Grabbed the Liger Zero kit from a mall hobby shop around the same time and yeah, it was totally worth it. Spent way too long snapping those little caps on the joints and stabbing my thumbs on the sprues, but that thing survived so many backyard battles. My cousin had a Command Wolf and we'd spend whole afternoons building forts out of couch cushions and pretending the living room was a desert battlefield. Honestly those kits took a beating that would have wrecked any regular action figure and kept on going. Something about building it yourself first made it feel like more than a toy. Still kinda miss the show too, that theme song pops into my head way more often than it should.

Releasable zipties are still zipties, and that little tab is the weak point. I've had two of them snap off after a year behind my tv stand, and once that tab is gone you're back to cut and redo anyway. Velcro slipping is usually just cheap velcro or wrapping it wrong, the good stuff with the plastic buckle holds fine. With 12 cables packed tight, one ziptie pulled too snug can pinch the jacket and you won't see the damage until a console starts acting weird. Straps let you leave a little breathing room and adjust without touching anything else. Your mileage may vary, but I'd rather rewrap a strap than trust a tiny plastic tab to hold up over time.