http://ryanlb.com/images/kamen-rider...ze/ryuki-2.jpg
http://ryanlb.com/images/kamen-rider...ze/ryuki-3.jpg
http://ryanlb.com/images/kamen-rider...ze/ryuki-4.jpg
http://ryanlb.com/images/kamen-rider...ze/ryuki-1.jpg

Guess I'll just throw this in here:

http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/y...s/STUFF/12.jpg

For a figure you hate, you sure are using it a lot :lol

Gah I know :p I just love the Odin design so much that it's hard not to try and make this thing look good.

Don't worry. I know that feel :lol
I own Wrath and I still fully intend on picking up Odin when he's released.

So what's the difference between a Figuart and a Figma?

In general or Kamen Rider specifically? It's really not a fair thing to cpmpare the Kamen Riders in both lines because Bandai made the Ryuki Figuarts with the intent to make people stop buying the Figmas. They ended up going the extra mile on them just to do that.

If the Figuarts are an option for Ryuki/Dragon Knight, than go with that. However, I'm sure some will be exclusives (looking at you Femme!), in which case the Figmas become a much MUCH cheaper alternative.


Generally though, Figmas are like Revoltech without the clicking joints and like Figuarts for use of ball and socket joints. They also use a T-Bar similar to GI Joe, but with a rubber like piece over it so it's more posable and hides the joint better. Hiding joints is a trait of Figmas as well.

They are more detailed than Revoltech and less detailed than Figuarts (the Rider eyes for example). Figmas generally come with more accessories than Figuarts (until recently, at least).

Also, I give Figma kudos for including a stand and storage for extra parts with EVERY figure. Something Most Figuarts don't do and Revoltech doesn't do very well (though I love those orange boxes Revoltech has!).

Basically, of the 3 main "collectors" line of Japan, Figma rates somewhere in the middle between Revoltech and Figuarts. The price even tends to reflect such. Personally, I've enjoyed figures from all 3 lines with the only ones I kind of regret buying being in Revoltech (though some of my favs are from them too).

PS Figma handles capes by making them cloth (sometimes with wires to pose them) while the other lines have plastic capes with mixed results. I prefer the cloth capes, but that's just my preference.

From what I've heard the Figmas are more fragile, too. I know a lot of people had issues with Femme's accessories breaking easily or other characters' arms falling off the peg easily.

I have problems with the hands sliding right out of the wrists. The ports on the back for the stands to attach are smaller than the pegs on the arm of the base. The rubbery hip areas can't stretch far enough for dynamic posing. The open hands for gripping weapons are actually too big and the weapons just sort of hang there. Honestly I could bitch all day on the Figmas. As soon as they announce any of the Ryuki characters who haven't been made as Figuarts yet Im trading up.