I started collecting the Play Arts Kai Metal Gear Solid collection with an emphasis on obtaning all the variations of Big Boss and Solid Snake. The quality is great but I have most of my figures Mint In Box. The thing to watch out with these figures is that there are a lot of bootlegs out there. I would essentially stay away from Ebay and Amazon as they are plagued with bootleg copies and could be easily passed by as authentic in photos but suffer from extremely bad paint jobs and lackluster quality when removed from the box.
TM2Dinobot - it seems to me that you have a bootleg copy of Lara. There are many telltale sign of bootlegs that I highly recommend that you read at this blog.
http://jeri-reyes.blogspot.com/2012/05/play-arts-play-arts-kai-bootlegs-tell.html
As you can see by the picture here that the bootlegs look very similar indeed but the differences are present.
The one of the left is the original and the one on the right is bootleg.
It was difficult for me to find the 25th anniversary Solid Snake so I had to rely on Ebay. Once you know of what to look for and what to avoid it became extremely complicated to get out of stock authentic figures for a good price. I managed to find one and you could immediately tell of the great quality.
