[Fredbob392]

The articulation is pretty good, and better in each subsequent line. Ex-Aid figures are a little lacking, but the Zero-One line has just about everything you could ask for on a figure of this size and cost. They're smaller than figuarts, around the 3 3/4 inch size. Here's Zero-One and OOO next to Gold Drive. (Sorry for the horrible phone pic)

[Kurona]

Yeah, the figures are extremely good for the asking price; but unless you're super liberal about scale then they're not quite gonna work in a figuarts display, lol.

[Kamen Rider Die]

So, I'm looking around at stuff on HLJ, and they've got a listing for SHODO figures. Not being familiar with the term, I looked it up on the Wiki, and it says SHODO is a Showa-focused SO-DO subline. Now, I don't truck with Showa, but there're a few cool Heisei figs in that line, and some of them are still available online.

The thing is, though, what is the difference between SHODO and SO-DO figs, manufacturing-wise? They look to be the same scale, they're not too much more expensive, but I don't think they use stickers. Do they use stickers? The pictures I'm seeing online look fully painted. Is the articulation and scale the same? I don't want to get a SHODO Hibiki fig and then find out it doesn't mesh with my (theoretical) SO-DO figs. Anyone here pick up those SHODO figures? Thoughts on them?

[Sunred]

Left: SO-DO
Right: SHODO

SO-DOs mostly requires you to buy the base body and armor parts individually, some DIY required with the stickers and assembling the figure. SHODO is all-in-one, has some painting applied although not super detailed, minimal assembly required.

[BagJo]

I have several SHODO (as well as Motion Revive) figures and I like them quite a bit. There are no stickers to deal with, plus there's Kaijin.

[Kamen Rider Die]

Okay, cool, thanks! To be clear, are the SHODO figs different molds than the SO-DO figs? Or are they the same mold with paint applied? Those two Kuugas look minorly different, so I'm a little curious.

[Fredbob392]

Aren't Shodo slightly smaller than So-Do?

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Okay, cool, thanks! To be clear, are the SHODO figs different molds than the SO-DO figs? Or are they the same mold with paint applied? Those two Kuugas look minorly different, so I'm a little curious.

Yep, they are different molds. The most significant difference being proportion, pelvis part, joints, and detail applications cause if you look closely the SO-DO Kuuga's Arcle as well as the lower part of the chest armor is straight-up a sticker. I will say though that this upcoming SO-DO Kuuga seems to have revised the joints and have made some upgrades here and there compared to previous SO-DOs. Now this is just personal opinion, but if you like to just play with the figures SO-DO probably is a good bet, if you wanna play but also have some appeal when displaying and not worry about stickers like BagJo said, SHODO probably is a better choice. SO-DOs have display appeal too but only if the stickers are applied neatly or else they look messy.

[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Yep, they are different molds. The most significant difference being proportion, pelvis part, joints, and detail applications cause if you look closely the SO-DO Kuuga's Arcle as well as the lower part of the chest armor is straight-up a sticker. I will say though that this upcoming SO-DO Kuuga seems to have revised the joints and have made some upgrades here and there compared to previous SO-DOs. Now this is just personal opinion, but if you like to just play with the figures SO-DO probably is a good bet, if you wanna play but also have some appeal when displaying and not worry about stickers like BagJo said, SHODO probably is a better choice. SO-DOs have display appeal too but only if the stickers are applied neatly or else they look messy.

Huh. Okay. Got it. Okay.

This... this is getting complicated. And potentially expensive. I really like the idea of a box of cheap figs, deep cuts from a show I like, and I'm okay putting them together and decorating them. But, like, I don't know that I'll be playing with them. It'll probably just be something I put on a shelf. So the SHODO stuff, higher-end versions of main suits and secondary Riders... I don't know, they look real good. Maybe I'll (and I can't believe I'm saying this, I have a sickness) do both? Not everything, but, like, getting the SHODO CycloneJoker and the SO-DO other forms for W, for example? If they're the same scale, I don't care that much if the articulation's different or some have different decos.

I guess I'm going to have to try out the SHODO line, too? I don't know. I don't know! You guys are being too helpful! It's making it too easy to spend money!

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

Huh. Okay. Got it. Okay.

This... this is getting complicated. And potentially expensive. I really like the idea of a box of cheap figs, deep cuts from a show I like, and I'm okay putting them together and decorating them. But, like, I don't know that I'll be playing with them. It'll probably just be something I put on a shelf. So the SHODO stuff, higher-end versions of main suits and secondary Riders... I don't know, they look real good. Maybe I'll (and I can't believe I'm saying this, I have a sickness) do both? Not everything, but, like, getting the SHODO CycloneJoker and the SO-DO other forms for W, for example? If they're the same scale, I don't care that much if the articulation's different or some have different decos.

I guess I'm going to have to try out the SHODO line, too? I don't know. I don't know! You guys are being too helpful! It's making it too easy to spend money!

That's pretty much every fandom with a decent lineup of merch for ya. One minute your wallet is abundant like a giant whale swimming the seven seas, a season or two later and after a number of purchases consisting of figures, dvds and blu-rays, and other trinkets, your wallet ends up dry like the anchovy on a pizza.