Exactly. No point at all in renewing that figure or Dragredder either.

The entire Ryuki line as a whole is literally perfect as far as SHFs go.


Agito, Decade, W, OOO, Gatack and Wizard are all in dire need of a renewal.

Flame Style needs a renewal since mine breaks like a stick when you touch him since the pegs that connects to his legs are so poorly put together. It's a shame that he is such a mess since the detail on him are fantastic. I see people say that his head is too big but it looks fine to me.

Lucky Flame Dragon and Infinity Style are much better figures in my opinion.

sounds like just bad luck on your part then because mine is fine!

I second this.

Not to mention a RE-ISSUE of most Ryuki figures would be basically printing money. Cheaper since no new molding.

Huh. I'd forgotten White Crow is due out next week. It'll be nice to see how it looks in person.

It's already out and looks amazing:

http://shishioh.info/SHF_WHITE_CROW.php

I desperately need to pick one up myself.

Arggh! N-Y is slow on the release this time out. Wow. That really is a thing a beauty. I'm really loving these Hakaider/Kikaider releases.

Edit: Anyone know what the effect pieces used are for the firing of the guns on the front?

Wake me up when we get Violator Hakaider.

I've paid mine up through the usual channel, just waiting on it to arrive :(

Meanwhile I'm one bike behind everyone else and waiting on my Side Machine :lol

I'll definitely be getting this though. With Gill Hakaider getting so many friends best Hakaider needs something to keep him company ;)

Wow, that is looking pretty. I've not long got the Sidemachine, it looks like White Crow has the same rubber tyres as that! :)

I'd definitely welcome a renewed Decade, I love that figure because of its construction, but its proportions are cartoonish (though not as much as Black/Black RX's were). Out of those I'm not sure about W, all of the figures were pretty solid and well proportioned, they're the figures that got me back in to Figuarts after a break.

I'd kill for a new Faiz, though. The current one is okay, but there's just something about him that feels off, mainly the upper body.

I think a renewal of Momotaros and Urataros would be cool too. They are not bad figures but I feel like that they could need a upgrade.

A new ZX would be much appreciated with all of it's issues.

Hey, I can't seem to remember, can I pay an AmiAmi preorder before it comes out?

No, you can't unfortunately.

I feel like if I were to get all of Gaim's forms in Figuarts I wouldn't know how to count some of them. Orange, Jinba, Kachidoki & Kiwami are obvious but Pine, Ichigo & Suika leave me scratching my head as to whether or not they should count or not. They feel like LunaMetal/HeatJoker/CycloneTrigger or TakaGoriBa/GataToraBa; stuff that exist but don't matter much. Yet the fact that they exist make me feel inclined to have them as representation. Plus I'm still surprised that with all the Gaim Figuarts revealed a while ago that there was no Gaim Ichigo Arms. How do you guys see it?

I'm still sore over the lack of Gaim Banana Arms.

Yeah Bandai really slipped on that one.

...what? I've gone a whole year without doing a single fruit pun:lol

And Drive doesn't provide a lot of fuel for good puns.

Naw, are stuck on park unfortunately.

I like the Gaim Figuarts a lot more than the W or OOO ones, so I'm up for every single Gaim Rider form. I don't care how obscure or random it is; they make it, odds are I'll buy it.

Ichigo arms was at the Tamashii Nations event along with all the others.

Hm? Was it really? I swear I couldn't find any images of him when scrolling through the gallery. Maybe he's very well hidden or something? Oh well, at least I know he's real now. Thanks!

EDIT: Nevermind. Saw him.....quite clearly. (facepalm)

Nippon Yasan has Marika up for anyone looking to preorder.

Their SAL shipping also seems to have doubled since I made my last order :/ not a big deal, but weird nonetheless.

And ordered. Thanks for the heads-up Zeo.

Yeah I have this problem too, their shipping costs are ridiculously high now.

It's weird. I grabbed Zeronos and Marika and the FedEx express shipping was $12 cheaper than SAL. Very strange.

Also, Toku Taku has the Haikaider Squad up if anyone is interested and you've only got to drop half out of pocket now.

Yeah it was actually cheaper for me to get EMS it's odd.

Same here. EMS & FedEx is usually cheaper for orders I submit than SAL Registered now and has been for at least a few months.

I'm going to assume NY just adds to the shipping to make money. They charge 1600 yen for EMS on one SHF, which is about what any other store would charge for probably at least 3-4 SHF.

Mandarake has charged me ¥1,500 for a single SHF, so N-Y's EMS rate isn't exactly too far out of line.

N-Y has an explicitly labeled SAL International Parcel option now. I have no idea what that's about or what it's for. Because the Eco Registered is normal SAL.

Not true. With any shipping there's going to be a base price. You should ship an empty box and it'll still cost something. 3-4 SHFs aren't very heavy. Depends on box size too.

SAL's Base for example is usually around 800 yen. Add 400 for Registered.

I know that NY likes to fill their boxes with extra protection. If how the other shops do it.

Yeah, they're probably #2 for me for safety and packing. Toku Taku tops the list and AmiAmi and HLJ are at the bottom.

And Marika is preordered!

Awesome, will keep them in mind if N-Y fail me (they've said their "looking into it", which means they'll probably put it up without notifying me just like they did with Bujin Gain). Never used Toku Taku but I've heard lots about them, would you recommend them?

It's a small organization so it don't offer the discounts the bigger stores do, but he sometimes manages to get things a couple of days early (somehow) and he ships like lightning. I've never had anything but a superb experience with Toku Taku.