WOW, I'm glad I asked. Thanks, Thessair!

I normally order from BigBadToyStore, but they haven't listed it, and HLJ and AmiAmi preorders are already sold out. Odd, given that they were on top of the Ninninger toys this week.

Toku Taku looks to still have him. I've never been disappointed with him, though he is pay when you order. He does offer split payments as an option.

With Kuuga getting released next year I wanted to see what the general consensus was on this idea: do you believe (not want, not hope; believe) all 10 Heisei Riders will get the Shinkocchu Seihou treatment?

I think the only riders that need the Shinkocchu Seihou treatment after Kuuga is Agito, ZX, Decade, W, OOO (Most people want a renewal of him) and Wizard. I don't believe every rider is going to get a shinkocchu seihou treatment since not every rider after 2010 needs a renewal. Riders like Blade, Ryuki, Den-O, Fourze, Gaim and the Showa riders that came out from 2011 - now (expect for ZX) are perfectly fine figures in my opinion. You can't fix something that is not broken.

I agree. But then why is Shadow Moon getting redone? I don't think this is a matter of what we need, rather what Bandai are going to actually do. Why they do what they do is anyone's guess, but do you know what I mean?

Shadow Moon's renewal is pointless and I refuse to buy it since I'm happy with the original. I think Bandai Japan Tamashii Nations needs to figuarts based on other riders that have not been done yet and do renewals on riders that need it. I would hate it if the Rider figuarts become like how the Ultra Act line is which became nothing but renewals and no Kajiu whatsoever.

Not a fair comparison at all. A majority of early Ultra-Act releases are aboslute trash compared to later V2's and renewals. If any line at all is deserving of that kind of treatment it's Ultra-Act.

Absolutely. It's like comparing SHF Kabuto releases- the improvement is staggering. We do need some more Kaiju, but at least SHM releases make great pairings imo.

Yeah, but in the case of Shadow Moon, there was no reason to give us a renewal when teh renewal is not even show accurate.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3750/1...d10e26d644.jpg

Would this be in scale with Figuarts?

Getting a Renewal of a figuart that was already perfectly fine over the LAST rider we need to complete the Heisei riders is pretty ehhhh

Since we're on the topic, I think Shadow Moon benefits from the renewal. The improvement in his head sculpt and torso proportion is excellent. I'm a very detail oriented person, so I'm probably focusing on things others won't but why turn down a better product? Bandai will get to the other riders. They are always surprising us.

No, the feet are completely wrong on the Renewal. His feet in Black were not rectangular.

I just don't think Renewal Shadow Moon was a figuart worth doing when we still have so many gaps to fill in for Kamen Riders. We still don't a proper regular form Kiva, and Agito, W, OOO, Decade and Wizard all needed a renewal far more than Shadow Moon.

Regardless of slight inaccurate details, at least the figure itself is still recognizably Shadow Moon and pretty much spot-on from a distance while still holding up beautifully to current Figuarts release. The other ones I mentioned? Not so much.

I just think it'd be best for them to prioritize Riders that haven't been done and Riders who actually NEED the treatment before they start trying to correct minor details that many people wouldn't even notice. As it stands, the only people who I can see buying this would be people who never owned the original Shadow Moon (me) or people who are extremely anal about detail, and even then, I feel like the feet on the new one are actually more inaccurate. I just think Shadow Moon is one of those figures where if we never saw a Renewal for it, people would have been perfectly fine with it.

What makes the Shadow Moon renewal pointless to me in my opinion is that they just reissue him last year. The last time I check that you can still find and buy him at retail. If there was more demand for Shadow Moon then they could have give him another reissue. I don't think Tamashii Nations has reissue limit since they are reissuing Ultraman renewal for the third or forth time.

Hey Guys I know this is unrelated to the current topic of who should get a renewal, but I'm looking to try and collect some figuarts, but I don't exactly know what figures to get, so any recommendations?

Just buy whatever one you want. You like a character that has a figuart? Go buy that one.

Any Ryuki Figuarts - pretty much the gold standard for SHF releases. Unfortunately some have been out of stock at major retailers for some time so their prices are going up (Ouja) or skyrocketing (Knight + Darkwing).
Any Gaim Figuarts - similar to Ryuki's, overall a solid bunch. With Bluefin not importing anything, unfortunately these won't necessarily be cheap.
Kabuto renewal - big upgrade from the original
G3X - Nice figure with a nice accessory count, was re-released not that long ago and has become quite cheap to acquire
Any Blade Figuarts - the four main riders have all been released at retail and the recent exclusives can all be had for not-bad prices. Similar quality in all to the Ryuki/Gaim Figuarts.
Wizard Infinity Style - prettiest of the Wizard Figuarts, and free of the QC issues that affected Wizard Flame Style

I second this.

It depends on your favorite rider. My first S.H Figuart was Shin Ichigo and he has been reissue with his bike. I think Shin Ichigo is not a bad choice to start off your figuart collection. He has a great mold and has great articulation in my opinion.

Like others have said, think about your favorite character and go out and buy it. The most solid lines seem to be Ryuki, Gaim, Blade and Agito (minus Agito himself since he'll probably get renewed soon).

Amazon has pretty good prices for a lot of the ones I mentioned, except for Gaim, and Mandarake also has pretty good prices as well. You just have to hunt, really.

I'd highly recommend the Ryuki Figuarts. It's probably my favorite line within Figuarts overall, can't go wrong with any of the Ryuki ones really. Zolda is probably the one I'd recommend most to start with, he's still affordable compared to some of the others (Ouja, Knight, Gai, etc.) and has a great set of accessories.

Yeah, the Ryuki Figuarts are toppy-tippers. I only have Ryuki and Zolda, but they're both incredible.

I think Den-O sword form is a good figuart to get as well. The one that I used to own before he fell off and broke, was a really good figure. He looks very faithful to the show and I never had any articulation issues with him.

Of all the Riders I own so far, my advice for a newcomer would be Blade, Gaim (Kachidoki or Orange), or Knight Survive.

They're all solid, beautiful releases, and Knight Survive is pretty easy to pick up on the cheap.

Any iron man SHF would be sweet

Lots of accessories, good mold

Buy every sentai SHF so that the sales numbers will go up and we can get more....

I think HurricaneRed and Akaranger are very solid figures. You can get HurricaneRed for like $10 from hlj (before shipping) right now.

Too bad that any figuart that's associated with Marvel or any other US license is ludicrously expensive.

Interesting, because every time they focus on his feet when he is doing his kick move it is the round feet like the first Figuart had. Hell, I just watched Shadow Moon's fights with Black in episode 47 and the finale and he had the round feet during those as well. Not to mention all of the pictures of Shadow Moon on my R2 DVD set have the found feet. That is very odd.

There is a different discussion board for this.. But the Iron Man, Batman and Star Wars SHF's retail for around 6,000 yen. Not that much more than Kamen Rider or Precure releases. Kiwami Gaim is 5,100 and Hibiki's retail is 5,400.

Maybe you're thinking of the Figma's, which were ridiculously overpriced. The only problem for SHF's is the exclusives, like Harley Quinn, where we don't have the usual discounts, plus the the middleman fees, bringing her up to over 8,000 yen when the shipping is factored in.. Which is still cheaper than Figma Iron Man.

Looks like Toku Taku has his Mach Jabber and Duke in hand.

So did anyone who order Duke from NY got any e-mails on their figures getting shipped yet? I order with Eco - SAL Registered and I thought he comes out today? I already seen people on Ebay selling their copies already (http://www.ebay.com/itm/S-H-Figuarts...-/151519283087).

A few places seem to have them in stock, but N-Y doesn't appear to be one. It's only 3am where they are and N-Y doesn't always get things on day one. Considering their payment deadline was the 22nd, I wouldn't expect them to start preparation on orders for a few more days.

Okay thank you. I was worry that they screw up on my order.

Just got Hibiki. Oh my, this fgure is gorgeous. There's just no other word, besides maybe "perfect." I love the Hibiki design, and this figure just perfects it. I'm surprised there's not more buzz about it, even by Figuarts standards this is amazing. If a W renewal is coming and it's this quality, I'll be thrilled.

Kabuto and Hibiki were huge talks when they were released, lot of people love the new line.

Yeah Hibiki was a bigger deal when he came out, though not as huge as say Kabuto Renewal was made out to be. I find myself pleased with Hibiki, though the QC on my first one was pretty pathetic.

Must've been during my Toku off-time. :lol

Shame about the QC. Mine's literally flawless. Did you end up getting a better one?