[Guyver Spawn]

I still don't like how bare bones Drive is. I understand if he was a Showa Rider or someone like Kuuga but I wish he came with more then just a few hands. It remind me how the original SHF Agito was.

[Wrath663]

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Originally Posted by Open Your Eyes

Anyone get a shipping notice from N-Y for Kamen Rider Blade with broken mask yet?

I did

[IXRollOutIX]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

I still don't like how bare bones Drive is. I understand if he was a Showa Rider or someone like Kuuga but I wish he came with more then just a few hands. It remind me how the original SHF Agito was.

Yeah, he absolutely should have come with the Handle Sword and Door Gun. And so many of the tires shouldn't have been first run bonuses. They're really pushing the smarmy marketing too far with this line.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Guyver Spawn

I still don't like how bare bones Drive is. I understand if he was a Showa Rider or someone like Kuuga but I wish he came with more then just a few hands. It remind me how the original SHF Agito was.

Hold it, what? He is bare bones? That sucks.

[gogglev]

Getting some Rider photography practice for the upcoming SHF Drive.

SH Figuarts Ryugen by siningy, on Flickr

[Guyver Spawn]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Hold it, what? He is bare bones? That sucks.

Some people in Japan got their copy of Drive and it appears that he only has four set of hands.

[Electric Turahk]

Been saying all along the marketing with first run bonuses was incredibly sleazy (splitting a single tire and its effects between two releases? Come on now!) and he should have come with Max Flare by default.

As a total package, Drive alone just doesn't seem worth the asking price, no matter how good the paint or articulation may be.

[rego]

Accessory count is always nonsensical with figuarts.
Look at kuuga...then look at hibiki


Has anyone else noticed shipping prices have gone insane everywhere recently?
I got my payment request from HLJ for three small things and it was $50....

Wtf

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by rego

Accessory count is always nonsensical with figuarts.
Look at kuuga...then look at hibiki

The difference is Hibiki has used things in the show Tamashii can use as accessories. The Henshin Onsa, the Ongekiko - Kaentsuzumi & Ongekibō - Rekka, the Disc Animals.

Kuuga? He only uses his fists in Mighty Form, the belt is fused with his body, every weapon is connected to a different form. The only real accessory that makes sense would be his bike and that's sold separately, obviously.

Sure, they could have made something ridiculous like a part of the coffin were the belt came from, a miniature Gouram or parts of his broken form. But nothing of that really makes sense to have with a figure of Kuuga Mighty Form.

Drive though, that's another story. Since the Fourze module-sets were hard failures they limit the tires to pre-order bonuses instead of selling them separately and the weapons are given to Type Wild & Technic. The problem with this is not a lot of tires are going to be made, and the effect-parts that belong with them are also packed into different products, it's awful. And some things like Chaser's E-Circular Weapons are nowhere to be seen.

It's pretty bad and since I don't like Drive enough to put up with this mess I decided to skip the line entirely. Seeing the Drive-figure with it's small box and four hands is kinda pathetic.

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Originally Posted by rego

Has anyone else noticed shipping prices have gone insane everywhere recently?
I got my payment request from HLJ for three small things and it was $50....

Wtf

Was one of the "small things" SHF Vader? Because the box for his pre-order bonus is huge. And no, I haven't noticed anything, my shipping for the order of Kuuga and a random Transformer were the same price as always.

[Shin Henshin]

Hate to be "that guy", but I'm of two minds with Drive. At first when I learned the Handle Sword and Door Gun were coming with his other forms I was a bit annoyed. Even now I still kinda think Type Speed should have come with them.

That said though, with how the show handles the use of the weapons, I can also understand why Type Speed has no weapons. He technically only uses the Handle Sword as Type Wild most of the time. The same goes for the Door Gun mostly being used with Type Technique. Type Speed at its core is a straight brawler, so his figuart counterpart comes with what it needs, really.

The first run bonus tires are a different story, but I can understand why Drive only comes with a few hands.