Yeah to be fair I was pretty unimpressed with my first Figuart back when, anyone remember the Marvel Legends toys? Figuarts are practically the same concept, only not actually as well made (since you could actually play with the Legends) going for collectors prices.

I know Legends didn't come with all the hands and accessories and stuff but with all the hype the actual build quality of most Figuarts isn't actually that much better than any other figure.

You have to remember that, before Figuarts were first released, your options for Kamen Rider figures were:
The scarce and unreliably scaled Souchaku Henshin, the 12 inch and incredibly expensive Project BM figures, or the small vinyl figures.

There may have been others, but those 3 were pretty much it before Figuarts.

I don't consider Marvel Legends all that well made. Their necks were very distracting and took away from the character. Mattel did a great job with DC Universe Classics (well, most of it), but I still think Figuarts are vastly superior. I guess if you are referring to drop testing them, then yes, Marvel Legends would be fine compared to Figuarts, but I don't drop test my figures. I did that as a kid and now wish I hadn't.

His issues carry over to Blue and Yellow as well. But in all honesty? At the rock bottom prices Red Buster is sitting happily at he's worth every penny.
Well there was Souchaku Henshin which evolved into this line. I mean sure some figures have there issues but aren't you expecting a little too much? Yes they're collector oriented but what figure can perfectly replicate 100% of it's show likeness and be even mildly affordable?

These things are very nice for their scale and price. I keep it in mind when I'm buying them that they are just toys not the people in suits they represent. And I don't buy SHF's based on the pictures on the box so if it's doing something crazy on there I don't really care :lol

Hardly. I didn't even mention how inaccurate to the design Sieg is.

The problems I have are easily fixable problems that don't exist in other figures. Limited hands count, joint tolerances, stuff that I know isn't that hard to fix.

Maybe I'm just spoiled by the SICs which may cost more, but are damn near perfect.

Now you're speaking in oxymoron's. How is a SIC perfect when the very purpose of that line is taking liberties with the characters design and going in a different direction? They aren't even in the vicinity of accurate. And what "other figures" are those problems you mentioned easily fixable in? Again I said affordable and 100% accurate. You want to pay hundreds of dollars for Project BM's or RAH's that break when you breathe on them then be my guest. But you almost have to expect a certain degree of compromise on the 6" figure scale.

Literally ANY toyline has problems with joint tolerances and QC problems at some point. Any production run of anything will inevitably have issues, it's just the nature of mass production. I can't help that your basing your opinion on the only 2 older releases you've had the chance to handle rather than looking at the line as a whole. Seriously you're expecting too much out of these things for their price and scale.

I agree with all of this.

Earlier SIC's were awful, prone to breaking and falling apart at the slightest touch. I've only had a few QC issues with my Figuarts, most of which were paint problems and I own 70 of the damn things. I really don't know how you could complain about the quality or level of detail that goes into them, even most of the earlier ones, while a little rougher, are still pretty amazing.

Even now-a-days, while some Figuarts do have little problem, it doesn't ruin the entire figure. Even releases that weren't as popular, like Red Buster and the OOO releases, are still really good toys despite their set-backs.

Like others have said, dumping on a whole line based on two of its first releases while also saying that SIC, which started with poor QC and fragility, is a perfect line shows you need way more experience handling figures from both lines, both older and newer releases, before making a hard conclusion. Both have pros and cons.

Definitely agree on Red Buster. The only reason I even own it is because I got it so cheap. The shipping cost me more than the figure. xD

All kinds of agree.