Not my image:

http://i.imgur.com/cKpsR9x.jpg

Original release is the one on the left.

What do the 'stages' mean on the Tamashii website. The ones above the drivers?

Of the reissues I'll probably look into getting Decade, I already have the rest. Decade and Faiz are the only KR series that have Figuarts that I don't have some version of yet.

Have Beast on pre-order at AmiAmi and I'm sure I'll have picked up Flame Dragon on Mandarake long before the US release. Although at the rate that Flame style ISN'T appearing on Mandarake, maybe that's not true. If the US release of that hits soon I may end up getting it locally rather than cheaply.

When did Kabuto get rare? I bought mine on Amazon for like $25-$30 shipped, in the last 6 months at the most.

I honestly don't see a difference between the two other than one's green is a little bit brighter.

Well, for a start the face is a completely different shape (look at the silver around the mouth area). Other than that, the eyes are further apart on the original, the little yellow bit is smaller and the weird ridges on the forehead are much more prominent.

The eyes are a different shape and the original has a little nub between the eyes that makes it look off

I guess so. However, comparing with this:

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzrjkkhzBQ1qeyn1m.jpg

it looks like the face is inaccurate on both sculpts. I'm not going to worry about it. Whichever one they reissue is the one I'll get.

Wow, I never realized how awful the original Decade's face was.

Also, the original Decade had many QC issues reported. I know on mine, you could remove the eyes and the cards from the helmet completely.