[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by rego

Accessory count is always nonsensical with figuarts.
Look at kuuga...then look at hibiki

The difference is Hibiki has used things in the show Tamashii can use as accessories. The Henshin Onsa, the Ongekiko - Kaentsuzumi & Ongekibō - Rekka, the Disc Animals.

Kuuga? He only uses his fists in Mighty Form, the belt is fused with his body, every weapon is connected to a different form. The only real accessory that makes sense would be his bike and that's sold separately, obviously.

Sure, they could have made something ridiculous like a part of the coffin were the belt came from, a miniature Gouram or parts of his broken form. But nothing of that really makes sense to have with a figure of Kuuga Mighty Form.

Drive though, that's another story. Since the Fourze module-sets were hard failures they limit the tires to pre-order bonuses instead of selling them separately and the weapons are given to Type Wild & Technic. The problem with this is not a lot of tires are going to be made, and the effect-parts that belong with them are also packed into different products, it's awful. And some things like Chaser's E-Circular Weapons are nowhere to be seen.

It's pretty bad and since I don't like Drive enough to put up with this mess I decided to skip the line entirely. Seeing the Drive-figure with it's small box and four hands is kinda pathetic.

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Originally Posted by rego

Has anyone else noticed shipping prices have gone insane everywhere recently?
I got my payment request from HLJ for three small things and it was $50....

Wtf

Was one of the "small things" SHF Vader? Because the box for his pre-order bonus is huge. And no, I haven't noticed anything, my shipping for the order of Kuuga and a random Transformer were the same price as always.