I think you're being too harsh. The Double Figuarts are not indicitive of what the entire line is like. Trust me, when I got Takuto, I wasn't sure about other Figuarts, then I bought Fourze. They have vastly improved since the Double Figuarts.

Bluefin on their twitter is saying they're getting a Sentai/Ranger two pack for North America that's a web exclusive in Japan. Wonder who they're talking about? :D

Also they said this: "Besides this ranger 2 pack, you're probably going to be ordering a ranger related figuart almost every month"

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Posability is just okay? Compared to what? Relative to most of the other readily available figures, they seem really articulated. If you know figures that are MORE articulated for $30-$40 retail, I'm all ears. I'm a posability junkie too. I have not had too many QC issues yet. And I've branched into the D-Arts and MonsterArts lines also.

Uh... posseability sometimes is going to be hindered by the design of a figure. It happens with every toy. However, Figuarts makes sure skirt pieces and shoulder covers are still flexible enough to try to keep the figure's articulation from being hindered. And if you think there are massive quality control issues with the line, you must not be up to date on Mattel and their MOTUC/DC lines.

I'm just tickled pink about the Operation Overdrive two pack. Once I get that it will be compulsory for me to buy the rest of the team, whenever they are released, as well as the SRC Daibouken, whenever he is released. It'll be a Boukenger party at my house and everyone's invited. :D

I cant believe they actually worked out a deal for Boukenger in the US. I'm ridiculously happy right now :D

I may have to add Boukenger to my collection....dammit Bluefin lol

Is there a way to buy a Bouken Red without having to pay extra for the Giant Shovel?

The shovel never cost anything extra in the first place

Oh. But what if I dont want it xD

Never take it out of the box? :lol Bouken Red is dirt cheap these days so it doesn't really make much difference.

Then I'll take the Shovel. Stupid Shovel!

Themselves. Posability isn't bad, it's just I don't look at a figuarts and see mad super-posability. And I hate how some of them have that weird hip joint that drops down, and it seems to be all the ones I'd want to boot. Add to that the, I don't know what to call it, inner torso shoulder joint? While nifty for that extra bit of p'zaz, it makes the arms tough to pose naturally and they always look floating-off-the-body.

But what about when it's not, like the aformentioned hip joint. Aside from looking terrible in anything besides a standing straight poses, it doesn't have a lot of movement, unless you want you rider's knee bending inward. I mean, I get sacrificing aethetics for functionality, but if you're sacrificing aethetics for no added functionality, I don't see the point.

And that's not even talking about varying joint tolerances and actual inaccuracies. (although sometimes siad inaccuracies improve a design, like on Agito who I always felt looked a bit doofy in the show, but the Figuart doesn't)

I'm not saying Figuarts are bad or even not-good, I'm not even saying I don't see the appeal, I was all ready to go get into the line hardcore before I actually got one, but all I hear is people saying how they get "sucked in" and I'm just like "ya I don't see how."

Aw, I would've taken it :lol

If W is the figure or series of figures you're basing your opinion on the line from though you should give it another shot. The early stuff is really not that great at all. There were quite a few QC issues and design flaws. Nowadays things are much better. Try a newer figure and see what you think of th eline then. It's come a LONG way in just 5 years.

Then if I get a Bouken Red, you get the Shovel :lol

Yay! :lol. I can use it in the Uncle OOO comic :p

But W came out in 2010, didn't it? And I know the OOO ones aren't super great, either. Every figuart I've ever looked into has a list of problems.

I do want to get Den-O, but just because the Figuart is cheaper than the SIC.

Get a Ryuki figure. Hands down best line of Figuarts. I defy you to name a single problem with the Ryuki line, other than the fact that Gai is so ridiculously hard to find. :(

I'm preparing to move, so I'm in the process of packing up all of my toys for storage. All of my Toku toys are put away now. Except most of the Ryuki figures. I left them out to keep me company at work until I have a new display room.

The poseability is so very life like, and absolutely no QC issues with any of them. And I have them all, except Gai and Ryuki Blank.

The W figures aren't spectacular, but the rest that I have are. I've heard there are issues with OOO, but my Greeed are fine, except for a few loose joints (mainly on Uva) and Super TaToBa has no issues. The ones from before W are great, all the Kuuga figures have really great poseability and no big design issues, unless you really hate the hinged hip peg (which the Ryuki figures don't use).

Get a Ryuki figure. Seriously, get KR Tiger, and see if you still aren't impressed with Figuarts.

I'm no ryuki fan, but I got tiger and I was blown away, great posablity and amazing character with all those accessories

So much truth dude. ANY Ryuki figure will blow you away. Especially Zolda.

Have you looked at any of the pictures I have been taking over the last 8 months? I have done more posses with those things that I have done with any other figure line I've posted pictures of.

And I have no idea what you mean about the hip joints. They work perfectly fine on all of mine.

Well...if you move a joint on any figure it's going to look odd, and if you want o see joints that look bad look at Play Arts Kai's knee joints, I typically don't mind breaks in sculpts, but those just really bother me.

The extending hip joint is meant for deep leg bends for stuff like high kicks. Most of the time whenever that joint is used chances are the leg's pose is covering up the large gap left when you extend the hip down. There's literally no reason to use that joint for anything else.

Plus I don't see how it breaks up the sculpt at all. It usually always looks fine.

I think I was just led to believe these things would blow my mind with their range of motion... except I had already purchased other high-end Bandai Japan figures with the same, or better range of movement.

I never said they were unposable, just I guess I expected this greta thing, only to unwittingly have "spoiled the surprise" already.

They look weird, and unrelated, mine squeak the most terrifying squeak I've ever heard.

Not always. And odd =/= terrible.

Oh, Play Arts Kai have the worst knee joints I've ever seen. I personally think PAK are supremely over-hyped and over-priced figures that remind me of a poor man's SIC.

And the drop-hinge Figuarts hip joint is still bad.

What if you just want to pose the figure with it's legs slightly apart, say to balance because the ankles are loose as hell? Literally unless the figure is sitting (something the hips can't do very well) or standing straight with the gaps completely closed the hips just don't look right. I actually prefer more toy-looking hip joints (like on Agito, who I'd like to get were it not for his sad accessory count) because they aren't so... glaringly awkward. And that's really why I don't like them. It's like someone took a straight-legged statue, cut the legs off at weird angles, and glued them back on in weird ways. It's so unatural and inorganic, even beyond your typical toy joint. I mean, the super-exposed elbow joints don't bug me. It's almost like in trying to find a solution to jointy-looking hips they made them even more distracting.

Really? You don't see how the line of the thigh going straight into the belt with gaps all around looks fine?

As I said, and will probably say again since I'm thinking you guys may not realise this, I don't dislike Figuarts at all (If I did I wouldn't be here. I have a list of "when I get around to it" Figuarts of Den-O and Agito etc.) or think they're not good, and I'd still probably buy one in the future if I couldn't find a certain Rider in another format, I just don't find them so maddeningly addictive dude to problems that I can't ignore. Even looking at the "best" I only think "yeah that's cool."

Yeah...I guess I can see where you're coming from. It sounds like you just got unlucky and got ones with bad QC, which happens, heck it's even happened to me, and it does suck that other people over-hyped it for you. Trust us all when we say that newer ones are better and completely show accurate. I personally don't think that those joints look horrible, they look fine to me, there are a few figuarts that don't have that type of joint, Decade for example just has normal universal joints for hips.

I personally agree on the leg-stem joints. They're rather obnoxious given that most of the poses that figures are put in don't really require that style of joint.

Except for Wizard's proportions from what I can tell.

Well the appeal to me for SH Figuarts is that unlike other lines like Revoltech and such, Figuarts ditches PVC for a harder plastic. Sure PVC is still used for parts that need it, but for the most part, Figuarts have ABS, some POM and sometimes diecast metal for stability.

As a collector I've grown to prefer harder plastic as PVC tends to warp, lends itself to stuck joints and various other quality control problems. YMMV though, if you're used to American figures Figuarts might seem like a huge breath of well needed fresh air. There's a lot of innovation that Bandai has used in Figuarts that American companies may not utilize for years to come. This is mainly due to target market, toys in Japan can be catered to adults moreso due to the comparatively lower birth rate, whereas in the US, kids are still the target market by far.

If you're used to Japanese action figures, Figuarts might not be as impressive. It really all depends. As for myself, I would rather have a Figuarts figure than a Revoltech, Figma, or even a Play Arts Kai figure. I can see why companies like Bandai use PVC for SIC, and why Square Enix uses it for PAK, it's a cheaper material and since it's soft, it lends itself well to intricate details and paint apps with a lot of depth. However it is more prone to quality control problems and frankly these figures aren't getting any cheaper meanwhile the qc problems tend to increase.

With a Figuarts, they aren't problem free either, but since PVC is not the primary plastic used for construction, I worry less.

Let me stop you right there because, and again I knew I'd have to say this again, I totally see the appeal for Figuarts. I want some Figuarts. I just don't understand the "rabbit hole" as it's so often descibed.

That's good. I never mentioned PVC. I don't even know what it is. I never even mentioned the plastics.

I'd say the rabbit hole mentality just comes from there being so many accessible, appealing figures. If you're personally above the collectivist mentality, that's fine, but a lot of people find collecting Figuarts to be rewarding for the money and time spent tracking them down.

Well another thing I like about Figuarts is that it's a very expansive line with many series largely in the same scale. So if I wanted to have a Takeru Shiba VS Joe Gibken fight, they wouldn't really look out of place. So for a tokusatsu fan, it's a great line to collect.

I thought you said, expEnsive instead of expAnsive, :lol it is that too, but I have started recently into SHF collecting, it is pretty good in my opinion, and I cant wait till Gokai Green gets to me from HLJ so I can go crazy over something besides Shinken Red :lol

Oh man if it wasn't as expensive I would be buying this line like none other.

What I like about the Gokaiger Figuarts over Shinkenger are the bicep joints. They are regular bicep joints instead of being incorporated with the shoulder swivel.

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those guys look too damn badass to be in the same lot as Fourze lol...excellent shots man!

I will be honest, Wizard Flame style is cool...but since then I just haven't been impressed with some of the newer lot of Figuarts...Beast and Hyper don't tug my wallet like the others did...I mean yay ryuki line...but lately I just don't find anything I have been wanting as of late..

Man those figuarts are GODLIKE!

Oh, I hate that on mine, it clicks every time I move it around, thankfully Super SR doesn't so I can play around with him :lol

But I really hope I can find Gokai Red CHEAP soon, because I really love Gokaiger

But I was wondering, does anyone know or think that we will be getting the whole MMPR/Zyuranger Figuarts? or just Red and Green? because if we get the whole team I am going to get both of these when they come out, but we are just getting those two, I will probably just get Green :lol

It all depends on how they sell. If Tyranno & Dragon sell well then the other 4 should definitely happen.