^That seemed to be a common problem with Shadow Moon.
FiguArts are great, I absolutely don't care about the fact that they're mostly plastic because truth be told I like these kinds of figures for the poseability and the accessories, but I never much cared about the metal armor thing. It makes sense if you're going to need to change the armor, like with Kuuga & Agito or the cast-off Kabuto Riders or Zeronos even, but... Riders with just one unchanging form, and especially less-armored older-style Riders, they should just concentrate on making damn good figures and not worry about removable armor which we wouldn't ever need to remove anyway. Alternate unmasked heads (ala BLACK) would be nice though.
The next FiguArts (after Rider 2) are supposedly going to be the Hoppers and Deneb. I'll be interested to see how they do them.