Yeah I'm glad I preordered a bunch of stuff before hand, I would have been gutted if I lost out on Ghidorah, Vegeta and the Complete selection digivice.

Wasn't so bothered about Mach Deadheat but kinda glad I didn't have to in the end, same for Stronger's bike and Knuckle.

Finally paid N-Y now that I had time to unwind after events this weekend. Still hoping to find an alternative in the future, but was definitely going to keep all of the orders I already had opened.

The single mass release and 2-pack are different versions of the suit. Both are accurate.

I got the same answer, I asked them to cancel Knuckle and Vegeta. In all this commotion I realized how less I care about these items in a time were I really have to watch my finances closer, and I wanted to step down from Web-Exclusives anyways and cut down expensive orders to a minimum.

I still want Omnimon so I see that I pay this one as fast as I can, but I still hope Premium Bandai comes around with this, it hurts NY even more than it does us as collectors.

No, I mean the old Nigou web exclusive. The only Nigou released up to this point as a mass release was the New version. The one in the two pack is distinct from both, but a different version of the former.

The silver at least looks a bit inaccurate to the suit (at least, I think. I was watching the suit in action up til yesterday so I am pretty sure I think), but getting the color right on the old suits is kind of an ordeal in any case, I imagine. It looks good either way, so it doesn't matter much, but yeah...

I know that, but again I'm pretty sure they're just different versions of the same suit. Considering how much they alternated them slightly in the early years (for example, everyone talks about Rider-2 having a black helmet in Megamax but in V3 Rider-1 is the one with the darker helmet) it's probably just another variation that turned up at some point. Bandai might make goofs here and there in regards to accuracy, but I doubt they'd just put out an inaccurate version just because they've already made one first appearance version.

I paid for knuckle because gaim ftw. And canceled vegeta since he's getting a US release. The same goes for Omnimon if bluefin mentions its.

I love Gaim, but my cabinet is full already :D

There's only one more spot, and it's reserved for our Banana Overlord and Master.

With the whole Bandai payment change affecting Nippon Yasan, does anyone order from BiginJapan and have you received any notices or cancellations from them?

Alternative Zero is such a damn fine figure. The suit design is amazing, of course--although I love the simplicity and modular nature of the Ryuki Riders' designs, the ultra detailed Alternative is different and alien feeling enough from them in all the right ways. And I love the fact that even though it's a "fake" Rider, it in fact looks the most like a Kamen Rider out of all of them. The figuarts captures the design perfectly. Everything looks as it should, the paint apps are spot on. Just. Such a great looking figure for such a great design.

It moves so well too. Fantastic articulation, poses extremely well. Comes with everything he needs to. Just such an incredibly solid figure. The only thing that makes me a little sad is indeed the lack of diecast feet, but it hardly registers as a complaint.

I was already planning on getting an Alternative, for a few reasons, but with Zero being such a fantastic figure it just makes me want it even more, and as soon as possible. Just wish a Psychorogue existed to go with them, but oh well. I'm going to keep hoping that Bandai wasn't done with Ryuki once Femme was released and the contract monsters will someday see the light of day, but I'm not holding my breath.


Aaaaanyway. A week ago I was a bit late to snatch up a Pine Gaim/Mango Baron set off Mandarake for 6k yen, but I ordered one again yesterday and this time I got it! Pretty damn happy about that, especially since I started watching Gaim yesterday and I actually have reason to want these guys now. Fight of Hammer will be miiiiine. (should probably get a knight of spear sometime too tho)

On the negative side, I also now have reason to want a lot of figures that up til now I had been able to ignore since I hadn't watched it. Oh how Bravo calls to me. This rabbit hole seems to only get deeper...