I've abused this once or twice, I'll admit. I bought Agito not too long ago. There wasn't anything wrong with the figure fundamentally. The crest was just bent a LITTLE too much for my tastes and the paint on his mouthpiece wasn't JUST right... So I just said "I don't want it," sent it back, and got a second one in better condition a week later. :p

Dude the issues with it were literally posted 5 posts above you on the same page.

It had a number of errant silver drops of paint on the abdomen and thighs. They're pretty unsightly and a pathetic excuse for QC on such a "premium" figure. So I contacted them about a replacement. They offered me a 600 yen refund, which is ridiculous. And I countered by saying I wanted to exchange it again. And they caved and accepted. But only if I pay shipping to them for the original AND from them for the new replacement.

In any case I don't want the thread to devolve into retailer bitching. But I am very disappointed right now. For a figure meant to be very premium, Hibiki has been a bit disappointing. Shoddy paint apps, looseness in the joints, an abdominal joint frozen in place, etc.

Do we know the release dates for Bravo and Kachidoki yet? Might make shipping easier if I would know when they are in stock.

Exclusives are release the last week of the month. Either the 22nd or 26th.

Thats good to know. So Kachidoki more like middle of the month like Ryugen?

As Kiryu stated, exclusives are always toward the end of the month.

Kachidoki is listed as the 20th.

http://www.tamashii.jp/item_schedule/

Thanks for the pictures! Yeeeeeah.....Kabuto 2.0 makes the other figures look bad lol.


And unfortunate to hear about your Hibiki. Has this become a common problem, because I just got mine today and he's perfectly fine, joints, paint and everything else.

They don't have an actual date for Shadow Chaser yet.

Oh, I use it all of the time if there is anything wrong at all. I didn't pay $50 to have a paint chip on the figure's arm or to have a foot fall apart. Like my Adult Jr MA right now. My replacement should be arriving on Tuesday. Howver, I'm not shipping the defective one back until after I get the replacement so that I can make sure a part that is not defective on this one is not defective on the replacement.

There seem to be some common QC issues like paint flakes and broken hips. I got pretty unlucky with mine though.

But yeah Kabuto 2.0 makes the old Kabuto style figs look like trash :lol I really really hope for a Gattack Renewal. One of my absolute favorite secondary riders.

No, it's an exclusive and those never have specific release dates like retail releases do. Exclusives start shipping during the final week of the month, as mentioned above.

EDIT: For what it's worth, NY lists the web exclusives as coming in on the 20th, though that seems a little early?