I was worried that I would get a badly QCed SH Figuarts again but got lucky and received a good Sailor Pluto figure that fortunately didn't break when changing hands. The paint job was good and no disgusting defects. Skirt, Top, Butt/White Panties/Bare Legs/arms/face look surprisingly good (I say surprisingly because expectations are usually low and SH Figuarts products are just "good enough") in that it's nicer than what I expected from Bandai's shoddy QC and processes.



This figure has trouble posing though bc her hair is really long and gets in the way. It is also sort of brittle but detailed so becareful when handling her- knowing how awful Bandai's SH Figuarts QC generally is I don't have much faith that this pretty figure will not break if you poke it the wrong way.



Setsuna is also so tall that the provided Stand has to be full extended straight to hold her up- it's also slightly different in design so it can go under her hair and clamp over her waist. Bandai really should've provided a longer arm for the stand. Now that I think about it, Bandai dropped the ball on the stand because for a tall figure like this her midsection is pretty high up that the provided stand just barely clamps on at an angle :(



Also, be careful when changing the hands the design is bad already but combined with the usual hit or miss Bandai QC you may get plastic breakage from poor heat treatment or badly mixed plastic.



The Staff has pegs that allow it to pull apart so you can get it into her "holding hands". It's pretty delicate so don't think about squeezing too roughly because the plastic staff will break or the pegs on the staff will. Don't try to fit the staff into her hands while they are connected to the tiny peg on the wrist/arm because there's a high chance the wrist pegs will snap off.



Overall the biggest worry besides the usual bad wrist joint/peg design is the hair. It really is brittle and delicate so definitely try to avoid putting too much stress on the strands and the peg that attaches it to her head.



Good Luck folks, just because I got a working non-defective SH Figuarts doesn't mean you will too so check your figure when unboxing it.