I almost screamed for a second because I thought this was an FRS Ghost reveal

If a FRS Ghost did happen, the jacket would either be solid plastic or suffer the same fate as the SHF's jacket.

I think Kiva or Ghost are gonna be come of the last FRS we see.

Kiva because he has been notoriously difficult to capture in figure form. The old SHF blog went into this aspect before http://blog.livedoor.jp/shfiguarts/a...072771434.html basically admitting that Emperor form was easier to do than Kiva's base form. I guess thats what happens when you have to recreate perfection ;)

Ghost only because of the lack of popularity and it would be kind of hard to do.

You say lack of popularity, but they were pretty quick to do Agito and Hibiki!

But Amazing Mighty Kuuga already has both a Seihou and an FRS kit.

Or they could cut the jacket into two and have each part attach to each section of the torso in order to let the upper body move better. Should still provide better articulation than the SHF.

I apologise for my crappy drawing skills.

That woud look kinda weird and unnatural.

How 'bout they try the Fumina option and just have the jacket float around the torso?

https://da.lnwfile.com/_/da/_raw/l8/o8/wy.jpg

That could work. FRS Fumina's jacket DOES clip on to her back and as a result does not attach to the sides, but we might just end up going back to SHF Ghost's articulation.

Wow, this articulation problem does not go away easily huh?

inb4 cloth jacket.

knowing bandai's cost cutting, they would probably go half and half on both your ideas since the line values poseability. Maybe have the top of the jacket be solid and part of the upper torso. They could integrate the bottom half into the build of the lower torso by making the lower half for the jacket rubber. It could be pegged into the lower torso on the sides. Therefore, it would give an integrated look and not hinder the articulation of the upper body. They've been known to use rubber before on some humanoid kits, so maybe they could go this route if not cloth or completely solid. And it wouldnt look too bad posing. They've been willing to try new engineering and materials in these kits before, maybe ghost will be a turning point in engineering for the series and actually be good. Unlike his series.