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Originally Posted by Mythos

I can say that, if you don't care about scale and simply want a representative of a character or simply the quality of the product is up to your standard, you can save quite a bunch of money with Blokees, FRS, or the action figure line. The recent action figure line of Bandai having releases for new entry are also very good. They save the costs with unpainted back, simpler joint implementation, but they're decent nevertheless. Blokees are also doing kits, so you may as well want to consider that, as SHF can be very pricey.

Blokees are cool, but they're too stylised to be the main representations of the characters on my shelf. And I already collect FRS, but it has slowed down so much recently (with there being over a year between the release of Zero-One in Jan 2025 and Ichigo in March 2025) that it's no longer a viable way to grow the collection. I may look into the standard action figure line though, the Zeztz ones look like they're pretty good so maybe I'll get the alternate forms of them if I decide I want them.

I am planning to be price conscious if I decide to go deeper into Figuarts. Just because it's a new line for me to collect doesn't mean I'll jump right into absurdly priced final forms and exclusives. A lot of figures can be found on the secondary market in the ?25-?40 range, which is not a significant price jump compared to western action figures or even FRS at this point, especially given the higher quality of Figuarts.