NY will definitely have some left on release day, but they will be a little bit more expensive then. Still, if that's worth it for you I would set up an E-mail notification for Kuuga.

I don't know if Kuuga is more popular than others, but both Kabuto and Hibiki were still pretty good to come by a few months after release, haven’t looked up lately but I do remember seeing Hibiki for a good price multiple times like two months after he came out.

And even if it's HLJ, I'm pretty sure they'll open pre-orders once more, you could always try to set one up there just to try it.

Amazon.

Granted, even if things were working right, you do have to wait longer. But due to dock shenanigans, I don't expect mine until end of May. Guaranteed one eventually though.

I missed out as well. Amazon is my backup, but maybe Amiami will get some more instock upon release. He's super popular though.. so maybe not. lol.

I already pre-order Kuuga on Image Anime a while back. Mine should be here at the end of April or early May. If it comes out on my birthday then that would be perfect.

Does anyone know when the next batch of figuarts should be going up for preorder?

We;ll be lucky if it is even by then. I'm still waiting on Gamera who was supposed to be out the last week of Jan. I don't expect Amazon to ship my Neptune, Shadow Moon, 16, or Mecha King Ghidorah until the end of April. I'll probably have the Star Wars stuff and Drive before I get them. The worst part is that is nearly $400 worth of stuff I have coming from Amazon at one time, which is going to be a major ouch. Good thing I paid off my Amazon card with some of my tax return.

The hype is real.

http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Agent89/20150322/1427025011

Oh my god. The cable line is FLEXIBLE.

Oh god I can't wait to get him in hand. I don't get many villain figuarts so he'll be a great addition to the brotherhood of evil haha

But holy shit flexible cable line for the win.

I regret not ordering him. But I had to make a choice... him or Lexcon.

I'm confident I chose wisely.

I'll eventually buy the B-Fighters when I can get them all on Mandarake at the same time.

Nice! Mine just entered customs, should be in-hand next week.

He looks great alright, but after fiddling around with Blue Beet back in January I'm not really disappointed on missing out on further incarnations of the mold.

I kind of feel you. I'm in for all of them because of completion, but man Blue Beet is just designed so poorly that I can't get excited to own the mold 3 more times.

quick question for you all! lol so i can either get kamen rider ichigo with bike pack for 50 or kamen rider ooo tatoba for 33.98. what would you guys get and why?
so indecisive right now!

Ichigo with Bike. Purely because $34 for TaToBa is just a tad high. I'm not super up to date at what the market value for Ichigo w/ Bike is, but $50 sounds like a good deal either way.

I'd rather do the two-pack too. Feels like more bang for the buck that way.

Also Ichigou is a much higher quality figure.

I hope some of the QC issues would be fix with Black Beet and the last two B-Fighters. Blue Beet was a great figure in my opinion. The only flaw that I had with him is that he can't stand up probably. I had to make sure that he would stand up straight without falling down. If one figure falls down in my collection then they all fall down like dominoes.

It's not QC issues I'm worried about, since mine isn’t showing any, it's the overall design and sculpt which hinders articulation, especially in the hips, legs and feet. And that's something you can't really fix, especially not with Black Beet and G-Stag which are almost exactly the same from the waist downwards with some different sculpted details. Reedle is a little bit different since she's smaller, but honestly that looks like it could turn out even worse.

They are not bad figures, sculpt is amazing and my Blue Beet is painted very well, but if I love something about these figures it's the articulation, so a mold that is lacking it isn’t making me excited for remolds of it which will most likely carry the same hindered articulation.

You can still get a lot of good poses out of Blue Beet, but this was the first figure where I really felt hindered in some poses do to the design, and that kinda sealed the deal for me on not getting the rest of them, as beautiful as they may look.

And I too know the Domino-effect, my figures are displayed in groups so if one falls it is guaranteed to knock something else over as well. In retrospect, as a Gaim-fanatic I should know that displaying Ryugen behind Gaim isn’t very smart. The grape is waiting to strike. I hope once I get Ryugen Yomi to impersonate the evilness inside him he will stop being a sour grape and leave Orange Arms alone. Kiwami-Gaim can take a beating from Ryugen Yomi for his lack of awesomeness, but Orange Arms deserves better.

I haven't been in this thread for months and months, but I finally return.

I haven't gotten any new Figuarts since the Gaim Pineapple & Mango 2 pack, other than a couple cheap ones I bought this month to replace broken ones, and I miss it.
I'm excited for the April releases, I'm especially looking forward to Kuuga and Vader.

I will be getting the Avengers Figuarts eventually, but other than Mark 43 (which I already have pre-ordered for April) I don't know when I'll be able to get them. Probably going to have to wait until the aftermarket on most of them, due to current toy buying constraints.

Were the B-kabuto fighters as agile as Riders? I'm pretty fine with how the figure's articulation because of what I remember from beetleborgs, I get how it's frustrating though when it can't really do any extravagant poses.

I'm so hyped for April, it's gonna be a massive figuarts haul, though what surprised me about these new releases is how many non japanese figuarts I'm getting, couldn't help myself and picked up two stormtroopers with vader haha.

This is why I'm alright with it. I don't expect the B-Fighters to do some of the things the Riders and Rangers are able to do. As far as standing my Blue Beet has been perfectly fine.

I want to get two Stormtroopers, but I'm going to wait to see how I like it in hand before I buy a second.

I'm hoping they're good so I am tempted to get a third one, gotta get mooks in threes, still trying to build up my shocker grunts, riotroopers and zect troops haha.

Also am I right in thinking that the amiami preorders go up on the 1st of April? I really don't want to miss out on Agito like I did with Kuuga!

Got Kyoryu Black and Pink today! Unfortunately, it seems like their shoulders are a bit stiff. I really don't want to force anything for fear of something breaking. Don't think it will be too bad as long as I can at least get them into their signature post-henshin poses. I really haven't fiddled with my Kyoryugers as much as I usually do because of Kyoryu Red's wrist breakage. They have been in one pose since I got them. lol

A small bit of shock oil applied to the joints should loosen them up.

Official Pictures for Shinkocchou Seihou Agito:

http://tamashii.jp/images/item/item_...iZMlfyK_01.jpg

Agito

and Drive Dead Heat:

http://tamashii.jp/images/item/item_...OCCvHW3_01.jpg

Dead Heat

Both go up for pre-order tomorrow. Sadly it looks like Drive Dead Heat can't pull Mach Dead Heat.

God I can't wait for Agito.

That paint on the new Agito looks smexy.

Oooooh man, that Agito. Gorgeous.

Same here, they continue to impress with the Shinkocchou Seihou's. For me, this one's the money shot:

http://tamashii.jp/images/item/item_...iZMlfyK_09.jpg

They look great together.

Just an FYI - the drop is on the 2nd according to their Twitter, not tomorrow.

Oy, you're right, the site also says 4/2. Weird, I thought it was tomorrow. Well, thanks for the correction.

Officially calling Agito Figuart of 2015. Kuuga is up there but...Shouichi :D

I broke down and picked up OOO recently. A friend and I have been watching this (it's my first time), and it's been a very noticeable hole in my Rider collection.

Worst purchase ever. Maybe it's that I got it from Mandarake. The listing for it said "unopened," so maybe it was just my bad luck, but the left knee hinge broke the first time I tried to move the knee joint. I don't think superglue will save it.

Count the QC problems: one, two, and three!

A Shinkocchou Seihou can't come fast enough, although I expect it'll be 2016 at the very earliest.

I'm sorry to hear that. I haven't heard of that issue before. I would love a renewal, but I kinda don't want it to happen because I know we wouldn't get all the forms.

Oh wow, OOO isn't the best figuart but I've not heard of it breaking easily, most issues I've heard about it were just sculpt inaccuracy.

Was it at least cheap?

Also darn they said 4/2 for preorders to open?? Damn I have an assessment at uni on that day, I'm not looking forward to waking up early since most preorders happen around 4-6am in the morning here...

You're in the UK aren't you? Preorders hit at either 7 or 8am. It's been 7am the last few months but clocks just changed so I'm pretty sure it'll be 8.

Hmmm 8 that's even worse D: That's when I have to leave for uni

Well either way I'll be up early doing work so if I can just quickly preorder then head out the door I'll be set.