[Kiwami]

S.H. Figuarts Omegamon Special Color Version, February 2021 release.

Very conflicted on this one. I bought the original when it was released (which by the time this new one is out will be 5 years ago - Jesus Christ) and I like it, but I do feel a bit cheated because this one has a proper white cape which appears to be wired.

If you're not familiar with the original release, it was one of the very first Figuarts to have a cloth cape. Without wires though, it instead included plastic rods you could clamp under the cape and "articulate" it that way. Which does the job. Very fiddly and weird, but it works.

But what screwed up the original release was although advertised with a proper white outside and red inside cape - every single figure produced had a miscolored pink cape. They even went so far as to photoshop the stock images after the fact to reflect this. I was pissed at the time. Probably one of the biggest fuckups I’ve seen coming from Tamashii.

So... will I buy this? Eh... I want to? But I know I don’t need it? I'm kind of over the pink cape at this point. And space becomes more of an issue the more I collect so... nah. Plus, not sure I dig the metallic paint job as much as the flat animation colors of the original.

But this figure is indeed excellent, and now it finally appears in the form it should’ve had in the first place. If you haven’t gotten a Figuarts Omegamon yet I highly recommend this one. I hope it has all the accessories of the original as well, the translucent tiny figurines of Taichi and Yamato you could have sitting on Omegamon’s shoulders are adorable.