I absolutely agree. I wish my other favorite series as of the last few years, Steven Universe, actually had figures of the characters. I'd kill for good plastic representation of the Gems.

Got AI03 stickered up today. The Zero-One So-Do like has been fantastic so far. They come with so much more paint than they did back in Build, and the alt hands rock too. As usual, sorry for the horrible cell phone pic.
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I'm tempted to go back and collect the two Ride Plus waves from Zi-O, I wasn't a fan of the Zi-O Rider aesthetic, but other than Quiz, I loved the look of the future Riders and the Decade Riders. I'm still missing a few figures and parts from Build too, where the case didn't come with enough duplicates. I need:

• Hell Bros (Body and armor)

• KumaTelevi

• Either a red or blue Pandora panel, can't remember which

• Evol Dragon (Body)

• KaizokuRessya Hazard (Hazard A/B)

• Kaiser (Body and armor)

• Kaiser Reverse (Body and armor)

• Build Final Set

• Killbus (Body and armor)

• RabbitTank Hazard 01 Version (Metal Build body and armor)

• RabbitRabbit Hazard (Metal Build body and armor)

• And I could always use more Guardians

If anyone has any of these spare, I'd be interested in buying them. Would be nice to have the collection 100% complete.

Maybe you could check Mandarake if they have the parts you are missing. I've been eyeing a couple Zero One figures on there as I don't feel like buying entire sets.

Problem with Mandarake is new stuff tends to go up after I've already gone to bed, and be sold out by morning. I was able to get Build RabbitDragon from there by stalking the website every night for a couple weeks after the wave was released in Japan, but I kept missing Killbus whenever he went up. Other problem is even if I set an alert so I get an email as soon as it comes in stock, I'm paying 1500 yen in shipping for an 800 yen toy unless I find something else I want that's coming from the same store that's also in stock. It's definitely doable, I've done it before, but buying from a board member would definitely be easier

God I need to catch up but money.

And just yesterday, I got AI04

That's true. I guess I'm just lucky I'm not looking for anything that is in demand and found a store that has a few different sets that I am interested. I think patience is key with Mandarake though there is also the risk that you could never end up getting it. Haha.

Man, why did you all have to show off those awesome Zero-One figs?! I haven't watched the show yet, probably won't get around to it for a year or so, but now I'm looking real hard at those sets. Amazon Japan has AI 01 and 04 for about $75 together with shipping, and they'd show up next week. I'm really thinking about it. Like, I'm going to watch Zero-One eventually, which means I'll want these figs eventually, so why not grab 'em cheap now?

I don't know. It sounds like they're really good? It doesn't seem like SO-DO mass-retail sets ever get too hard to find, so maybe it's not worth rushing to get them? I don't know! I'm pretty sure I'm going to order them, but: thoughts? Something I'm not considering?

Those prices aren't too bad, you don't get the discount you could get from Amiami, but it's still fair retail price. I believe Ex-Aid So-Do could get pretty hard to find after it's initial release, but Build and Zi-O stuff still seems pretty easy to get, so you're probably fine to wait. They're great looking suits though, I'm over 10 episodes behind on Zero-One but I'm still staying up to date on So-Do because I adore the suit aesthetic.

Also, AI01 is on Mandarake for just 2500 yen

Thanks for the heads-up on AmiAmi! I hadn't heard of them and, uh. Seems like I could make some bad decisions there. Thanks?

I ended up ordering those two sets from Amazon Japan, instead of Mandarake, because the case of SO-DO figs I ordered two+ weeks ago from Mandarake still hasn't shown up, and I'd feel better placing a new order with someone else. Nothing against Mandarake, really, but I'm mostly making a new purchase because the Mandarake stuff hasn't shown up yet and I'm getting that itch, and placing another order with Mandarake that could take weeks to arrive feels like salt in the wound. At least with Amazon, that stuff'll be here by the end of next week.

I need more tiny mans! I need 'em!

Ha, I hear ya. Reason I was on Mandarake was that I noticed Killbus was in stock. Went looking for something else to buy for the aforementioned reason of not wanting to pay more on shipping than on the item. Found SHF New Den-O for 2500 yen after a little while, but had to run out of my dorm for a few hours and was worried I wouldn't be able to catch the bus in time if I took the time to add them to my cart and check out. Unfortunately, when I got back, Killbus had sold out. Sigh. Someday I'll have him