[Kamen Rider Die]

I always feel a little bad when I slightly derail this thread by goofing around, so here’s a look at a SO-DO I basically just put together out of guilt, RIDE PLAYER NICO!



Nico’s a limited edition/exclusive/I don’t know figure who comes boxed with Gamedeus Cronus and a bunch of effects parts. Those all went back in the box for the time being, since I just wanted to work on Nico.



Luckily, Nico is bagged with all of her stuff, sans stickers. She’s just a figure and a sword, not much to her. Her backpack and hat are already a part of the figure, and there’s a ton of paint on this thing. Feels way more premium than your average SO-DO. Most of the stickers are just to add detail. She has a regular amount of stickers, about as much as a standard Build figure.





And here she is! Didn’t take more than about ten minutes to sticker her up. She’s got some stickers that need to go in small parts of her arms and legs, so you will be disassembling this one to get it all applied. Everything pops off easy, though, so no need to worry about that part. The trouble parts for me were, as seemingly always, any sticker that has to curve over a rounded/domed surface. That hat, it didn’t come out as great as I’d like for such a focal point of her design. Same thing for her gloves/gauntlets, those didn’t wrap great around her wrists. Otherwise, I’m happy with how she turned out. Most of the stickers blend really well, and there’s way more attention to the things like her backpack and back of her legs than you’d normally see. It doesn’t feel like any detail was skimped on, and Ride Player Nico’s thing is A Lot Of Specific Tiny Details, so I’m happy.



I really like the Nico character, and the Ride Player Nico design. Brown isn’t a color you see a lot in Kamen Rider, due (I assume) to how boring and weak a neutral color like that looks on screen. Which, you know, that’s why the Ride Players are brown in Ex-Aid, a show that is otherwise garish and colorful. Nico’s customization is a nice compromise, keeping her teen-girl aesthetic (stickers, charms) without disrupting the narrative usefulness of the palette. Plus, she actually gets to fight as a Rider, which makes her great in my book.

Now where’s my Nico Snipe SO-DO?!