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09-09-2017, 07:49 PM | #121 |
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http://bandaicandy.hateblo.jp/entry/build04
Latest SO-DO station is up, and we have pics of night rogue
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09-10-2017, 10:45 AM | #122 |
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Cool. I'm not familiar with SODO figures, are these candy toys and are those stickers?!
Btw, and take it with a grain of salt, but HLJ have the Gorillamond FB set up for "Oct. Restock". It's worth a shot. |
09-10-2017, 12:49 PM | #123 |
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Apparently, these types of candy toys have gotten very good (recently?) I had no interest, then picked up a couple of waves of the Ex-Aid SODO, and good grief, they're good! A surprising number of color details are either molded or painted. There's still substantial use of stickers. So far, the Ex-Aid SODO line has been superior to LVUR, and it's looking like the Build line will follow suit, providing articulation that the retail figures will lack. The Ex-Aid figures look drastically better in their Level 1 and 3 forms than LVUR did. They're not perfect and certainly not Figuarts quality, but I've been surprised by how happy I've been with Ex-Aid SODO, and I don't even own a lot of the early releases. That line also went DEEP into the cast in a way the LVUR line didn't: both Chronos forms, Ride Players, Poppy, Bugsters, Graphite, late-series Lazer, etc. |
09-10-2017, 02:36 PM | #124 |
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I'm not quite sure what's painted and what's a sticker on this figure. The details on the TranSteam Gun, the bat visor, the jaw details, and the near-armpit details are definitely stickers. Several other details I'd expect to be stickers (the green and red tubes on the torso, the wrists, and the forearm fins) don't really look like it. The stripes on the horn are likely stickers. Even the bat on the chest, which I'd expect to be a sticker, looks a lot like it's painted.
I'm guessing since we're getting NightRogue, BloodStark can't be far behind, although probably not this wave, since the blog seems to reference cost of a single-box-complete figure like this as something an obstacle. |
09-10-2017, 04:55 PM | #125 |
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I've dealt with these toys long enough that I can tell by looking close enough what is and isn't a sticker.
The only one I'm not 100% sure about are the tubes on the forearms. They look flat like stickers to me so I'm going with that. They do tend to have a suitable sculpt under most stickers, so customizing is great most of the time. Worth noting that if they leave out a detail, it's normally patterns (like the eyes) or a part they plan to reuse on other characters. Some notes from the blog: Night Rogue is like the Ride Player. Self contained to one box...sort of. Night Rogue does not come with a stand (just a sticker in case you have a spare stand) and the sword is with another figure not yet revealed. Also, SO-DO ad was linked to in the blog: |
09-10-2017, 06:09 PM | #126 |
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Also, thanks for your sticker thoughts! I wasn't sure about the tubes on the abs until I noticed what looked like a popped-up sticker on one of the photos. I'll be curious to see, in a couple of months, just how close you were. It surprises me just how much paint there seems to be given that there's already a materials-cost issue with this one. |
09-12-2017, 03:19 PM | #127 |
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Not sure if anyone has said but the difference in the DX and Gashapon Full Bottles are the caps are separate and theres no piston piece inside
So all in all for ones like Hedgehog and Lion that come outside of the dx sets, gashapons seem a good alternative if like me you dont the buildphone etc
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09-14-2017, 01:01 PM | #128 |
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BCR01 Kamen Rider Build RabbitTank Form:
DX Taka Full Bottlle and Gatling Fulll Bottle Set: DX Hawk Gatlinger: Source:k2eizo |
09-15-2017, 04:07 PM | #129 |
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Full Bottles SG (Rabbit, Tank, Gorilla, and Diamond).
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09-15-2017, 04:38 PM | #130 |
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@Tokumonkey: Thank you for the clarification. Those do look pretty cool, considering the price point. I looked at some of the E-A ones, too, I like em.
Looking at the Build ones, it seems to me like they may be superior to the gimmick figures in some ways. Looks like the entire neck and most of the head is attached to the right side of the body and all you change is the left head piece. Same with the waist! This would provide two crucial points of articulation, as you mentioned with other releases. I may cancel my preorders for the first 3 BRs. They really don't look as fun as I thought, judging by the reviews Blade Fang posted. Speaking of which, so candy Fullbottles are pretty much identical to DX? This brings back memories of Fourze switches. There were so many of the damn things half of them never got a DX release. Going by the belt hack, I'm assuming there's going to be a lot of FBs. I don't really like dealing gimmicks that span multiple lines. I'm hoping this isn't the case with Build.
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