I'd probably use them almost for that exclusive purpose. It's a bit easier to make a custom Sentai SHF than a Rider since they don't have as much armor or sculpting to them.

Honestly I'm with Den-O here. They not have any paint or sculpting, but if they are using the SS body (or at least one of the really stronger main ones) than that adds to the cost along with the heavy duty stand and barrel of accessories.

They might not have anything in the way of additional sculpting, but those bodies are a hell of a lot more defined than Sentai Figuarts are. Its definitely not a case of "no sculpt".

Only problem with using them for Sentai Figuarts is if you ever need to make a female ranger she'll be quite, um, well-endowed. (like seriously Bandai?)

But there's no finely sculpted details at all.

Also, the eight-handed versions are still 4320 yen, which is more than the Gaim Figuarts were despite having no paint, way less sculpt, no other accessories and barely anymore hands.

True that on the female blanks. If I got some of those to make a female ranger, I'd probably use a good chunk of clay & my dremel to sand down the breasts.

These took forever to get announced. :lol Glad to see that between the Figma ones and these, we have some choice. I'll be sure to get either of them.

phone, laptop, book, gun, katana, and a shitload of hands. That's quite the variety for accessory count haha. People have been asking for these for ages, all the new promo pictures for effect sets felt like such a tease.

Personally, while you can't really beat a real life model, these would come in handy for figure drawing.

Interesting...I guess?

Finally! Now make me a white one and someone fetch me a tiny suit for I am making a figuarts Slenderman!

Not my thing, but this is definitely great for those who like to make customs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people do with these.

I'm totally with this you on this one, Split Lip.

The real obvious appeal of these would be to customizers, and to get as many in their hands as possible would make sense. To do that, they'd have to be reasonable affordable. And neither release is, at all. I doubt even many a casual fan would want one at that much.

They're sure neat and the gray ones certainly come with a hell of a lot, which is cool, but to me that doesn't seem like justification enough for the high price.

I know fully well I'm not the intended audience for them though.