[Electric Turahk]

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Originally Posted by Baltan II

Which Skull was is that had the fucked-up crotch though? I think it was Skull Crystal that actually had that bit reversed.

Skull Crystal has a reversed crotch..? That could explain why the right leg of mine won't move up at the hip all the way...

[Locke]

Put an order in for the Kuuga Mighty Form restock in at HJL as well considering I know fuck all about AmiAmi and they haven't sent me any confirmation on my order yet.

That said the HLJ order is like a thousand yen more expensive and I don't know if their shipping is more expensive than AmiAmi's as well. Also the site was really fucking glitchy when I placed my order so it's possible I placed two orders at HLJ

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

Did Figuarts ever get over the "hey let's show the character doing iconic stuff on the box the toy can't do?"

No; I have nearly every Sentai Figuart and I'm pretty sure nearly every single one has at least one pose on the back of the box that they can't actually achieve, even one of the newest 2 Figuarts (DekaPink) has a pose she can only make an approximation of on the box. Usually the culprit is by having the arms cross the body in ways the articulation doesn't actually allow. It's annoying. I don't watch Kamen Rider so I'm not sure if they do the same thing for them, though.

[bluesparrow]

Kuuga's only like 370 yen more at HLJ than AmiAmi. HLJ shipping's usually cheaper though.

[Locke]

Oh yeah you're totally right, I dunno how I over calculated that so badly.

[NGW]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

which is why my next Figuarts purchase will be Ryuki. Since he is the one I never hear a single bad thing about, and the one everyone says is so fun, he will be the toy to, at the very least, legitimize the hype around Figuarts for me. Hopefully. Don't get me wrong, I love Sieg, but I need a Figuart where I can do what I've seen reviewers do and pick it up and not find giant flaws.

Well I have heard from others and seen in reviews complaints about the caps on Ryuki having a tendency to fall off. So there is that.

Don't own base Ryuki myself, just Survive, which is an amazing, beautiful figure.

My W seems to have gotten a bit worse over the months, the Cyclone half's leg is a tad looser than it once was and that's disheartening.

Anyways, other than astroswitches that pop out and are ungodly easy to lose, Fourze is pretty damn awesome. I like my Wizard figure. And as has been said, the Ryuki ones are amazing. Black RX is great as well, but incredibly simple.

[EnerPrime]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

No; I have nearly every Sentai Figuart and I'm pretty sure nearly every single one has at least one pose on the back of the box that they can't actually achieve, even one of the newest 2 Figuarts (DekaPink) has a pose she can only make an approximation of on the box. Usually the culprit is by having the arms cross the body in ways the articulation doesn't actually allow. It's annoying. I don't watch Kamen Rider so I'm not sure if they do the same thing for them, though.

Don't all the sentai use pictures of the actual toy for all pictures on the box? How can they show the toy doing poses the toy can't do?

[Kiryu]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

No; I have nearly every Sentai Figuart and I'm pretty sure nearly every single one has at least one pose on the back of the box that they can't actually achieve, even one of the newest 2 Figuarts (DekaPink) has a pose she can only make an approximation of on the box. Usually the culprit is by having the arms cross the body in ways the articulation doesn't actually allow. It's annoying. I don't watch Kamen Rider so I'm not sure if they do the same thing for them, though.

Red Buster is perhaps the one figuarts I have the biggest beef with.

Everything about him is so damned frustrating to pose.

[Dr Kain]

Same reason why they show both V3 and Ichigo doing poses that for some reason they can't actually do. The pictures on the box are from the prototype, which probably allowed the arms to extend longer than the final product could.

And the plugs on the Ryuki riders don't really fall off on every figure. I only have the right elbow plug fall off on Ryuki when I hit it. I don't have that problem with Ouja, Raia, Gai, Knight, and Zolda. I do have some paint chips on my of my Ryuki's though (reg and Sur).

The only figure I really have QC issues with is Gavan.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by NGW

Well I have heard from others and seen in reviews complaints about the caps on Ryuki having a tendency to fall off. So there is that.

Goddammit. Oh well, that sounds like an easy fix.

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

No; I have nearly every Sentai Figuart and I'm pretty sure nearly every single one has at least one pose on the back of the box that they can't actually achieve, even one of the newest 2 Figuarts (DekaPink) has a pose she can only make an approximation of on the box. Usually the culprit is by having the arms cross the body in ways the articulation doesn't actually allow. It's annoying. I don't watch Kamen Rider so I'm not sure if they do the same thing for them, though.

What the fuck. Why do they do that on these supposedly high-end figures? And I just realised that Sieg's back of box photography shows him with calm hands he doesn't come with, but desperately needs.

I'm a bit surprised Figuarts took off considering how the line started, but then again it's not like there was an alternative.