S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Black

Kamen Rider Black

 

I have been hunting this for quite awhile, so it's a good thing bandai made a reissue for it, thereby allowing me not to get those ridiculously priced KR black's on the secondary market after he was sold out. So when I saw this at a booth in our local toycon, I knew this was my chance to get one.

Eventhough it's one of the earlier SHF's made, KR Black is still quite impressive even  with that simple black design, the designers of the toy sculpted the joints and joint connections to mimic the alien/muscle like tissues as seen on the show. Painted at a different dark violet/black like tone. It's not really noticeable but you can tell they are different from standard SHF designed joints.

I must admit, I was more of a Space Sheriff Shaider "Vavilos!" kid back in the 80's (want an shf release of him btw) and always thought he was cooler to watch than KR Black, but this toy is so good that it really brings back the nostalgic feel of the show that I sometimes watch whenever I catch it on, way back when..

Kamen Rider Kick! 

Another welcome addition to my KR collection, I am still contemplating whether to get KR Black RX but I was trying to stick to one KR form per rider, specifically the more iconic form representing each KR series, and I think KR Black RX is just an evolved form of KR Black, so I might have to pass up on him, probably..

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Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Den-O sword form

Souchaku Henshin Kamen Rider Den-O sword form

The main form of Den-O in the series, for the same reasons why I wanted to get Souchaku Henshin Kiva, so shall it be also for Den-O, not willing to wait for a figure that will more or less have no metal content, (SH Figuarts leaning towards this path for some time now) I was quite contented with how this Den-O figure was made. When I first saw it on the pegs, I immediately realized that it was also made of the newer style Souchaku buck which are like SH figuarts bodies but still incorporates the removable armor system. These are well distributed among the TRU branches in Singapore for $39.90 sgd, so I figured I could just hold off buying it until then.. lucky enough, when we went to TRU Vivo City branch, they were having a 50%off sale for selected items, Kamen Rider series figures included, so seeing the figure I wanted a few days earlier is now marked down to $19.90 sgd it was a no brainer, It's time to get it!

While I miss the clear translucent lenses that are standard for SH figuarts releases, I am contented with the metallic paint done on Den-O's eye lenses. It's a trade off for the better feel of the figure that this Souchaku version has. The SH figuarts KR 000's tatoba was good visually, translucent clear parts all around, but the torso felt hallow and the overall figure felt really cheap, with Den-O however, he feels really good and solid, very nice heft to the figure much like how Souchaku Kiva feels, the only difference between Kiva and Den-O is the lack of chrome parts on Den-O which I don't really mind.

Ore.. Sanjou!!!

Kamen Rider Kick!

Overall a decent release and placeholder for the yet unreleased SHF Den-O sword form. I will decide when I need to upgrade depending on how Bandai will make and execute its new Den-O SHF. But as it is I am very pleased with this rendition of him.