This is pretty much the same thing that happened with Gokai Christmas. There was a scramble to order them initially. But most everyone who wanted it got orders in for it. And they eventually became easier in to find on the secondary market. I wouldn't sweat it too much.

Found this image on reddit. Someone sure loves their durian!

http://i.imgur.com/j3VSMm1.jpg

Now that the Figuarts are starting to come out is anyone else considering selling their AC stuff eventually? I don't have my Gaim and Baron in hand yet but I've been thinking of how I pretty much have every Gaim Figuarts with an AC equivalent I own on preorder. Plus space is always an issue, just a thought that crossed my mind I was wondering if anyone else felt.

I'm sticking with my ACs, cause I like to play with them. That and I painted them already :lol. Now I'm hoping people sell their ACs, I could use some for custom Rider ideas I have/Modifying for "Kachidoki" Forms for the other riders.

Yeah, I still kind of need an AC Gaim. Sapporo has one up for 2000, but I don't have it in me to make a full 5000+ order right now.

I have all the AC's plus some extras for more display and I really really enjoy them. I might sell some of them but overall I'll be keeping a majority of them.

Ooh, let me know when you do :)

When did they make a vacmetal chome one?

That's the metal version that can be found in gashapon set 13 :lol

Oh...there was an ebay auction for that thing for $25...maybe I should've jumped on it. :lol

EDIT: Where do you get Helheim fruits? I want one.

I'll try and keep you in mind if I do sell them. They're still fun and are much easier to pick up and play with than a Figuarts, but like I said matter of space and redundancy for me.

I should make you buy SHFs at AX. :lol

Thanks man! My main concern is getting a Gaim to make Bujin Gaim due to the cost of getting an official one/painting is more fun :lol

You'll never make me! :lol

Not that it isn't the most abundant one, but I have a Kachidoki Arms AC for sale if anyone needs it.

Yeah, I talked to one of the Nippon Yasan live chat people last night and they said they didn't have very many of Bujin Gaim at all. I just now remembered they said they'd be putting it up this week sometime. I would have been getting out of work right as they put it up, I knew I should have checked then. :( Ah well, I'm sure one will open up, it's not for another five months anyway.

We'll see about that...

Some new pics from the Tokyo Toy Show are up. This one looked interesting:

http://www.heroshock.com/wp-content/.../06/6Gb8zy.jpg

Kiwami looks better than I thought it would and apparently keeps full AC functionality.

Kiwami looks really nice, the figure alone looks really solid, I wonder how it pulls off the cast off gimmick, usually figures like that look bulky because of gimmick bits but kiwami comes off looking rather slick like a normal AC figure. Also they nailed the cape, NAILED IT!

Looking at it, it looks like the main body armor and pauldrons just clip together like a big shell and the armguards attach via a clip or something. Helmet looks to just clip on to the face.

First I'd like to say it looks great. I also see that Kiwami Gaim is holding a white DJ Gun Tai Ken Mode, so does that mean he'll come with all weapons or only a few?

Looks like it's just the Kachidoki Shell, Kiwami Arms, and a white DJ Gun Tai Ken and Musuou Saber.

Which is sort of disappointing, but I'd rather have something new (Kachidoki shell) than a glorified weapons pack.

Well hot damn! Guess I'll have my work cut out for me doing the full Arms Changes in the eventual Kiwami gallery.

http://www.heroshock.com/wp-content/.../06/WrKSku.jpg

A pic of Sigurd and Marika! :D

Dang they look sweet, hopefully the markup on them won't be too bad. Got a fresh pine lockseed today, anyone else find it very hard to close once open?

It just came to mind at peach the female rider we had in show and not movie exclusive

Got my SHF Gaim today. Little bit disappointed.

The detail and paint is gorgeous, and from afar or on my shelf, he looks really great. Up close though all the stickers in the place of actual paint looks really cheap and obvious and then when you pick him up you'll be shocked at the light, cheap feeling plastic.

I much prefer the weight and solidity found in the ACs, and they may lack the refined paint of the SHF but they also lack those awful looking stickers.

"All" the stickers? There's like two. And one of them is on the Musou Saber.

That said, to each their own. We all look at figures from different perspectives. I personally think it has a nice heft to it with all the plastic used for the armor. Almost comparable to figures blessed with diecast feet because of it, honestly. While the plastic used isn't thick, durable "play toy" material like I assume the AC figures are, (I wouldn't know, seeing as I don't own any) it's about on par with the Figuarts standard.

Got my first Arms Change figure today and it was none other than Duke! Have to say, it is nice to have an action figure that you're not afraid will break on you if you use a little too much force. Definitely lots of fun!

http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/i/20...ue-d7m4vso.jpg
http://th09.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/...ue-d7m4vrv.jpg

One thing that has turned me off of figuarts for the most part is that they may be beautiful, but they aren't toys. I'm afraid they're going to break when I handle them and I've heard stories about broken wrist pegs etc. I personally like toys to be toys, the more accurate they look, the better, but I still want to be able to play and futz with them without worrying about needing to buy a replacement.

I've personally had 3 figuarts break on me, and 2 of them were poor handling on my part (and easily fixed problems that haven't occurred again).

And here's your clear shot of AC Kiwami Arms, wearing Orange Arms. Looks like the pointy tip of his hat at least sticks around. But it would seem the cape and chest/shoulder panels are removed to accommodate this.

http://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/800...0/850/fz1d.jpg

Okay, yup, need him :lol

It looks like all the detail on the driver is tacky looking stickers too, which is weird considering they've detailed stuff much smaller than that with actual paint on other Figuarts.

Plus there are figuarts who have that "play toy" thickness, one thing I love about the Ryuki Figuarts is the sense of weight when you pick them up. Makes them feel more expensive, ironically, even though greater weight is usually related to cheaper toys.

Personally, the Gaim figuarts have a fair bit of weight to them. The only ones I have that feel heavier are the Ryuki figures and my Skull Crystal, but to be fair, those both have die casts.

Really, if any figuarts I've held felt 'light', it'd be the Blade ones.

I'm pretty certain everything on the lockseed itself is painted. The faceplate on the driver is surely a decal, though.

But with the Ryuki figures you can attribute most of that adidtional heft to their diecast feet.

I just opened Gaim and shot a gallery of him overnight, and I must say it's one of the mos exquisite Figuarts I've ever handled. It's just a gorgeous toy.

Stickers or not, they really hit the ball out the park with this one. I'm drooling at the thought of Kachidoki in September.

I don't think the stickers look bad in the least... And I honestly never expected details that small to be possibly painted as accurately as a little decal could do.

Yeh man that's half the problem, the paint apps are so nice it first blows my mind as to why they even used stickers in the first place and it only further makes the stickers look like shit too.

Plus, you look at stuff like ZyuRed's sword and stuff, where clearly proved they could do microdetails so I dunno what the deal is with Gaim. But again, like anything with Gaim, it's critically bulletproof and must be mindlessly praised and sacrificed too.

Okay. That's enough of that. Just because some of us don't feel the need to over critique a figure doesn't make us mindless. So just drop that sentiment now and keep the discussion civil.

Got my Gaim and Baron Figuarts today! My initial thoughts:
-These first run bonus parts are huge! I don't know if I have room for them which is a shame.
-The lock seeds won't stay on the belt, why couldn't they have just made swappable drivers?
-Ball joint wrists are scary
-So so pretty