[yami4ct]

My Kachidoki did in fact arrive today. Overall, super pleased with what I see so far. Some initial thoughts

Almost every inch of this guy is painted. He probably has more painted parts than non-painted parts. The metallic paint used is wonderful and I love seeing the shining parts of the armor against the matte parts.

Minor paint blemishes on mine.Some spots on one of the shoulder armors and the lock seed looks pretty beat up (both open and closed have some issues). With the amount of paint on this guy, I kind of think that's expected and none of it's too bad. He still looks absolutely beautiful.

The joints for some of the armor, particularly the hip armor, are very lose, but they're always meant to be supported by the legs so that won't be an issue for most. Just don't expect to do any stylized poses where the armor needs to stand away from the body on its own joints. I don't think it'll hold those well.

Speaking of joints, the ones that attach the flags to the backpack are tiny. I'd recommend being careful when removing those from the backpack. They seem like they're strong enough to hold up over time, but I'm a bit concerned about them.

Final thoughts, the amount of motion this guy has with as much bulk there is to him is nuts. The armor is jointed in such a way that he is nearly as posable as Orange arms. The only things that I found limiting were his ab-flex joint and the waist motion. Both of these have problems with the belt hitting against the armor, limiting the amount of motion. It's a minor sacrifice and I could still put him in almost any pose I can think up.