[Henshinmorph917]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Wasn't the articulated dragon only included to one-up the Figma releases? Not every Ryuki Rider Figuarts had their full Contract monster included.

I'm not sure honestly and don't know which came out first at the time because I wasn't aware of either brand at the time and I'm fully aware not every Ryuki Rider figuart had their contract beast included or even released.

My connection to Ryuki and buying that figuart when I came upon it was because of just having seen Kamen Rider Dragon Knight at the time and also my first experience of seeing a figuart in person.

In online forums in the early 2010's I use to always see people post pics of Decade figuarts but I didn't know that was what the line was called or would forget

Figma's KRDK releases were nice once I had found out about them too but seeing figuarts include everything I had seen Ryuki have or use accessories wise had my attention more

I still own the Ryuki, Knight, Odin, Zolda, Femme, and Survive figuarts as well as the survive versions of Dragranzer and Darkwing and find it to let them go because despite their age starting to show they were and still are some well designed and thought out releases

I am perfectly fine buying a renewal Dragranzer as a seperate release if it means we still get the accessories like the 1.0 had because they're kind of essential imo and me personally would like to the Riders I listed above in addition to Ryuga and Ouija get the seihou treatment.

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Just got my SHF Shin #1 in and would you believe it, I'm also a fan! The coat is a little difficult to get on and off but it does not restrict motion quite as much as you'd think; he's able to do just about anything you'd want and expect from him. It gives him such a presence

Glad to hear you like this one!

I really enjoy it as is, truly, I have no regrets. But I have seen some customs over the last week, people making a fitting coat, soft goods muffler and actual hair (!) for this figure and the outcome is insane. As if someone took a shrink-ray to the real thing.

Makes me kind of glad it isn't this realistic, I kind of prefer it with a bit more - I don't know, toy-look?

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Kinda cross-posting here, but Ultra Action Figure Alien Baltan makes a fantastic stand-in for the Figuarts if you can't afford or find that now; or are just on a budget and are interested in having an Ultra Kaiju but not interested enough to drop a good 80 dollars or so. He looks real good pared against Seihou Ultraman

Looks really good!

I will wait on a reissue of the Figuarts though; I've become quite attached to Alien Baltan and don't want to settle for anything but the SHF now. I'm patient, I will get it eventually.

[MrWilliamGraham]

Correct, sht_raito made an amazing mod to Shin:

[Shin Henshin]

I'm actually waiting to see when a new soft goods coat and scarf become readily available from a 3rd party because as much as I really like Shin KR, his coat just doesn't feel right. It looks a bit too oversized, so it comes off like a kid wearing adult clothing to me.

That and the scarf is totally needed for more kinetic posing.

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by MrWilliamGraham

Correct, sht_raito made an amazing mod to Shin:

Yeah, that's the one!

The soft goods are really good, but the hair is the extra touch that makes it almost creepy

[Rabbitman]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Yeah, that's the one!

The soft goods are really good, but the hair is the extra touch that makes it almost creepy

All this time I have wanted a seihou of Kaoru Ichijo with real human hair, but this custom figure has convinced me it would be creepy.

[DreamSword]

AO Studio is making a better jacket and a wired muffler for SHF Shin KR if anyone is interested.

[Rabbitman]

I got my Shin Kamen Rider in, and I put that faux leather jacket from the Mezco Crow figure on him. He looks pretty cool. I know it?s not screen accurate, but it looks better than the included jacket, imo.

I think the insurmountable problem for the included jacket are the gigantic cuff holes on the jacket at the end of the sleeve. If the cuff holes were more narrow, it would not look like he was wearing his dad?s jacket.

The sloped shoulders on the figure and the big torso kind of remind me of Mike Mignola?s art.

[EpsilonX]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

Yeah, and you have options there too. If you want the best articulation, go with the MAFEX. If you want shiny paint, go with ThreeZero. The SHF is just all around solid while not excelling in any one category.

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Originally Posted by Rabbitman

For the SH Monsterarts 54 godzilla: I would wait. They have been reprinting figures lately, and they have also been repainting the figures and doing rereleases. 54 Godzilla is probably due for a re-issue. Also next year is going to be the 70th anniversary. They might just release a brand new sculpt, who knows?

Either way I would not recommend paying scalper prices. The figure?s eyes are also a little bit wonky, and SH Monsterarts is not reliable at all for painting on eyes correctly. You don?t want to roll the dice with a scalped figure on that.

As for the size, Bandai made up some BS about Showa era figures needing to be smaller. I guess I poisoned the well by calling it BS, but you can decide if that logic makes sense.

EDIT: Oh wait. If you are going to be in japan, check out the 54 SHMs. You will probably be able to inspect them over there. And SHF Shin Ultraman is a great figure too. I probably should have taken a pic of that, but I had my mafex lying around because I decided to rip apart its arm to fix a qc issue, so it made it to the pic.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

On the topic of Shin being a good replacement for Ultraman, you might want to consider the same for Shin Kamen Rider! As stated Ichigou?s Seihous are gold dust, but you may have an easier time getting the upcoming SHF Shin KR ? or failing that, the FRS

Not sure if any of you saw my post in the March recent purchases, but I ended up grabbing Shin Kamen Rider, Shin Ultraman, and Shin Gojira while in Japan. In fact, Kamen Rider and the new Shin Gojira released the day I went to Akihabara, I think, so I saw them everywhere. It made it hard to resist

[EpsilonX]

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Originally Posted by Rabbitman

I got my Shin Kamen Rider in, and I put that faux leather jacket from the Mezco Crow figure on him. He looks pretty cool. I know it?s not screen accurate, but it looks better than the included jacket, imo.

I think the insurmountable problem for the included jacket are the gigantic cuff holes on the jacket at the end of the sleeve. If the cuff holes were more narrow, it would not look like he was wearing his dad?s jacket.

The sloped shoulders on the figure and the big torso kind of remind me of Mike Mignola?s art.

Oh yeah, that looks a lot better. Wearing his dad's jacket is a good way to put it Part of me wants to take it in a bit, but I don't want to ruin it, y'know?