Oh dude, trample on my toes as much as you want. I'm not the only toy reviewer round these parts. BTW there might be a more subtle way to promote your site/review than the blatant link... perhaps a picture with a link underneath it like how I do? ;)

I can be subtle when people start to know who I am. I gotta come outta the gate strong and slap people over the head with the site! ;)

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/4401/003kbo.jpg Not sure how I feel about the helmet design, but here's the new rider 2

http://kamen-rider-gg.blogspot.com/2...-magazine.html

I'm back after a long hiatus with Side Basshar!

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Machine Side Basshar by Clement Soh, on Flickr
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Machine Side Basshar by Clement Soh, on Flickr

Love it alot but my tiny grip would be that the arms are in fact attached to the legs instead of the body itself.

I finally took the time to clean up a few photos. SIC vol 22, Kuuga!
Yeah, the articulation is severely limited, but I think it looks fantastic, and I love that the rod and sword are metal. It was totally unexpected, and just adds a lot in my opinion.

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SIC Vol 22, Kuuga Mighty Forms by ryanlb_, on Flickr

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Kuuga, Mighty Form by ryanlb_, on Flickr

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Kuuga, Pegasus Form by ryanlb_, on Flickr

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Kuuga, Dragon Form by ryanlb_, on Flickr

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Kuuga, Titan Form by ryanlb_, on Flickr

I keep intending to pick that up sometime. I prefer the new one, but there's definitely something charming about the old one.

And the next Kiwami Tamashii is...

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Kamen Rider Kuuga!

Drool. Will buy.

over at HJU I said I'd wait for Kiva, before I started to get into KT, but the more I look at that, the more I think I'll have to at least get Kuuga. And if I do that, I might as well get Den-O too. At least that way I'll have the two from the shows I've seen.

Den-O's a good one - one of my favorites from the line, actually. I'd totally recommend getting any of the figures from this line that aren't Blade (unless you're a huge Blade fan) as they're all amazing toys for the size.

Personally, I'm hoping that Agito and Kaixa are a good preview of the line's new standard and we get a Gouram and Beat/Trychaser to go with Kuuga.

oh man that kuuga. thats a definite buy no question

Finally finished up some reviews of the SIC Kamen Rider W sets:

CycloneJoker & Xtreme
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiP_xNAc4zE

HeatMetal & LunaTrigger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWceGhiVjw8

FangJoker & Skull
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApI2b1fw6ic

Vangelus in da house!

Yeah, I saw the last one this morning. That's a real bummer about the Skull hat.

By the way Vangelus, DAMN YOU for making me want these :mad:

They're pretty fun! But I'm looking forward to seeing the OOOs SICs, diggin the crazy aesthetics on that Tatoba concept art. :D

Some more KT Kuuga pics, courtesy of HJU's dchoc. I officially want this more than any of the upcoming Figuarts.

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DAMN. I want it just for that tamashii stage.

Kuuga is tempting, and I don't even like the SIC Asthetic all that much!

Dang, that looks pretty fantastic. Now, give me all of Kuuga's other forms in that line, then we'll talk.

That's probably not going to happen. Kiwami Tamashii has never gone all-in on a Rider line. Faiz has gotten close with all his forms, Kaixa, the bikes, and two major Oprhenochs, but the line as a whole tends to only put out a few figures per series before getting bored and doing something different.

I'm still waiting for a damn Ibuki.

Lame! Though I'll still get Kuuga, it looks great, and it's based on the SIC figure I don't yet have. If they end up releasing at least one form of each Hesei rider I will get them all. But I'm a costume completist (at least for the shows I've seen), I would love to get all Kuugas forms.

I know they've done Momotaros and Sword Form Den-O, have they done any other Den-O figures in KT?

No wide releases. Nega Den-O came out as a store exclusive and Urataros, Kintaros, and Ryuutaros came out as a web exclusive packed with a Denliner playset. Considering it's Den-O, I've always found it weird that more figures haven't been made yet. I'd love any of the other main three forms (even gun) and/or a Zeronos.

Okay, I totally need that DenLiner playset. Anybody want to sell it to me?

Is 6,000 yen a good price for Wing Form Den-O? There's one on Mandarake, and I'm REALLY tempted. Or if somebody more local to me than Japan has any SIC Den-O figures they'd sell, I'd be interested.

Here's my review of S.I.C Ixa.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfJH88NejIw
I'm no Vangelus, however

ZX showed up today. As of this moment I can think of no issues whatsoever with this figure, he really is superb. I might get a little nitpicky after messing with him for awhile, but right now he is easily on of the best SICs I own (actually almost all the SICs I own are superb)

Also, why didn't anyone tell me ZX came with a die cast sword? That was a fantastic surprise

If I had a good camera I'd flood this thread with pictures, but I don't so I apologize.

Unfortunately I can't say the same for my ZX

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Reigner Reviews: S.I.C. ZX

Sadly marred by plastic tolerances on mine. Shit wont stop falling off the guy, including his arms!

Hoping mine doesn't have issues once he finally arrives. It's my first SIC so I really don't want a bad one :(

You don't have any Den-O SICs? I'm really digging them, they're very solid figures. You should pick up an Ax/Rod form set from Mandarake, there's one for 2000 Yen if I recall.

The SIC aesthetic never really appealed to me much before so I've passed for a while. The overall quality issues also kept me from getting the Den-O sets. However if my ZX is pretty nice I may go back and pick them up.

Are there specific quality issues with Den-O? They've been great for me, so far.

You could always try the KTs. I don't know how hard Den-O is to find now, but he's a really solid little figure that looks cool and has some great articulation. Momotaros is really nice, too. And they're not going to cost you even half of what the big versions would.

I've been watching those two on ebay, Den-O is about $20 shipped, Momo more like $30ish. I'm going to grab them one of these days too, but I'd rather find the full size Sword Form/Momot set first.

So my brother got me a SIC KT Kaixa for my birthday, I just won't see it for another month. I really like Kaixa's design so I can't wait to open him.

I just got that last week. He's a fantastic figure.

I just got my first full sized SIC figure today. I decided to start out with Kabuto, since it was pretty cheap, and has a crap ton of stuff. I already knew what to expect, so I wasn't really surprised by anything. I think it's a fantastic figure, though. I'm glad I got it.

SIC KT will continue to be my primary SIC line. So far I have Ryuki, Blade (normal, Jack, and King), Garren, Kaixa, Agito (Ground and Trinity), and his bike. I still need to get Side Bashar, and of course I plan on getting Kuuga.

I'm really loving the Den-O and W figures.

Not so much the very early releases. I bought Kamen Rider 1 and V3 for ¥3500. I didn't like them due to lack or articulation. I sold them a week later for $65.

I'm wanting to get Kabuto SIC now, since I've put to bed all the Den-O SICs I need except Yuuki (x2) and the Liner Form set.