Do you have Sakurajima version? If not, how much do you regret not having it? Would you still like this one if it was not insanely expensive? That might be a good way to approach thinking about this one.

Mandarake usually has it for 20k-24k yen. Might be a cheaper option for you.

My two cents are that the figure is beautiful and looks really great on the shelf with the other Showa Riders. But also if you are satisfied with another Rider 1 SHF, then this might not be necessary.

It's my favourite figure I own, but I could only recommend it if you love Original Colours #1 as much as I do or if you have that much disposable income

He doesn't. You can tell due to Gokai Red having the traditional diaphragm joint.

Considering said gaps are where the upper arms would be and are most likely on ball joints, it's more than likely just easy to move around to cover it up a bit more.

Also I just remembered that technically the weakness of the yen would put Gokai Red in the $70s, so it's not as bad for us as I assumed. US-wise at least.

Faiz details are up!
https://tamashiiweb.com/item/14303/

And it includes confirmation it will get a US release. It's been standard for the most part (barring the rereleases of Ichigo, Kuuga, Decade and Wizard) but it's nice to know in advance.

Even more pictures for Faiz! They go into detail about the improvements made this time around. The abdomen is made of soft material again... can only hope it's not as bad as Tiga or Black

https://tamashiiweb.com/tn_blog/78/

Ugh after Tiga I thought they would stop using soft plastic as major parts but as long as it's not a part that bends a whole lot.

Soft plastic is not the issue I'd say, they use that kind of plastic on many things today. Like Jeanne's ponytail piece, Vice's tail or the body on Seihou OG Ultraman. This stuff is fine, feels pretty nice in-hand too. Just the right amount of give and flex. Especially on Ultraman it adds a lot to the feel IMO, don't know how to describe it properly, it feels more like a real suit in my hand and not a hard plastic figure.

Tiga and Black used rubber IIRC, that's a whole different story.

Speaking of the rubber (and other issues) with Tiga and Black, I gather that they actually acknowledged the problem, and did things differently with Tiga power type. Any chance they'd consider re-doing multi type?
That's the form I want the most, and suspect most people would want, but have skipped over it due to all the problems reported.
There's supposed to be sky type coming, right? Maybe they could leverage that to take another crack at multi?