I'm a completist for the most part, I generally draw the line at something I don't like the look of. My normal approach to Kamen Rider is to get the main form of the main Rider, then depending on the quality of the other releases or my level of interest, I buy more. I own all of the Blade figuarts, but only renewal Kabuto for example. My goal is to eventually have all of the main Showa & Heisei Riders, but I think that's what a lot of us would like to do. Things pretty much snowball for me though. You start with one and it just gets easier to buy more after that, lol. That's why I haven't started on Ryuki and Den-O yet, but I will eventually. Gotta get Den-O Sword Form before he goes OOP.

I dont collect riders; I am avoiding that slippery slope lol

I got SHF Blue Beet today, he's great but not perfect. I notice my Blue Beet is having a very hard time standing still.

Your's isn't the only one. He just has problems standing period. I found if you tilt the ankles you can get him to stand better.

Mine has the number pad for the Input Magnum glued on crookedly :(

It's good to know that I'm not the only one that had this issue. I had a hard time trying to find away that he won't fall off since I don't want him to break.

There's not a huge difference between UA and SHF other then they are a bit taller and the materials they use for UA is also different from SHF. They both have similar articulation seeing that they are from the same company and both lines feature humanoid characters.

I think the idea of crossover lines from Tamashii is cool. It would be cool if we got S.H MonsterArts X S.H Figuarts Jet Jaguar in the near future.

It's not crooked, it's gangster-style.

I just collect my favorites and all the forms of my favorites. It sucks when OOO and Kuuga are two of your favorites lol. I still haven't been able to get Kyoryu Green sadly. Most of my favorites from Sentai don't have figures so that helps.

Funny you should mention that... I've been considering hunting down the Green/Blue set just for Blue and have no desire for the others whatsoever.

How is Blue Beet anyways? I'm still waiting on mine to come in.

Go to the Let's See Misc. Toku thread, I put up a review of him.

I only want Kyoru Red and Pink...*curses Bandai*

Sounds like guys can go halfsies on a set. I've done it with the black/pink Kyoryuger set and the black/blue Boukenger set

The main problem being tracking down a reasonably priced set (or not, as I haven't actually committed any time to searching). And deciding who gets the combination weapon parts (again, or not; I only want blue and his immediate accessories).

I've just opened my Blue Beet so I may as well share my thoughts on him too. Sculpt-wise he's pretty much perfect in every way. The moulding is flawless and the metallic colours look superb (thank god there's no chrome). Same goes for the detailing on the accessories.

There are problems though, both in the QC and the articulation. Like Den-O might has the Input Magnum pad glued on crooked, which kinda sucks but thankfully isn't too noticeable. I've also had trouble balancing mine, but its not the ankles that are the issue, it's that the range on those hips is miniscule. I get that they didn't want to compromise the sculpt with swing-down hips, but he really could have benefitted from the extra bit of motion.

Mine also has a nasty chip of paint missing on his face by his left eye. You can see the silver just scrapped off and blue exposed underneath.

Thanks! Very informative and only made me more excited to get mine (hopefully tomorrow)!

Mine's flawless in paint, but the hindered articulation in the legs is really disappointing. Makes me feel better about missing out on the rest of the B-Fighters though.

Mark me in the column as one whose BB has flawless paint. The only issues I have are the universal balance and hip articulation.

It's funny; I wouldn't consider splitting a set because I keep the boxes. (Not for display; it's purely about having an organized place to store the itty-bitty accessories.)

Kyoryu Red alone is very inexpensive, and he's a well-executed figure with great accessories.

I paid way, WAY too much money for the rest of my Kyoryugers, and I'm happy with them: terrific accessories and MOSTLY perfect hands for those of us who just need to replicate their roll call. The one thing they can't do is their initial roll call pose of arms crossed directly in front of their bodies, but not many Figuarts can do that.


I wish he (and the other Kyoryugers) came with a hand for holding the zyudenchi in a "brave in!" pose. The existing hands trouble me: I like that they have the right details for the Kyoryugers, but since they were designed at a slant, bending the wrist straight back is blocked.

(The zyudenchi thing is a common Figuart complaint for me; I'd have loved for the Gaim figuarts to have included a hand to hold up a lock seed in the typical "show the audience a lock seed before switching them out" pose.)

The paint and details on my Blue Beet are perfect as well. I do wish he can stand up better though. That's my biggest flaw with the figure since I didn't want mine to keep on falling down.

Geeze dude, you seem to have the worst luck with Figuarts.

Man, this is tempering my desire for Blue Beet. I'll still end up getting him, just that you guys give me the willies with all the stories.

Despite one or two flaws of him, he's totally worth it in my opinion.

Huh. I totally forgot the explosion effect pieces were shipping this week.

I haven't seen anything to really justify them. They don't seem as robust as the Impact or Flame sets.

I like them with the action bike shots and since I've gotten all the rest, I might as well stick with it. Maybe I'll actually set up a display one day. :lol

I'm biding my time until the wind and lightning effects. I can get more mileage out of those.

Plus I can make an explosion pretty easily with a cottonball and some dye.

So I got my Blue Beet in what seems like a year after everyone else.


This is probably some of the best QC I've had in a figuart in a very long time. The biggest issue is like a tiny, tiny, tiny speck of blue on the back of his neck that isn't even noticeable unless you squint really hard from about a centimeter away. And my input pad seems glued on properly as well. On top of that, this figure is absolutely perfect in my eyes.


Probably my Top 10 figuarts releases ever. Bring on Black Beet, G-Stag and Reddle!

I know this isn't recent news or anything, but I was able to get a Gokai Yellow for $60+ shipping. Came in the mail yesterday and looks perfect and was unopened. I don't really want/need her darin though. But I was just stoked that I found her for relatively cheap.

The explosion effects are a bit rough looking but I still got them, I was mostly planning to use them for bike action because they totally look like every recent rider bike battle that takes place in a massive empty field.

Also of course they're perfect for after HISSATSU moments.

http://shishioh.info/TMASHIIEFFECT_E...ON_Red_Ver.php

I'm really looking forward to doing photoshoots and photoshopping lasers in.

And it looks like my suspicions about Bandai's timing of the recent Drive release bonus pictures were correct: HobbyLinkJapan has Drive up for pre-order again.

I'm looking forward to the new effect....not like I'd be able to take a good shot....but I still want them.

not anymore :(

Do you guys think if/when Ryuki gets a Shinkochuu Seihou release that we'll get a complete Dragredder or just Vent pieces?

A completely accurate Dragreder would be HUGE, but then I seem to remember him being a bit inconsistent with size depending on the demands of the scene/fight/drama/whatever.

Likely they'd do what Max Factory did, though, and only include his Vent gear. Which honestly, I wouldn't mind.

Much prefer a straight reissue though.

I don't see Ryuki as being in need of one. Mine is much closer in quality to the Gaim releases than to, say, W. They could correct the limited ankle articulation, but then we'd lose the metal feet.

If they make one, I'd expect it to be years down the road, after Decade, W, Wizard, and OOO.

I doubt Ryuki will get Shinkouchuu Seihou release since he's already a solid figure and looks faithful to the suit from the show. It would be a waste of time and money to renewal every figure. Just reissue Ryuki again if there's more demand for it. Don't fix something that's not broken.

The only riders that need renewals in my opinion are Agito, Decade, W, Gatack, OOO (I do think the head needs to be better), Ichigo from The First/The Next and Nigo from The First/The Next. Black, Black RX, Kabuto and Kuuga needed renewals because they are dated as hell and accurate enough in my opinion.

Ryuki is a complete waste of spot in that line. Current version is damn good already