Surprised by him not mentioning the one thing I wish the figure had: alternate faces.
The happy face is fine but he really needs a close mouthed face. Maybe a face for when he loses a life, and maaaaaybe an extra head without a hat and an extra hat without a head, but he doesn't need that.

I agree. A closed mouth option would have been nice.

The review is kinda sh*** anyways.

I mean it takes him five bloody minutes before he gets the damn thing open. Half the time I can't even understand what he's saying.

Extra faces is something I was really disappointed with. It would have helped a bunch since Mario isn't always smiling.

Me too, it's kinda like the Play Arts Kai 3D Sora, but not as bad.

This reminds me a lot of when the Link and Samus Figma's were released in the US and we suddenly had waves of people who'd never bought a Japanese figure before buying them and not understanding how the articulation works, breaking parts off and generally just giving bad reviews.

The figure definitely has flaws, but we knew it only had one face and we knew the articulation would obviously be limited in certain places (although this guy just seems especially bad at posing). We've already seen pictures from places like 2Chan showing a much greater range of movement than he claims is possible.

Just got my Mario and accessory packs in the mail, and yeah that review is crap. Ignoring the problems of mumbling and acting shocked/getting pissed at the accessory count Mario came with when Bandai had shown exactly what Mario comes with from the very beginning, he claims Mario can't lift his arms straight up...

http://i58.tinypic.com/nvukh.jpg

and he can. Sure he can't hold his hands straight out to the side because of the shape of his shoulders but if they had changed them it would of looked horrible. Besides when has Mario ever held his hands like that anyway.

As other people mentioned here he seems to be only interested in Mario for his Smash Bros collection which is probably why he doesn't understand why Mario and his accessory packs were split like they were.

For people who love the Super Mario series like me there is a huge temptation to buy multiple versions of the accessory packs to be able to build stages from the games. I'd be willing to pay $13 and shipping for some stage parts, but I wouldn't be willing to pay $30+ and shipping for only three extra accessories and a Mario I don't want.

Also Mario totally can do a rider kick
http://i60.tinypic.com/i2ilwk.jpg

I seriously hope the S.H. Figuarts Mario line takes off and Luigi comes soon after.

I don't know how they'd do a Princess Peach with her dress, but I could see Yoshi, Toad, Wario, and Bowser for other future possibilities.

Sonic.