its literally like it came right out of the screen of the show, its that good

Are you talking about Type 1 or Type 2 hips? Type 1: W, Gokaigers, Fourze, etc. Type 2: Kuuga, Agito, Black RX, etc. Your description sounds like Type 1 hips and your complaint with them not being able to sit sounds like Type 2.

Needs more film grain. :p


PS I'm all for a G3-X Renewal.

I hope they do a PBM! or Medicom Rah renewal version too.

I decided to test sitting and kneeling poses on Faiz, who has the swing-down hips, using a fold-up chair I got with a Figma.

He can sit perfectly fine. He can kneel as well as he can. If you want a perfect, 100% accurate human kneel, the knee and ankle joints would have to have much deeper range or even a divot in the back of the shins.

IMO, the problem isn't with the hip joints, it's the fact that you're trying to get extremely life-accurate poses out of these things.

But isn't that their whole point 'human movement'?

I think you guys need to remember there's a difference between being able to sit, and being able to sit while looking good.
I can get any toy with knees and a waist joint to sit down. Doesn't mean it won't look like crap.

Anyway, my only problem is whether or not I want to buy the Battlehopper with Black, especially since I've never been super big on the bikes.

Human movement doesn't equate to what the guys in the rubber suits can actually do. I think having as much possible movement as the actual suits isn't entirely bad. It's always been about recreating what can be seen on screen, not the movements of an actual living person, that's nearly impossible.

They're toys. You have to cheat somewhere. That's why they have multiple hands instead of finger joints. Only way to make it work.

Yeah, and they all do it pretty damn well. If you want a full on sit-on-your-ankles kneel though, that's like one of the only poses they can't do. Even figures like Agito who has very little sculpted detail on his legs can't do it.

Your arguement crumbles before Ryuki, who can do all that.

You guys say it's impossible, but then there's figures that do it.

Also I'm pretty sure Black and W and Sieg can all sit down in the show. In fact, one of Sieg's pivitol moments is him sitting on a couch.

I mean, really, you guys are saying "Oh it's not possible for the suit to do that" even though, and I mean this with the utmost respect, that's a laod of hooey. Your entire post is obliterated by the fact that 1. Ryuki can sit down, 2. The characters in the show can sit down, and 3. MOST TOYS WITH ANY ARTICULATION CAN SIT DOWN.