Hi guys! I thought I'd make my first post to the boards with some pics of my newly arrived Ichigo and Nigo from SIC's Masked Rider "The Next" 2-pack!

I'm an SIC over SH Figuarts kinda guy because I love the artistic interpretation they put into these characters. Plus I've been a huge fan of Nirasawa for years and years and they are obviously heavily influenced by his style.

Anyway-- on to the pics!

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Lookin good :thumb: I've been slowly warming up to SIC's over the last year myself. Taking baby steps with the KT line right now before I get into the full fledged figures.

Those guys should be the poster children of S.I.C. Are they still available?

start with kabuto, i believe hes still around $60 on amazon. i mean i HATE kabuto but i gotta say the sic has got to be one of the best figures in my collection ever :)

Nah, Den-O should start with one of the Den-O SICs, they're so fantastic, and come with a ton of accessories.

Kabuto is okay, but I'm actually kinda meh on him right now. But then again, I haven't even bothered trying to get him into Hyper mode. I wish he had the Masked form though, think I'd like it much more if it could do that one instead of Final Form Ride.

I hear the parts needed to do Masked Form come with Gattack. Because Bandai always wants more money. :lol

Yes, they do, but they should have come with Kabuto. I imagine once I get around to getting the Dark Kabuto/Gattack set I'll become more interested in Kabuto, but for now, it's the most boring of all the SICs I have.

but then dk would be useless, they arent JUSTtrying to get money, they want u to have SOME incentive for buying a repaint

I tried my first taste of SIC with ZX and didnt care for him. But things like Dark Kiva, and the various Den-O forms do appeal to me. Im just not sure i want to collect a bunch of figures in yet another scale. I already have a ridiculous amount of SHFs and SIC are much more expensive.

thats y im saying kabuto, it has regular, hyper, hyper clock, ffr, and decade. thats 5 figures in one set.

I'm getting back in the SIC stuff after many years of not collecting them. IMO, if you're on the fence about it then I'd advise against it because the older ones are very, very had to find and they are EXPENSIVE. I'm trying to start off by getting all the Heisei Riders right now (one form each to start) and it's costing me about close to $100 bucks a pop, so it's a majorly expensive endeavor.

For me, the appeal of the SIC figures IS their size as well as the interpretations and sculpts done by Takayuki Takeya and Kenji Ando. While I do enjoy Masked Rider (although I'm more of a Showa Era guy), the gritty techno-organic vibe and hyper-detailed sculpting is what make me love this line.

If you're already into the Figuarts figures, I'd stick with that. If you want a little taste of SIC in your collection, the smaller Takumi Damashii is still amazingly sculpted and detailed and is way,way more affordable.

They are a few years old and it took me a really long time to track them down. I found them on Amazon Japan and had a secondary service buy and ship them to me.

The worst thing about SIC stuff is that is tends to shoot up in price rather quickly after about 6-10 months after its initial release, so getting the older ones are a bit of a deterrent for most people-- unless you're a compulsive completist like me!

In my opinion, it was worth the work and cash I paid to get these guys in my collection because Rider 1 & 2 are the ones who kicked off the whole Rider saga, and they look way cooler than the original SIC Rider 1 & 2 based on the original show.

What every you decide, I wish you luck!

Thanks for the head's up on this-- I just went and picked him up! :D

good man! :thumb:

I'm mulling over some SIC listings on Mandarake. Don't have funds currently but I'm very close to at least picking up a few cheap Kuuga sets.

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review is up! I LOVE this guy!!!!

just purchased a fourze driver, was wondering, wat switches should i get. wat switches are sastisfying in both how it turns on and the activation sound. and if u say magphone im not afraid to internet slap u

My orders at my local comic shop came in:

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Blimey alot of attention to Stronger there! ;)

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Kamen Hearts. :lol

Well, there was this much earlier. ;)

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My OOO shelf is coming together nice.

Update to the Den-O setup. Got Urataros and G Den-O on the way too!

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Nice job, man! I really love the way you repurposed Fourze's stand part for Sagozo.

I agree, that's a great use!

I hadn't even noticed it til you guys mentioned it but that is damn awesome.

same! holy crap, I love it!

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Count the Henshin, one, two and three!

Thanks guys , i had to come up with something for Sagohzo. He is by far the loosest SHF i have.

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Ha!

Damnit Switchblade, stop making me want more KTs! :P

PS I don't it. Korean? What?

Google/YouTube gangnam style =p

Seeing that makes me wanna see someone make a stop motion parody of it. Oppa Kamen Style!

No.

I actually call this set "Gouram Style." :p

:lol

I thought I had already posted that...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...s/DSC01179.jpg
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We need an extra shot at them yelling at Akiba Blue's ass

Honestly, man, it's kind of hard to see what's happening in that first one. The background is too dark and everything is blending into it.