[ryan]

I ordered most of the SH Mirror Monster sets to tide me over until they're released as SHFs. For the most part I'd say, Don't waste your money. They've been cheap, but they're comparatively cheap.

The big ones like Gai's and Tiger's monsters have almost no articulation, DarkWing is primitive compared to the SHF. Oh, it's so unbelievably crappy. I actually bought R&M Knight/DarkWing and the SH set shortly after I got SHF Knight/DarkWing, because they were SUPER cheap, and I wanted to compare them. SH and R&M DarkWing is the exact same toy. I expected the R&M version to be a cheap, child-friendly version, but expected SH to be somewhat more advanced, between R&M and SHF, but it's not.

Venosnaker and Dragblacker aren't bad, but I expected SHF Dragredder to be a reissue/repaint. It's not, it's retooled, if not a completely new mold. The way the guard vents attach is completely different, and good. Dragblacker's guard vents barely stay on and the joints are looser on the old ones.

Odin's Phoenix isn't bad, I rather like it, but I expect the eventual SHF version to be more detailed and better articulated.

I still need to get the set with Zolda's monster, and if I can find it before the SHF is released, for cheap, I'll get it, for completeness sake, but in general, they're not worth getting. Though I do like have Raia and Ouja's monsters to display with the riders, until we get SHF versions.