Been watching reviews of the SS Black. It's certainly a very beautiful figure in terms of sculpt, and definitely very ambitious in terms of its joint system. But, yeah, the cracking is apparently a very common issue, meaning that if you plan to get it, you'll need to be very, very careful in how you handle it.

Like, I hadn't planned to get it either way, but it does definitely suck for fans of Black, especially since I do feel it is an overall huge upgrade over the 2.0 in terms of sculpt and proportions.

Wonder what the aftermarket is going to look like for Black. Obviously sealed copies will have a markup, but would collectors dump their damaged figures to the second hand shops in droves? Places like amiami sometimes have really generous discounts on damaged pre-owned items

Is the cracking not intentional or controlled? A lot of rubber and soft material is pre-cut to behave as a non-compliant mechanism in mechanical engineering.

Saber's back in stock on AmiAmi btw. Good day to grab some previous SHF releases, I guess!

https://www.amiami.com/eng/detail/?gcode=FIGURE-119499

They need to reissue the aliens while they're at it.

Also make a Dino Tank.

Probably not to the extent that it's happening. It's cracking in ways that heavily detract from the aesthetics and, over time, will wear and tear to the point of just being shreds. On a piece of machinery that's generally an easy enough issue to deal with, relatively speaking, but the way Black is designed it's obvious that replacing the rubber parts is not intended.

Tiga is going to have it even worse... Anyone know Tokullectibles' refund policy?

Well that doesn't help at all. Then again I probably should've phrased that as cancellation policy. Which... found it and it's not exactly inspiring confidence.

Your best bet may be to just sell it as a pre-sale on ebay or fan forums and have it shipped directly from Tokullectibles to the buyer.

That's Taiga and Guts sold out on HLJ too

Plaza Japan has Saber and Blades available https://www.plazajapan.com/4573102610034/
https://www.plazajapan.com/4573102610041/