My kit is out for delivery today too!

Edit: Literally minutes after I typed this my door rang!

https://i.imgur.com/9HigqeW.jpg

Oh damn; fantastic!! Have a good build!

Awesome! Let us know how it goes!

First tip I will mention:

Be careful with the kneecap parts. It's not super clear on their orientation (for sticker purposes) so fit them to the legs before you sticker them.

They should click in and sit flush with the joint. Each of my kneecaps are technically on the wrong leg because I stickered them first thinking I knew which side was "up". As far as I can tell they are mirrored so it doesn't matter, but just a heads up!

The build is pretty okay. The elbow joints have been downgraded from some of the past FRS kits, but it does make it look cleaner. The colors are excellent, the stickers are ok, if a letdown.

Oh? How so?

It's not a double hinge joint like Kuuga or Double. It's a single joint more like Hibiki or Zi-O.

https://i.imgur.com/14HOOyN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/UpD11O2.jpg


I probably won't do a build/painting guide on Decade. It's a pretty straightforward kit. Here are some tips though:

• Press the head fins in really good, the eye section basically becomes flush, don't worry about damaging the parts that will essentially go under the eye sticker
• For the black chest and back stickers, line them up at the cross, not an edge
• fit the kneecaps before you sticker them
• For the Ride Booker stickers, start them at the bottom corner where there's an indent
• The Rider Cards have a protective film on both sides, make sure you peel both off before trying to take them out.

Figure-rise Standard Kamen Rider Decade is really vivid! The white is very white and the magenta really pops. This figure really stands out, even next to the bright-boy himself Ex-Aid.

For paint, I painted black all around his knee area (bottom of thighs, tops of calves), Silver on the Decadriver, Shine silver on the center circle of the decadriver, and metallic orange on the forehead sensor thing. For the eyes, I painted mirror chrome behind the lenses- it looks awesome. There was also some metallic green on the Decadrivers and Ride Bookers. For the most part, minimal paint applications that stickers serve well enough.

I can see why they made his holstered Ride Booker all white- it's easier to paint it black for screen accuracy than it is to paint the black Ride Bookers white.

Overall all, Decade feels a little "big" when compared to his colleagues, both in height and general proportions, but its really not noticeable. And in fact I'm pretty sure Tsukasa is among the tallest of the Riders. The tiny cards are a neat touch, and while I appreciate all the extra belts, it's really not something I'm ever gonna do.

I can't imagine a better way to end the decade than with Decade himself!

https://i.imgur.com/dUdVXCC.jpg

We are now at 10 main riders. One half of the full Heisei lineup. From what I hear, we're only getting around 4-5 new FRS KR kits a year, so I look forward to finishing the group in 2022!

Think they'll do Violent Decade or Diend?

maybe 2022, after completing Heisei Rider Project

Eh, I could see them doing a few secondaries before it's over just to spice things up. Maybe. Hopefully. Please do Accel so I don't have to spend 50 quid on a Seihou of a guy I only kind of like

They might even do them as surprise p-Bandai stuff throughout the year.

If we're only getting 4-5 each year and we already know we've got Ryuki and Agito coming, do you think they'll try to keep going in order with Blade, Kiva and OOO or skip around like they did at the beginning?