[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Chasing

I stopped collecting Figuarts because of this. My Figuarts collection used to be FUCKING massive, then I realized I was GROSSLY overpaying for these figures when I could have just been patient and saved at least 30% of their original price on the aftermarket. I took way too fucking long to realize AmiAmi and Mandarake existed. There was a time in my life where I thought it was okay to spend 120 USD for an SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Chaser. I sold that one years later because I was having some personal issues, and then years later, when I wanted to get back into Figuarts, I found him for literally less than 40 USD on both Mandarake and AmiAmi.

Thank god for SO-DO. I've enjoyed collecting Kamen Rider stuff SO much more; knowing I'm spending so little for so much quality. Plus, since I seal the stickers myself and do a little painting, they feel more personal to me. They're also smaller and always come with their own stands, so it's just...too convenient.

I could go on for much longer, but my Figuarts phase was one of the worst phases of my life, in hindsight.

This is sort of where I'm at too; just substituting Figuarts with Figure-Rise Standards and, uh, old Figuarts that are pretty cheap. Literally of the SHFs I still want to get, if there were Figure-Rises instead; I'd just go for the FRS for all of them except Kuuga. I'm actually quite happy to pay premium for higher-quality versions of my absolute favs (OOO, Tajador, Build, Cross-Z, Kuuga), but for others I really wish there was a much cheaper and readily-available option. Rider gimmick lines used to be this but then RKF happened and your only options now for that scale is SHF and FRSes which unfortunately only seem interested in doing main riders and a couple repaints.

That's kind of the issue with SHF no-one brings up these days -- with RKF and SO-DO being a completely different scale and FRS not doing anything current or beyond the main rider, SHFs are literally your only option for a 6' figure of a recent rider. Don't want to pay 12,000 Yen for a pre-owned SHF Valkyrie even though you just want a decent figure of her at that size? Tough, suck it up or get a smaller one.