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OK, so some quick thoughts on obsidian fury, mostly in comparison to gipsy.
The finish is really weird? My eyes might be playing tricks on me, but I'm pretty sure there're three different shades of black going on. There's a slightly-lighter-than-black on the chest and forearms that I'm not a fan of, a much deeper black on the legs that looks good, and a SUPER glossy dark black on the biceps and nowhere else. It's the kind of thing you have to see in person, and even then it's hard to tell.
The head is much less restricted, but that's more the design doing it favors. It still can't look up, and there's still no good reason for it. Same with the torso joint, it feels like another barbell joint, but the forward range is very weak. More backward range than gipsy though, and can do a full 360.
The shoulderpads attach to the body instead of the arms, and are worse on paper, but better in practice. They basically have two positions, clipped in place keeping with the sculpt, and rotating back to get out of the way. There's still a bunch of stuff colliding with itself, but the shoulders have great range.
The open palms being molded in the "talk to the hand" position is still a dumb choice, but it works better here. The joints on the wrist have a little more range, so they can go parallel with the arm. Also I've heard of people complaining that the hands like to fall off the pegs, but these are very secure.
I wish the chainsaws were a little more opaque because they can get washed out depending on the light, but they're really fun. They can also cast an orange glow on the hands depending on where the light is shining through them, which looks Rad As Fuck. The way the forearm armor pops off, and then sandwiches the saw piece is great and looks like an actual working mechanism. It'd be nice if there were a swivel on the lower forearm so they could rotate, but I can't overstate how much fun I'm having doing sword poses with them.
