[ryan]

I got a few new Figuarts today: Ryuki Blank, Fourze Cosmic States, Decade Violent Emotion and Kaixa.

A few short (ha!) thoughts on all of them.

Ryuki Blank is nice. It's 95% a repaint of Ryuki, but the top of the helmet is different, his mask has less molded detail, the card visor is and advent deck are much plainer and he's got a different sword. I originally didn't think he was different enough to merit getting, until I picked one up for Den-O and looked at it when it arrived. Glad I picked it up, I am once again release-complete on the Ryuki line. Oh dammit, Ryuga just came out, didn't he? Well, almost complete.

Decade, Still think the suit is goofy looking, but the figure is well executed. I like the Ryuki style hips, the diecast feet, that he has all three forms for his ride-booker, and that he comes with the alternate head. I haven't seen this form in the show yet, but looking at the two heads, the only difference I see is the purple corner vs the yellow corner on the top of the center slat in his head. I think I like the yellow version more, because it stands out better. I'm a little suprised the DecaDriver doesn't open, or have a swappable open piece, but this is a fairly old Figuart, too, isn't it? It's no big deal at all, just kinda surprising.

Fourze Cosmic States is only my second Fourze figure (Fire States first), and I have two complaints. First, is I don't much like the lowering peg joint in the hips. I understand it helps with certain poses, and I'm glad it can do those poses, but I much prefer the Ryuki style hips. On Fire this hinge isn't a problem, but on Cosmic it's loose than I'd like, so it makes posing the legs a little more tedius. Additionally, I don't like the plastic feet. Especially for a figure with such a large primary weapon, that he'll often hold out extended from himself, he needs heavier feet to help with stability and balance.

Aside from those nitpicks, Cosmic is awesome. I haven't had any of the switches pop out, which was kinda annoying on Fire, the paint is beautiful, his eyes are super beautiful, the Barizun sword is really great. His gripping hand for the sword handle doesn't hold it as tightly as I'd like, but it's not really a problem, either. I didn't notice until just this very second that the jetpack exhaust ports on Cosmic are different than on Fire, that's neat. Anyway, great execution of Fourze's best state, except for the slightly loosish hips and plastic feet.

Kaixa. Kaixa has a lot of accessories. Decade and Ryuki Blank are a little light on accessories, they've got one weapon in 2 or 3 forms, and a few hands, that's it. Kaixa has 7 regular hands, another hand holding the Kaixa Shot, Kaixa Shot for hanging on the belt, Kaixa Driver in 4 different modes, the phone in gun mode, Kaixa Pointer in two different modes, Kaixa Blaygun with removable blade, Blaygun in holster, and empty Blaygun holster. Not knowing the show, but glancing at a KR wiki, I'd say the only thing that's missing is a case to store all the gear in, like the SH figures have (in fact, I may hunt down the SH figs to get the case)

The figure itslef is pretty cool. It's got metal feet, and though it has the hinge-down legs I don't care much for, they're quite stiff joints, so they don't move when I don't want them to, so I don't have a problem with them. The suit design is pretty good, the gear is interesting, and it seems like there's lots of posing options with the gear. It really makes me want to start watching Faiz. I guess it would look better with a purple visor, instead of blue, but the blue still looks prety good.

I'll definitely get Orga, Psyga and Delta, should they actually be released. I've got Faiz Blaster on the way, and I'll have to see my way to getting regular Faiz and Faiz Axel.