[NGW]

Worst: SHF Wizard Flame Style

I still like the figure and he looks amazing on display, but of the figuarts I own he is by far the least stable. It's a shame because the pictures I saw of him back towards the beginning of the show's run were what got me looking into the series and eventually the franchise and started this whole thing for me. So I had some really high hopes for the figure, and I was pretty heartbroken (sorta) when I started seeing the negative first impressions whilst waiting for my shipment from Bluefin. And when I finally got him, he wasn't THAT bad, but his driver falling off and his waist not holding together all that well really is kinda inexcusable. I can forgive the incredibly overblown proportion issues, as I think he looks fantastic, but he fails pretty handily at the basics of being a toy.

Best: I'm not sure of any toys I got this year that were originally released in 2013. Pretty much all of my Figuarts, however, I purchased or received this year, with Black RX, who I got years ago, and Fourze at the tail end of last year, being the only ones I had going into 2013. And I didn't really buy anything from any other toylines I collect/used to collect (i.e. no Transformers) this year. So I gotta give this to one of my figuarts, and I think it's gotta be Zolda. I love the Ryuki figuarts, it's a very solid base body, most of them seem to have solid accessory counts, they're fantastic representations of some of my favorite riders, with Zolda being my all time favorite, they just really work for me. Ryuki Survive is a pretty close second I think, he just looks so nice. However, he doesn't really come with much, though I appreciate the included stand, and I fear breaking his antenna constantly. Scorpion Zodiarts deserves some mention as well just for the beautiful sculpting and detail work. Anyways, Zolda just hits all the right notes for me. Perfectly captures the appearance of my favorite Kamen Rider character, comes with some really really nice accessories that give him some excellent display options, and is incredibly solid with no QC issues (aside from the loose card slot on the magna visor, which is remedied simply by putting an advent card in it), and I really don't worry too much about anything on him breaking.