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Originally Posted by Den-O

Now you're speaking in oxymoron's. How is a SIC perfect when the very purpose of that line is taking liberties with the characters design and going in a different direction?

I think you need to look up what an oxymoron is, because I don't think it means what you think it does.

Also when I compared it to SICs I was only comparing just in quality and articulation. Obviously I wasn't comparring accuracy, that'd be silly.

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But you almost have to expect a certain degree of compromise on the 6" figure scale.

I do, which is explicitly why I only brought up the inaccuracies that don't make sense.

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Literally ANY toyline has problems with joint tolerances and QC problems at some point. Any production run of anything will inevitably have issues, it's just the nature of mass production. I can't help that your basing your opinion on the only 2 older releases you've had the chance to handle rather than looking at the line as a whole.

How is that my fault when all everybody talks about is how amazing Figuarts are, and when I get the two of my favourite charatcers, expecting these great representations, I get one with a nowhere near close headsculpt and squeaky joints that feel like they're going to twist off, and one who's legs constantly fall off.

I'm just expecting my dissapointement because two pieces I was super excited for turned out to be (in the case of W more than Sieg) toys I'm never going to touch. It really sucks when you basically flush $30 down the toilet because the toy doesn't even achieve the basics of being a toy.

Also, if you had actually read the majority of what I've said instead of jumping to rash assumptions of what I think, then you'd know that I'm not basing my opinion of the line overall off of the two I own. In fact I've explicitly stated my next Figuarts purchase is going to be Ryuki, since it's a newer release that's more likely to accurately represent the line so I'm told. (even though I don't know anythign of Ryuki)

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Seriously you're expecting too much out of these things for their price and scale.

Expecting them to work is too much?

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Originally Posted by Snowfall

Earlier SIC's were awful, prone to breaking and falling apart at the slightest touch.

But Den-O and onwards they're excellent. Plus the line is older than Figuarts and, IIRC, the Den-O SIC's came out back in 2007, and I don't think Figuarts even dates back quite that far? Though I may be mistaken.

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I really don't know how you could complain about the quality or level of detail that goes into them, even most of the earlier ones, while a little rougher, are still pretty amazing.

Because there's problems with them. Problems other toys at the same size and price don't have.

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Like others have said, dumping on a whole line based on two of its first releases while also saying that SIC, which started with poor QC and fragility, is a perfect line shows you need way more experience handling figures from both lines, both older and newer releases, before making a hard conclusion. Both have pros and cons.

Because, you know, I totally said I was giving up on the line forever and never going to buy another OH WAIT.

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Originally Posted by Myself

Suffice to say, I'm still not a big Figuarts fan... which is why my next Figuarts purchase will be Ryuki. Since he is the one I never hear a single bad thing about, and the one everyone says is so fun, he will be the toy to, at the very least, legitimize the hype around Figuarts for me. Hopefully. Don't get me wrong, I love Sieg, but I need a Figuart where I can do what I've seen reviewers do and pick it up and not find giant flaws.

Typical internet mentality. I simply state that I'm unsatisfied with the two figures I won and that it doesn't make enthusiastic for the line overall, even though I say I'm still going to collect it, and I get dog-piled by people saying "you can't judge a line by two figures." Jeez, it's the "the show gets better after twenty episodes" arguement reborn.

And I even said over and over I like Sieg a lot, but I guess that doesn't count?