That's just what 3rd party stuff is overall.

It's unlicensed original products. It's only become more of a common thing ever since it started really making waves in the Transformers community way back. Usually official sources won't bother with shutting that kind of stuff down cause it's just not worth the potential finance troubles, especially if they're not circulating anywhere near as much as their official stuff to the point of actually impacting sales. Like plenty of rider fans will own SS Black. A much, much smaller group will be owning a 3rd party Minami Kotaro.

It's when a 3rd party starts making 1-to-1 reproductions of official merchandise that can lead to said group getting in trouble. There's a 3rd party group that what is essentially a KO SS W and now an SS Eternal. The W's gotten fairly good word, so I personally ordered an Eternal because getting an official one's such a bank-breaker now. But if things circulate further from there, I don't expect them to last without Bandai or Toei coming after them.

I've handled that KO SS of W and even for the lower price it doesn't come close to the Bandai figure in any regard. However, with how rare Eternal is, a KO makes a bit more sense.

Like I always say, the KO industry has a way of getting original creators to reprint their stuff to combat the demand. So I wouldn't be surprised if we saw an Eternal re-issue.

Where did you order the ko eternal from? Looking to get one but no one has listed it.

Mebius looks really good. Love that they're adding a beam with him this time around.

Also, I got my SH Figuarts Zenkaizer today, and I'm very happy with how he turned out. This makes my second owned Figuarts figure (the first was Ultraman Animation Bemular).

Got one from here:
https://gundamit.com/datong-model-ka...are_p1897.html

There are multiple KOs of W out there. Did you get the one in the Masked Superman box? Or a box that looked like the official release? The MS box is the third party maker that is making the Eternal shown here-
https://youtu.be/PJ5LMU7p6SQ

Yeah I got the Masked Superman box. Came with a weird effect part clearly from the old SIC W figure. Is that one supposed to be better or worse than the one going for complete reproduction?

Typically better than the ones that mimic the actual boxes. I?ve seen those ones snap right of the package cause they apply the paint onto the joints. Like there was a video someone did a few weeks ago on a Heat Metal and Cyclone Joker in a Futo PI box, HM had the antenna bent and the right leg broken out of the box, CJ had BOTH legs broken

So far my masked Superman W only had his head look a bit off, and the obvious wrong deco on the memories, but his articulation felt similar to the real Seihou

Y'know considering that the form change gimmick in the Geats line seems to be exclusive to Geats himself since none of the other releases come with the necessary pieces to work with the other riders (I think the only combination that could possibly work is Buffa Zombie Boost and even then it's gonna depend on how the side cape thing is attached), I kinda wonder how Nago is gonna work. I get the feeling that she's going to end up being a more expensive "deluxe" set since it would need to come with a spare male Beat torso + other parts if they wanna keep the form change gimmick going with all releases.

I think they're just not gonna give her a unique mold like SO-DO, which would be cool