Originally Posted by Fredbob392 (Post 800878)

Because what everyone really wants instead of Primative/Elemental Dragon or Sabela and Durandal is a kitbash movie Rider from Zero-One and whatever the hell was going on in Zi-O vs Decade!

Originally Posted by kamen rider Q (Post 800855)

Also am I the only one who would pay extra to have the backs of So-do and Shodo have paint and stickers?

Originally Posted by ShiShiLeo (Post 800860)

I've thought about this a lot. How much are you actually willing to pay? Because while candy toy figures are really nice for the price-point, I think they are cutting profits pretty close and fully painting them would put their cost close enough to a full fledged figure, or definitely out of impulse territory.

But hey I actually think it might happen. The Minipla line started out very barebones and now they are some of the best representations of their figures available anywhere --- but this definitely comes at a cost; the rebranded Shokugan Modeling Project "candy toys" are nearly $100 for each kit.

SO-DO figures have been improving a lot every year in paint apps and articulation and I could see the SO-DO Chronicle line doing more to cover the backs. In fact, SO-DO Gaim was surprisingly covered. My dream upgrade would actually be compound eyes, but that would definitely never happen.

Originally Posted by Fredbob392 (Post 800929)

All my Zero-One So-Do is stored away, so I can't check right now, but I feel like in Zero-One the backs had more paint than the do in Saber. Now we don't even get stickers for the full belt loop to the back like we used to. Seems to be an unfortunate cost of the front of the figures having drastically more paint than in Zero-One. (Unless if I'm totally misremembering and Zero-One was just as bad, in which case the increase in paint is just another part of G-San's ongoing war against Bandai's budget regulations)

Originally Posted by gashatfreak (Post 800930)

I don't own any SO-DO but I really like painting so I wouldn't mind if the back's not painted.

Of course that's probably just me.