So I bought these today:
They're not bad! I had a really hard time taking of the red plates and putting the black ones on, though. I tore eight of my ten finger nails and when I tried prying them off with my Fullmetal Alchemist necklace thing it just broke in half. Then I tried prying it with something made of a stronger metal and they came off. I thought they were going to break! I guess the good news is the black plates aren't gonna just fall off while I'm walking around.
Topic:
Have you lost something to gain something due to that pesky first rule of alchemy, lately?