I prefer to think DiEnd "sniped Tsukasa's treasure," if you catch my drift...

My Bravo came in Thursday. My friend handled the order though, So I didn't have it in hand until yesterday.

How is he? Been dying for impressions.

Same. I especially am curious to know if the spikes are sharp and going to leave multiple holes on my hands lol

Well if they do they'll be completely fabulous :lol

Am I terrible for hoping he is really that sharp?

... Excellent.

If he doesn't live up to his name as "Mister Dangerous", I'm going to be horribly disappointed.

He should come with safety goggles and gloves.

And the shipping sleeve should be a live komodo dragon that's constantly on fire.

That spits acid.

And holding a trigger to a nuclear missile.

Hmm. Still not dangerous enough.

A T-Rex delivers the package while riding the bus from Speed?

Gimme (more) danger.

... That just gave me an idea.

He looks amazing! He's got the same body as Gridon, so they can properly swap arms(if you haven't seen my pic in the cool stuff thread)

He is indeed VERY sharp and pointy. Swapping with Gridon was painful.

Ah, so the thick ball joints are really used for the new bodies only. Or they reused Gridons basic body. Interesting. I like it though, the bigger joints make swapping hands a lot easier.

I’m still waiting for mine, he should arrive sometime this week, my head is full of ideas of funny shots to make with him.

Why is the first thing that comes to my mind a screaming child with a Bravo FiguArt stuck in one eye, while a guitar riff plays and the driver-voice says "Misteeeeeeeeeeeeeeer Dangeroooooooooooooous!" *DING* *DING* *DING* *DING*

Next shot, kid in the hospital, plays with a Gridon-figure. "Neva givu uuuuuuuuup!".
…
I’m a terrible person.

Heads up for anyone who doesn't own him yet (like me), V3 is getting a reissue in February to go along with his bike.

I just realized I got a shipping notice for Bravo from NY but not for Gaim Jimba/Blade Jack/Ultimate Zero (ordered them separately, paid for Bravo before they instituted the new order combining/splitting feature), even though they started processing at the same time. Huh.

EDIT: LOL speak of the devil, about 15 minutes after I wrote the above, guess what shipping notice pops in.

Thanks for the info!

It’s pretty cool that I as a new collector can get Showa Riders and their bikes a little bit easier now. Ichigo this year, Amazon & V3 next year :>

During a asteroid strike.

While *insert country of your choice* is invading your hometown.

On a Friday.

I just hate how the reissue with Amazon and his bike are both pack together and are web exclusives. I don't care for the bike, so I wish Tamashii reissue Amazon on his own for the people who don't want the bike. The same happen with 555.

Because they were both reissued multiple times and were readily available for years. These bike packs are just for additional value or in case you want to get both at once. Amazon was reissued over his original production run at least 5 times that I remember. They were crazy easy to get for a long time.

I kinda prefer the smaller wrist joints on the rest of the Gaim SHFs the only real con there for me is that they can be kinda weak sometimes. Depends on the QC. And LOL that scenario.

Well I guess in a typical fashion, I decided I needed Amazon after all of those happened. He's with the Sonic Arrow in the "things I should've bought much much earlier but am now kicking myself for not doing" boat.

V3 has been reissued more recently than Amazon though. I don't doubt you because I haven't been buying Rider figures as long as Sentai ones but Amazon certainly hasn't been reissued in the last 2 years or so.

I guess mass production popularity wins out.

I didn't start collecting Figuarts until late 2012. Amazon is pretty pricey on Ebay and I haven't seen him show up on Mandarake recently. I don't want to drop 9,780¥ on a figure with a bike if I'm not going to use the bike. The same thing happen with 555.

Mister Dangerous arrived this morning. He..is quite pointy. Changing his hands was rather painful.

He looks fabulous. Gorgeous paint job, fantastic detail, he's just..I love him. I just wish he came with word bubble and floating heart effect parts.

Articulation is what one would expect from a figuart, it's hindered a bit by his armor, but not enough to really hurt him. The left shoulder pad on mine is just a little..springy? The joint seems a bit tight on it, so it took a bit of working to get it to stay up at first. Oh and I recommend not taking them off..getting it back on sucked. It was also tough to get his sword in hand.

I can't say I have any real outstanding complaints with the figure, he's up there amongst my favorites already.

Didn't Bandai come out with a sheet of bubble effects for Bravo so we could cut them out? I think it was when Bravo was first announced.

Great to hear you are enjoying Bravo. I should get him in a few days.

*EDIT* Here they are
http://p-bandai.jp/tamashiiwebshouten/item-1000087075/

Awesome. Printed them out but...how do I display them with him? Haha...

My best guess would be trying to fit them onto a tamashii stage :lol

Google Translate is saying something about using a paper clip on that page but then again...it's Google Translate :lol

Maybe put them on a tooth pick or something? :lol

Did anyone around here got his hands on Akarenger already? I cant find any reviews on him yet.

I saw one on Mandarake, but I haven't seen anyone with one in-hand yet either, sadly.

Yeah it seems like nobody got him :lol

I heard from some people that he is taller than regular figuarts and I wanted to know if someon can confirm this and if its really as bad as I heard.

Not my pic but...

http://i.imgur.com/ngTBVRR.jpg

Wow. That does seem strangely out of scale. Not significantly, really, but clearly noticeable.