[Kamen Rider Die]

Here's a quick review, since we're talking about reviews!



This is Build KumaTelevi, from the very excellent Hyper Battle Video short "Kamen Rider Build: Birth! KumaTelevi!! VS Kamen Rider Grease!" It's so excellent, it has four exclamation marks in its title. Four. Non-continuous. Anyway, this is the Build form exclusive to that story. If I never get a Televi-san figure, this is a solid second place.

Like a lot of people would, probably, I grabbed this to make the shipping feel less awful on a Mandarake order. It's a tougher to find figure, but not so tough as to be prohibitively expensive. I think it was about $15, which is the same amount I paid for all 6 figures in the Build Series 4 wave.

For that money, it's a pretty good figure? The legs are your basic Build legs, and the Kuma arm is the same one from the Panda half, but in gold and with no stickers. The Televi portion of the upper body is all-new (I think?), with a bunch of Build-logo stickers for the screens.

If I'm being subjectively critical, it bugs me that there isn't a sticker with Televi-san's face on it. They're all just Build logos. One Televi sticker would've made this thing a five-star figure for me. Unfortunate oversight!

As it is, it's a decent figure that's sort-of premium in finish (real nice gold paint on the Kuma parts), while not being as weird as I'd like. If you're a Build fan who remembers that story about toxic masculinity and a TV lady who lived on Sento's shoulder for a minute, don't miss out on this figure!!!!!