[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

Everytime I see the aftermath of a AmiAmi pre-order rat race for TamashiiNations stuff, I think to myself "Boy, am I glad I take my Tokusatsu business to HobbySearch or Amazon". Seriously peeps, you can roll out of bed easy and find those pre-orders open in the morning. Well, some sell out really quick like Super 1, but that seems more exception than rule.

To be honest, I have never shopped from AmiAmi before. I preordered DragonRanger, TyrannoRanger, and RyuuRanger from there because I have been recommended to AmiAmi by many people here and one of my friends, who orders stuff from them all of the time. I figured I might as well give them a try. Ordering HurricaneRed and Infinity from them was more of an impulse order since they had them both in stock and they both come out at the same time. Honestly, if it weren't for HurricaneRed's Akiba piece, I'd just get both from Amazon through Bluefin.

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Originally Posted by Kiryu

Toys are serious business.

Well, I do call them the plastic crack for a reason. Toys are my cocaine.

[Infinitevirtue]

So I have been contemplating getting the Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. Figuarts for a while after I had finished the anime some time last year but haven't gotten to it yet. To those who have them, are they any good? I think I remember hearing about Wild Tiger breaking on some people which may have turned me off of him. Recently I've been looking at mandarake and junge scs and found that I can get them for a fairly low price. I just had a few questions.

First of all, what is the difference between all the different Wild Tigers? I know there's normal, 1-minute, and movie versions? Same with Barnaby. Is there a real difference between them all besides the different sponsor logos and decals in terms of quality?

Also, is the Double Chaser worth getting? I wouldn't mind getting it as well since I see it for around 4000+ yen.

[Shin Henshin]

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Originally Posted by Infinitevirtue

So I have been contemplating getting the Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks Jr. Figuarts for a while after I had finished the anime some time last year but haven't gotten to it yet. To those who have them, are they any good? I think I remember hearing about Wild Tiger breaking on some people which may have turned me off of him. Recently I've been looking at mandarake and junge scs and found that I can get them for a fairly low price. I just had a few questions.

First of all, what is the difference between all the different Wild Tigers? I know there's normal, 1-minute, and movie versions? Same with Barnaby. Is there a real difference between them all besides the different sponsor logos and decals in terms of quality?

Also, is the Double Chaser worth getting? I wouldn't mind getting it as well since I see it for around 4000+ yen.

Both figures are great. First runs of both tended to have very tight joints that would tear if not lubed up with shock oil but newer releases and reissues didn't see it as much.

While the Barnaby figures are relatively the same just with different sponsors and extra hands, the different Wild Tigers have different accessory counts. Different sets of hands, including or excluding the grappling hooks, including or excluding the Good Luck Mode arm, the Movie version having different shoulder decals, etc. It's best to look up each version to see what they come with and pick whichever you like best.

[Locke]

How much is AmiAmi's shipping to the UK does anyone know?

I don't know why it wasn't obvious but I've never really thought of looking on the UK Amazon and Ebay for Figuarts but there are a lot on there I want, which are often around 20 - 30 quid with shipping which seems like a great deal since there isn't awkward conversion rates and so on.

[ryan]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

Eh...it's just so useless, and so plain...

Again...I don't like it, because it's so useless.. and I don't like the grayscale color scheme. In terms of basic forms...hands down Ryuki Blank.

Disagree. Plat Form is better than Ryuki Blank, solely by virtue of being more distinct from his actual Rider forms, whereas Ryuki Blank is just a palette swap of Ryuki. Plus, it shows up in the show more often, and he tries to fight in it a couple of times, so I see it more as a form in it's own right.

But whatever, I'm not trying to convince you to like it, just saying I hope it's released in Figuarts form soon, so I can have it. And releasing it with Den-Bird would be pretty awesome, I'd love that.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

well Plat Form has gold trim and coloured buttons on his belt.

Fine, I'll give you that. Who knows? Maybe the Figuart will blow me away, like Liner Form did, because I think the suit is ugly, but something about the Figuart...I don't know, it just somehow looks better than the suit to me.

[bluesparrow]

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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

Everytime I see the aftermath of a AmiAmi pre-order rat race for TamashiiNations stuff, I think to myself "Boy, am I glad I take my Tokusatsu business to HobbySearch or Amazon". Seriously peeps, you can roll out of bed easy and find those pre-orders open in the morning. Well, some sell out really quick like Super 1, but that seems more exception than rule.

I kind of enjoy it. Maybe I'm just used to it from when I would buy Sideshow Star Wars figures or Matty Collector figures(at first I mean, they have since managed to make the preorder days even more frustrating). In those instances you had no real back-up for getting something if you missed out. Worst case scenario with Figuarts you have to haunt Mandarake or pay the $10 Bluefin premium. I don't think I've ever actually missed out on an AmiAmi preorder though(aside from intentionally, like Wizard Infinity).

Plus I work in the late afternoon/evening so I'm usually awake at 3am anyway.

[DaiRiderRX]

well went to the bluefin tamashii booth at a-kon, entered this contest, and won the king kong!



gigabeetle was proud

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by DaiRiderRX

well went to the bluefin tamashii booth at a-kon, entered this contest, and won the king kong!



gigabeetle was proud

I'd imagine he would be, that's great

[Matrixbeast]

So, what's the likelihood of getting the original suit for Ichigou and Nigou as Figuarts?

Also, the possibility for a Gackt version of Riderman, G, and Super Apollo Geist?