No, that sounds more like DrillBIT is saying Bandai's factories had that plastic on-hand with no other current use for it and it was going to... expire? It's an odd, silly argument that makes no sense due to the amount of time necessary to invest in engineering a brand-new figure, or the easily fixed or ignored problems of a production factory that Bandai would only contract, not actually own.

Renewal Shadowmoon looks alright, but feels like a waste of a renewal slot if you ask me. They could have renewal someone else like Agito, Momotaros or Ichigo from The First/The Next instead.

Yeah, that makes no sense.

Yeah, I highly doubt there's any sort of demand for that.

I think the new shadowmoon looks awesome, the proportion looks better, and the shoes... goddamnit, the shoes, now it looks show accurate to the shoes he used when he's standing stoically..

of course there's the cons...
the shoes bottom could be sculpted like the old one
and please bandai if you going to do a renewal at least give us diecast feet or a movable piston mechanism so this shadowmoon renewal got more value than the old one.

TBH it's not that neccessary to do a renewal for shadowmoon, the old figure looks awesome, and it's not that drastic of a renewal like Black,,

now I gotta look for a Black renewal, damnit

Well they can always try once Tamashii runs out of ideas for figures. I do like the suit designs from those two movies and the original figures from those two are from 2008 and 2009. They look like children toys compare to the new figuarts now.

and it doesn't look like it has boobs.

Except those shoes are only seen like one time. The feet from the first release is more accurate to every other time he is on screen, especially when he is fighting Kotaro in episode 46.

Well if you want to have more accurate shoes, especially the ones that he wears when he fights Kotaro, the shoes should not have any grasshopper legs.

The thing about shadowmoon is, his shoes is a bother to wear, so they got many different shoes, the square tip one with the pistons and for standing stoically, occasionally for walking, which is the renewal version. this version also being used in Decade movie, but without the pistons movement

or the one for fighting which is the rounded tip version sometimes with no grasshopper legs for better movement.

it's not a one time deal, it's not a one time thing, you can see it multiple time especially when he's standing or walking like in his first appearance or walking in the kamen rider black movie (mostly the time when he don't fight).

FYI:

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...=FIGURE-010387

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...=FIGURE-010386

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...=FIGURE-010385

Aw snap! Good luck people! :D

Wild doesn't seem like it's that popular, so maybe we e will all have luck.

Ultraman, though ...we are fucked

Nabbed all four I wanted!

Trychaser's the first to close at AmiAmi.

Ultraman's still open, as is Type Wild.

Managed to get Type Wild & Manga Ultraman. I'll nab Trychaser from work down the road.

Just realized Type Wild is 3 per person at AmiAmi instead of the usual max 1 per person for new Rider Figuarts.

Trychaser's max 1 per, but has reopened and stayed that way for a bit.

EDIT: And a couple minutes after I type this, Trychaser closes again.

They are all back in stock, guess they aren't that popular.

Ultraman is in stock at HobbySearch and the Trychaser is back in stock as well atm at Amiami, same with Type Wild (not too bothered with him atm haha)

So yeahhh managed to grab the two I wanted woooo

Mhm... don't want any of this. Good luck for you guys scoring your stuff though.

I'm kinda not bothered about Drive stuff atm, until they announce Tridoron or some of the roidmudes I'm not bothering with figuarts for this series after I get the main hero trio (though I might get chaser's rider form)

It's a very downplayed preorder release, which I'm thankful for because trychaser and Ultraman just bumped up July to a "far too much money" month ahahahah.

Honestly I only really want Chaser, but the fact that I'm kinda low on money for the next few months and that they haven’t mentioned the damn E-Circular Weapons yet, it's pretty easy skipping Drive as a whole. And I don't feel like it'll be hard getting at least the full releases on the aftermarket.

Getting more Gaim is my only Figuarts-priority right now and that's secured with Yomotsuheguri.

Yeah definitely, I can see a bunch of Wilds and Techniques littering Mandarake later this year haha. But yeah get on that gaim fix, should get easier since Bluefin are going to start doing the regular releases.

But I already have all of those! XD

I only miss 3 Web-Exclusives so far and I don't really want 2 of those, Bujin Gaim & Lemon Energy Baron, I'm not gonna pay crazy money for the later and I don't really want Bujin Gaim to be honest. Maybe if I find one for cheap.

It's not that I collect for completion anyways, it's just that I love most of Gaim's designs so damn much and want almost any figure. There are exceptions, I skipped Jinba Gaim because I don't feel like needing it, and I really hate the design of Marika. But even with those, there's that surge inside me that says “But... having all forms of Gaim would be cool” or “But... all Energy Riders next to each other would look totally awesome.”.

Eh... first world problems I guess. And who knows if they even release all of them down the line, that's not guaranteed sadly.

I'm surprise to see Type Wild pre-orders still open. I just pre-order mine a few minutes ago. I miss out on Ami Ami pre-orders last night since I had to go bed early seeing that I have major English pop quiz today.

I'm getting ShadowMoon only because I was late to the Figuarts game and am just getting familiar with him. Nice design though. Plus I need more villains, especially on Zedds team.

Yeah I may pick him up as well Really plan on pairing him with Black Beet when he arrives.

I got a e-mail saying that NY wants payment for Black Beet by March 17th. I guess I should pay him either this week or next week.

Got the same email last night =] super pumped this will be one of the few things ill get myself for my birthday!

it seems earlier than Blue beet i think his payment request was by the 22nd or something like that.
cant wait to crack it open especially now that i have the original black beet!


Also not sure if anyone has tried it but i ended up gluing the joint for gokai red i have 2 of them one snapped and the other had the stress mark and was very loose so i dabbed a drop of glue with a toothpick and now it feels great even the one that snapped i glued with some gorilla glue and held it in place for about 15 mins and now im able to pose it and so far its holding very well! it was a very clean break so im not sure if that helped the glue bond better but im able to move the leg foward and back and in and out the only thing ive been scared to do is slide it down but if anyone wants to give it a shot it may work for yours!

Smart. Doing the same. Guess Zedd has another guy on the payroll.
Now you're scaring me. Just ordered a cheap Gokai Red for $65 Primed. I hope the Gokai molds aren't crap. My Gokai Green seems to be holding up ok. Was just tired of not have the Captain, and finishing the available Red Rangers. Bouken Red is in that order, and still on the fence on whether to get VulEagle this week or next. Still, that issue with Gokai Red......glad you sorted that out, but still makes me nervous....

Bluefin is releasing Ultra-Act x S.H. Figuarts Ultraman in the US

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?...7808916&type=1

Yes! I'm totally getting that now.

Sweeeeeeeeeeeeet.

The SHF x UA Ultraman was sold out on Ami Ami and NY. I'm glad that Bluefin is releasing him since I can pre-order him on Amazon soon.

I wonder if the SHF x UA Ultraman does well enough that we can see more crossover lines with Tamashii lines like S.H Figuarts x S.H Monsters. SHF x SHMA Jet Jaguar would be pretty sweet to see in my opinion.

Give me some SHF x SHMA Sentai monsters and I'll be set.

SHF x SHMA Sentai monsters would be cool too. SHF x SHMA King Dark would work too given how huge he is.

I cannot wait for this UM...just put in my preorder.

So, how do you guys store your spare weapons? Keep them in box or put them in a separate container?

Pretty much this, thought I keep Knight Survive's stand in a ziplock bag since I can't get it to fit in the box.

I've had to toss out some of my storage boxes last year, so most of my spare bits are currently sitting in a zip lock bag. Jewelry boxes can work too

I just stored them back in their boxes and store the boxes in my closet.