Managed to grab a kuuga for a reasonable price off eBay this morning. £44.99 free shipping. Not bad considering what's going on with it right now

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/131489785421?_mwBanner=1

Holy shit that Nippon Yassan Price, I don't even understand what is up with that?!!

You answered the question yourself, it's Nippon Yasan. It's nothing new that they always have some stock after release and raise the price to ridiculous amounts.

Meanwhile I continue to wait for Black Beet to show up.

Kuuga!

http://i.imgur.com/t7HqAhM.jpg?2
http://i.imgur.com/lc8NaZE.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/VpTHk1I.jpg


This guy is surprisingly pretty damn tall. Not tall enough to make you feel weird about putting him with other Riders but still a noticeable bit. He's even taller than newer guys like Gaim. Not sure how accurate it is in respect to Godai or the suit actor (IIRC, Kuuga had a different suit actor from most of the other Heisei series) but it doesn't necessarily bother me.

http://i.imgur.com/6e53Uy3.jpg?1
http://i.imgur.com/6CyUwGa.jpg?1

One thing I was interested in that doesn't necessarily relate to this figure itself is how Agito would look next to the other Agito riders. Being that the upcoming Agito and this figure are so similar aesthetically, I kinda wanted to test how he'd look next to older figuarts like G3-X and Another Agito.

http://i.imgur.com/HI7eWpJ.jpg?1

He makes them look pretty old lol.

And a final size comparison with a Marvel Legends, which, funny enough, Kuuga seems to fit in quite well with.

http://i.imgur.com/nnefucL.jpg?1

Overall, I really love this figure. Bandai continues to knock these Shinkocchou Seihou figures out of the park. Bring on Agito!

EDIT: It's come to my attention that the right bracelet isn't facing the right way :lol

Another Agito doesn't look too bad next to him. G3X though does seem a bit slimmer. Then again he kinda was to begin with since he isn't as big sculpt wise as the actual suit. Still, he is a kick ass figure.

Can't wait to get Kuuga somewhere down the line.

He looks great, and yes he is taller. Weird.

Can you rotate the bracelets though? If not... ugh.

You can. That was just me rushing through my pictures before heading to class lol

Yeah. He's not nearly the difference between, say, Kabuto and his older counterpart, but they do look a bit aged. I think if you get them posed together nicely, however, it'd work.

Thank god, last minute nitpick averted! :D

Oh, that looks beautiful, I cannot wait for mine to arrive. Why is EMS being so slow??! D:

Just re-checked tracking for the second time today, and it's in my state capital now, so I expect it to arrive tomorrow. Yay!

But...not to that amount, holy crap that's 3 times the amount most people paid!

Also it's nice to see the rider figures gaining a bit of height, haha now they won't look so bad with my Legends spider men. I wonder if this is meant to be the start of actual height differences between riders? Having Kouta being short compared to the older riders makes sense in that context.

Man Another Agito looks really tiny next to Kuuga, wonder if he'll ever get a renewal, he seems like the rider that is meant to tower over the others.

Also speaking of Kuuga, mine should be here fairly soon, all I have to do is wait for the customs letter to come and boom he'll be mine. Best part is that Banzai Hobby managed to write down my door number before the package went out, so that's a HUGGGE relief.

Magnet States arrived today.

http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/a...pswcn7tbxs.jpg

Overall I really like him. He's pretty articulate for such a bulky design. Comes with plenty of accessories and a really nice stand. My only complaint is that his paint job is pretty spotty (though I'm not too upset over that considering he was so cheap.)

Kuuga should be here whenever Amazon actually gets him in stock....

You must not remember Kyoryu Gold

http://i61.tinypic.com/ivbr7o.png

Any white-gloved Sentai Figuarts that can have their fists shared with Kibaranger?

I've been thinking about selling off my forms for Fourze since I only really need the main one and want to eventually get Cosmic. I'm also not a fan of the Pepsi Fourze Figuart.

It's not that simple of a swap.

The problem is Kibaranger has more of a frosty white as opposed to a bone white which'll make finding matching hands incredibly difficult.

The only Figuarts that might come close is the SDCC Samurai Ranger set.

decade
 

Looks like this guy is next
http://i62.tinypic.com/2ev9g11.jpg


And ultimate gohan is up for preorder on Nippon Yasan.

Renewal Decade? I'm up for that.

Ride the wind...

http://i.imgur.com/8vcBhYZ.gif

What a waste...

Nice! I have no problem with more Decade. I wonder how awesome he'll look on the Machine Decader. :D

Well, guess I'll finally get a Decade.

Even makes the Kivala announcement slightly more palatable... Even if such an irrelevant, one-of character who even follows the same aesthetic as him getting released before Kiva does completely baffle me...

Oh come on. What about Kiva? And what happened to the W Renewal?

From the looks of it seems like the first 10 heiseis will get work done and then later the second wave.

Decade could use the upgrade anyway. I don't see an issue with this.

Plus Kivala's reveal pretty much confirmed he was coming.

You mean the one that was never confirmed and was always just fan speculation?

To be fair, Tamashii did troll us with the effect parts.

Yes, but those haven't been released or slated for release yet either. It's not like we're getting one without the other.

Except...

Interpretations are such wildcards...

Thunder comes out in September. Does it fit Decade? or Kuuga? or Agito? Not really.

No, it doesn't. But I wasn't referring to that one in my post. I was referring to the wind parts. If a Double renewal was announced alongside the thunder parts things would be equally nonsensical.

Besides, the whole "effect parts determine the next figure" came out of an offhand comment in a Japanese interview which everyone obviously took seriously. The plans clearly changed for whatever reason.

To say "what happened to the W renewal" is a moot point when there was never a W renewal to begin with.

I'm pretty sure that listing from the SHF Hong Kong group was fake anyways. They only had listing for Toku figures but none for other non-toku Tamshii figures like The Avengers and DBZ.

Shinkoccho is a S.H. Figuarts subline, like S.H. Figuarts ZERO.
It has nothing to do with regular Figuarts having Ver. 2s.

I have Decade Violent Emotion and like it still, but I am intrigued by a renewal.

I'd love for this to lead to a renewal Diend, which I don't own and would like to, but I'm not about to hold my breath over that. Maybe a re-release of the original, at best?

I'm glad that Decade is getting a renewal. I didn't bother buying the other two Decade figuarts since I know that they are dated and they will end up making a new one. Once W and OOO get renewal then I hope secondary riders get renewal.

I can't speak to Birth, but I don't think Accel really needs a renewal. Maybe it's been a while since I messed with mine, but I'm pretty sure there are differences in the body that make Accel better than W.
Skull, of course, is just the W body, so it will need a Renewal. :)

I thought someone had posted something about W coming out in the summer back in like Feb. Maybe I misread it.

I fail to see the difference. The shin whatever ARE version 2s.

I feel like even Skull holds up well to modern standards. It's kinda just W who feels outdated.

In theory, yeah, but the Shin line is technically it's own thing as the way they build the figures and the way the figures are designed is entirely different from that of the main figuarts line. Otherwise, you'd see Black and RX included in that line as well.

Not really. There was a rumored list of future releases this year, but it's never been confirmed nor denied if it is fake or not.

That's interesting, cuz Skull is literally the same W body with a different head. Everything else is exactly W. I have noticed variation among my different W Figuarts, as to how well some joints work, maybe you just have an exceptional Skull?