I finally got my own Kamen Rider Ghost today. I'm... sort of in the middle of the various opinions on him. The ankle articulation is really bothering me; I'll re-read the comments here in case I'm missing something, but I'm finding that just getting his feet properly tilted for his side-of-the-box pose (with the legs very close together) is much more of a problem than I'd ever have suspected. Yurusen is a great accessory, as are the swappable hoods. I wish there'd been a hand designed for holding Eyecons; the SHF designers too often miss that crucial detail. After the fiasco with Drive's Handle Ken, I'm glad we got Ghost's saber, even though I don't care for its design.

MAN, I hate this style of hips.

Still, I think there's more right with this figure than there is wrong, and I'm glad I picked it up.

Well, since he doesn't come with any Eyecons, I can see why they didn't include that.

The more I play with this figure though, the more I realize the thing that bothers me the most is the fact that he doesn't come with the proper hands needed for his signature poses. He seriously needs hands with the "two fingers up" shinto hand sign thing he does constantly, maybe a wide open palm hand for the same reason, and of course the final triangle shinto hand formation he does before his rider kick (the one that comes with MUSASHI, but not Ore. What the actual hell?)

This is some original Agito level shenanigans with the hand distribution, here. I'm tired of SHF not giving us hands that should be standard for certain characters. It's like if they hadn't included a thumbs up with Kuuga, Meteor, or Sword Form. It's like if Hibiki didn't come with his salute or W didn't come with his "count up your sins" pointing hand.

I just got around to opening my Ghost and was wondering if anyone else's rattles ?

Nothing is loose on him but it sounds like a small ball bearing is in his chest area .

There're little rings inside his torso that go around and kind of help cover the shoulder joints. They're sorta loose and shake around a bit, yeah.

I hope it's that and not like some orphan tooth in it .

Thanks !

*His right arm just slid apart completely but after putting him back together he doesn't rattle as much now .

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The head 100% moves, It swivels side to side.
If yours doesn't heat it up a little with with hot water or a hair dryer and try moving it.
Just be gentle at first since the head and the peg are all made out of the same softer plastic type.

Tiny bits of force until it lets itself go and you should be good to go.
Mine was stuck at first until I did the good old heat trick

I think the only thing bad I can say about ghost himself is the suit. Specifically the way it is makes the toy itself feel annoying to move and manipulate.

The whole waist/torso area being covered by the jacket and what is not being covered by that huge driver and belt....it just makes getting things in the places you want them more work than your typical shf in that area.

I was suprised to see so many complaints around regarding the shoulders, but it made more sense to me when I realized their movement is not covered in the instructions. I could totally see how some are missing their intended functionality

Quick question, when does the civil war antman fig start shipping?

Also, Im reading a lot of comments about a change in plastic quality for most of ghost's joints. Is it huge difference in quality or just something minor? Ive got specter in the wings so I was curious about the new mold.

End of July, and if you have future questions about non-toku SHF's, we have a separate topic for those: http://www.tokunation.com/showthread...10057&page=433 :)

"This order is currently being double checked before final packing."

Been a couple days that it's said that. Come on HLJ, I haven't had a new Rider figuart since I got Hibiki I think.

..also still really sad that Necrom, who I still haven't gotten to the first appearance of in the show, is going to be exclusive :( I love that suit design.

Also realized I probably need to pick up a tamashii stage for Ghost, though where I have my riders displayed I'm not positive that he'd actually fit in a floating pose there or not.

Huh, never saw that one that before. But I usually don’t check the status since they just send the stuff out the next day, never had problems with that. Hope you get your stuff!

Yeah, that's the only Ghost design I really like but I'm not paying the Web-Exclusive price for it. As time goes on I think they might want to have room for the new Rider 1 Figuart and the Amazons which will most likely land in stores so Necrom was changed to a Web-Exclusive. But then again, Gold Drive just casually gets released in September… guess they don’t know if Ghost is popular enough to release some more figures in stores.

In case none of your local retailers have them in stock, Japan gets a restock in August I think. Either July or August. I need some too so I will throw a few of them into my order of Kamen Rider Black & Shadow Moon.