With the Super Sentai Artisan’s recent release of ToQOh and the Dark Liner Robo from ToQGer, the next of the line has been teased, hailing back to Samurai Sentai Shinkenger with a possible DX Chogokin Shinkenoh heading our way!
This is only an unconfirmed rumor/teaser image, so not much on the piece is currently known but we’ll bring more news on this as it develops.
After months of teasing, Premium Bandai finally opens up pre orders for the latest and what could be last Arms Change figure: ACPB07 Duke Dragon Fruit Energy Arms straight from Movie War Full Throttle.
Pre Orders will be going live on Christmas Eve and closing on March 9th 2015. ACPB07 will be releasing in June 2015 retailing for 4,320 yen. The Images showcases the Arms in combinations with Shin Zangetsu, Duke, and Marika! Do check them out after the jump.
“YOMOTSUHEGURI ARMS, MEI KAI YOMI YOMI YOMI!” The latest Premium Bandai release happens to be one of the most sinister items from Kamen Rider Gaim, one that could pretty much kill its user from overuse. That’s right, this is the video for the Yomotsuheguri Lock Seed! With the cosmetic appearance of a gold and red Budou Lock Seed, this new release contains completely different sounds.
Making its first appearance in Episode 42 of the series, this mysterious gold and red Lock Seed was promised to give its user enough power to crush Kamen Rider Gaim. Even though they were told that the risk of using it for too long could lead to it draining their life force, the user still decided to use it, enabling them to take on the form of Ryugen-Yomi Yomotsuheguri Arms. With the in-show ability to summon the weapons of the Overlords, it served to be a counterpart to Gaim’s own Kiwami Arms.
The Lock Seed itself features the standard Squash, Au Lait and Sparking finisher sounds, but also features the phrases spoken by its user! This Lock Seed also comes with the Ryugen-Yomi Rider Indicator faceplate that you can attach to your Sengoku Driver! The set itself was released just recently as a Premium Bandai item, for the price of 2160 yen.
We finally have our first look at the latest Premium release in Kamen Rider Gaim’s Arms Change line! ACPB07 Kamen Rider Duke Dragon Energy Arms was just teased on the Premium Bandai website and now not only do we have this initial image, but also release details!
As we can see the original AC Duke’s been slightly remolded to reflect this form as it appears in Drive X Gaim Movie War Full Throttle. The actual Dragon Fruit Energy Arms bears some engineering resemblance to the original Lemon Energy Arms. Duke Dragon Energy Arms will retail for 4320 yen, pre-orders will be open from December 24th (Christmas Eve) through March 3rd 2015 with a release mostly likely in April or May.
Good news for fans of Gaim and Arms Change collectors! While it was previously believed that ACPB06 Kamen Rider Ryugen-Yomi Yomotsuheguri Arms was going to be the last Premium Bandai Arms Change release (due to the recent reveal of the first TKPB, Proto-Drive), a new image has surfaced on the preorder page for the Dragonfruit Energy Lock Seed! This image is a teaser for ACPB07- Kamen Rider Duke Dragonfruit Energy Arms! This new form appears on the big screen in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Drive & Gaim: Movie War Full Throttle, but according to the teaser, we won’t see him in toy form until December 24. Stay tuned (click the story to see the teaser)!
Type…. A mysterious new hero joins the Tire Koukan toy line from Kamen Rider Drive! The first of likely many Premium Bandai TK releases is now up for order, TKPB01 Kamen Rider Proto-Drive!
Proto-Drive is the rider still surrounded by mysteries in Drive. But many of them should be brought to light soon in the upcoming Kamen Rider Drive Episode 0 which will be given away to movie goers at the Drive X Gaim Full Throttle Movie.
For now though Premium Bandai is wetting our appetite for this shadowy rider with a Tire Koukan release. Proto-Drive includes the Prototype Tire already attached, but as a bonus for this premium release he also exclusively includes the Dimension Cab Tire! Which has a magnet that allows to be attached to metal surfaces. No other weapons or accessory are included but we’ve yet to properly see Proto-Drive use weapons before anyway.
TKPB01 Proto-Drive is open for pre-order for 3780 yen, and will remain open through February with an actual release in May.
Shifting into Top Gear, Premium Bandai has made a surprise announcement with the reveal of a replica Kamen Rider Drive insignia.
The insignia will be sold in a pack of three coming in a size ranging from 35mm, 70mm, and 180mm, the smallest of which is designed to go in scale with the Shift Cars. The three pack will retail for 2,916 yen each.
Pre orders will be going live on December 22nd and the piece will come out in February 2015. Despite it’s appearance, the emblem is actually made out of ABS according to the Premium Bandai listing.
RESHA GATTAI!
The Super Sentai Artisan line kicks off with a premium rerelease of the DX ToQOh, the piece has finally been released and a video review has found it’s way onto Youtube courtesy of a Japanese toy reviewer.
So aside from a fancy new box and diecast what’s different about the DX Chogokin ToQOh? You’ll have to watch the video to find out! Skip to 3:11 to begin the unboxing and actual review of the toy.
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SODA!
The first of the Premium Bandai items from Kamen Rider Drive X Kamen Rider Gaim Movie War Full Throttle’s just opened up for pre order: and it’s the E.L.S HEX Lock Seed of Kamen Rider Duke.
What’s more, the good doctor’s actor Tsunenori Aoki appears in character as Professor Ryoma Sengoku himself to promote this item, continuing the trend from previous Premium Bandai Gaim releases.
The DX HEX Lock Seed will be released January 5th retailing for the reasonable price of 2,160 yen before shipping and middleman fees are factored in.
Kurumi Arms, misterrrrrrrr Knuckleman!!
Premium Bandai is at it once again! Continuing the ever popular Arms Change line of action figures from Kamen Rider Gaim is the 4th premium AC release. ACPB04 Arms Change Kamen Rider Knuckle Kurumi Arms!
Knuckle is of course the 2nd rider from Team Baron, and was the teams de facto leader after Kaito Kumon quit the Beast Rider scene. Being a bit of mix/match Knuckle winds up having a basic body mostly like that of Kurokage but with an altered semi-Gridon style head. Where Arms Change Kamen Rider Knuckle shines though is the included Kurumi Arms (walnut). A nice big bulky set of armor with quite a bit of detail that really makes this otherwise plain looking figure pop. Then there’s also his trademark weapons the Kurumi Bomber gauntlets. These gigantic fists set Knuckle apart from the rest of the Armored Riders out there making him a strictly short range hand to hand combatant. This unique pairing of Arms & weapons actually work well with almost any Arms Change figure out there too as we’ve demonstrated in the full gallery.
But before you check out our image gallery of this latest addition to the Arms Change line, you need stop below and check out our friend and contributor Baltmatrix’s video review of AC Knuckle!
As always we’ve done our best to come together and give you a full package experience between images and video of yet another offering in this ever growing line. After you’ve checked out Baltmatrix’s video review please be sure to click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the full gallery of over 50 images!