I'm aware I'm a glutton for punishment...

Damn gorgeous figure. I really do like the Wizard mold in all honesty.

Yeah, Water Style is pretty awesome. I cannot wait for Mandrake to get in both Hurricane and Land forms, which will probably happen sometime in the next 2 weeks since I believe they are out now.

Just get him. It doesn't matter how much it weighs. Go for SAL, it'll take longer, but be cheaper. Actually, I'd say wait a month for the reissue to start hitting, there's bound to be a few more on Mandarake then, I would imagine the price will drop for a while once he's released.

If I had to guess, I'd say it weighs around 3 times more than a regular Figuarts, but that's just a guess.

My count as of today:

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That's a neat chart.
I'd fill it out, but I already know doing that would make my collection feel small :lol

Nice.

Who maintains that image, and where do you get it from?

I did that earlier this morning, and mine did feel small :lol
The "wants" far outweighed the "owns" :(

Don't worry. I went through half of the non-exclusives and I already know mine would too :lol

Sheesh. I own 111 Figuarts, including those still on the way from Mandarake.

Might be I have a bit of a spending problem. :o

Well it sucks it seems my bouken red didnt come with a closed accelular. Its still awesome for my first figuart though.

Well June and July are my most expensive months of buying things to date due to was able to pre-order tyranno and drangon ranger figuarts on amiami. Dragon with my order that has SH figuarts decade fury form reissue darts blastoise and super akiba red. And dragon ranger comes to a total of 65.62 that's before shipping. And tyranno with my order of V3 Salina blue season 2 and akiba yellow S2 with total of 65.60 that's before shipping.

The checklist is maintained by /toy/ on 4chan. I've shared it here before aaaaages ago. :P

And I always hate it when a new row gets added because there's so much more work to do then haha.

Anyways, here's mine:

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Looking at it just reminds me of how many I freakin need...

Same here...I would only have one on the exclusive list...and it would be marked blue.

My collection continues to grow:

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The wants on my list outweigh the "owns" :lol (I did mark with the 4 I do own, plus the one that I recently bought, even though it isn't here yet.)

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His strike robes were a pain to get on but worth it.
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Where are you guys getting that list from?

Oh, here is mine...

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I don't even want to take the time to check all those off. You guys cool with me just saying I have most of them? :lol

EDIT: I made my list, but the picture was tiny, so nevermind...

Only if you're cool with me telling you I hate you for it? ;) :lol

So, Flame Dragon doesn't come with the flared out coat piece that the regular figures include. That kinda makes me sad.
But he looks awesome in person, I'm loving him.

The only odd proportions I'm noticing are his feet are big. But, since they're plastic, I'm fine with that, I do feel they help with posing and balance. My biggest disappointment with the Akibarangers was their feet seemed so tiny and light, I really wish they were metal.

I wont even bother cause mine will have more red than green lol

Okay, posting mine:

http://img4.imageshack.us/img4/4716/checklist0502.jpg

In my defense(?) I was expecting to spend a lot of money on GI Joe stuff last year but it all got cancelled. :D

You're still replacing one addiction for another!:lol

I kind of like this addiction better!

That checklist looks neat, but all I need is My Figure Collection to keep up with my collection of Figuarts(and other lines). I do like the timeline effect it gives you though.

wouldn't that be more of "had most of them then put them in sales thread?"