What is this "Souchaku Henshin?"
 

After finishing Den-O I, like any self-respecting Rider fan, immediately let my obsession carry me to the popular online sites in search of Den-O stuff for me to buy, mostly Zeronos. My search led me to this little piece, and research has led me to discover it is from Souchaku Henshin, a pre-figuarts line I've heard mentioned. Problem is, I know next to nothing about the particular Zeronos here, as video reviews are non-existent on YouTube. From what I know of the rest of SH is that these are not as detailed as figuarts and are closer to standard "toys." Reasonably accurate and posable to no extremes, but not as streamlined or display-attractive as a figuart, but engineered better for actual handling. I was hoping I could get some word of mouth (and pics if I can, I can only seem to find images of it in box) on Zeronos, though. I mean, for that price I'm practically willing to impulse buy it.

Souchaku Henshin is the "proto-figuarts" line that made most things from Kuuga-Kiva. They have slightly fewer joints, more diecast, and their main feature being that the armor can come off(earlier figures had teeny tiny heads under the helmets). They got best near the end I hear. The figures before Den-O(or was it Kabuto?) had only single joints in the elbows and knees.

The ones during Den-O and Kiva are gonna be closest to S.H.Figuarts. Anything prior to that will have the hilarious shrunken heads

Cool, I didn't know they were actually like proto-figuarts. So what about the figure I mentioned, Zeronos? Any specifics on it? He's the one I can't find reviews on.

The Souchaku Henshin's probably why it took them so long to release Sword Form and why we haven't gotten any of Kiva's base forms yet, the figures were close enough to Figuarts as it was.

So, Zeronos?

I have the Sword Form of Den-O from the Souchaku Series & I like it; its very close to the on-screen design and its pretty fun (doesn't have quite as much articulation as a Figuart but its got plenty of good movement) although some of the smaller armor bits can pop off easily.

I'd imagine Zeronos would be very similar.

You should just buy the Figuart instead.

But there's no Figuart of Vega From.

I have the base form kiva, and its an awesome figure, If it had figuarts-style eyes I'd be perfectly content with it as my kiva

I'd still get a proper Figuarts Kiva because I think the die cast makes him too heavy honestly

Given that they are nearly done with all 1000 forms of Den-O seen in the series thus far, I bet that version of Zeronos will be announced soon.

Actually, what is Vega form? I don't remember Zeronos having a secondary form.

Deneb possessing Zeronos. He has a face on his chest

Thing with Vega Form is, it's 70% Altair form. It'd seem redundant to buy a second figure that's basically the same. Vega doesn't even have a unique weapon. (Also why I really want the SIC) He also had Zero form, but that's just a recolour of Altair, and not a very good one in my opinion.

Well, if you can handle not having 5 different sets of hands, the Souchaku Henshin version of Zeronos would be a good enough investment if you can find it cheaper than the Figuart, since it includes both Altair and Vega forms, as well as being in scale with current Figuarts (All Souchaku Henshin toys pre Den-O are smaller).

So if I told you guys I could get Zeronos for about $9 and Den-O with all four armour forms for about $30, would you say that'd be a good deal?

Considering that SH Zeronos is normally a 40$ toy? YES, don't think about it and just DO IT.

And I assume your talking about that metallic TRU set?

I'd say so, especially regarding the Den-O set. Its at least $100 cheaper than Figuarts (and half of Den-O's forms don't exist in the new line yet.)

Yeah I am.

Watch the shipping on the Den-O, though.
I found a Den-O with all armors for $40, but shipping was $45 because apparently it's in a huge ass box and it's heavy.

Do it! Like Paladin said, that set can go for 100$ easy.

Dang, I don't think I'd be able to afford Den-O if the shipping is like that.

That was just my luck. I'm just warning you to be wary of the shipping. You might find it a hell of a lot cheaper (When I tried to buy one, the Yen was a lot stronger, too).

Now the ultimate decision, do I pay $40 plus shipping for Zeronos and Den-O, or save my money for the Gaia Memory selection 2 I've been saving my pennies for?

What to do...

All the Memories really do is make sound. Souchaku's seem like more fun to me.

But its your pennies.

I'm gonna go with the SH's, just so I can have Den-O figures without paying for the Figuarts, and the memories aren't even on Mandarake for a decent price.

EDIT: Well, Mandarake just sent an order cancel. Guess I'm not.