Well save for G and Gaia :lol

Anyone know when Shinchokou Seihou W is suppose to come out?

The 22nd next month.

http://tamashii.jp/item_schedule/201610/

Good News Dark Kabuto 2.0 will be release at Tamashii Nations 2016 for price of 5500 yen.

http://www.taghobby.com/wp-content/u...09/fo22401.jpg

He looks great and I like how they use the same style box for once probbebly won't get him though as im not that interrested in kabuto stuff.

Looks like we're also getting a Clone Trooper Captain. Neat, but where's my freaking Lieutenant...

So, who wants to place bets on what this year's exclusive effect set is going to be?

As long as Dark Kabuto is as relatively easy to find on Mandarake as recent Tamashii Nations SHFs have been (toku-wise, anyways), I don't mind that it's a show exclusive.

Well that's a good sign for future SS Kabuto figuarts, right?

We've got Kabuto, Gatack and Dark Kabuto. I'm really hoping for TheBee.

Just give me Drake. Though I'm sure I'd take the others as well.

I know Hibiki's not the most popular series, but if SS figures are an option for Tamashii Nations exclusives, if they won't do this as a Web exclusive, can we please get Hibiki Kurenai as a TN exclusive? Or Toei Hero Net? Hobby Japan? Hibiki's one of my favorite SHFs & that mold in a gorgeous metallic red is something I've been hoping for (not quite "Wild Chalice hoping for," but high up there), especially since it's a simple redeco.

Fingers crossed. Bee, Hopper Bros & Kabuto Hyper for me are the ones I'd really like.

Glass-half-empty take is Gatack & Dark Kabuto were originally retail releases and their SS versions are both now exclusives, though I'm hoping that has more to do with Tamashii Nations not releasing as many Riders as they used to due to the other licenses they've gotten a hold of lately.

Magnetstates vs Cosmicstates (SHF, Fourze)
 

If you could choose (or prioritize buying) only one, which Figuarts would you get: Magnetstates or Cosmicstates?

While you may of course base your suggestion on product value (design quality, accessories, relative rarity, articulation, etc.), you may also bring in the following consideration:

If you had Meteor and Meteor Storm and wanted a four-figure display with the two of them and Fourze Basestates, would you rather the fourth figure be Magnetstates or Cosmicstates?

Cosmic for me, easily. It's not a diss at Magnet, I just like the look of the Cosmic States suit much more, so I specifically went after that one first when I started going after Fourze SHFs. I also own Magnet (plus Elek & Fire), but the biggest reason I got it when I did was Mandarake had a dirt cheap one (like less than 1000 yen, back when the exchange rate was much more favorable). I would've picked it up eventually, but Magnet wasn't a priority to chase down like other SHFs have been for me.

If you're doing first and final forms, Cosmic States. If you want the more robust figure, Cosmic States.

Magnet States is relatively obscure, falling into that category of upgrades that were quickly forgotten when the final form debuted. Cosmic States saw a lot more use.

Also, when you added a poll to your reply, it was added to every other page of this 1,682-page thread. I'm guessing you didn't intend that.

Oh crap. Let me figure out how to get rid of that!

Aw, Nippon Yasan bumped my Gattack order to the second shipment. Looks like I've got another month to go before getting him.

Same, guess its my fault for leaving it so late to order him. Oh well.

Ok random - apparently I didn't pay close attention to pics of the box when it came out, and it's not like missed translations haven't appeared on TN boxes before, but I was not expecting Gold Drive to show up with "Gord Drive" on the box. Still, it's cool that mine's here now. I think I'll wait to open it until I get my Web stuff (I have a thing about opening that month's Tamashii Nations stuff together). Looks damn good though.

Also scored a Machine Decader as part of the same AmiAmi order with Gold Drive (one finally lasted more than a day on their pre-owned section), so that leaves the original Battle Hopper & Beat Chaser as the only bikes I want to track down. It's nice that there are only a few older releases left that I've yet to track down.

So picked up a few Figuarts over the course of NYCC. Gold Drive, Kaixa, Ryuuranger, but the one I was most worried about was Kyoryu Red.

His wrist joints were as stupid-scary tight as everyone else's, so I tried to figure out a quick way to try and fix them without breaking the joints altogether. So I put a small drop of shock oil on both of the joints and worked the hands around the ball peg to get them into the cracks, applied gentle outward pressure and both hands popped right off the pegs without much issue.

Lastly, I dipped both ball pegs into a bit of boiled, hot water for about 20 - 30 seconds and used an exact-o knife to shave the softened plastic down a bit. Now all the hands pop on and off super-easily while still keeping a solid grip. Gonna be doing this for any other future hand swap issues from now on.

Just got my payment request from AmiAmi for S.S. Kamen Rider W ! All I have to do now is sit back and wait .

Crap... now the waiting begins. Mine will sit in the private warehouse for a week, so everyone who ships theirs right away will get it before me...

I'm gonna be so jealous once people post it in the Recent Purchases topic :lol

I opted for the cheaper shipping option I didn't want to pay $20 bucks for shipping so I may just end up waiting along withyou :lol

Looks like I got shafted again from HLJ for a Rider Figuarts release. No SS W for me.

Thankfully I got a back-up order in at AmiAmi when they reopened them at some point.

Never got an order in on AmiAmi and still don't have a notification from HLJ... Probably means I'm not getting him from them right? :(

Well, whenever I get orders from HLJ, I get my notifications in the afternoon my time. So you're not completely out of the running yet bro.

But fuuuuuuu- SAL for my AmiAmi order? 4000. Think it's cause of how big the wind effects boxes are.

What? It’s Friday night in Japan, how could they possibly process orders right now? You get your notification later today / tomorrow, when it's the 22nd in Japan.

It’s the night of the 21st right now. AmiAmi is always faster than HLJ.

And don’t panic when you don’t get one then, it could take until Monday, they don’t work on Sundays as far as I know.

I never even pre-ordered it. I get to wait around for Mandarake or Bluefin :lol

Well he's showing as instock on AmiAmi right now, just gotta wait for them to get MP Primal.

He doesn't come out until the 22nd, Hlj doesn't work on saturdays/payment requests always go out 4pm eastern time so Hlj probably won't request payment until 4pm monday. Hlj has reopened preorders for w a bunch of times so I'd be surprised if anyone got their preorder unfulfilled.

Except for, for some reason, I got a notification about the payment for the Wind Effect pieces. Since they are all due out on the same day, it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to say no W.

Looks like my order is going to be 8,140 JPY. How much is that in US dollar since it looks like it's higher than most of my Ami Ami orders are?

I haven't even gotten one for the Wind Effect yet and that’s definitely not the most sought after release of the month. Let's wait and see.

I just got me w payment request for w from Hlj, I really don't think Hlj is going to screw anyone on this, it's. even a pretty long time since they have real fulfillment issues with foguarts.

Same, got one for Double, the Green Wind Effect set and a box of ACT. 4 stands I nabbed today.

They're gonna sit in the private warehouse for now and wait for the ape boss.

I can't tell if that's the case or not, but... are you writing from your phone? :lol

Posting in browser on phone sucks

Also I'm glad the Russians are hacking the internet so I can't get to PayPal

Yeah got mine too. Yay.

Shame PayPal is down or else I'd have already paid for it too. :lol

I've still just received the one message about the effect parts from HLJ. I'll give it until Monday before I concede defeat, but considering everyone else I know has gotten their W payment info, I'm not holding out much hope. Congrats to you folks that snagged one.

Ignore.

Same :(