It's got both the strap arms and folded arm straps. It's also missing the chin horn.

Oh.

Probably not. It's already a 3d model, so might be a little too late to change things now.

Really surprised and excited to end up waiting way less long for Ghost than I expected! It's got all the nice hand options, and Transient and everything, too! I'm not extensively collecting this line, despite how appealing it is (they're all *such* nice kits!), but Takeru is THE one I've known since they started doing all the Heisei Riders that I'm definitely going to pick up.

I'm pretty okay with the Damashii's inaccuracies. They're not good, of course, but they are minor (I needed them pointed out to me here) and pretty much nothing in the face of the gimmick existing period. I imagine it would have been a bit difficult too figure out how to do the shoulder straps. Though admittedly I'm not sure why they couldn't do the chin horn

Just dawning on me that Ghost got revealed alongside an Arceus kit (which looks pretty great for around 1400 yen!). Bit fun to have the dead guy debut with god!

https://i.imgur.com/q0i76if.png

... and at that the start of the next major upcoming Pok?mon game, damn. Ghost getting some cred!

aight then

btw, did you noticed FRS Dukemon's cape doesn't looks like plastic, could it be, fabric cape?

I have Dukemon, his cape is plastic, not fabric...just very thin and bendy...with a matte finish/texture on one side.

I mean the new one

https://bandai-hobby.net/site/nextph...dukemon_03.jpg

Ahh...hadn't seen that they are doing a non-amplified version.

I didn’t know I wanted this because I have the Figuarts Ghost (but no good Specter….I’m supposed to have a dupe but cannot find it…I think I’m gonna be tempted by this Ghost…

FRS Ryuki Mask Fix
 

Pic 1: How Ryuki looks like out of box. You really cant see anything pass his visor which was annoying.

Pic 2: I apply glow tape over the clear eye

Pic 3: Now it is visible (GREAT!)

Pic 4: After applying some light, it can even glow in the dark!

Ooooh that's very fun!! Startlingly accurate. What's this 'glow tape' you used?

What brand of glow tape exactly, and can it be placed behind the clear eyes rather on top to give a smoother look?

How long does glow tape even last for?

To answer everyone questions:

1. I do not know the brand, I bought it at my local diy store for 2$, I think you can find it quite easily online

2. I think it is better to place it over the eye, this is because it will be easier to expose light onto it and make it glow. If you place it under the eye, you'll need to disassembel the head every time you want to make it glow.

3. The glow last for about 1 minute. You can make it glow again by shining a flash light onto it for a few seconds.

Do you have a pic of the roll itself , just so i can narrow down the right one myself. There are multiple hues and glow levels with the tapes. Your tape comes closest to show accurate.

Makes me wonder if fluorescent/glow paint would also work

Here is the roll. Notice that this is the red option which I think is the redest that it can go in term of glow tape.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...70/unknown.png

A little off-topic, but what do you think?

does the batman kit scales well with the ultraman kits?

I actually have that rx 78 entry grade kit, and an ultra figurise. Batman is definitely waaay bigger, normally amplified kits are quite beefy so i honestly dont think so. Plus ultra are already armored, for batman to be bulkier than them when hes a dude in tights, especially those thighs, just doesnt look right scaling wise.

Thanks found it.

aw how unfortunate, i want to display em with the ultraman kits, cuz they kinda have the same style, but whatever

btw, i didn't expect to see em in figure form this early

where's ooo? :eyebrow

I swear it really looks like they slapped on the Converge head on him, Takeru-dono looks so odd.

Hoooly shit okay, I had my doubts from the CGI images but this has washed them all away -- that head is BEAUTIFUL, as is the rest of the figure! Gonna be studying this image for a bit to find the stickers lol but as-is this is a gorgeous kit which I have no complaints with. Stunning

I'm cautiously optimistic with that Ghost preview. The early previews are often misleading. The early Double previews showed a beautiful metallic green and pre-painted parts.

The Ghost in this image uses a shiny black plastic that is very uncommon in model kits. But otherwise, it is looking lovely indeed.

Where are these from, anyway? Tamashii?

No sculpt change, right? so that means it just needs an extra paint to makes Double kit looks better.

Bandai Hobby's twitter https://twitter.com/HobbySite/status...605045763?s=20

btw i always get the news earlier and see some cool stuffs from twitter, just search "Figure Rise" in Japanese (フィギュアライズ)

Not sure if this was posted yet but here's a better look at the Ghost assembly

https://bandai-hobby.net/site/nextph...r_ghost_03.jpg
https://bandai-hobby.net/site/nextph...r_ghost_04.jpg

https://bandai-hobby.net/site/nextphase2021autumn/1114/

Crazy because we don't even have this much detail and overview of the OOOs kit yet.

Also, welcome back classic double hinged elbow.

OOOs has it too
Fourze had it, but a different technique
Agito had it
Ryuki was single
Decade was single

I have no idea how they determine what style they will go with.

I assumed with Ryuki it was a matter of something as big as the Dragreder coming at the cost of some of the kit, but I definitely think that both OOO and Ghost come with much more than Decade, so... it is for sure a bit of a mystery! Maybe they feel the double joint looks better on certain riders than others; and they thought Ryuki and Decade's aesthetic would be broken up by it?

Yeah not sure how they determine who gets what elbow design, especially since it feels like both accomplish the same thing? Maybe it’s case-by-case based on the rest of the construction. Ryuki was even weirder because he had odd knees that were half traditional half “fine build” clip-style.

My theory is that, if the suit has a black undersuit, it gets the classic double joint.

If the elbow area is colored or requires special detail, like Fourze has the lines, then it does a single piece double joint.

Everything else is single joint.

I personally think the single-piece double joint is the best looking. Hibiki, Fourze, and Den-O look great.

But Ex-Aid and Zi-O have standard black elbows that are single hinge.

True, though those were early on. Not necessarily saying I agree with the theory but I'd call everything up to around Ex-Aid or W an anomaly due to how early on it was and how they were still figuring out what to do with the line, and weren't sure how popular it was

You know I've been wondering. Considering the build of the elbow joints, couldn't you give the single jointed kits double joints from another kit? Or are the connections different?

Completely different. The single joint elbows aren?t even separated joints, they?re part of the biceps and forearms.

https://hobby.dengeki.com/ss/hobby/u...5jyOfoJWdC.jpg

You can tell by the clear chest piece, that this is a resin test prototype.

But it looks like some silver and orange paint.

I really wonder if they are going to do two different black plastics. That would really make the kit excellent.

I'm just worried about all the orange on the hoodie. There's no seam lines and it stops at the edges on the collar and sleeves, so those are gonna be stickers. Bandai learned nothing from Fourze.

Quick Update
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...28/unknown.png

https://p-bandai.jp/item/item-1000167143/

Titan