^did you make sure to send them an invoice as well?

Anyways, funny enough I actually still prefer the "dynamic" robe that Wizard came with to the default and the strike wizard. It just looks best and works in so many different poses. The default robe isn't bad, just kinda poofy and of course is best in generic standing poses. The strike wizard robe only really works with the kick strike pose, and his dynamic robe works fine with that too. Still glad I finally got the thing as my figure didn't feel complete without the bonus, but I do wish we got like..some effect parts or something instead.

But then they wouldn't be able to overcharge us for effect part sets....xD

Yeah I like that robe over the first production bonus as well.

Has anyone ever tried shaving down either the peg or the hole for the vicegrip/hand on a Tamashii Stage? Really sick of seeing cracks show up on these even when I don't move them and just plug them in.

No, they never emailed me back to tell me they needed it. I sent them a picture of the box and said I got it from Amazon and if they need me to send them an invoice, let me know.

Anyway, I'm sure you saw my pics of what I got yesterday.

1. Is it just mine, or does Accel's wrist joints pop out of his arms all of the time? It just seems like the plastic is not hard enough to keep the joints in, so I have to really crunch down on them to keep the peg pieces in the arms when I go to switch hands. Also, I know this was already said, but even in person he looks more orange than red.

2. As for Water Style, he is cool, but suffers from the same issues as Flame Style. The henshin driver falls off of the regular belt (I have a feeling it is just a design issue with the mold because the portion the driver attaches to seems to have some weird looking thing on both of them). However, his joints are much tighter than Flame Style even though his left leg likes to pop out of the joint every now and then. Oh, and his waist also does not snap on tight enough either.

Over time the hip connection on my Flame Style seems to have improved significantly. The driver falls off a bit less now too.

That said, I cannot get the strike robe on him worth a shit. It attaches on the left side just fine, but the right side just will not go on properly.

You need to fiddle around with it. It needs a bit of force to fit properly. The rubber I guess contracted a bit. You have to stretch it. But be careful with it.

I have yet to see any cracks on any of my stages.

Its annoying, but I've never tried to shave those down. They eventually became loose on my Act 5s. I figured I could just glue them together or maybe use some clear nail polish.

You must be lucky and get some with pretty good tolerances then. From what I understand they'll stress easily if the fit is even a slight bit off. I think the pose you have the figure in may also be a factor, one of mine had a ton of stress marks show up after I had Wizard posed doing his kick strike for a few days :/ I'm also using a spare stage I have to test if just having it pegged in will cause stress or not. I really just wish Bandai would make some solid plastic stages though.