[Blade Raider]

Got Shodo-O 11 in today (I always forget how fast shipping can be sometimes) along with a SO-DO N-Daguva-Zeba that was on clearance.


Here's some random off the cuff thoughts:

SO-DO N-Daguva-Zeba's stickers are terrible. Not in a hard to apply way like the Golden Power set, but in a they fall off immediately kind of way. Thankfully there's very few stickers and I can paint those, but still. Also the hips are loose. Starting to see why this is one of the more common PB sets.

Birth is nicer than I thought he'd be. The new sculpted detail on the forehead is quite nice. He's a lot like OOO and moves around what does and doesn't get painted.

I was lucky enough to get the assortment with two Yummies and I like them. Solid trooper. Not much to them, but that's what Yummies are.

Uva is a lot like the other bugs in this line with long soft antennas and horns. Going to have to work them out over time. His hand claw is neat, it's a single piece that pegs into all the right hands.

Specter is all the good things I have to say about the Ghost mold, now in blue and a rifle he can slap you with.

Eternal's cape is to thick and gets in the way, but I don't think it limits him nearly as much as past capes in Shodo has (looking at you Apollo Geist). The flames are sculpted on the arms. I wasn't expecting that.

R Nazca is the first time I've had this mold and it's pretty decent. The legs have a surprising range of movement for the design. The shoulder pads however, they don't want to move out of the way when posing. Rather limiting.

Weather gets in his own way at all times. The waist joint barely works, the elbow can bend 45 degrees at best. There's weird flaps hanging off the wrists that basically removes any range of motion. Still loos cool.