so I got tired of camera phone crap and got a cheap DSLR, canon Rebel t6i to mess around with

pulled out my Tamashii Ring Stage (white)

had some fun with my Drive Figuarts

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So my local store which is directly connected to Tamashii Nations put their pre-orders for Kiva at MYR 460, which converted to USD is about $110. Granted, this is because the item is delivered directly through the store so buyers doesn't need to pay for shipping costs. Also, the products arrives 2 months after release.

And I checked on HLJ, Kiva costs MYR 275 which is about $65, not including shipping.

At this rate, I may not gonna get him at all (since I prefer paying with cash and very rarely debit).

Here's a reference: http://ittoysline.com/en/manufacture...er-kiva-p-2727

My Shinkocchou Seihou Wizard showed up today, and I'm so relieved! My biggest concern was that the Wizard Rings would have the same problem as the Gaia Memories from W: prone to falling out. The fit for both the hands and the ring-holder is nice and snug; I'm not at all concerned about losing them.

If there's a concern there, it's just that you need to use more than a little force to get a ring into place; I hope the pegs aren't prone to breakage. Since they're amazingly tiny, it's a little bit of a challenge to get the ring to face in the right direction on the first try. I hope I don't accidentally rub paint off the things. Neither has happened, so perhaps my worried aren't justified.

The robe is better than I hoped. It takes some careful fiddling to get it to look just so, but once you do so, the effect is worth it. The only thing that doesn't work super-well about it is obtaining a pose in which the robe's front hangs straight down. You can kinda-sorta fake it, but poses involving motion look terrific, whereas static poses just look okay (or, compared to the original Figuarts Wizard, phenomenal.)

I'm seriously impressed by this thing. Not only does the hand on the WizarDriver rotate, the switches also slide up and down so you can correctly reproduce how the Driver looks in each position. It's a tiny detail, and they took the time to perfect it.

The wildest unexpected feature? Your Wizard Effects Set isn't rendered completely obsolete. The hands of the new Wizard fit the sword and gun from that set, meaning the flame-bullet, water-slash, and "connect, please" effects are all still totally relevant. (I didn't think to check the fit of the Kick Strike part; I expect that's less likely to still be compatible.)

I thought W was the epitome of Shinkocchou Seihou design, then decided it was Decade. Now, I'm feeling it's pretty clearly Wizard. Bring on Kiva...!

Is there anywhere to get Shinkocchou Seihou Fang Joker without paying so high prices for it? Its still sold out most sites that I visit or people are selling it for scalping prices.

Lowest I've seen him go lately is 5000.

https://order.mandarake.co.jp/order/...12399&ref=list

Just a reminder: Ultraman Belial goes up for pre-order tomorrow, December 3rd in Japan.

Be prepared for a rough ride though. There's Mazinger, Macross, Cowboy Bebop, Marvel and Dragonball figures in this drop. AmiAmi's servers might actually melt.

Good thing though: Out of all these items Belial should be the easiest to get. Hate to admit it but it's true.

RIP AmiAmi :lol

Got Belial in the cart - now I'm stuck.

Edit 1: Unable to login - yup.

Edit 2: Japanese HTML errors look interesting.

Edit 3: While I wait I want to thank the great Ultraman in the sky that Belial is the least desired item today. At least he isn't on Order Stop yet.

Edit 4: Got through, 3 Belials the in the cart. One more time from the start, share your energy with me everyone.

Edit 5: I made it. Took 24 minutes and countless errors. This has been "Shopping with AmiAmi" folks, tune in next month for the next part.

I'm more likely to pick up a second-hand effect set once I saw that a lot of the parts can still work with SS Wizard. If anything, they complete his package even more. I'm honestly hoping the same can be said once they decide to hit Fourze in some way. It depends really.

I was trying to go for Broly, Gogeta and Captain Marvel but got errors at the order confirmation. Interestingly though as I refreshed my cart, quantities changed from 1 to 3 and back and the Macross and Mazinger items would be added and removed without me doing anything. lol. Was a wild ride. Didn't end up getting any of the ones I wanted from AmiAmi though.

I'm so sorry, that's awful.

AmiAmi and their crappy ass servers. But at least they added a "Warning"-message this time! "Hey, our website will break today, just so you know" :rolleyes