So I got Skull and have "started" painting, even though I haven't painted anything yet, just prepped. I will say, looking at these new parts, I think it's awesome that they got the mouth slits separated, but it makes the chest ribs seem extra cheap. Even if I paint them there's going to be an obvious seam. The W body is already one of the simpler FRS kits, and I don't see why Bandai couldn't have sprung for individual rib pieces. The cheapness of these model kits kind stings, especially since they're not cheap.

Also I hope we get more news soon. I really want to get a FRS Battle Hopper. I'd buy two, one for my Black model ad one for my SS SHF. (Since he really seems too big for the old Souchaku Henshin-derived SHF Battle Hopper)

I'd like Battle Hopper, but I think they've taken quite a few breaks now from their Heisei project and that was just because of the 50th anniversary series items. So I think we'll see them do a lot more heisei riders in a row for a bit.

Place your bets, do you think they'll do a model of Black Sun? They've already done Black, it makes sense to do the new version too.

No, because the textures make the design too complex to capture. Same with 1992 Shin

That wouldn't stop Bandai. They've done characters outside of Kamen Rider with intricate textures before, and it's not like the textures are so outlandish that they can't be relegated to the average number of separated parts. Hell, they're doing that super intense Blue Eyes model and it's got a lot of organic textures on it.

If they can make Shodo figures of the designs they can make Figure-rise. I think it's more likely that Black Sun being a more adult-oriented show and a bit of a flash in the pan means it's less likely to be made.

FRS Blade is December 17th

https://i.imgur.com/itXbuNw.png

Ryuga & Dragblacker!! Premium Bandai, 5500 yen, pre-orders start tomorrow with release in April

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjVIDxOa...jpg&name=small

https://bandai-a.akamaihd.net/bc/img...00183722_7.jpg

https://bandai-a.akamaihd.net/bc/img...00183722_9.jpg

https://bandaihobby.hatenablog.com/e...cxMS42MC4wLjA.

new hateblo post about Ryuga

and maybe as usual, they will show product pics of Blade either today or December 10th

Ryuga took far longer to make than I expected, nit that I'm getting him.

This reminds me that I have a fully built Dragreder sitting in a storage box because it's just too big to display! I was going to sell it to a friend, but I forgot that the tail is Ryuki's sword so they can't really be split.