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S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mach Chaser Gallery
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"Chase, I found my answer. I will see you again."
It's been 3 years since the final battle against Banno. When Chase sacrificed himself, and Gou valiantly borrowed his friends' power to defeat his own evil father. Now, Gou searches for answers and a way to bring his best buddy back to this world. But getting mixed up in things is his complicated relationship with Reiko, and the remnant of Roidmude 005. Can Gou grow up, overcome his fear, and unlock the Shift Ride Crosser's power? Find out in our gallery & review of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mach Chaser! ** Fair warning, this will be word for word identical to my Chaser Mach Gallery in sections because the mold is nigh identical. If you want to skip down to the pics at the end feel free. Packaging Business as usual continues with this line. We've seen this nearly identical style of box several times over in this line. Links to previous galleries for reference. Main Figure As I mentioned above this gallery will be basically all rehash, in this case a three-for-one. Mach Chaser is a part for part straight up reuse of most of the lower half of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Chaser, and the upper half of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mach. The release we're looking at today, Mach Chaser, is made nearly identically to the previously released Chaser Mach. For the lower half of Mach Chaser we're looking almost strictly at Chaser components. From the mid torso down to the ankles. The feet however are Machs'. The nice thing about less bulky and more acrobatic suits like this one is they just don't have all that kibble to get in their way. Much like Drive, the Chaser legs have fully unrestricted hips. However I do need to mention that because of the sort of safety pad design of the shin armor, the feet can't quite tilt back as far as I'd like. The lower Chaser half of the body of course includes a Mach Driver with Ride Crosser Shift Car preset in it. The painted details on the Ride Crosser at that scale aren't super complex but it gets the job done. Where this lower half of the torso meets the Mach chest above it I wish that joint had more range, but you can still manage to get some decent poses out of him. He just can't hunch over or arch his back the way I'd like. Now the upper torso is just the Mach chest sat down on Chasers' body. The standard Signa Advent is still present, only this time in blue. You can still exchange it for the other advents made for Mach from the S.H. Figuarts line, but Mach Chaser was never shown to use any of them. For this release a new molded in "metal plate" is present on the right side of Mach's chest. Probably just to give it just a little bit more differentiation in design. Thankfully this version of the mold also uses Mach's hands and upper arms, but the forearms are Chasers padded armor. So that funky armor on Mach's normal right arm isn't present to get in the way. You just get a nice streamlined look for him. As with previous releases, Mach Chaser's V-Helm can be opened to reveal his Shutter Face Guard beneath as well. This release replaced Mach's visor eyes with orange Chaser style compound eyes. Since these eyes are smaller they give the impression that the clear visor is too large, but they're really striking. The combination of these two figures still works fantastically. They integrate seamlessly in a way that makes this design looks pretty much perfect, and the new paint job the mold has gotten this time around strengthens their cohesion. The original version of this form was most certainly a last minute addition to the series, but with the new look for it in the Heart V-Cinema, it feels more at home than ever. Everything is complimentary this go around in this shared figure. All of the previously purple accents are now blue, as are many of the parts that originally came from Mach. The grey suit components carried over from Chaser remain, and all around this color scheme makes the design feel even more cohesive than it once did. Accessories Mach Chaser comes with just slightly more accessories than the standard Kamen Rider Chaser did: 2 - sets of additional hands. That includes 2 identical open palm expressive hands, and 2 holding things hands. These are repacks of exactly the hands that came with Chaser Mach. 1 - muffler/scarf. Sadly only the standard "resting" one is repacked from the last couple of releases. You don't get the more dynamic windblown one in this set. 1 - Zenrin Shooter. Another straight repack from the original Mach. As with the Driver it can accept Shift Bikes via a small tab and clip system on the side. Other than that it's not really functional though, no spinning wheel or anything like that. 1 - Zenrin Shooter effect part. A sort of sweeping/rolling flame burst that attaches to the end of the gun. My best guess is that it's meant to approximate Gou using the Zenrin to slash upward at the mutated Roidmude 005 near the end of the film. It's just bizarre to get such a specific effect part like this for something that has mere seconds of on screen presence. All in all not bad, but considering the obvious and extensive reuse and repacking of parts I don't quite understand why Chaser Mach didn't come with more hands or scarves at least. And the omission of a Signal Ax is really irritating. It would have been such a simple repack. Final Thoughts If you haven't guessed it by now, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mach Chaser is yet another winning addition to the Kamen Rider Drive lineup. Taking 2 fantastic figures and cramming the best parts together is still a perfect formula for success in my opinion. This show is well known for suit and parts reuse and I love that the toyline continues to embrace it. With the recently released Type Miracle and just announced Type Special, this line has closed the gap in ways I never thought possible in terms of completion. We're a mere handful of riders and forms away from having it all, Drive is the gift that keeps on giving! "Nice Drive!" |
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** Note: the Signal Ax was not included with this release, I've just borrowed one from my Kamen Rider Chaser. - Group Shots - Ride Macher |
This figure and the gallery look great s always. And of course Bandai and Toei would repaint something as a new form. Gotta save that money some how
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This guy seriously looks great. Kudos, Den!
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Still miffed I opted to miss out on this one. At least the aftermarket isn't *too* crazy...
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I love the colors on this figure. The blue looks really good on Mach.
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Stop making me want this figure Den-O...Lol
The blue looks fantastic on this guy. Wish this was the version we got in the show. |
So we have Chaser, Mach, Chaser Mach, and Mach Chaser. :lolol
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Yeah, this is the best looking Mach suit IMO and thus the best looking Mach SHF.
The blue color is one thing, but I think the bug eyes are what makes me like this over any other Mach form. Thank you once again for the effort you put into these galleries Den-O :) |
Something seems off, I love the suit don’t get me wrong, but something feels offf about it.
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Mach Chaser's a great improvement from the last episode kitbash from the show, so I'm glad such a great design got to be used
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Best mach form 10/10
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Gou was really annoying, but man this design is so nice.
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I know kitbashing on Drive is a well-worn topic, but good grief. These reviews make it pretty stark. I get it: the Drive figures were terrific, and since the show did the kitbashing, it's not like this is opportunistic on Bandai's part. They're still making these because there's an audience for them. Heck, I like this design a lot more than Chaser Mach.
Still, it feels like they're going to keep churning out new combinations ad infinitum: it's Drive Mach-Chaser-Mach-Mach! It's Chaser Mach Drive Type More Chaser! |
This suit is all over the place, haha. I love the blue and silver, but the red clashes. The purple is ok and all, but man that red just sticks out like a sore thumb.
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Given these designs and Type Deadheat you'd think the gimmick of the Drive line was swapping trousers with other Riders.
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The suit looks cool, but Bandai was totally cashing in on this figure.
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its ok but im not a fan of the face plate
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They are really getting as much as they can out of this line
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Great color pallet and even better pictures Den-O......notice me sempai
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While I love Mach's suit, this isn't my favorite color swap on this, but still very cool.
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Hey this is my obligatory comment to enter the giveaway
Hey this is my obligatory comment to enter the giveaway
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Again, something that might mean more to me had I really gotten into the show itself. It's not a bad design, but I feel like a lot of what makes it stand out is due to what it represents more than what it looks like.
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Really nice gallery. Captures that "speed" look well. Not my favourite recolour, but I suppose it was earned well in the show story-wise.
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Wow, the nostalgia bleeding out of this design is really cool. It's highly reminiscent of older riders! The scarf, the antenna, the patterns...I like it a lot. I know they reused old parts, but they managed to make something pretty good-looking despite that.
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Huh. These galleries reminded me I still haven't watched the Drive V-Cinemas. I really need to correct that.
Even though it's mostly just a repaint, I like this suit a whoooole lot more than the original Chaser Mach. Never at all cared for that mismash, poor excuse of a new form. But just a new coat of paint really brings it all together. Actually feels like a proper suit now, it's weird but I like it. Also don't get why it didn't come with a Signal Axe. That sucks. |
Mach! Awesome looking figure.
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I'm not really into it. The colors just do nothing for me. But, it is a very nice looking figure, and I do love how the eyes look with the visor. And any Figuarts release Bandai decides to bless with an effect part is a winner in my book.
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The chrome blue doesn't really do it for me. Still a fine figure.
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They actually made a figure for this form?! I am in shock.
Glad to see they did though, they managed to make the blue really nice and it just looks good as a figure. Nice to see it comes with an effect part though, but overall probably more hands and different scarfs would have worked. The only reason it didn't come with a signal axe though is probably because Mach Chaser never used it during the debut fight in the V-Cinema. |
I will always welcome an excuse to see the Signal Axe, even if it's a repainted character.
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It's amazing how much a new paint job and some compound eyes can bring a design together. Mach Chaser looks great standing next to Type Tridoron on my shelf, the beautiful blue paint pairs very well with Tridoron's red.
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Great Gallery, but I'm not particularly fond of this suit.
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The action shots are great as always.
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That wheel on his shoulder will always look like a corsage or boutonniere to me. :D Just throws the whole design off.
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I was not a big fan of this design, maybe it will mean more for me when I watch this part of Drive but man this just looks like a repaint.
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More chaser figures are always better. Don't care what iteration. The world just needs more silver racing suit riders.
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