While those do look like some of the worst sticker hell figures I've seen in Sodo, they really weren't left with many options for the price point given barely any of the details line up with what's already molded on the figure.

Still doesn't look nearly as bad as Cross Saber. Even then, the worst stickers are small, thin, and long stickers with little room for error on curved surfaces. Only time big stickers are really bad are when they're not designed to fit properly (looking at you, Kikai).

Anyways, I'm so happy that Jeanne, Lovekov, and almost all of Jeanne's stuff are in the same wave. All that's missing is the turtle bazooka. That's enough for me to buy the case.

Oh, you're right, I completely forgot about Cross Saber. I had to drop Sodo before then sadly.

https://i.imgur.com/KEWNBxK.jpg
Done with customizing Kamen Rider Demons. Fixing the elbows isn't to hard, though they still have no where near as much range as other figures. This was fun to paint for the most part. There's a lot of details the paint and stickers just didn't pick out.

https://i.imgur.com/ivtonoO.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/Xg2d6ym.jpg

The blue paint fought with me (blasted Gundam Markers), but my red paint was almost an exact match. Picking out all those Lord Zedd like muscles in a nigh perfect paint was delightful.

https://i.imgur.com/gWS0FaC.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/p1ajR3h.jpg

He can use the Burning Falcon wings, though it barely fits. A filler piece like the stand extender from Ex-Aid helps. Hope they do another set of these wings with a new back piece that fits this mold better.

Lastly, a picture next to the figure just stickered to show how much different it is.
https://i.imgur.com/KaXWVd9.jpg

So-Do Shinobi

https://i.imgur.com/btYHenJ.jpg

Had to kitbash on this one since it didn't come with anything. The sword is from Blank Ryuki, weapon holding hand from Gai, plus a leftover cho henshin hand from Kuuga

First reveal of By6: Volcano Revi and Barid Vice

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0201130029.jpg

In this week's blog, SHODO X will give way to a new line

SHODO XX (Double Cross)

Featuring new articulation and pose specific hands, the first wave consists of

Black

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209125233.jpg

Black RX

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209131947.jpg

Kuuga

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209132225.jpg

Rising Mighty Kuuga

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209132257.jpg

Zero-One

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209132343.jpg

Metal Cluster Hopper

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209132507.jpg

And of course a box of accessories

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0209132521.jpg

Order open up Friday, February 18 for a June release

Wow, I'm honestly considering getting Rising Hopper, that pattern is really cool.
I honestly don't see why they can't just raise the price enough to paint the backside and other details consistently though, almost ruins the look given these are supposed to be collector items in contrast to So-do.
But please, just give me the rest of the Ex-Aid Riders and Muteki.

That's a good looking RX.

I honestly don't know what the Kuuga suit is supposed to look like canonically now.

Regarding the paint application, the SHODO series has always been so close yet so far for me. They are painted well but they don't go all the way, so why bother. Especially in Heisei suits, there is just too much detail that gets left out.

Is it worth it to double dip on both shodo and sodo?