[Kurona]

This is the way I'm going, yeah; if there's a figure-rise, I'm getting it instead of the figuarts unless it's a character/series that I REALLY love (ie seihou OOO).

In the case of Zi-O and Geiz, it's even easier to justify when the Figuarts have unpainted watches and don't even come with their friggin' weapons. As figures it would be difficult to say that they aren't better -- Figuarts just keep getting better at this whole Kamen Rider thing. But I just feel that in comparison to how much the Figure-Rises cover, I would end up disappointed.

But yeah, if you are getting that much out of the Figure-Rise, I would go for that. The big thing I would warn against about the Figure-Rises is that they have nowhere near as much heft as a normal action figure and that you really feel like you have to be careful when handling them. But if you feel that's not an issue, then yeah, go for Geiz. Especially since you have Zi-O already; Figure-Rise Geiz is gonna look better next to him than one from a different line.