Yeah the details on SHFs can't be compared, some of the SHF accessories are so tiny that I don't even want to take them out from the tray. If you drop them, chances are they are gone for good. That's why for some reason I do prefer the size/scale of the figure rise kits.

SHF does have tiny accessories - Gashats, Memories - but at least in those cases it is a much cheaper kit you're dealing with rather than an expensive collector's figure. And then in some cases you've got, say, Den-O's rider pass being attached to the hand.

Something I've always wondered about the Figure-Rise standard Kamen Rider kits: what would happen if you painted directly behind the lenses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsymSV_-UJY

This video shows a technique for improving the compound eyes. It looks like very shiny paint to the interior, then using a ceramic polishing compound (https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/TT25-P...dp/B0006O8GOC/)

With respect to scaling FRS to SHF, I feel FRS Zi-O and Faiz blend in quite well. Granted these are the only kits I own but the size of the helmets don't make the rest of the figure look like a bobble head. I would even go as far to say those helmets are about the same size of an SHF

These are well proportioned too, the only knock against them is they are noticeably taller than SHF. I've gotten around this by posing Zi-O in the far back row and putting Faiz in his trademark crouch position. Blends right in!

And as I've said many, many times here: FRS Faiz is a perfect placeholder for an SS release and is far better looking than that old crummy SHF

I have to chip in and agree that my current displays have W and Kuuga beside SHFs, and before I've had Ex-Aid, Den-O and Zi-O beside them as well -- and aside from of course the slight height difference they never looked out of place in the slighest.

I've done this with a chrome paint marker on a couple models. It works great for Build and W. Den-o's visor ended up looking darker than the foil and something just seemed off.

-LOVE- how W's eyes look there!!

Thanks! I've wanted to do it to more models, but with Den-o's eyes not looking the best I'm afraid to do anything I don't have a duplicate for unless I've got nail polish remover ready. Definitely going to do it to any future kits though. Hibiki was an exception.

This probably belongs on the SHF thread, but can the face plate of SHF Ghost be colored this same way?

I dont have the figure so I don't know if the black eye pieces are molded or painted in front or behind the clear "face"; but I've noticed it's not the orange color it is on the show and some customizers have fixed that

The answer is yes. I think you just have to paint the behind part of the visor.

I almost screamed for a second because I thought this was an FRS Ghost reveal

If a FRS Ghost did happen, the jacket would either be solid plastic or suffer the same fate as the SHF's jacket.

I think Kiva or Ghost are gonna be come of the last FRS we see.

Kiva because he has been notoriously difficult to capture in figure form. The old SHF blog went into this aspect before http://blog.livedoor.jp/shfiguarts/a...072771434.html basically admitting that Emperor form was easier to do than Kiva's base form. I guess thats what happens when you have to recreate perfection ;)

Ghost only because of the lack of popularity and it would be kind of hard to do.

You say lack of popularity, but they were pretty quick to do Agito and Hibiki!

But Amazing Mighty Kuuga already has both a Seihou and an FRS kit.

Or they could cut the jacket into two and have each part attach to each section of the torso in order to let the upper body move better. Should still provide better articulation than the SHF.

I apologise for my crappy drawing skills.

That woud look kinda weird and unnatural.

How 'bout they try the Fumina option and just have the jacket float around the torso?

https://da.lnwfile.com/_/da/_raw/l8/o8/wy.jpg

That could work. FRS Fumina's jacket DOES clip on to her back and as a result does not attach to the sides, but we might just end up going back to SHF Ghost's articulation.

Wow, this articulation problem does not go away easily huh?

inb4 cloth jacket.

knowing bandai's cost cutting, they would probably go half and half on both your ideas since the line values poseability. Maybe have the top of the jacket be solid and part of the upper torso. They could integrate the bottom half into the build of the lower torso by making the lower half for the jacket rubber. It could be pegged into the lower torso on the sides. Therefore, it would give an integrated look and not hinder the articulation of the upper body. They've been known to use rubber before on some humanoid kits, so maybe they could go this route if not cloth or completely solid. And it wouldnt look too bad posing. They've been willing to try new engineering and materials in these kits before, maybe ghost will be a turning point in engineering for the series and actually be good. Unlike his series.

NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

The next release in the Kamen Rider Figure-rise standard line (post-Decade) is Onodera!

Yup, the plucky companion to the destroyer of worlds is seeing a release in Figure-rise standard!

As you'd expect, he's just a reissue of standard Kuuga Mighty Form, albeit with metallic coated parts. However, what really makes this release unique is that it comes with a sheet of multiple stickers that replicate the mark that Kuuga leaves on his enemies after doing his rider kick.

I saw PO'S at Lunar Toystore and Sure Thing Toys for now.
It will retail for $35 and is a retail release just like standard Kuuga.
I don't know the release date though, wasnt mentioned anywhere, so prob TBD.

TFW it's not Ryuki

They probably did it to capitalize on Decade's release (and milk the mold). But more than anything, they are probably trying to fill the the void till Ryuki and Agito's releases next year.

And i felt the same lol. Ryuki when?

I hope we start getting secondaries at some point, I think a lot of people would appreciate that.

On that note, what non-main riders do you want to see?

I'd like Zeronos and New Den-o (even if I don't build models much anymore because of hand cramps)

It kills me that they've done the Double mold four times and there's still no Accel. But, really, I'd love for them to do the other Ex-Aid Riders first. They'd look so good together!

On the fence about this Decade Kuuga. I like the mold, and I'm feeling pretty completionist about Figure-Rise right now... but, like, shiny Kuuga? I don't know if that's worth the $30 and a couple hours of my time.

Apart from the obvious Cross-Z, I wanna see the ones that could be easily made and one that is super unlikely.

-Brave (new head, back, gauntlet)
-Kaixa (pretty much the whole torso and head assembly)
-Gattack (head, shoulder, chest, and weapons)
-Knight (new head, shoulder, chest, and deck)
-Ibuki (new chest and head)
-Eternal (new head, left thigh, and chest with waterslides for the fire effects on the forearms. Cloth cape?)


Tsukuyomi (new head, chest, shoulder, and waist to accomodate plastic cape.)

...I just want a figure of Tsukuyomi that I could fit with my SHFs.

I believe this is just for people who missed out on the original Kuuga and Bandai just randomly decided to reissue with some new stuff. KINDA like how they originally released the original HG 00 Diver and then reissued it bundled with its new backpack.

Oh, for sure, I'm not mad about them releasing it. I'm all for them making these kits available if there's interest. Doesn't hurt me none! (And it's great for the Decade superfans who probably exist!)

It's just, there's that collector part of my brain that's going to go You Have Every Kit Except For The Second Kuuga One, and I gotta figure out what to do with that information. Should be a fun process!

Lol, im much the same, ive actually added soft foam grips to my nippers to lessen the cramps, but i still get them ( probably cause im impatieny and speed build them in single sittings :p)

In terms of supporting riders, i'd really like to see cross-z, but im wary of that since it uses the build suit as a base, and as others have said figurise build is pretty bad in terms of proportions. So if they do cross-z, i really hope they revamp the build base first or fix it for cross-z and then release an updated build later with the adjustments.

I also want to see new Den-o and zeronos. But more than anything i want Gills and Ixa. Gills cause they Shf aged badly, and Ixa cause i know I'll always be too poor to afford the seihou.

They probably wont do them till they finish the main riders, but i really hope none of them is p-bandai, i really hate middlemen pricing. Hopefully, bluefin releases those stateside if anything.

I mean, rereleases aren't bad, but it doesn't really make sense to reissue a kit thats still readily available at pretty much every retailer that would carry it, and that wasn't released too long ago. I think it's moreso the same situation as seihou kuuga and seihou Kuuga (Decade version), just another attempt by Bandai to milk the mold and get sales from people who already own the regular edition, like completionists and Decade fans. I mean Onodera is technically a seprate character and makes sense to differentiate it, but its not much of a change. Only difference is shiny paint that anyone could do on a standard kuuga and 1 sticker sheet of footprint stickers.

The oo diver full package wasn't a reissue though as it was released during the series and just bundled the oo diver with its add-on part set that was sold seperately. Its like during the LuPat toyline when they released the x-changer, and then released x-kaiser. If you already had the changer, you could buy the 2 trains for the legs and make x-kaiser. If you had nothing and tuned in later, you could just buy x-kaiser, which bundled the trains and x-changer. After the oo diver was upgraded, its upgrade form became the standard config, so it would make sense to update packaging and market as a set so as to give new consumers what they saw on tv immediately. They sold the parts seperately so that those who bought standard oo diver could make the update without having to buy the bundle. So it wasn't really a reissue, but moreso about reaching 2 different markets. The seperate releases were for customers already invested in the brand and picking up kits, and the bundles for average consumers and new fans who tuned in later to pick up something they saw on tv. Bandai is very good at this lol.

Knight and Gatack are definitely among my most desired.

I would also like to see Birth, Meteor, and Mach.

Considering how Figure-Rises are plastic models and are therefore cheaper (relatively speaking) to the Figuarts, I really want Ryuki to come with Dragredder.

Well, your in luck, during the reveal they said he already does! And so will the immediate P-Bandai Ryuga and Dragblacker!

If they do knight after, i hope he comes with a wired cape for his final vent.

YES!!!

Yup, i hope they introduce soft good or at least rubber goods into these kits soon. Some of them could really use it, especially if they do secondaries or alternate forms. I mean heisei phase one doesn't really need it, unless they do kiva emperor and some secondaries. But Heisei phase 2 has some mains (like double), secondaries,supporting riders, as well as alternate forms that use capes or cloth. Hopefully, they do those and don't just end the line on base forms.

Hopefully, Agito comes with some stuff too, like parts for trinity form.

I still think Diend would be a good one to do, given he and Decade share a base body -- his differences would mostly be his head, his torso 'armour' and his belt.

Awesome to hear about Onodera! Got a link?

Here is a picture of Figure-Rise Standard Decade at a exhibition, I'm pretty sure it's a snap build without any paint. If thats the case, it's looking great. Oh and also I found a Box Art of the kit, but not too sure if its the real thing due to the poor quality.

Damn, he's looking good; even that Blade card! I figured he'd be pretty low on stickers but this is gorgeous regardless. Do you know which exhibition this is at?

And yup, that boxart's real :)

It's actually a Ryuki card.

Seems like the stickers are the orange headlight and the details on the belt. It's good to see that there's finally a good alternative for a Decade figure.

I need to get him soon.

I'm still waiting for the Decade Pre-order to show up at nin-nin-game. He's up at places like HLJ, but NNG was the fastest I've ever got a Pre-order and I'm so excited for Decade. I'm hoping to get him before the end of the year.