[TheRaizin]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Then where is the "SHF standard" Saber?

This is my issue here -- in terms of a collector's grade figure of Saber, this is as good as it's going to get; and it's a figure with a terrible Ridebook, a joke of a sword, a static cloak, the need to swap out friggin' hand guards, and basically no accessories. This is as good as it's ever going to get, and it's just... okay, barely distinct in quality from a model kit; which is not the standard I expect from a line proclaiming itself as the collector figure line with no other option around.

I'd be fine with this if there were say, another version of Saber being sold at a higher price point with extra accessories and all those issues fixed - perhaps take a cue from Figma's 'DX' releases? - but as-is all there is is this one, and it's just a little pathetic compared to the sort of quality we know this line is capable of.

I don't know what to tell you. I could make the same comments of "where is the SHF Standard Build" since that one comes with even less than Saber and with a dull red/blue metallic paint. Never seen much ppl talk about that. Or how ZI-O's pink isn't as bright and neon pink as the actual show suit or its P-Bandai counterpart and again has pretty much nothing as well.

I guess all I can answer is: there is no SHF standard Saber. I can say it's Dragonic Knight, but few would be convinced otherwise since it's P-Bandai and isn't the base form.

It sucks that these are the mishaps plaguing a main rider's release, and we've seen that Tamashii Nations know this, too. Are they gonna do anything about it? Probably, probably not. In a perfect world, I wish they'd go back to having the main rider just be 40-50$ like the rest and keep its quality up par with a standard release.