Bandai Japan has offered fans a quick image of the next Kamen Rider Zi-O entry in the SH Figuarts action figure series!
The time has come for Zi-O’s upgrade form, Kamen Rider Zi-O II to receive a proper figure. The basic suit details are shown in Figuart style, with a cryptic NEXT message on the Zikan Driver.
Sadly, no price or release details have been confirmed for Zi-O II at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further SH Figuarts news!
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Nice glad to see Bandai in a rush to finish the Zi-O line. Guess they be skipping out on the three future riders and do main forms only.
Th-that's... That's terrific paint on the face of the left RideWatch half. I'm shook.
Easily my favorite form from the series right now. Definitely getting this!
Normally I'd say that I'm glad that Bandai finally painted the Ridewatches, but this just makes me pissed that they could've done this for regular release SHF Zi-O when they did it on Figure-Rise Zi-O.
It’s funny how this one image invokes multiple feelings at once for me.
Let's start with the ones actually concerning this very figure:
- The Zi-O II suit is awesome, I'm glad to see it made into a Figuart. It not only banished the horrible Decade Armor from the show, but also finally gave a Rider who is based on a clock an actual time-related ability. It's not super creative but it works.
- The detail on the gold part of the Ridewatch is exquisite. But immediately destroyed by the blank nothingness in its counterpart where a sticker should be. And thus the main issue with the Zi-O Figuarts continues on and fans need to print their own stickers to fix it. That just sucks.
- They will probably not include a Zikan Girade. I can see them only including the Saikyo Girade and the combined Saikyo Zikan Girade, at which point I will proudly lift my middle finger and just pass on this release all together. Every time they skip including weapons just to sell their stupid bike & accessory packs I will not buy the figure. It’s a petty sign of protest but it’s all I can do as a consumer.
And then follow the thoughts not immediately based on the figure, but they arise due to it being teased:
- If this week’s Tamashii blog entry would've been dedicated entirely to Zangetsu Kachidoki I would've lost my mind. I need this figure so badly.
- Where the hell are the Build figures? There was no new pre-order announcement since...last October? 5 months? Damn. Not only that, it has only been Ex-Aid and Zi-O for Rider Figuarts since then. Kiva technically went up in November but he was revealed in October too. Come on Tamashii, show some love to other shows as well.
- Still no sign of the Future Riders. They are the best thing in all of Zi-O for me and I need Figuarts of them goddammit.
- Did I mention Zangetsu Kachidoki yet? No? Tamashii, come on, put it up for pre-order. Please, I don’t want to live in a world where that glorious figure slowly descends into the abyss of unreleased Figuarts prototypes.
*Sigh* Another P-Bandai I guess...
Unless it's an exclusive, I can see this being the only figuarts I get of Zi-O. It's by far my favourite form of his, and I like that it's essentially replaced his original form on the show and been more like an evolution than an option.
I'm actually the same, it's an evolution of the previous form.
I need that one and have no interest for the two next forms, I don't like them.
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