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Originally Posted by Kurona

Well, I bought my first RKF with Calibur! ... Don't think I'll do that again!

I made sure to temper my expectations going into it, it is a kid's figure after all; but so much about it just doesn't work for me at all and actually seems to go against that? The main gimmick of "rip off and replace the torso for a completely different design" works well, and certain parts like Jaaku's head have very nice paint apps, but it's all the little things around it -- the hands are awful to try and replace, and the ones that are supposed to hold the sword always end up dropping it. The head articulation is blocked badly by the collar, the plastic quality just feels ~slimy~ in a way that's hard to get across... I dunno.

I might have just gotten a bad copy (it didn't help that this one's sword was bent which Manda didn't mention...) but I remember the gimmick figures in Ex-Aid, Drive and OOO being far far better than this. I'll be replacing this with a SO-DO Jaou Dragon if it's cheap at my next opportunity and not revisit this line again, I think

As a huge fan of RKF, honestly their only selling point is that they're ridiculously cheap for what they offer. I don't like the soft plastic that they use because it means that painting them will eventually lead to the paint chipping or breaking - and these figures REALLY need paint more than anything else.

I also absolutely HATE the fact that they have universal weapon holding hands. It makes no fucking sense for that to be a thing when practically every single Kamen Rider weapon has a different sized grip. Even Kenzan's weapons don't share the same grip on the RKF.

Bent accessories is a pretty big problem with this line too - because again, soft plastic.

I ended up dropping this line because SO-DO figures are basically perfect action figures once you've sealed the stickers(the fact they use hard plastic makes this process much easier, too). The only things RKF had going for it were fast releases and the vast Legend Rider selection - neither of which are things that they do anymore.