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AC12 Arms Change Kamen Rider Duke Gallery & Baron Tutorial
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06-05-2014, 11:58 PM
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Fight Power! Fight Power!
Arms Change Kamen Rider Duke
was just released mere weeks ago. Timed perfectly to his rise back to prominence in the
Kamen Rider Gaim
series. Seen very elusively up to this point in the show, Duke is shaping up as quite the nice villain. But let's see how this figure shapes up shall we?
**Post #2 Contains Additional images
***Post #3 Contains a Baron Lemon Energy Arms Custom Tutorial
Arms Change Energy/Kamen Rider Duke
is the 12th release in this highly popular line following the release of
AC11 Kachidoki Arms Gaim.
Duke is of course one of only two Energy Riders available at retail. The two remaining new generation riders, Marika & Sigurd, will be released as a Bandai Premium 2-pack.
Duke is packaged in the now standard
Arms Change
box and plastic shell and includes his
Lemon Energy Arms
and the customary
Sonic Arrow
accessory.
At a
base body
level
Duke
is the same sculpt as Baron. Whether intentional from the outset or not this is pretty damn awesome considering Baron's eventual use of the Lemon Energy Arms. Though that suit in the show was a quickly thrown together piece using spare parts, the sharing of a basic body hear makes it seem almost prophetic. Some of the textures from Baron's body have been removed in favor of more smooth surfaces on Duke. And the paint appear to be a bit more lavish and bright. The baby blue Duke is primarily cast in is especially gorgeous. The head is of course new, and oddly, much larger than the other AC's. Duke simply put has a big wide head.
Onto the actual
Lemon Energy Arms.
At first glance most people assumed based on it's transformation that these Arms were just a remold of
Mango Arms.
However that was a very
incorrect
assumption. The mistake is easy to make considering the near identical transformation these two share. The way the shell opens, the cape pieces fold back and out, and even the way the helmet/visor stores. But they simply aren't the same at all. Lemon Energy is an entirely new mold.
When combined with
Duke
the Lemon Arms look fantastic. However Duke's beautiful coloring lends itself well to most Arms, but he shines brightest with his Lemon. Luckily Lemon Arms also look good on just about every other rider as well, especially on Gaim, Zangetsu, and Ryugen. This figure also seems to be an improvement on the line from a QC perspective. Much more work was put into it's paint apps than any of the others. The joints are a bit tighter, the paint crisper, and the Sonic Arrows bow action feature is much stronger on this guy. Once again Bandai of japan has knocked it out of the park with Arms change!
Up next in our series of Arms Change gallery is the first of the Bandai Premium Exclusives.
ACPB01 Bujin Gaim Blood Orange Arms!
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