I take pride in not falling into that group :lol. What really pushed me down the rabbit hole was IXA. I was so excited that design was finally getting good 6 inch toy. Then I saw they were making CycloneJoker and I thought "Why not?" since I was enjoying W, and the rest is history.

I blame Gokaiger. I was well aware of Figuarts for ages but it wasn't until Gokai Red was announced that I caved and preordered one. Then the wait until September 2011 was so hard I had to buy Shinken Red in the meantime to tide me over. The rest is history :lol

Similar story with me too. It's all Gokaigers fault. I discovered it , looked up toys on eBay found the most expensive action figures I've ever purchased at that point. Got them , looked up SHF's and bought Ryuki and black Rx because I watched both American versions. Got the 2 shinkens even though I didn't like samurai. Got OCD about it and had to finish the team and then I liked how ooo looked and bought him....oy vey

Shinken Gold!

I found him at a Toys R Us while on a trip. Still haven't opened him.

Ditto

That and me actually starting to watch the different shows.

i resisted Figuarts for over a year after i started collecting sentai mecha, then i saw DBZ Trunks sitting lonely on the shelf of forbidden planet, and that was it. 20+ figures in a month.

Whoa wait a sec...Forbidden Planet as in the UK chain?
If so, what Forbidden Planet are you looking in that stocks Figuarts??

It was Manchester, they had one and it had been there forever apparently, or at least as long as figuarts trunks has been out (or close to it), the guy behind the counter said it had been a trial to see how it sold, it didnt for a long time, so they doubted they'd ever import it in again.

I dont know how they managed it, but yes, i bought a figuarts in forbidden planet

Wow...you lived the dream. Even if it may never happen again :lol

i know, was so excited when i spotted it as id been thinking about dipping my toe in the figuarts water, got it home, loved it, went back to see what else they had in stock/were getting and i get utterly destroyed by the bad news.

to be fair, i get most of my figuarts express from Japan and it costs half as much