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Kamen Rider Die · 03-07-2020, 01:46 PM

Brunchtime SO-DO!

Having recently watched the Grease movie (definitely could've been better!) I was glad to see that I'd already purchased the Metal Build SO-DO. It's nice to see that my poor impulse control and troublesome overspending worked out this time. Hooray for the collector bug!

It seems to be a pretty straight port-over of the Hazard Form for Build, with a couple new stickers and a slightly remolded head. (Metal Build is Tank/Tank, rather than Hazard's default Rabbit/Tank, so his eyes are minorly different.) I haven't put together my Hazard Form yet, but, uh, it seems like I can wait on that 'cause they gave me a Rabbit/Tank head too? Pretty nice of Bandai to make this work as both the new villain and the most regrettable thing Sento ever did.

The figure itself is great. I was shocked how many stickers the main body had, considering my impression of the form is None More Kamen Rider Black. This has got a lot of silver striping on the traditional Build legs. It's not necessarily a lot of stickers, not even close to Black Hole or Genius Form, but I thought there'd be nothing on the main body at all. The #6 parts, the head/shoulders/breastplate, all have a cool metallic speckling on them, creating a neat visual separation from the shiny plastic of the arms and legs. It's a good use of different effects (molded plastic, paint, stickers) of similar colors to create something visually dynamic.

Downsides, there aren't a lot. (I mean, Pretty Much All Black SO-DO could be considered a downside, if you aren't a fan of Hazard Form. I don't... is that even possible, though?) The Metal Build eye stickers really wash out, in a way that I'm not even sure why they bothered printing them. It's almost impossible for the light to catch them enough to pick them out. Also, the shoulder pauldrons pop off if you lift the arms more than 30 degrees, so it's basically Pose Figure, Pick Up Popped Pauldron, Reattach. It's a minor nuisance.

Anyway, yeah, I like this figure. It's a fave suit, so that helps, but I think it's still a pretty cool-looking figure regardless.

03-07-2020, 01:46 PM	#174
Kamen Rider Die Kamen Ride Or Die Join Date: Aug 2019 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 6,788	Brunchtime SO-DO! Having recently watched the Grease movie (definitely could've been better!) I was glad to see that I'd already purchased the Metal Build SO-DO. It's nice to see that my poor impulse control and troublesome overspending worked out this time. Hooray for the collector bug! It seems to be a pretty straight port-over of the Hazard Form for Build, with a couple new stickers and a slightly remolded head. (Metal Build is Tank/Tank, rather than Hazard's default Rabbit/Tank, so his eyes are minorly different.) I haven't put together my Hazard Form yet, but, uh, it seems like I can wait on that 'cause they gave me a Rabbit/Tank head too? Pretty nice of Bandai to make this work as both the new villain and the most regrettable thing Sento ever did. The figure itself is great. I was shocked how many stickers the main body had, considering my impression of the form is None More Kamen Rider Black. This has got a lot of silver striping on the traditional Build legs. It's not necessarily a lot of stickers, not even close to Black Hole or Genius Form, but I thought there'd be nothing on the main body at all. The #6 parts, the head/shoulders/breastplate, all have a cool metallic speckling on them, creating a neat visual separation from the shiny plastic of the arms and legs. It's a good use of different effects (molded plastic, paint, stickers) of similar colors to create something visually dynamic. Downsides, there aren't a lot. (I mean, Pretty Much All Black SO-DO could be considered a downside, if you aren't a fan of Hazard Form. I don't... is that even possible, though?) The Metal Build eye stickers really wash out, in a way that I'm not even sure why they bothered printing them. It's almost impossible for the light to catch them enough to pick them out. Also, the shoulder pauldrons pop off if you lift the arms more than 30 degrees, so it's basically Pose Figure, Pick Up Popped Pauldron, Reattach. It's a minor nuisance. Anyway, yeah, I like this figure. It's a fave suit, so that helps, but I think it's still a pretty cool-looking figure regardless. __________________ Coming soon: Kamen Rider Fourze \| Other series available on the archive!