S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Woz Revealed
 

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Woz
Retail Release
July 2019
5940 yen

Just one scan from Figure Oh so far, but it looks like Woz comes with everything he needs. Includes parts to create all 3 versions of the Zikan Despear.

Good, now that that ugly design is out the way... Shinobi plz.

His book is needed for me to agree to that, but at least his weapon is there.

Retail release? Now that's definitely surprising.

Retail release and comes with his weapon.....!?!? Has Bandai lost its mind? Omfg!

Here's hoping his Ridewatches are better painted.
... If he, uh, even comes with them?

And its CHEAPER than SHF Lazer Chanbara Gamer! NICE!

Wait how the hell did this get a retail release but Blood Stalk and Grease didn't?

What's kind of amusing is that is sorta doesn't matter. Unlike Zi-O and Geiz, the MiraideWatches don't face forward when they're in the Driver, so it's less obvious. Kinda similar to the Ex-Aid Figuarts; the lack of Gashat images rarely bothered me.

Official Images now out:

Looks amazing! Except for that strap down the chest. Usually I overlook flaws like this, but this is just too glaring.

What about it bothers you?

The fact that it does not achieve uniformity and splits when the waist is rotated. I know that this is more of a restriction due to the materials used rather than the designers half-assing it, but this just irks me for some reason. I was able to overlook SHF Para-DX's weird eye placement and SHF Rogue's slightly longer horn things, but this is too bothersome for me.

Crap. A day later and now I want this. "You order from Japan that month anyway, might as well toss this one in since he’s a retail release". Well played Tamashii.

Still wish he came with his book though :(

Ah. This bugged me about Zi-O, but I can't think of any way they could have engineered it that wouldn't have either (a) severely restricted articulation or (b) made the strap too bulky.

I did some image searching on Woz, and found it's curiously difficult to find pictures where he's twisting near the waist area. The closest I could find was a Rider kick where it's clear that the chest and abs sections are independent of one another. I think the strap below is contiguous? Regardless, it bugs me, but I decided to let it go.

Wait, hang on. I was curious if he came with Miraidewatches; but he seems to come with 5. One in his belt - three guesses which that one is - and what appear to be the three others on his forearms. But then he's got a 5th one on his forearms. Anyone know what one that is? I'm very confused.

A blank apparently. When he first appeared Kamen Rider Woz had 4 blank, silver watches in his holders. 3 are "filled" later with Shinobi, Quiz and Kikai.

What happens with the 4th one in the show? I don’t know. For this figure it makes the most sense to color 3 of them (purple for Shinobi, orange for Quiz and yellow for Kikai) and leave the last one silver.

4th one is quite possibly Woz Ginga.

Just wondering if anyone has an idea of when pre-orders will go up for this? (I'm not normally a Figuarts collector but I need this for my Woz shelf)

This Friday, March 1st in Japan :)

Don’t forget to take time zones in consideration though, depending on where you live that might be Thursday night for you.

Thanks!

Man, Woz is still available on AmiAmi. Poor guy, no one wants him.

He is? If he's still available in a couple weeks, he's all mine then. Lol!

If he's still available in a few weeks he'll be dirt cheap on the aftermarket :lol

Poor Woz.

Lol I wonder if bandai regret making him retail and not webshop.

Considering Zi-O and Geiz sold out almost immediately on AmiAmi and Woz is ranked number 1 on their new item pre-orders I think it's more they ensured there'd be stock to service as many potential orders as they can this time around.

Instantly assuming negative connotations is kind of basic thinking...

You can’t fault anyone for thinking that though considering some Figuarts pre-orders tend to sell out in minutes.

Also what does that ranking even indicate? It can't be pre-orders sold because; well... in that case the figure wouldn’t be able to still be ordered today, would it?

It’s probably clicks generated, and I assume most people are continuing to click on the page to see if the figure is still available. Not to buy it, just out of curiosity. I did the same.

Or, you know, it’s just advertising.

:rolleyes
That's utterly ridiculous, and a little insulting. Do you not think they try to get as many of each Rider figure as they can, considering they almost always sell out? Suggesting that they underestimated the demand for the main Riders of the series and somehow magically got a larger allotment for Woz is beyond the pale. Occam's Razor would suggest that Woz is not as popular. So, no, it's not "basic thinking". It's a perfectly logical deduction.