https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EjkYk0ZX...g&name=900x900

Here's what Saber probably looks in natural lighting. Now where did all the gloss go?

Bit disappointed that they went for the "iron man" approach for his hands. You have to swap out the armor on his hand to the other hands if you wanna switch.

It's an official display under studio lights behind glass, either Tamashii Nations Tokyo or the Kamen Rider Store, none of which I would call "natural" ;)

I can see light reflections on certain parts so I think its still there? :confused:

Yeah that kinda sucks, that's definitely some pieces you don’t want to lose or have pegs breaking. Not cool.

It also looks like the reds between the chest, skirt and arm are all different shades and finish. Hopefully it's just lighting playing tricks but would definitely be curious to see more photos of it in-hand but that'll be some time away.

Tokullectibles has Saber on pre order now

The acrylic logo displays are on sale at the Bluefin Brands website https://www.bluefinbrands.com/kamenrider.html

Looks like they go up for pre-order tonight and it seems like Blades comes with the small versions of the sword that fit in the driver for both himself and Saber. Not sure that justifies the 2000 yen price difference though. Lol.

Saber: https://tamashii.jp/item/13398/
Blades(Blaze?): https://tamashii.jp/item/13399/

AmiAmi fucked up again, pre-ordered at AE instead.

Didn't even realize these were dropping...was able to secure both of them at AmiAmi just now

Yeah, boy, first time I've tried playing the New Figuart preorder game at AmiAmi, and... that sucked. Staying up late (it's 2am here), only for four minutes of error messages, a Preorder click that led to an empty cart, and a sell-out. Glad Saber wasn't a figure I was excited about, sorry for those who were excited.

EDIT: Or maybe not! Thanks to MaskedRiderAsakura, I went back to AmiAmi and the preorders were back open! Got a Saber for next year. Not a wasted early morning after all!

Forgot they were up for preorder until just now. 12:30AM PDT and was able to walk through Amiami and get a preorder in with no issues.