If by "gimmickry" you mean stuff like, say, Tire Change for Drive, then many SHF's' forgo stuff like that in favor of better sculpt and paintwork.

Didn't the Drive Figuarts have Tire Change, though?

Yep it did.

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Also I have never heard of this event but we're getting Kamen Rider and Ultraman Figuarts reveals there.

https://twitter.com/HiuJoek/status/1...367719588?s=20

Kind of a poor choice of example since the Drive SHFs did have some form of tire change implemented in them.

Not to mention we literally have the Geats stuff right now, which are built around the buckle/power-swapping gimmick. And that's not also mentioning things like SHF Fourze and his Astro Switch parts, Geiz Revive and Woz Ginga Finale, SS OOO and the mix-and-match combo gimmick, SS Den-O's form-swap ability, etc.

SHFs are getting better at putting gimmicks where they're able without compromising sculpt, paint or articulation.

I was more giving an example if a gimmick in and of itself rather than of a figure. But I can see where the confusion lies. My bad.

Tend to =/= always. Just because some do keep the gimmics, doesn't mean it isn't still the case that most forgo them and/or require purchasing extra accessory packs. We're also talking basic SHFs here as far as I can tell, not Seihou.

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SHF Upgrade giving us the most vital Faiz accessory.

https://tokullectibles.com/cdn/shop/...g?v=1696341422

That and seeing them do the Faiz edge too because I wasn't certain if they would or not.

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