The “Hesei VS Showa” Rider Movie War is a go!
This early teaser image confirms an epic crossover of Kamen Rider heroes, and shows off a few veteran Kamen Riders coming back to the fold!
Returning heroes include Renn Kiriyama as Kamen Rider W and Masahiro Inoue as Kamen Rider Decade!
“Hesei VS Showa” premieres March 29, 2014 and should make for an interesting year of Kamen Rider!
Tamashii Nations has posted a few teaser images of their upcoming SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Black RX figure. RX’s Acrobatter is shown too! Read on to check out the official images.
This one may throw some people for a loop. Speculation has run rampant about which Armored Riders in Kamen Rider Gaim will survive the longest.But it would appear that Armored/Kamen Rider Kurokage has just tripled his chances of survival.
This image has begun circulating on 2chan and shows what appears to be 3 identical Armored Rider Kurokage’s! Only time will tell what this image means. If there can be an army of Watermelon Arms users in the glimpse of the future from episode 1, why not a batalion of Kurokage’s as well?
In addition to S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Shin, further release details on the S.H.Figuarts Black RX Renweal figure were revealed. Black RX Renewal is due out this April with the price tag of 3888 yen.
In what’s surely going to surprise many fans and please many others, one of the most short lived riders of the (technically) Showa era will finally receive the S.H. Figuarts treatment! Set for release in May as a Tamashii Web Exclusive is none other than Kamen Rider Shin!
Kamen Rider Shin isn’t entirely recognizable to all fans, mostly because of his very few appearances. Originally intended to be a new Kamen Rider aimed at the now adult fans of the original series, Shin first appeared in Shin Kamen Rider Prologue. As the name implies a series was meant to follow up the film. However that never materialized because of the films bizarre horror/monster angle and excessive violence which drastically departed from what rider fans had experienced before. Shin would later go on to reappear in All Riders Vs. Dai Shocker, Let’s Go Kamen Riders, and the first Super Hero Taisen.
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Shin will be released in May as a Tamashi Web Exclusive for 4320 yen.
The 10th Anniversary of Kamen Rider 555 (or “Faiz” if you prefer) is next year, and in preparation for this event Bandai is preparing a new special release of Faiz’ bike- the transforming Auto-Vajin!
Teased for release a few months back, a new preview gallery has come online. The Figuarts AutoVajin appears to be fully transformable!
Full reveal is apparently set for Christmas Day, so stay tuned for further details!
As part of the Super imaginative Chogokin’s 15th Anniversary, Tamashi held an interview with two members of the design team: Gojima and Yasufuji.
In the interview, the two discuss topics ranging from the success of the Kamen Rider OOO releases to the up coming Shin Ichigo figure. Thanks to HenshinJustice, a portion of this interview was translated:
Yasufuji: Now, we are working with Nakashima Kenichi along with the digital expert Ito in a 4 person system/structure. At the current moment, we’re mostly focusing on the coloring, but soon I think we’ll build up inertia. For now, the work process is like, I make a right arm and pass it along… They say, “And now the left arm please.”
Gojima: “In 3 days!” And I’m like only 3 days…? It’s all purely hand crafted, so anyone with a free hand does what they can.
Yasufuji: And when some of those things come up, I think “Nope… that’s not right.” and start fixing it. (giggle) Neither side seems strange by themselves, but when we put them together, sometimes they seem a bit off. When working with solids, sometimes things just have an interesting shape.
Gojima: Basically, it’s just that over and over again. We kept fixing things so much, I moved into Yasufuji’s area! (more giggles)
– The current “Kamen Rider 000″ Series is really popular, isn’t it!
Yasufuji: With the last S.I.C. series, it was mainstream to have retrofitting parts to make different characters, but many of the the hardcore fans said, “We’ll buy the different characters anyway, so you don’t have to do it that way!” (again with the giggles) Recently, that gimmick has been seen as a waste. In that vein, we traded in “retrofitting” for “play value”, The OOO arms and legs can be exchanged to depict scenes from the show. But, we’re worried about how accurate we have to be with these parts. In the show, these effects only last for an instant, so we have questions like, “What is the original shape of the grasshopper hero’s leg?” (Giggle) So, until the first round of Tatobakobo go out on sale, we were breaking out in a cold sweat. But overall they were received well, so we were relieved.
Gojima: In an attempt to compliment us, they were called “Gross” on the net.
Come on, Banana Arms!
Following our recent gallery of Arms Change Kamen Rider Gaim we now take a look at the Knight of Spear himself, Arms Change Kamen Rider Baron! Just as with Gaim, Baron is a fantastic and affordable figure that strikes a great balance between design and functionality. Arms Change figures are quickly rising in price as more and more children and collectors alike catch this fever. Just ask most Tokunation members and you’ll see these figures are highly demanded and worth the price. Get yours before prices rise further than they already have!
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Along with the two secondary Rider Lock Seeds, there’s a video demonstration Decade Rider Lock Seed with LEDs from reviewer catmovie1985.
Suggested for use with either Gaim or Zangetsu’s faceplates, the Decade Lock Seed declares “Decade Arms! Destroyer On the Road!” In addition to “Final Attack Ride De-De-Decade!” “Kamen Ride Decade!” And lastly “Final Form Ride De-De-De-Decade!” Check out his video in the box below:
The official Medicom blog has recently updated with new images of the forthcoming Real Action Heroes Wolf Orphnoch from Kamen Rider 555. As well as incredible sculpt detail, this high end 12″ figure will also feature synthetic fabric to replicate the monster’s fur.
Pricing and release date are still unannounced, however the figure will be available to order from Medicom’s Premium Club from the 24th December. In the meantime, check out the impressive images after the jump!