Yeah, older SICs deffinitely keep the Chogokin in them. Zeronos has metal bracelets and anklets, but also metal shin guards that are kind of shiney metal. It's quite cool and an effect they couldn't have acheived with vac metal or something without looking too tacky. I don't mind the lack of metal, but it's nice when it's there.

Kabuto looks awesome, and he's a great SIC set since he has both his regular and hyper modes.

I don't know. Honestly I wouldn't mind if they made the whole line the more affordable SIC KT's. I own Decade and Kuuga Mighty and I love them. Kuuga's waist could be better, but I don't own a FAIZ. The big ones look amazing, don't get me wrong.

But the price point makes me cringe.

I'm on a budget damn it!

That is really what puts me off SICs, like the OOO SICs are gorgeous but I can't justify with myself paying that much money for a single toy.

Least Kickhopper and Kickpuncher are somewhat better priced.

It's funny, because past SICs are usually two-packs or sets where it's basically two figures on the same body.

Though I guess the OOO SICs make up for it somewhat with the large extras.

And it is nice to see that you can make alot of the different combos.

It's just... damn that's alot of money.

Doesn't help that most combos are exclusives.

That really sucks, because that just bumps the price up again on and already insanely priced figure.

I'm sure there is justification for their pricing but I'm a casual collector at best, in my mind figuarts are expensive as really all they do is sit on my shelf, I don't really 'play' with them as I would have as a kid and you can't really play with them anyway. Let alone SICs which are like three times the cost.

I know there are collectors out there that don't blink at the idea of like selling their car for a single toy or something nuts like that, and power to them, but I'm just not that hardcore a collector.

Regarding the price thing, yeah they are expensive (and Tamashii exclusives make it even worse if you can't middleman it for a decent price), but I look at it as getting, in a sense, two figures in one package considering so many come with multiple accessories to switch back and forth between appearances. What usually takes two figures or a figure and an upgrade set in the Figuarts line can be banged out in one release in SIC. That and the larger size help balance out the price for me, though I understand that they're not for everyone even then. They are damned impressive though, so if you ever have a favorite Rider that really stands out to you, it may be worth it to invest in that SIC release as a one-time splurge rather than jumping into the entire line.

Yeah I'm in this line for the aesthetic rather than some die-cast fix, but when it is integrated into the occasional figure like the two I picked up, it is pretty cool. And yes, Kabuto is fricken awesome. I think I'll keep him displayed in Hyper Mode for now. He'll go well with Tajador when I get that in-hand around the end of the month.