Man, Alpha Edge looks really good back there... How's his red? It looked like a darker and deeper red in product shots, but I've seen pics where it seemed lighter.

$58 would be a more than generous offer for Den-O, right? I've been staring at this one seller selling his lot of SHF Riders and had not one, not two, but three SS Den-O's for sale on that price.

Man, I'd pick it up already but dude doesn't take paypal and we're not exactly allowed to go out right now.

I picked him up at wholesale (one of our vendors offered him and they actually managed to fulfill the order for once), so $58 was about what I ended up paying last year. At that price, I like him just fine. If you pay that, he's worth it.

It's a figure that goes for about $65 opened (or $70 sealed) on Mandarake, so $58 is a not-too-amazing discount. If this one seller won't deal with PayPal, you'll have plenty of options down the line to grab it for around the same price. He's not hard to track down for less than retail.

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Got another Mandarake package today. I definitely need to wait a little while before another another one of those, gets expensive. Got another SIC, New Den-O this time, as well as SHF Takeshi Hongo for the Kamen Rider 50th anniversary. Also threw in Transformers Cloud Roadbuster, because I can't resist Unicron Trilogy references. Only unboxed the Rider figures tonight, saving Roadbuster for tomorrow. New Den-O, despite somewhat limited articulation, was pretty easy to get in a good pose, while Hongo resisted my attempts to get him into his Henshin pose, so he's just standing there so far.
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Okay, okay, this must be a sign, because I was browsing a vendor's site, and they have SIC Faiz available, and I love Faiz, but I don't know anything about SIC figures and if they're any good.

And then you just got a new SIC figure. And you posted about it. Like, minutes after I thought I'd never know anything about SIC figures.

This is a sign.

Talk to me about SIC figures! Aesthetics aside ('cause those are pretty obvious), how do you find the quality? Are they prone to breakage? Are they sturdy when posed? Do the accessories stay attached? Any big problems that I should be aware of? Tell me what you know!

Older SIC figures I find tend to be a little more brittle now. But I recall reading somewhere VOL.40 (starting with Den-O I think) and beyond have that problem fixed.

All I know tho. Saw a Putotyra for $60 back then (it's still on sale tho haha) and was tempted but that was before SS OOO was announced and I had troubles thinking of having a larger-than-normal OOO on the shelf.

This is only my second SIC, and my first from the original Chogokin line instead of the newer Colosseum line, but I'll do my best. Like Raizin said, the stuff pre volume 40 is more fragile, something to do with them using ball joints for every joint. Seems the Ryuki ones are especially infamous for knees shattering while still in package. The oldest ones are little more than statues, they gradually get more and more articulated over time. The Den-O era stuff is pretty decent from my experience with this guy and other stuff I've read. By the time you reach Colosseum era, they've got all the standard articulation you'd find in something like a Marvel Legend or a Star Wars Black Series, plus a little extra. Nothing above and beyond, but there's nothing essential lacking. Coliseum Kuuga feels a little light, but Chogokin New Den-O is fairly hefty. Only chogokin he has is his wrist and ankle cuffs, but they add a premium feel. New MacheTeddy feels pretty well held in the sword hand, it's flexible enough to push it between hid thump and fingers, but once it's held it's solid enough to not feel like it'll move much. Kuuga's only accessory is a display stand of the corpse of one of the Grongi minibosses, the second grasshopper guy. Only other issue to be aware of is that I don't feel like the Colosseum stuff is worth the $120 retail price. I could see $90 max. I got Kuuga for 5500 yen thanks to a slight scratch on his flat black base that he also comes with, and New Den-O for 4000 yen, and they're extremely worth it for that price. If you're looking at the 2020 version of Faiz, I wouldn't recommend you pay much more than $90, he tends to go for around 7000-8000 yen on Mandarake, which seems like a fair price for an 8 inch retail figure with a transforming BFG accessory. Hope that covers everything. I'm pretty new to this line, but I'm having a lot of fun with it so far. Got two more figures I'm hoping to get soonish, Kamen Rider Joker, who last I saw was listed for about 4000 yen, and Kamen Rider OOO Tajador Lost Blaze, a unique take on Tajador that looks more like a Rider form for Ankh. It tends to go for 10,000 yen plus, but looks worth it honestly. It's a beautiful take on my favorite looking Rider suit

EDIT: This is the old and fragile Faiz, which I wouldn't recommend you buy
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This is the much less breakable new Faiz, who I say go for on a discount.
https://img.mandarake.co.jp/webshopi...2014667513.jpg
Also Mandarake has a cheap 2020 Kuuga in stock right now, which was my intro to the line.

Oh, and there's also the SIC Kiwami Tamashii line of 4 inch figures, but I don't know anything about those. Someone else will have to chime in there

It's pretty bright, honestly. I guess the best comparison I can think of is like, a candy red?

He also doesn't like standing. Fell over twice while I was getting things set up for this picture.

Very cool. Hope he ships to me soon.

Some day. Any day now...

You did great! Thanks! I think I'm gonna roll the dice on this SIC Faiz figure. He's so gloriously over-the-top (the Faiz Pointer is a crate!) that I'd like to experience him in-hand.

Have you tried submerging the figure in warm water? Always a good idea to try to loosen the joints before posing straight out of the box