I have, but I'm not sure how to get it in there or how to take it apart. The hot water trick for me hasn't always gone well for popping tight joints apart.

Apply it to the joint and gently rotate.

He can't really do that easily without popping the arm off first.

Woot, figuarts gaim and baron came in at AE, just waiting for them to calculate shipping and boom off they go.

Cool, that means AmiAmi should be sending me a payment request any time now.

Yess, finally. I think I will ship my May Amiami order by EMS just to have Gaim and Baron sooner as I have been shipping SAL for everything to save money!

Hah. I was right. Ball joint hands on Gaim and Baron.

Can't wait for CSToys to get in stock this week. I know that they will likely sell out fast. It seems like they can't restock on figuarts. They have yet to restock on Kabuto renewal.

After dealing with Kabuto, I'm more than happy to be wrong about this one.

The Kabuto hands really do suck :(

I seem to be the only person who liked the Kabuto hands :lol

Although, its weird how then in turn the Attack on Titan Figma have ball-jointed hands with longer smooth pegs for the hands to fit on. It's exactly what I felt Bandai should be doing.

I hear a lot of good things about Kabuto renewal. The new set of hands seems a lot of easier to use. I always hate how the hands will pop out when you try to open up the figure.

I have no issues myself with the new hands. A lot less stress inducing than say W

Those godamned cuffs of his makes things harder then they should be...

I liked the new hands as well. I actually expected to dislike them based on all the negative opinions I'd read, but once I actually used them for myself I warmed up to them pretty quickly.

Some what un-related in a way... I really hope Cure Heart will be released along side with Gaim and Baron, I don't wanna wait a couple of days or maybe even a week due to one or the other not being released on time.

Not to mention the fact that the damn joint is so tight. I had to mod the holes in the hands I wanted to use because they weren't going in as normal. Hell the figure was really tight out of the box, but his Joker arm is pretty loose now from the whole ordeal of trying to get the hands on.

I put W in the "Now count up your sins" pose, ever since then he hasn't moved out that pose on my shelf.

Same here. I don't have any plans to ever take him out of that pose. It's what I wanted and after all the shit I had to do get him in that pose, he's staying there.

Bluefin just posted on their Facebook page that they will be bringing Akaranger over.

Akaranger sweet! I read Akibaranger at first and wondered why theyd sell those three for $45 apiece :lol

But if they are able to bring the original red over, wonder why this is coming over and not seeing Gaim released stateside.

I don't have an issue with them either. I like the system, I just prefer the articulation of the old style. Both systems feel a bit fragile to me though. But still, better tight hands than loose.

AmiAmi just sent me payment mail. Looks Like figuarts Cure Heart was released on the same day as figuarts Gaim and Baron... SO WOO!! Now I play the waiting game for my figuarts Gaim and Cure Heart... Oh and my Madoka Magica phone case I ordered from AmiAmi as well :lol

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Yes...YES!

I wonder when it will be released over here, if it will also be September? I'd prefer later because Sailor Jupiter also comes out the same month and I don't want to have to choose.

This must be how Akagi feelss.

^Well all the Bluefin releases tend to happen a month after the Japanese get stock.

Akaranger is September? I'd assume Akaranger will be October

I just paid for this month's AmiAmi order, which includes Baron and Gaim. Throw in Lucario and EMS shipping and this was actually my most expensive order from them yet.

I WANT my payment request!

Yup, CDJapan is in the process of shipping my package.


So excited for Gaim, and Baron....probably a little later lol

I totally forgot Tricera Ranger was coming out until he was delivered! Really quick and awkward group shot:

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He's pretty cool. Sadly he does not come wiht an extended Tricera Lance. Only seperate and un-extended combined. Lame.

Yeah buddy, just paid for my Gaim can't wait!

Contemplated going EMS as there is only like a fiver between that and SAL for this order, but then I remembered I did that for my AC Kachidoki which took like a month to arrive. So I thought I'd save my money and go Sal.

I'm surprise Saban was cool with Akaranger. I guess possible Goranger figuarts could be release here too.

Why wouldn't they be cool? Saban doesn't have distribution rights to pre-Zyuranger series or characters. Hence why both Red hawk and Black Condor were already released in the US too.

Don't the extra lances come with Tiger Ranger anyway?

Aaaaand AmiAmi order just paid for. Gaim and Baron, come to daddy.

Nope, Tiger just comes with his Daggers, Ranger Stick, Ranger Slinger and the Howling Cannon bonus part. I think everyone (myself included) assumed the Tricera Lance listed would be extended and that the one we'd seen before were just the two small ones combined.

Bit of a noticeable omission. I know he rarely combined them, but still.

not needing to import Akaranger is awesome. Waiting a month is no big deal

Paid for Sentai and uchihabro77's Gaims and Baron. I'm fine with my ACs. But I get to keep Sentai's bonuses :D

I ended up pulling the arm off after all. Turns out at least the Ryuki mold uses just a basic shaped pin to attach at the bicep swivel. I was worried it would have a small mushroom top gripping it in like I've seen on some disassembled Figuarts.

Thank you, AmiAmi and N-Y. Gaim and Baron are paid for. Now comes the waiting game with HLJ to see if I get the extra Gaim.

I'm stuck with them too since I was zeroed out when everyone else had preorders open.

Strangely Gaim is listed as "low stock".