Then maybe I have Punch Hopper? Whichever one has been cheapish on Mandarake lately. I don't know.

I don't care for the design much, I got it because it seemed like a good price, but since I don't like the design, and I don't know the character I should have waited until I do.

In fact, I should probably get rid of it, until I see the character in action, then I can decide if I want him or not. Anybody want it? there's lots of Figuarts I'd trade it for.

KickHopper is the cheaper one, PunchHopper is the brown one with the legs on the arms and is over $100 online. KH is green with the legs on his... legs. If you want to sell him, how much do you want for him?

There is a Sasword? Interesting. I was on Mandrake last night and all I saw were KickHopper, Gatack, Kabuto, and the movie dudes.

Punchhopper is the more expensive one now?
Wow. Must've slipped into the mirror world...

Sasword rarely pops up on Mandarake. I've had a saved search that I check almost daily, this is the first time I've seen him on there, so I grabbed him. Hopefully, I was the first one to see him.

Yeah, the cheapest I have seen him is $110. There is an ebay seller who has him, Dark Kabuto, and Kick Hopper for $150 shipped, but the guy is located in Hong Kong, so the price sounds too good to be true.

Just what is the appeal of Punch/Kick Hopper? A lot of people seem to want these figures badly and I'm not sure I understand why. Personally, I'm not a huge fan of the costume designs or the character personalities. Is there something I'm not seeing about these two dudes?

If the answer is plot related, PLEASE no spoilers. I'm 5 eps away from finishing the series :D

It's all completely subjective.
Many liked their characters. Yaguruma and Kageyama were great characters in the eyes of many.
Design wise, they're freaking gorgeous.

My jaw dropped.
I remember a time when you could get Punch Hopper for $15 and Kick Hopper was nigh impossible to find, and even then it was always at least $100+.

That was all thanks to Kick Hopper being reissued around the time the Kabuto Figuarts were getting released, but Punch Hopper not getting reissued until the remainder of the Kabuto characters got their first reissue, making Punch Hopper readily available but Kick Hopper nowhere to be found.

Was Kick Hopper recently re-released or did they just stumble upon a crate filled with him? :lol

.I love the Kabuto figures myself. Kick Hopper is just an awesome figure, brilliant emerald coloring and just holds all poses really really well. I can not say a bad thing about that figure. Been eying Gattack and contemplating Thebee. If anything would use Thebee in place of Punch Hopper...
Sassword if not at insane price I also want...so far the weakest in the line were the Zect troopers and Drake...the movie guys aren't bad, but not special... my guy in PA so far only has Kick, Kabuto and Gattack, so may just get the Stag Beetle...

For me, there are two things. The Hoppers were honestly the only characters I actually liked in Kabuto. Tendou got boring after 30 episodes of repeating the same nonsense (even though it was kind of badass) over, and the Hoppers were different from all of the other riders. I like them for the same reason I like Ouja, they just didn't care about who or what they hurt.

The second reason I want their Figuarts is that they would make great body guards to Shadow Moon.

AmiAmi just requested payment for my pre-order for AkibaRed! Can I order something in stock and have it added to that order for shipping? I don't know if they actually have anything in stock I want, and I probably shouldn't order anything else anyway, but I'll look around if I can.

Also, I've had Complete Ankh for a week or two now, and I finally opened him. he's awesome, looks amazing!

Silent jealous rage.

Silent, nothing, I want to HEAR you rage!

http://ryanlb.com/images/kamen-rider...h-complete.JPG

It's not fit for polite company, you bastard :lol

WANT!!!!

I am raging so much right now
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6...ben4o1_500.gif
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m6...ben4o2_500.gif

Now guys this is kinda random and don't kill me for asking. But how do I cancel a pre-order on amiami? lol

...Damn. Those gifs just made me realize how much I miss OOO.
Hey, Kickback, make the next Let's Watch Wednesdays for KR OOO. I want to watch it and talk about it again. :lol

Also, to whoever has Complete Ankh, did you know tomorrow's my birthday? c:

I didn't know it was your birthday. But now that I do, I can gloat more. Mwaha ha ha ha!

Seriously, though, those are awesome gifs from OOOs. Also, I hadn't realized before opening the figure that the forearm wings are only on the right side on complete Ankh. Since they're on the left arm on Lost Ankh, I expected both arms to have them. They don't, and that's curious.


You're right. I just opened Kick Hopper, and just putting him into the pose on the back of the box I gained an appreciation for his look. He reall is a great emerald color, and I like his pointy shoulderpads and helmet.

The Kabuto body is pretty good. I like that the armored bits on the legs are metal, it adds a solid feel to the figures.
I haven't played with Gatack much, but I'd say you should get him, and TheBee, they're both purty.

AWWWWW they are so cute together.....

what the crap? Why do Hyper Kabuto's ankles suck? Why are they different from the regular Kabuto ankles? They're SO Useless!

You have to e-mail them and ask for the cancellation. Don't do it too often, though, as they've been known to blacklist customers who cancel orders too many times.

Just got my Figuarts Zolda, and even though I've barely had any time with him I love him! One really great surprise is he has a piece that allows his backpack Shoot Vent to attach to a Tamashii stand without the use of the hand piece, which means my Wild Tiger stand (which had the hand piece break) now has a purpose! Yeah the name doesn't match up, but the color does.

Zolda is one of the best Figuarts in my collection. They knocked him way out of the park. And I love that's he's stable enough to pull off poses like this without having to use a stage:

http://imageshack.us/a/img841/3821/img1518ad.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/KRZolda4.jpg

Chill..I got this...

lol, my only issue, and now soon to be issue with Raia is that they didn't give him his stand. Yeah it is packaged with his beast...but c'mon, if you put that adapter port on there, then you should have given the stand!!!

It certainly helps that the Giga Launcher and Giga Cannon are both lighter than I thought they would be, the Figma Gig Launcher is much heavier.

Even though I have the figuarts for some reason I am still tempted to get the fig a...no idea why lol

Yeah, I was surprised by that too. I had a really tough time getting Torque to stand while using the Giga Launcher without the stand. Zolda on the other hand stands no problem.

HA! I love me some Kitaoka/Gorou awesomeness. Should be getting my Ouja (finally) next week to go with him.

Zolda vs. Verde!

Gee thanks guys, after watching episodes 1-14 I want Zolda and this thread made me want the figure more!

Also I was messing with my Shinken Red, and no wonder you guys weren't fans of the pectoral articulation, it's easy to get his shoulder "pads" stuck! Definitely could break if one isn't careful. Otherwise it is a good figure. I remember Sentai Tamashii mentioning that the Gokaiger shoulder/pec joints are better and he's right, my Gokai Blue has good joints.

Which is puzzling why Bandai went back to no bicep swivel with Deka Red

It seems to me like they were trying to preserve the sculpt over articulation and decided it's less broken up that way instead of a line straight through the bicep.

From Gokaiger to Deka Red, felt like they took a step backwards, at least Akiba Red has the swivel, hidden a la Ultraman Hyata style.

You know, a few hours I could I would have been like...

Fixed.

But after watching the Ryuki TV special, I get that. It does justify me owning the Figma now more though, even though he never copied Zolda. Well, aside from the fact I love the design and Zolda is my favorite Ryuki Rider.

can we start a thread about ryuki now so i can take part. (still havnt forgot about the buddyroid challenge)

Argh!

Zeronos went up on AmiAmi and HobbySearch and I forgot to wait up for it. >_< HobbySearch's discount is even the cheaper one!

Gonna have to settle for HLJ, which is sure to be the most expensive route... No telling when it'll be up there, though.

You guys are conspiring to make me buy Zolda, aren't you? ;_;

I got the last one on Hobby Search a few hours ago :P

But you should get Zolda. We don't need to conspire to convey that to you :lol.