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S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Black RX's Ridoron Gallery
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12-30-2015, 10:42 PM
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Just in time for the end of the year we have another behemoth Rider Machine to review! Not to be entirely outdone by Kamen Rider Drive's
Tridoron,
the late Showa classic
Kamen Rider Black RX
swoops in with this massive release to round out the year.
S.H. Figuarts Ridoron!
Packaging
Much like the recently released
Tridoron,
the
Ridoron
is a behemoth, shipped in a gargantuan box. If anyone has experience with larger Bandai/Tamashii Nations releases then you know what to expect with this release. It's just massive. And really fantastic. This box does a great job of evoking the style of packaging set forth by the Kamen Rider
Black
&
Black RX
renewals. The vehicle itself is packaged much like Tridoron, in a giant plastic clam shell.
I have to point out that yes the box features the spelling of the name as
"Ridelone".
This is not an altogether inappropriate way to ramonize the name because of how R's & L's work in Japanese test translated to English. However it has been well established since Black RX originally aired on television that the name properly romanized is
Ridoron.
Numerous vintage products from that period and many since featured that official English spelling. This is the first use of the "Ridelone" spelling so for the sake of ease we will continue to spell it
Ridoron.
Main Figure
Luckily
S.H. figuarts Ridoron
is basically ready to go straight out of the box. You need only attach the small
ball jointed antennae
that are included as separate pieces. These are in fact the
only accessories
included with this vehicle so that section won't be present below as usual.
As with the mighty Tridoron, which you just can't help but draw comparisons to,
Ridoron
is a huge vehicle. It just looks like the show prop rolled off set. Interestingly the actual physical Ridoron is based on a 1st gen
Mazda RX7
whereas the Tridoron would eventually be based on a
Honda NSX.
Both sort of "super" cars for their times, and neither of the finalized show vehicles really look like their bases. I always find it intriguing how these shows can transform such mundane vehicles into such fantastic machines.
Much like it's namesake
S.H. Figuarts Tridoron
is far from mundane. The entire body is painted in a really gorgeous glossy red. It's very reflective of light but thankfully this helps make it seem more like real automotive paint. Unfortunately it also has a ton of scuffs on it straight from the factory. It'll be hard to see in the attached images but my Ridoron has several hot spots of scuffs. It looks like the car really should have been wrapped in plastic before being inserted into the tray. As most of the scuffs look like what would occur during shipping from the tray rubbing against the body of the vehicle. The scuffs match up with where the separation for the clam shell would be.
Moving down the exterior to the hood Ridoron features
fully functioning mandibles
that are spring mounted in the front bumper. A small
button
located just behind one of the ridges on the hood activates them. A really unique action feature for S.H. Figuarts. Much of the rest of the car exterior can be summed up just by saying it looks really great. This vehicle didn't have a ton of features or minute detailing. The paint present is crisp, the lines present are sharp, and the ridge/fin that extended from either end of the car is superbly sculpted. It's just a gorgeously detailed figure of this vehicle. Perhaps the one really incredible thing to note about the exterior is the
moving turbines
in the rear bumper! Calling back to toy days of old these turbines spin in time with the movement of the
rear wheels.
They make a rather loud noise when turned because of this but the effect is undeniably cool. The front axle is also connected to the
steering wheel
in the cockpit allowing them to have real turning action. A nice touch that wasn't present on the Tridoron because of it's removable cockpit display.
The interior of
Ridoron
is where the most lavish detail has been poured on. The
gull wing doors
pull up and back on a nice sturdy hinge allowing them to rotate completely vertically out of the way. While the interior of this vehicle was sparsely decorated, what is present is magnificent. More
KITT
than car the dash clearly takes inspiration from
Knight Rider
with various multi-colored switches and monitors all fully painted. Honestly it's an even more interesting dash than Tridoron because of this. And while we get a functioning
steering wheel
and front axle with this release, the trade off is that the gear shift & parking break do not function.
The cockpit is pretty spacious and should allow you to seat
2 S.H. Figuarts,
or any other 1/12 scale figures, of your choosing pretty comfortably.
Kamen Rider Black RX
certainly feels right at home in the driver's seat as he should. All in all this release may not have all the bells and whistles of Tridoron,
no LEDs
and
no accessories.
But it does have rarely seen
action features.
Final Thoughts
I'm more than happy with how
S.H. Figuarts Ridoron
turned out as a mass retail release, the difference in price between it and the Web Exclusive Tridoron is apparent, but the quality of the toy (paint scuffs aside) is still superb. If you want to complete a
Kamen Rider Black/RX
collection then I highly recommend picking up this affordable piece. As is I'm only missing a Roadsector to have all the Black & Rx releases in the line. But this gorgeous piece fits right in!
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