[Shin Henshin]

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Originally Posted by Infinitevirtue

Part of me still can't believe how much more I am paying for SHF's nowadays. I first started back in like 2012 getting some Shinkenger and Gokaiger ones that were on sale from HLJ for like 1000-2000 yen (which translated to about $20-30CAD) and now I've come deep enough into the rabbit hole to accept that it's the norm to be paying $100+CAD for a regular or Premium Bandai SHF (though now I am mainly focused on MCU stuff which seems to be on the pricier side). lol. Obviously prices have gone up in the past decade but it's still something I think about every now and then. Haha.

I still remember when I bought Figuarts Ryuuki and Knight on release week for about $50 a piece. If those sets came out now, they'd easily go for $100+ on-release. Inflation's a hell of a beast.

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamGraham

TBH, with Lightning Collection being a thing now it makes up for the loss of Sentai SHF, at least for the shows I really like. Sure, I probably won't get a decent 6 inch Patren#1 but I'll probably get a decent Ryusoul Red; and the TimeForce Red is a pretty great release.

Lightning Collection's one of those things where it has good and bad sides when it comes to filling the Figuarts void. One one hand, the articulation is very good, the character choices fill gaps, etc. On the other, lack of paint in a lot of cases can be distracting, lack of certain accessories can be very noticeable, some teams having members swapping genders on-adaptation means if you're Sentai-only you'll have male Sentai members represented on female molds, etc.