S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Metal Build Announced
 

From the the Kamen Rider Grease V-Cinema comes the villain of the film, Metal Build! Stealthily just announced for release by Tamashii Nations, we also have a full line up of official photos and release information.

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Metal Build
Tamashii Web Exclusive
August 2020
7150 Yen

Kaizoku Ressha Hazard is my favorite suit from Build. I've been waiting for this.

Is there a difference between Sento's Build Hazard and the Metal Build Hazard (other than the eye pieces)?

The only other difference is of course the bottles, but these heads come with the respective bottles so yeah, you can 100% make this just Build Hazard.

I really, really like that every figure release of Metal Build so far has went "yeah, this guy's lame; we know what you really want, here's some extra heads so you can pretend he's Build Hazard"

Cool i guess, but not exactly a priority.

Now, if they can make a Figuarts version of Phantom Build, then I might be interested.

If this one doesn't shoot up in price like regular Hazard I will totally pick him up.

I REALLY hope he doesn't.

He's a KR Build figure and Build Hazard is a fan favorite form and people are definitely gonna buy multiple to display each head. He's definitely gonna shoot up in price.

The only ones that I think didn't shoot up in price or not too high was Mad Rogue, Great Cross-Z, and the Hell Bros.

Night Rogue too.

But yeah, fair enough. Going to need to pre-order him soon then.

What's the best way to secure a Pre-order in the states?

So, there's a series of Evangelion model kits called "Metal Build," and they're made of metal. I got really excited because my first thought was that SH Figuarts was doing something similar, and releasing OG Kamen Rider as the first figure in the line. Darn.

This figure looks rad though.

I like Tokullectibles.

Bandai used to put diecast in SHFs and it was not a good thing. Metal figures tend not to hold up over time and paint chips off the metal easily, so hopefully they never go back to that

I have the old SHF Eternal with dem metal feet. They're tight as hell and paint still holding up.

Not sure why they completely removed metal feet tho. I think the last one with metal feet was SHF Banana Baron who was an oddity since most the other Gaim figures had plastic feet. The metal feet helped their stability.

I don't see metal-built SHFs being a thing but a separate line would be cool. Kinda like Kiwami Tamashii but 1/12.

Tamashii Nations: "So, we're putting out everyone's favourite villain, Metal Build!"
The fans: "Yawn."
TN: "Oh, did we mention he comes with more Hazard Form eyepieces, and that cool Pirate weapon? So he's technically everyone's favourite physicst?"
The fans: "Why is my wallet suddenly £60 lighter?"