So my reissue Tatoba arrived today. Only handled it for a few minutes so far but my god...

...this is without a doubt the worst Figuart I own.

If I didn't know any better I'd think it was one of those lower budget gimmick toys. The paint is sloppy, the articulation lacking in comparison to other figures and the hands soft and weird. I don't regret the purchase since he's a main rider and all, but please don't tell me Birth is like this too.

Birth is much much nicer than TaToBa.

I've only ever really read negative things on the OOO Figuarts.

TaToBa is just about the worst one of the bunch. I have all the main combos and I think they're great. Anything with the Batta legs are the ones that get the most complaints. PuToTyra is one of the best ones. I was confused at first as to why it had die cast feet and none of the others did.

If I had to rank them from best to worst(quality wise) I would say:
PuToTyra
TaJaDor
LaToraTah
ShaUTa
GataKiriBa
SaGoZo
TaToBa

Yeah, the OOO combo figuarts are kinda rough. TaJaDor and PuToTyra turned out rather nice, but the others leave a bit to be desired. Part of me hopes some years down the road Bandai will make a renewal TaToBa that has the polish of the older series Riders. Oh, and Birth is just fine.

Preordered-ed Kibaranger from BBTS "just in case." :D

http://www.bigbadtoystore.com/bbts/p...04&mode=retail

I'd rather not buy them at bbts, always get customs charges, but I've preordered kiba and ryuu too. In the event I can't get them cheaper I can use it as a fallback since they're not suffering the import mark up due to blue fin

I still love my TaToBa...

I'm going to order one tonight, there's a couple right now on Mandarake for 2000ish, I'll be happy with that price.

Hope Blade pops up on AmiAmi again, I'd like to get an order in for him.

Honestly, I just got an E-mail from BBTS advertising the White Ranger for pre-order, probably because I already preordered Red and Green from them. So I went and preordered it too.