Looks gorgeous! Would be fantastic if he marks a return to actual details on Figuarts gimmick items

On bigger upgrade items like Dragonic here, maybe. We'll have to see if they redo Espada and Calibur, or any of the non-swordriver riders in the future. Tho, the undecaled Brave Dragon on his waist may imply that not all will get decaled.

Tho, we likely won't worry about non-detailed WRBs of most of the upgrade forms going forward as Jaou, King Lion, and Primitive all have molded in details than actual decals.

Edit: Adding here Saikou Shadow since the sword has to be painted too.

Bandai heard all y'all talking haha

Seriously that's a nice update

https://memegenerator.net/img/instan...elcome-one.jpg

Gah, it's hard to get over how ugly the sword's details look... but at least they're fixing something.

It also has the detailed Ridebook at Tamashii Nations Tokyo, and a twitter post about it says this is indeed an update to better match the show

https://twitter.com/tamashii_tnt/sta...454650880?s=20

Is there a release date for the Saber 2nd run? It's one of the last items I'm waiting for in my Private Warehouse.

I want to say the second run was in June? I could be wrong but I believe it was slated for late Spring, early Summer.

Ordered the Saber and Zi-O sticker sheets from Tokullectibles so I'm looking forward to making those figures better when they come in. Also tempted to get the Zero One sticker restocks they got but at the same time the progrise keys aren't as pronounced on Zero One as the ridewatches or ridebooks are on Zi-O or Saber so I'm not in a rush.

HLJ has March 2021 as the release date.

Seems like Tamashii Nations will feature another Saber SHF after the episode. Thinking it's Buster or King Lion. Or a review on Dragonic.

edit: or none at all lol.

This is sort of an insane thing to have to ask, but has Kamen Rider Valkyrie been released, yet? I apparently preordered her from Nippon Yasan just over a year ago and I'm trying to figure out whether I should be crying foul.

Didn't Valkyrie release months ago? Man I heard of Nippon Yasan's infamous delays but hooo-boy.

She's been out for a REAAALLLY long time now. Her release date was July 2020. So, yeah, you should've checked already with them or ask for a refund since you haven't gotten it yet.

Got my first taste of SHF Upgrade's stuff with the Zi-O stickers I'm very pleased with these. They do complete the Zi-O releases perfectly even with how the details on things like the arm-mounted ridewatches are easy to miss since you're not staring at them like you would the belts. I also like the addition of stickers that make the date readouts pop out more color-wise.

Really looking forward to the Saber stickers once my set gets in.

You should be crying afoul my dude. I preordered SS Den-O and Izu and still haven't received anything, even after they asked me to change the shipping method. Your stuff is very late

With Valkyrie's aftermarket price you might be better off nagging N-Y for it rather than getting it from another store

Edit: You can live chat with their support team. They won't actually process anything because it's apparently handled by a different department, but it doesn't hurt to make your case

I would love to get a hold of the Attache Calibur from SHF Vulcan if anyone has a spare or know where I can find one.

Vulcan's base form isn't too terribly hard to find, right? You can snag him for about $40 on Amiami. That's pretty much the only way you can get the Cailbur, unless you find someone in the wild selling the Calibur.

I think if you searched around for a bit you could definitely find someone willing to split the package where they get Vulcan and his stuff and you get the Calibur. That's what I was going to do in reverse before I found a very cheap listing without the Calibur.

So I was eyeing getting the Monsterarts Heisei Godzilla later this year, when this morning there was a reveal for the 1989 design retail release. I think they're both pretty similar right ? The downside is the former comes with an effect piece but it's pretty much double the price of this new upcoming one. Is there a tamashii effect set I could sub in for a heat blast?

https://resize.cdn.otakumode.com/exq...587d29794b.jpg

https://news.toyark.com/wp-content/u...Figure-003.jpg

This makes me remember how much I always wanted to but the S.H. Monsterarts Kiryu Mechagodzilla but am unfortunately too broke to buy it. Not that it's ever in stock anyways! :cry

Best I can think of are the Figure-Rise effect kits, but somethin tells they'd be too small.

https://www.1999.co.jp/itbig60/10609857.jpg

No tamashii effects, but I think there was an orange 'burining Godzilla' one in a Godzilla accessory pack?

This is an upgrade kit I think many would be interested in...

$60. Ouch. Tho, idk if you're gonna get it painted or not. The Hibiki Armed garage kit next to it, which goes for $65 doesn't seem to be, so that's some oddity. The Ark-One/Zero Two garage kits didn't cost this much. Different manufacturer, I guess.

Damn I'm slipping because I totally missed news on some KR Logos; and two of them for some of my favourite seasons at that!

So:-

- A logo for Agito! Between this, CSM and FRS they're paying it a bit more attention than I thought it'd ever get for its 20th anniversary. Looks pretty nice!

- A dragon mark logo for Saber -- ie the logo on the hilt of Rekka, and the one that's generally used as the season's logo. Neat!

- Gatakiriba of all things getting some dedicated logo! These ones are basically the single logo and individual medal logos done for the 10th anniversary, but for Gatakiriba instead of Tatoba.

All of these should hopefully be seen on BBTS soon! Also, they're re-issuing the three OOO 10th anniversary logos and the Saber logo along with these.

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...24/unknown.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...84/unknown.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...00/unknown.png

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachmen...78/unknown.png

Can I just get an acrylic playset of all the OOOs logo parts to build however I'd like. So cool!

I know I'm late but I just got the Gatakiriba combo in Memory of Heroez and its super strong!

Y'know, that didn't occur to me but this actually works VERY well with Seihou OOO's combo changing!

Got the Saber stickers in right after I ordered Blades from Amiami earlier today.

Another case of a small detail change adding more than expected. Belt looks even better now, so I'm looking forward to fixing up Blades once he gets here, too.

Heads up to the Ichigata buyers. His blue will be replaced from painted to molded plastic.

Bandai will have an event on April 2 for Kamen rider figuarts they announced.

If that means more budget to paint his hands then that's fine. I doubt it though.

Here's the livestream. The Satan Sabre will be there but also new SHF reveals, so most likely a Web-Exclusive or two. The next teaser was pink, right? So maybe Slash?

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rePL5l...ature=youtu.be

Either Slash or Decade Complete 21.


...Or it's a mislead and it reveals us MBJR

What paint is missing from the hands? Some silver bands around the fingers?

Anyway, interesting decision to just mold the blue. It's probably similar to the Rising Hopper figure where all the yellow armor bits are molded plastic attached to the body. Is this just a late announcement or is the figure getting pushed back?

Putting images of the Kuuga and Ichigo figures in the thumbnail is either a tease of a re-release/repaint or a massive troll job haha

Considering the March reveal was the prop replica, I'm not holding my breath that these are all going to be figures. Decade Complete 21 would be shocking

A little in love with the three eras being represented by Ichigo, Kuuga... and Saber :lol

A Decade Complete 21 would be a big surprise. How would they do the cape with all the tiny cards printed on it? Bandai makes it seem like printing small images like that is not for SHF!

Oh, man, I just imagined a SHF Complete 21 with like 80 blank cards on the cape ala Ridebooks, Ridewatches etc and that sounds like a NIGHTMARE!

Buuut since it'd be Decade, Complete 21 would actually be a Seihou -- the line where they actually include accessories and details. So this one should be good!

Yup. The thumb, index and middle finger each have a silver band around them; they're sculpted on the SHF but left unpainted.

https://i.imgur.com/4zslYIT.jpg

And a complete waste of plastic IMO. That suit is just an uglier version of an already terrible suit.

You're right, that makes more sense. That would be such a weird release. I don't even know what the classification of the suit is. Final Final Form? Would this be the first SS of a suit from a side story- something that never appeared in the shows original series run.

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Interesting note about the silver bands on the fingers. I never noticed them before. Kenzan has the same detail on his gloves.

Man, this is screwing with me a little, actually. I'm trying to get out of SHFs but if they actually did Complete 21 I might just go for it

Despite feelings on Complete 21 I still love the idea of it.

It just confirms that Decade's powers are constantly evolving with each new rider introduced into existence.

I don't see how Decade will never not be the strongest Rider ever at this rate!

All the tiny missteps like lack of silver paint on Saber's sword and the missing print on objects has made it easier for me to skip SHFs which I honestly need to do. The irony is that those are all things I would just fix myself with paint and stickers, but I'm just looking for any reason to stop collecting literally the best looking action figures in the industry.

And I say that full knowing I will want a Buster SHF. At this point, a part of me just wants Grand Zi-O as a technical achievement in figure molding detail- that prototype was just unreal.

Also I don't know if any of you saw this but Good Smile Co. is releasing a Nendoroid figure of a famous Japanese toy reviewer, Leon Channel https://www.goodsmile.info/en/produc...n+Channel.html

And it just makes you realize how awesome Sentai Nendoroids would look! I'm a sucker for that SD aesthetic.