I'm not sure honestly and don't know which came out first at the time because I wasn't aware of either brand at the time and I'm fully aware not every Ryuki Rider figuart had their contract beast included or even released.

My connection to Ryuki and buying that figuart when I came upon it was because of just having seen Kamen Rider Dragon Knight at the time and also my first experience of seeing a figuart in person.

In online forums in the early 2010's I use to always see people post pics of Decade figuarts but I didn't know that was what the line was called or would forget

Figma's KRDK releases were nice once I had found out about them too but seeing figuarts include everything I had seen Ryuki have or use accessories wise had my attention more

I still own the Ryuki, Knight, Odin, Zolda, Femme, and Survive figuarts as well as the survive versions of Dragranzer and Darkwing and find it to let them go because despite their age starting to show they were and still are some well designed and thought out releases

I am perfectly fine buying a renewal Dragranzer as a seperate release if it means we still get the accessories like the 1.0 had because they're kind of essential imo and me personally would like to the Riders I listed above in addition to Ryuga and Ouija get the seihou treatment.

Glad to hear you like this one!

I really enjoy it as is, truly, I have no regrets. But I have seen some customs over the last week, people making a fitting coat, soft goods muffler and actual hair (!) for this figure and the outcome is insane. As if someone took a shrink-ray to the real thing.

Makes me kind of glad it isn't this realistic, I kind of prefer it with a bit more - I don't know, toy-look? :lol

Looks really good!

I will wait on a reissue of the Figuarts though; I've become quite attached to Alien Baltan and don't want to settle for anything but the SHF now. I'm patient, I will get it eventually.

Correct, sht_raito made an amazing mod to Shin:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsJGQy8a...name=4096x4096

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsG6KUMa...name=4096x4096

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsPGAEfa...name=4096x4096

I'm actually waiting to see when a new soft goods coat and scarf become readily available from a 3rd party because as much as I really like Shin KR, his coat just doesn't feel right. It looks a bit too oversized, so it comes off like a kid wearing adult clothing to me.

That and the scarf is totally needed for more kinetic posing.

Yeah, that's the one!

The soft goods are really good, but the hair is the extra touch that makes it almost creepy :lol

All this time I have wanted a seihou of Kaoru Ichijo with real human hair, but this custom figure has convinced me it would be creepy.

AO Studio is making a better jacket and a wired muffler for SHF Shin KR if anyone is interested.

https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/28...g?v=1680198315

https://www.tokunation.com/forums/at...1&d=1680302454

I got my Shin Kamen Rider in, and I put that faux leather jacket from the Mezco Crow figure on him. He looks pretty cool. I know it?s not screen accurate, but it looks better than the included jacket, imo.

I think the insurmountable problem for the included jacket are the gigantic cuff holes on the jacket at the end of the sleeve. If the cuff holes were more narrow, it would not look like he was wearing his dad?s jacket.

The sloped shoulders on the figure and the big torso kind of remind me of Mike Mignola?s art.

Not sure if any of you saw my post in the March recent purchases, but I ended up grabbing Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Ultraman, and Shin Gojira while in Japan. In fact, Kamen Rider and the new Shin Gojira released the day I went to Akihabara, I think, so I saw them everywhere. It made it hard to resist :lol

Oh yeah, that looks a lot better. Wearing his dad's jacket is a good way to put it :lol Part of me wants to take it in a bit, but I don't want to ruin it, y'know?