Yeah, and like I said it's not an easy one to replicate... but I really don't think SHF have got it down here. In that new picture it looks very awkward.

I'm surprisingly okay with having the swords non-silver. I mean, yeah it sucks because people are paying premium price for Espada and everything but my biggest gripe with Saber's grey plastic sword was that it would look out of place with Blades' and Espada's silver-painted swords.

But if all swords are gonna be grey I'm surprisingly indifferent.

Don't see the issue with Blades' eyes. They look fine.

Same with the swords. If Saber's can't be painted then I want the others to be consistent.

You want your 70$ Premium Bandai figures to be worse than initially promised??

I paid 100$ for Dragonic...

https://i.imgur.com/iEFK5oA.jpeg

Would I rather have it painted? Of course.

But if it means literally any rider using the base Saber suit and sword design will have a painted sword while Saber doesn't, I'd rather take consistency and just have them all be cast in silver instead.

This is why I plan to buy secondhand after waiting for like 5 years.

Do you think any of the Saber figures will skyrocket in the aftermarket like Horobi and Valkyrie? I honestly feel like this wave will go down like Zi-O: Every figure is pretty available and won't break the bank. Probably won't even have to wait that long, unless Espada or Calibur have like, amazing arcs in the remainder of the series that shoots up their popularity.

Considering Saber is already 3300 Yen on Mandarake, yeah, this is looking like a cheap-on-the-aftermarket line.

I'm expecting at least one of the Calibur forms, Slash (considering he's a lot of people's favorites), and one of the super forms of Saber to stay a bit higher on the aftermarket price or its base price, but certainly not as egregious as, say, Horobi or Cross-Z.

The rest are going to be super easy to find later on. Especially the retail ones, Espada, Buster, Kenzan, Dragonic, King Lion, when they all get their SHFs.

Wish I had the luxury of just waiting it out for them, but I'd really just be paying the same price to import them here regardless of the aftermarket.

edit: also cuz I have 0 patience