[SPLIT LIP]

These guys are friggin' awesome. They're almost perfect. Unlike most toys of this level, which is to say high-end Bandai Japan stuff, there's no outright flaws that I've discovered. Usually I find some joints work against eachother, like in my Figuarts Cyclone Joker where his inner shoulder joint is loose but his actual shoulder joint is rock solid, everything here has the perfect tolerance. Nothing's too tight or too loose. (I, of course, had to remedy Skull's hat. But applying the same fix to it that I did the figurize gives me a rock solid Skull) They're solid, I love the aesthetic, quality's top notch and the paint work is to do for. I mean, I didn't think I'd ever hate them, but I wasn't prepared to be smitten. I thought they'd be pretty display pieces at best. These are more solid than most of my actual toys. I accidentally dropped FangJoker from chest level on a carpeted floor and while he exploded into a billion pieces (ala form swap) not a thing was damaged. Not even his crest. In fact it just demonstarted, yet again, how tolerant but not super stiff part swapping and joints are.

I also finished OOOs today, which was awesome since I had Tajador in front of me the whole time. Now I want to get Tatoba and I'm saving my pennies for Putotyra. Though I heard Tatoba's not that great? Aesthetically I can't say I'm super fond of the head. I think it takes liberties that don't work with the Tatoba helmet design (the small eyes, mainly. Everything else looks awesome) but I can look past that. But I heard he has some QC issues, but never saw anyone mention details? (I also hear the SH Figuart has issues too. Poor Tatoba can't catch a break)

I mean, if all SICs are like these three, I can't understand why the line isn't at Figuarts-level popularity yet. Though I guess the aethetics aren't everyone's thing. (and even if they are, I'm sure peopel prioritize show-accuracy over the artistic redesigns) This needs more releases, too. And not all exclusives. (Gatkiriba, Shauta)