Hmm, it's been a while since I swapped his hands out so I don't recall that, but on the other hand that wouldn't surprise me either. It's been a while, so I may just be forgetting that part. Mirror Knight though, definitely, yes, has the hardest hands to swap out of the bunch I own, by far. Totally agree.

I feel like Ultra-Acts have smaller wrist pegs and smaller holes in the hands themselves than say SHF's or D-Arts. I've found that line in particular is the hardest to swap hands on. Specifically though it's Glenfire and Mirror Knight. I've almost broken Mirror Knight sooooo many times.

Most of my Ultra-Acts have hands that pop on and off pretty easily, but, most of those are much more recent releases (Nexus, Jack, Father, Ace Killer from this year, Max from '12). I don't know if that has anything to do with it though (Glenfire and Mirror Knight were both '11 originally, for what it's worth), but maybe they got better with the hand/wrist parts in the past year or so?

Only one of my 3 I ever had any problems with was Leo. (The other two are Ultraman version 2 and Jack). And that was only on his right wrist. The eye and socket for the ball joint came apart the first time I swapped it. But I fixed it.

I'm seriously considering Mirror Knight so I will have to watch out for the hands issue!

Cant wait to open him!!

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Ultra-Act Gaia V2 reissue up on AmiAmi tonight: http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...e=TOY-TOK-1397

It's currently in stock at 2 Mandarake shops as well if anyone is interested.

In a related note, Gaia's sometimes rival/sometimes ally Ultraman Agul is showing as Backordered at Amiami.

http://www.amiami.com/top/detail/det...e=TOY-TOK-1466

I love both designs, I am totally tempted to get these guys...

EDIT: Went ahead and preordered Gaia, holding off on Agul for the moment as I typically pass on secondary Ultras. Now the question is do I go in and grab Dyna as well?

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Ultra-Act Ultraman Taro 9 by Ultraman23, on Flickr

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