[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

When it comes to Seihou Faiz, I get the feeling it might be over-engineered, especially given the recent Seihou V3 really over-engineered his arms for some reason.

How so?

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

How so?

It's mainly just a suspicion, mainly due to what happened with V3 recently. Though I will say that while it is nice that the feet can hinge forward and back a good amount due to how they shaped his ankle guards, the gapping seems unnecessary, and I do hope it doesn't end up killing the ankle tilt, given the promo pics barely show that point of articulation off.

[Kurona]

I mean, what's up with V3

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

I mean, what's up with V3

You can see it in action here. Basically, due to the way they inserted the joints, you can't actually get him to raise his arms all the way without turning the bicep upsidedown. The elbows are also weirdly like old SHF Sentai elbows.

[Rabbitman]

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Originally Posted by DreamSword

You can see it in action here. Basically, due to the way they inserted the joints, you can't actually get him to raise his arms all the way without turning the bicep upsidedown. The elbows are also weirdly like old SHF Sentai elbows.

The little scarflets or whatever you call them are on a raise ledge on the butterfly joint and definitely cut off some of the movement. I took a photo. It is a great figure though.

Also D Amazing is a great youtuber. Just wanted to put that out there. I got in to SHFs from watching his vids.

[ShiShiLeo]

I'm also a little worried about over engineering on Faiz. This is something I will have to wait and see despite absolutely loving the suit.

Sometimes Seihou have designs that may be interesting but don't really hold up or add much in the long run. The "posable" chest pieces on Kabuto comes to mind. Another example is the form change gimmick on Den-O. I would have preferred a smaller box and lower cost over the Gun Form inclusion. All it did to me was leave me with parts that keep falling off.

I still don't know what the consensus on SS Black is and at this point I'm too afraid to ask.

[Kurona]

Oooh V3's scarves are limiting shoulder movement, that makes sense. I did wonder if they might

[Kurona]

[Kiwami]

Mebius looks so good.

That’s three figures I definitely want to pre-order now, hope I can get them all.

[Kurona]

Current random thought: how big will Seihou X's box be purely to accommodate for the Ridol Longpole? The original release - when Figuarts boxes were a fair bit wider - required the entire diagonal length of the box to fit it