It's the hands for me, that gimmick is so cool, and it will work perfectly in action figure form.

Also the martial arts theme of the show rules. The first half of Super-1 in general rocks. Second half is generic dung but at least the villains are kinda cool.

It's probably going to be the same as Fourze's accessories when it comes out.

It's not just the folded up Arms, though- the chest part is different to replicate the Generic Ridewear. On the current SKCs, Gaim and Baron both have smooth chest plates under the Arms, this is more in line with the way the Arms Change figures were with the full undersuits.

https://i.imgur.com/NcR71X4.jpg

I don't disagree that it's unneeded, but more than that I'm just very, very tired of these piecemeal releases... Much like the Transformers Legacy Armada toys, more than anything it just makes me strongly consider going back and getting the originals.

I'll be honest, as much as I love Kachidoki, I will probably skip Kachidoki and go straight to Kiwami if the floppiness of Orange Arms is any indication.

And you weren't here when it all went down so I need you to understand I went full gorilla-grade bonkers when both of those forms debuted.

Were I in a more charitable mood I'd say I'm getting two sets so I could have a Mango Zangetsu and Baron and someone could take the spare Kiwi.

It was the one Showa Rider SHF I had for the longest time, and it was still really neat even as the line progressed through Drive into modernity. I'll have to work the show into my weekly watch parties sometime.

Pretty much my thoughts, Godoka willing.

I am 100% okay with accessory sets so long as they don't cost as much as a full damn figure (SKC Pine and Ichigo Arms, I glare unto thee)- unless they come with a bunch of stuff to actually make it feel like the price point is justified.

Hold on I didn’t notice this. Now that’s a way how they could release these – as blank forms for you to put your extra armors on.

That could happen.

I think some of the labels at the event were a little misleading? (At least I hope they were...). For instance Mango and Kiwi Arms for Baron and Ryugen were listed as if they were dedicated releases. You'd assume they'd just package them up as an Arms Set like Pine and Ichigo when it comes to actual release? So hoping the same stands true for things like the Punchin and Kickin Gummy assists. Totally agree the piecemeal nature of things is very off-putting, but hopefully they at least have the sense to merge smaller option parts into a single product.

I was clearly in the minority here as my Gaim came solid and feeling good, but I'd be fuming if I'd gone for the premium line of an already premium line and got shafted with QC. I would love the Gaim Options Parts set for a metallic mechanical orange (and screen-accurate Ride Wear), but willing to accept that could be outright derangement on my part.

Yeah that's weird AF. The Gavv stuff has title cards on the gummy stuff that suggest it’s an entirely new figure, like you have to buy 2x more Gavv' or something and then there is that one card that just reads "Gavvblade and Gochispeeder" and I'm sitting here like - you're selling the sword by itself? Like, what?

That is assuming it will get released and not shafted. This year, more so then ever, I really felt like they were throwing stuff out there fully knowing they have no market for it.

"Display Only", fuck that shit man.

Lucky.

Can confirm, was fuming.

... Oh now I really hate the brilliance of this.

QC-wise there's nothing wrong with mine, it's just that the engineering causes its primary selling point to be a loose-fitting floppy mess that I know Bandai is capable of better than because I've handled their now-pushing 15-years-old Armor Plus figures, which for all their many flaws, had an incredibly solid armor-up gimmick.

So of the three shf exclusives from Tamashii Nations 2024 (Blazar Armor, Faiz Accel, Geats Boost Mk3), does anyone have a favorite?

I guess mine might be the new Blazar form, which probably should have just been a general release.

I’m hoping Hobby Genki puts them up for preorder soon. I missed out on ordering them from other places.

I saw Faiz and Accel pop up on Manda for all of 20 seconds before selling out.

You don't want to know how much.

I remember the first appearance color seihou of Ichigo was going for crazy money on Mandarake for months after the event it debuted at, but then the price calmed down to around 8k yen.

Hopefully Faiz is the same.