Bandai's been integrating that into a few of the new Robot Spirits releases and it's a neat little trick. I'm interested to see how Max Factory pulls it off with Samus, considering she lacks the bulk that Mobile Suits do.

Eeesh.

https://i.imgur.com/XhGl6Zk.png

Yeah and it's some sort of dumb limited release meaning not every shop has it and those who do don't grant a pre-order discount.

Don't care for most of the accessories and at this price point it should be perfect, but it isn't, the hands really need black paint on the fingers.

I kind of want to pass on this now :(

The price I was prepared for since most Figmas seem to go for that these days, but I wasn't expecting the release date to be October 2023! Geats'll be over by then! We'll be getting leaks for the 48th Sentai! Is this normal for Good Smile?

Sometimes. I pre-ordered Doom Slayer in July 2021; he had a July 2022 release date at the time but was delayed to October 2022.

So yeah, it happens, and also, don't count on this actually being released in October 2023. Every figma I pre-ordered in the last 2 years was delayed at least once.

Very normal for Good Smile. Their bread and butter is the Nendoroid line and now the Pop Up Parade figures are doing very well. This leaves Figma and their model kits as premium items that take much longer.

Also Good Smile works almost exclusively with licensed goods so often the process takes a while because of the licensee.

That's a bit of a shame, but when the figure looks this good I'm very willing to wait a bit

They've been building in (or trying) delays and extended development time since the start of the pandemic so the wait time's gotten a bit longer. Which would be fine if not for most places not allowing you to cancel, and the fact that it means that figures are likely to release long, long after a thing's time in the limelight has come and gone.

All this being said, yeah I'm kinda getting cold feet on Sammy right now even if this is about what I expected. Shin's announcement the other night and the likelihood that Shuu is out the following month, on top of my self-imposed restrictions for next year means that I'll probably skip out on her.

Wait, Shin? You don't mean Shin Kamen Rider, right?

If I, specifically, am mentioning "Shin" and not including the words "Kamen Rider", "Ultraman", "Godzilla", or any other title or character to whom the adjective has been appended, rest assured I'm referring to Suiko no Shin, the Samurai Trooper (see avatar).