I think one of the lowkey biggest indicators is the menu design of his games. The fact that Sakurai games have the same menu design and look to the point that they are trackable across franchises, and even supercede each franchise's own "theme" styleguides, is crazy amounts of design ownership

Character-wise, Suletta and Miorine have both SH Figuarts and FigureRise Standard kit versions!

Imo the Figuarts are the more expressive/"definitive" versions, but -will- cost more, and the FRS aren't bad for the price, so YMMV.

(And there's FRS Chuchu and Nika too if you want a fuller cast shelf)

HG Calibarn is not to be missed! Widely considered one of the best HG kits period, let alone WFM!

HG Aerial, Aerial Rebuild, Lfrith, & Schwarzette are also great HG picks, but there are no "losers" in the lineup imo, so if any design spoke to you, getting an HG of it shouldn't steer you wrong!

Oopsie, tehe-pero! *red smears across my temple when I cheekily tap my blood-soaked knuckle against my head and goofily stick my tongue out* How clumsy of me!

Okay but is it cope to keep thinking "as of ch3 with the whole Rouxls thing, Toby has officially put the idea of polyamory on the table haha what if tho haha"

Why not "gob-lining", to keep it on-brand?

Yeah it's about 1/10 odds roughly, and the hot ones aren't really that hot at all, like maybe half the kick of a jalapeno at most imo. It's more about the randomness adding a fun surprise element

The fact that shishitos have a built-in spice roulette is such a fun aspect too!

Just had to know so I took one for the team and twist-removed them instead of using nippers. Surprisingly clean break from the runner, outline-wise. Still leaves a big, noticeable line of mold-flash, but probably not a big deal for a kid

Also I know it's been forever since TFs came with parts on sprues, but that part-to-sprue connection is horrendous. For something that a potentially just a regular kid without nippers is gonna have to twist-remove by hand, that's gonna leave some real nasty nubs

-her SynthV voicebank came out a few years ago, making it easier to make her sound great in songs
-prolific producers have thus been using her in songs that become huge hits like Mezmerizer and Tetoris
-lately a couple songs have been reeally popping off like Birdbrain, inspiring a lot of fanwork!

Not complaining about not-spending, but feels kinda surreal to have broken a decade-plus-long streak of always coming home with something from TFCon