Fully functional thigh balljoints and elbow swivels all the way!

Awesome! Yeah I don't really understand what happened between OOOs and Fourze since they removed a lot of the joints from the point on.

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Kuuga with a gun.

Kuuga with a gun.

(We now return to your regularly scheduled Kurona update)

Rider Time!

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That's right friendos, we're rounding out the Quartzers with Kamen Rider Barklzklz!


The self-proclaimed leader of the Quartzers, Barlxkccklckcxlk comes with both versions of his not-Revolcane -- standard and charged up!

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Moreover, Barklzklxklcxklcxklcxkclx's Ridewatches are very nicely detai-- wait-- WHAT?!

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UH. OKAY. SURE! Based on the final fight scene of the movie where he powers up with the J and Bio-Rider watches; here's the giant water version of Kamen Rider Barklzxklcxklcxklcxklcxklcxklcxklcxlkzklxzklxcklxcklxc!!!!!!

As you can see, they replicate the Heisei Board in a very impressive fashion; using a beautifully detailed sticker to get that broken background effect. He's also the first release to use all clear joints, so you gotta give the man credit where it's due!

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Against all odds, both versions of Shin or whatever he's called take up 4 boxes of AI08 -- this Zero-One wave is overflowing with Heisei Riders! You might think this would mean Tsukuyomi is naturally next, but it seems we're promised a Zero-One figure next.


Moving swiftly on--

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Watch where you point that thing, jeez! Time for a little focus on Chronicle Kuuga Pegasus!

First of all, here's the box! Either they're only just mentioning it now or I've somehow missed it for months, but it seems that all four Kuuga figures use the same base body -- so you get four Kuuga Base Body boxes, and one of each armour set. Hopefully it'll make things easier to track down if you just want the one!

For Pegasus in particular though, there's naturally replacement parts for the upper arm -- luckily, it comes straight off to make it easy!

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Much like last time, there's a big focus on the paintjob in this -- and with nothing else in particular to show off, I think we'll end it off with that and some gratuitous Kuuga Gun action!

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That's all for today's fairly bizarre blog! As always, click the link below to browse all images at your leisure!

http://bandaicandy.hateblo.jp/entry/20200517_rider

When the Kuuga set comes out, someone please use pieces from all the forms to create the ultimate Kuuga fanfic mode and take a pic.

no matter what you do it'll still be less fanfic-y than rising ultimate

Given I only figured that out after accidentally finding my way onto the PB prodcut breakdown looking for the details for one of the OOO sets, I think this is the first time they've actually mentioned it on the blog itself. Makes sense though - it matches Den-O. Also matching Den-O, Wave 2 seems to be going back to individual body + armor for each figure, though it might just be packaging differences for Growing and Amazing Mighty, I'm not sure if there's any actual body difference.

Also, can't believe I didn't guess "Liquid Transclearant TreeBark" as a release, what a fool I was. What's next, a Burning Falcon Jin that literally sets itself on fire?

Also, is it bad I want Green Kuuga just because "Kuuga with a gun" is a meme now?

Oh, and before I forget; teeeechnically this is a So-Do reveal going by the images and the fact it was revealed on the blog -- an Acrylic Nameplate stand for Kuuga!

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Wet Blarckzkxz is such a weird inclusion. Possibly the first time we've got a toy of the big CGI boss though, as they're generally not that toyetic

Has anyone happened to buy from Mandarake recently? What were shipping prices like?

Literally just put in an order tonight, and obvs shipping doesn't calculate till after they charge you unless you buy from the Sahra warehouse...

But I did a cheeky comparison bu putting in equivalent items there, and seeing the cost. For what I was ordering (a couple boxes of SO-DO), it was about 1200 Yen, so not that much more than SAL, but then again it was very light. DHS was 2200 or so, not for me thanks.