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Infinitevirtue 12-26-2020 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Kurona (Post 785375)
I imagine that compounding that is the price increase -- years ago SHFs didn't cost that much; they were most commonly around the price of... well, the lower pricetag that main riders get these days. But as the line increased in quality the prices increased with it -- and that's why you see a lot less accessories, a lot less forms being released, a lot more things being Premium Bandai.

Like, for example; back in 2014, SHF TriceraRanger was 3780 Yen. 3780 Yen. And he was Premium Bandai. That's about half the price most SHF Riders on the site go for these days and he's got way more accessories; so if full teams of SHF Sentai were having a tough time selling back then, can you imagine how badly it'd go today when SHF prices are such that they'd at least be breaking 5000?
Part of me still can't believe how much more I am paying for SHF's nowadays. I first started back in like 2012 getting some Shinkenger and Gokaiger ones that were on sale from HLJ for like 1000-2000 yen (which translated to about $20-30CAD) and now I've come deep enough into the rabbit hole to accept that it's the norm to be paying $100+CAD for a regular or Premium Bandai SHF (though now I am mainly focused on MCU stuff which seems to be on the pricier side). lol. Obviously prices have gone up in the past decade but it's still something I think about every now and then. Haha.

Kurona 12-26-2020 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Infinitevirtue (Post 785389)
Part of me still can't believe how much more I am paying for SHF's nowadays. I first started back in like 2012 getting some Shinkenger and Gokaiger ones that were on sale from HLJ for like 1000-2000 yen (which translated to about $20-30CAD) and now I've come deep enough into the rabbit hole to accept that it's the norm to be paying $100+CAD for a regular or Premium Bandai SHF (though now I am mainly focused on MCU stuff which seems to be on the pricier side). lol. Obviously prices have gone up in the past decade but it's still something I think about every now and then. Haha.
Yeah, inflation is definitely part of it, but... wow. I do appreciate how much better SHFs are these days, but I've said this before -- I would definitely take like Fourze or Akaranger level SHFs if it meant having their low prices, their wider availability and their large array of accessories. Getting some of the older SHFs has been a treat just for how easy it is and how much they come packed with!

MrWilliamGraham 12-26-2020 09:32 PM
TBH, with Lightning Collection being a thing now it makes up for the loss of Sentai SHF, at least for the shows I really like. Sure, I probably won't get a decent 6 inch Patren#1 but I'll probably get a decent Ryusoul Red; and the TimeForce Red is a pretty great release.

On the topic of the state of Sentai target audience, I haven't really seen many Japanese Youtubers make videos on sentai items. At least the one's I see put much more focus on DX, SG, Gashapon for Rider and Ultra in addition to the usual figure reviews.

Shin Henshin 12-27-2020 12:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Infinitevirtue (Post 785389)
Part of me still can't believe how much more I am paying for SHF's nowadays. I first started back in like 2012 getting some Shinkenger and Gokaiger ones that were on sale from HLJ for like 1000-2000 yen (which translated to about $20-30CAD) and now I've come deep enough into the rabbit hole to accept that it's the norm to be paying $100+CAD for a regular or Premium Bandai SHF (though now I am mainly focused on MCU stuff which seems to be on the pricier side). lol. Obviously prices have gone up in the past decade but it's still something I think about every now and then. Haha.
I still remember when I bought Figuarts Ryuuki and Knight on release week for about $50 a piece. If those sets came out now, they'd easily go for $100+ on-release. Inflation's a hell of a beast.

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamGraham (Post 785406)
TBH, with Lightning Collection being a thing now it makes up for the loss of Sentai SHF, at least for the shows I really like. Sure, I probably won't get a decent 6 inch Patren#1 but I'll probably get a decent Ryusoul Red; and the TimeForce Red is a pretty great release.
Lightning Collection's one of those things where it has good and bad sides when it comes to filling the Figuarts void. One one hand, the articulation is very good, the character choices fill gaps, etc. On the other, lack of paint in a lot of cases can be distracting, lack of certain accessories can be very noticeable, some teams having members swapping genders on-adaptation means if you're Sentai-only you'll have male Sentai members represented on female molds, etc.

Kurona 12-27-2020 12:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin (Post 785423)
Lightning Collection's one of those things where it has good and bad sides when it comes to filling the Figuarts void. One one hand, the articulation is very good, the character choices fill gaps, etc. On the other, lack of paint in a lot of cases can be distracting, lack of certain accessories can be very noticeable, some teams having members swapping genders on-adaptation means if you're Sentai-only you'll have male Sentai members represented on female molds, etc.
There's also a lack of hands, too -- they only have two pairs including the one that's attached out of the box, and they mostly prioritise 'action' poses so fists, chops, weapon holding hands. Outside of Abarekiller and Timered this means there's very few good options for expression

Deathryuger321 12-27-2020 01:12 AM
The lack of signature pose hands in favor of generic chopping or punching hands is a huge detriment for the LC.

They seem to base hands off the awful American promo shots where everyone is doing generic "karate" poses, instead of signature poses from the show. With exceptions of course like AbareKiller and Beet Buster.

Shin Henshin 12-27-2020 09:42 AM
I'm still amazed Beast Morpher Gold came with the Magi-Magi hand. That honestly felt like something a Figuarts Beet Buster would have come with if it ever happened.

TheRaizin 12-29-2020 03:20 AM
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To anyone still looking for a SHF of Shining Assault, I just got an alert for it for 5,500 yen. Though, someone got to it first. So, he's kinda lowering in price slowly, which I somewhat expected.

DreamSword 12-31-2020 09:27 AM
Anyone know of a really good Toku figure customizer who takes commissions? I'm seriously considering commissioning someone to do an SHF Custom of Guan Yu from Legend Heroes right now.

TheRaizin 12-31-2020 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by DreamSword (Post 785658)
Anyone know of a really good Toku figure customizer who takes commissions? I'm seriously considering commissioning someone to do an SHF Custom of Guan Yu from Legend Heroes right now.
Isn't there a figure of Guan Yu?

I don't know much of anyone who does figure commissions since those are pretty rare. But, I did some digging around Twitter and you could probably hit up @XavierCal_Store or @KingRangerProps, since it seems like they do custom commissions.

I'd take alert that commissioning figures might get real pricy.


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