Haven't had much of a chance to take him out of the packaging to really pose or fiddle with, mostly just checked his joints at this point (legs, especially the right one, are kinda tight..can they break?), but I got CycloneJoker today.

Um okay. I've only used that Shock Oil on one character out of all of the ones I have. I didn't have to, but I wanted to.

Now I'm scared for when my CJ arrives. If he breaks I'll be pissed. The only reason I got the Figuart was so that I didn't run the risk of breaking the MG Figurise when I get them.

I've heard of no problems with him, so I think you're good.

I only felt like I had to use shock oil on Wild Tiger. That's it.

I chose to use it on Ankh simply out of a precaution because it sounded somewhat similar to what people said Tiger sounded like [this being before I had my own].

But otherwise, I don't think it's a huge issue. It doesn't pop up in every figure. Granted, it is the more recent ones where it has been a noted issue, so that might be notable. Many of my older figures are absolute fine.

Yeah, the leg joint makes a bit of noise when moving it (my Scorpion's right arm does this as well). Should I be concerned?

I've never had a SHF break on me yet and I have a bunch at this point. I did use the dry soap technique on the hips of several, but that was mostly out of caution than anything else.

So has anyone gotten the SHF Pegasus Kouga? I'm thinking about picking it up and wondering if anyone knows if its good or not.

Here's Vangelus' video review:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX5C...e_gdata_player

Hope this helps! He reviewed almost all of Kuuga's forms.

Lol,no no,this Kouga.

http://aikoudo.com/ori/30441/goods_i...ds_10275_1.jpg

Oh! :lol

Derp. I also thought he meant Pegasus Kuuga and had just misspelled it :lol

Sorry,shoulda posted a pic first.Kinda want to get him,but thinking about getting Faiz Blaster form or Den-o Sword form first as well.This is gonna be my first SHF,so I wna make a good choice.

First Figuart? Den-O Sword Form sounds like a great choice. I still need one myself, but it seems to be one of the best figures readily available on the market right now.

Awe man. I put in an order on Mandrake for DekaBlue, GokaiBlue with Darin, GokaiGreen with Darin, and GokaiSilver and when I got the payment email link I found out they no longer had the GokaiBlue instock. Dammit!! I was hoping I could clear out everyone but red and yellow right now.

My personal bias for the character aside, Sword Form is damn nice.

anything from the Kabuto line are all amazing Figuarts...after that, you can't go wrong with Sword Form. I have a pretty good breakdown of figuart reviews on...*ahem* some site that may be linked to the bottom of this signature...

Kamen Rider Tiger.

oooh...Tiger IS a great figure...those claw hands are just sexy

I keep looking at Tiger and then getting something else instead haha. A month ago, wow has it been that long already..., it was the Scorpion Zodiart and yesterday (holy crap, that was only yesterday?) was W CycloneJoker.

And since I'm not getting any others after I get my preordered Wizard (at least not for a very long time) I gotta hope I made the right call both times.

So far it seems I have.

For anyone who is interested, I got my CJ last week and nothing looks fragile or could break on him other than the cape. So far so good I gess.

I just got Kouga in today, he's a lot smaller than I was expecting, the limbs are more like the female rangers, feels more fragile. the waist is tiny, but I guess that's mainly the way the aesthetics of the show that they were working from. The hips are a bit loose on mine, will have to tighten them up a bit for deeper stances. Doesn't look right next to the Myth cloth figures.

So guys...has the preorder for Axe Form gone up yet? I see Phoenix and Walz Gill on Yokatta, but not Axe Form.

Nope, not up yet

Yeah, I really don't like how it fits into the back of Cyclone's neck, and with the kind of plastic it is..it's worrisome. But you honestly don't feel like his antenna/head crest could snap, especially if he takes a spill? I worry about that constantly.

Only other complaint I can find with the figure are his leg joints. I'm glad he isn't a floppy mess, but I think mine are a tad too tight, and they are a bit awkward compared to my other Figuart's (save for Black RX because he uses a completely different style), which may be due to the shape of his leg armor I guess, up around where it meets the area where the joint is. It's just kinda hard to get it back into its neutral area if I move it around a bit, feels like it could break.

He's probably use to the antennas feeling like they are going to break off at the moment they drop. All of the riders are like that, especially Nigo, Ichigo, Skyrider, and Shadow Moon. Hell, my Nigo's right antenna was bent when I first opened him so I thought it was going to break when I bent it back in place. In fact, I still think it is going to break the moment he falls down.

BTW, does CJ have the scarf put on him the same way AkibaRed does? If so, I hate that because the scarf falls off all of the time.

CycloneJoker came this morning and I'm liking him a lot. There's a few issues with him, though, and some things that I thought would be issues but aren't. His hands are absolutley terrifying to swap to the point where I widened all the holes with a hobby knife to be safe. The driver is really detailed but I missed the green for the Cyclone memory so I painted it and painted in the little "C" and "J" in the windows. The posability is above average though the joints are annoying. Every joint is tight except for his inner shoulders/torso arm joints. They're so loose it makes posing a task. Hopefully they don't get any looser and the rest of the body limbers up so they're not so contrasted. On the subject of quality control he has a single paint drop on his neck and weird scuff marks on his left shoulder. Also there's mould flash on his crest.

I was also pleased to see the eyes are not as tiny in person as they seem in pics, though they might be a smidge undersized. Not a problem, though. Sadly what is a problem is the forehead crest. It's not the size, although it might be a bit big that can be overlooked in head-on views. What can't be overlooked is how it sits on his heaad. Double's head crest angles back on the actual suit. Here, though, it's straight up. When viewed from the side it's completely vertical, and that bugs me to no end. Is there any way to get it off so I could try reshaping the contact point and gluing it back on an angle like it should be?

A great figure but I think it'll stay my only Figuart. There's nothing here that has me wanting to jump down the rabbit hole.

As much as I love both the show and the Figuarts, there are way better SHFs than the Double line. Like Ryuki, they're unbelievably good.

I think the inner shoulder joint I think might be loos-ish on all of my Double figures, I agree it is annoying, because it tends to drop down and look odd, but I love the show enough I don't care. But if there are other shows you like, you should give their figures a chance. Ryuki and Den-O both blow Double out of the water.

Trust me when I say that W is not a shining example of the line. The more recent releases like Ryuki, Den-O Sword Form, Red Hawk etc give you a way better impression. For me at least the W releases were all pretty underwhelming.

Yes, Red Hawk is really good, not at all familiar with the show it's from, but I had to get it after I saw Vangelus and TJOmega's reviews of it.

The Gokaigers are also good, and I love the Shinkengers. I know everyone else complains about their shoulders, and they are kinda limited, I rarely notice it.

Ty for the quick review.:)

But still, I don't see anything here that would make me go crazy for the line. I may get Den-O sword form since I plan of finishing the series shortly.

The only reason Cyclone Joker doesn't have me bouncing off the walls is because, well, with a suit as simple as CJ where he doesn't have any weapons or real acesories, the devil is in the detail. Really if it weren't for the crest being fucked up he'd be way, way better. Everything else is minor at most, wholey forgettable at least. It really just makes me want to tear that crest off and try to reattache it. And since he only cost about $35 to begin with, I can outright ignore all those other faults if I could fix the crest.

If I'm looking for an over all good figure for the line...the Kabutos are all pretty much awesome. Amazing detail, sexy metallic finishes, joints in all the right places. They really show just what Figuarts are all about.

I do like the look of Gatack.

That was the same issue I had with my first Figuart as well, except I got Black RX who is an incredibly simple design, being from the Showa era, but at least he came with the Revolcane so he had something to pose a bit with.

Fourze was my first Figuart to actually come with a couple of noteworthy accessories, but I always feel a bit troubled when trying to pose and fiddle around with him because I don't want to lose any of his astro switches, plus one of his arms (the right one, which is the one Rocket goes on sadly) is loose.

Scorpion was the first near perfect Figuart for me. She comes with a good number of accessories (well, her cloak and switch), joints are all mostly perfect (one of her arms is kinda tight and the shoulder pads are a touch loose), but the detail and paint work on the figure add some points.

Cyclone Joker hit everything just right for me. Got him in the middle of watching, and loving, the series. He comes with a good number of hands, even if switching them out is far far harder than any of my other figures, even counting Scorpion, and while I dislike how they connect I love the interchangeable scarfs. The paint work is fantastic, though I wish the Joker side was a touch more of a matte finish, I'll survive. Just a damned good figure.

Damned good figure. That's a good description. He is a damn good figure. He's just not a perfect figure.

Though he's a bit closer now, as I modded the crest to sit at an angle back. But now he really does look like it's oversized, so I may rip it off again and sand it down and repaint it.

Actually, I hate to say it, but I think the DekaRangers are my favorite ranger releases. I'm not sure what it is, as I'm not that big of a fan of the show, but the Figuarts for both Red and Blue are incredible.

Blue is sooooo good. I love my Red but Blue is fantastic. Still trying to hunt down Green.

I like the mold also. I skipped Red and Blue, I only have Green. Aside from a few teams(most of which haven't been made yet) I'm only buying Greens.

You're collecting all Greens, right? So is your current count 4: Gokai, Deka, Shinken, GataKiriBa?