Aww, thanks! I don't really consider myself much of a funnyman, so I appreciate the compliment.

Its well deserved. It was pretty funny since you caught it so fast. I laughed harder than i should have.

I've always wondered if the dragon knight figmas are any good since they did pretty much all riders except alternative and the survive forms. And that ouja looks cheaper and nocer than the figuarts

Going solely by reviews I've seen, they all have their ups and downs when compared to the SHFs. So just go with whatever's cheaper unless you REALLY want the Advent Beasts.

You mean the contract monsters are bundled with the figuarts? Or that they don't scale with Figma?

And i mean the proportions look more modern and the silhouttes look more natural, plus that great figma articulation.

SHF made many contract riders, so that's what Sword's getting at.

Fun fact about that, actually -- SHF made Ryuki at the time specifically because of Figma Dragon Knight; and they seriously brought their A-game, making them far superior than any other SHF at the time, doing way more stuff than Figma including Contract Monsters and Survive purely to compete and try to one-up Figma.

Interesting time. Really shows what a bit of healthy competition can do for a company's motivation.

Huh, didn't know that actually. Kinda makes me wish Figma would do alot more stuff that SHF tends to go after so we'd get better quality stuff. I remember when everyone said the Figma Iron Man was THE Iron Man figure.

Though speaking solely in terms of MCU stuff, we are seeing that again, as SHF and MAFEX are constantly going back and forth in trying to one-up one another.

Glad to hear that! MCU isn't my thing but I'm glad fans of it are getting increasingly better options from multiple places

In case anyone is interested, Mafex is part of Medicom, the same folks who brought us Japan's answer to funko pops, bearbricks.

Another random thought, but for those Riders whose bikes could fold into phones and other stuff, why not just throw them at opponents and have the bikes unfold midair and smoosh them upon impact? Or at least serve as a decent distraction?

I mean, yeah that's not ever gonna happen onscreen because those poor suit actors would get their organs ruptured and the bikes would become fancy wreckage, but in-fiction I don't see why not.