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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Yeah, and you have options there too. If you want the best articulation, go with the MAFEX. If you want shiny paint, go with ThreeZero. The SHF is just all around solid while not excelling in any one category.

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Originally Posted by Rabbitman

For the SH Monsterarts 54 godzilla: I would wait. They have been reprinting figures lately, and they have also been repainting the figures and doing rereleases. 54 Godzilla is probably due for a re-issue. Also next year is going to be the 70th anniversary. They might just release a brand new sculpt, who knows?

Either way I would not recommend paying scalper prices. The figure?s eyes are also a little bit wonky, and SH Monsterarts is not reliable at all for painting on eyes correctly. You don?t want to roll the dice with a scalped figure on that.

As for the size, Bandai made up some BS about Showa era figures needing to be smaller. I guess I poisoned the well by calling it BS, but you can decide if that logic makes sense.

EDIT: Oh wait. If you are going to be in japan, check out the 54 SHMs. You will probably be able to inspect them over there. And SHF Shin Ultraman is a great figure too. I probably should have taken a pic of that, but I had my mafex lying around because I decided to rip apart its arm to fix a qc issue, so it made it to the pic.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

On the topic of Shin being a good replacement for Ultraman, you might want to consider the same for Shin Kamen Rider! As stated Ichigou?s Seihous are gold dust, but you may have an easier time getting the upcoming SHF Shin KR ? or failing that, the FRS

Not sure if any of you saw my post in the March recent purchases, but I ended up grabbing Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Ultraman, and Shin Gojira while in Japan. In fact, Kamen Rider and the new Shin Gojira released the day I went to Akihabara, I think, so I saw them everywhere. It made it hard to resist