I had a chance to get this figure 5 years ago after I watched the first episodes of Trigun, The Planet Gunsmoke. During this time, I named myself online as Vash before I became Firestarter you now know, see and read today. Also during these moments, I was targeting to get the red version, because of its popularity which also equates to rarity, I had difficulty acquiring one thus settling on a re-painted version. Note that I now live in the Lion City, I found an abundant number of red versions in a more cheaper price than it was years ago...sheesh the irony. Even so, I like the black version because it looked more badass than the original.
