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ShiShiLeo · 05-09-2023, 01:21 PM

Standing by... Complete!

Kamen Rider Faiz

Just in time for the series anniversary, Kamen Rider Faiz arrives in the SO-DO Chronicle line. The Faiz suit is just one of the all-time greats. It has aged so well in a way that early MCU suits are already looking extremely dated.

I wanted to hate this figure because of the amount of stickers but the finished product just looks so good. It is a testament to the clean lines and minimal colors of the suit's design.

For paint, Gundam EX Silver all over the body. The boots, ankles, belt, arms, writsts, and all the weapons and details. I used all the red stickers and I sure hope they stay on! I used the silver stickers on top of my silver paint job because most of them had other details. A little bit of black and metallic red in some detailed areas and the lines on all the gloves.

Like Kabuto, all of the hands are made from soft plastic. They are great, however they just don't hold paint as well. Just from putting the weapons in the hands for these images the silver paint on the finger tips have already begun to flake. I should mention that the two open hands are prepainted and that paint is more durable than my application.

The Faiz SO-DO has some unique ankle engineering, no doubt an attempt to help him create is iconic pose. And while he can do that to some degree, the joint ultimately limits the up and down movement so he can't make a pointed toe.

That's probably okay though because the Faiz accessory pack gives you an awesome little effects part. Speaking of accessories, the complete SO-DO figure comes with an abundance of parts to represent the many configurations of the Faiz gear. You have to do so much parts swapping for every weapon you want to deploy. I imagine this was an nightmare for the Bandai Candy toy engineers to do. Faiz Driver with phone, without phone, with phone without mission memory, with open phone, Faiz pointer, Faiz Pointer extended, Phone Gun, Phone Gun with Pointer, etc, etc. All these weapons yet there is no simple open Faiz Phone or phone-holding hand! I guess it's true Takumi really can't just call someone to solve his problems.

In the end, this is a fantastic looking figure, but I cannot recommend it to collectors or those who plan to handle it a lot. There are just too many delicate stickers. I don't think the expansion part set is super necessary so OOOs remains the most expensive SO-DO Chronicle figure as a 3 box base suit. Oh by the way, the instructions for this set are online https://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/pdf/g...0836902000.pdf

Alright bring on Fourze next!

05-09-2023, 01:21 PM	#203
ShiShiLeo Suprise Gamma Future Join Date: Feb 2020 Location: USA Posts: 2,852	Standing by... Complete! Kamen Rider Faiz Just in time for the series anniversary, Kamen Rider Faiz arrives in the SO-DO Chronicle line. The Faiz suit is just one of the all-time greats. It has aged so well in a way that early MCU suits are already looking extremely dated. I wanted to hate this figure because of the amount of stickers but the finished product just looks so good. It is a testament to the clean lines and minimal colors of the suit's design. For paint, Gundam EX Silver all over the body. The boots, ankles, belt, arms, writsts, and all the weapons and details. I used all the red stickers and I sure hope they stay on! I used the silver stickers on top of my silver paint job because most of them had other details. A little bit of black and metallic red in some detailed areas and the lines on all the gloves. Like Kabuto, all of the hands are made from soft plastic. They are great, however they just don't hold paint as well. Just from putting the weapons in the hands for these images the silver paint on the finger tips have already begun to flake. I should mention that the two open hands are prepainted and that paint is more durable than my application. The Faiz SO-DO has some unique ankle engineering, no doubt an attempt to help him create is iconic pose. And while he can do that to some degree, the joint ultimately limits the up and down movement so he can't make a pointed toe. That's probably okay though because the Faiz accessory pack gives you an awesome little effects part. Speaking of accessories, the complete SO-DO figure comes with an abundance of parts to represent the many configurations of the Faiz gear. You have to do so much parts swapping for every weapon you want to deploy. I imagine this was an nightmare for the Bandai Candy toy engineers to do. Faiz Driver with phone, without phone, with phone without mission memory, with open phone, Faiz pointer, Faiz Pointer extended, Phone Gun, Phone Gun with Pointer, etc, etc. All these weapons yet there is no simple open Faiz Phone or phone-holding hand! I guess it's true Takumi really can't just call someone to solve his problems. In the end, this is a fantastic looking figure, but I cannot recommend it to collectors or those who plan to handle it a lot. There are just too many delicate stickers. I don't think the expansion part set is super necessary so OOOs remains the most expensive SO-DO Chronicle figure as a 3 box base suit. Oh by the way, the instructions for this set are online https://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/pdf/g...0836902000.pdf Alright bring on Fourze next! __________________ Last edited by ShiShiLeo; 05-09-2023 at 01:28 PM..