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With Kamen Rider Zi-O heralding the end of the Heisei Era for Kamen Rider, and in commemoration of the 20th Heisei Rider himself, Tamashii Nations has announced the S.H. Figuarts Heisei Riders Rising Project!

The Rising Project announcement promises the reveal of 3 new Heisei Rider figuarts in the near future. The first of these 3 riders will be revealed on August 24th. Currently speculation is running wild as to what these 3 figures will actually be. Will this be Kiva’s time? There’s Zi-O which begins airing next month  as well, so now would be an ideal time to reveal his first figuart. Then there’s the possibility that 1 or more of these figures could be a Shinkocchou Seihou renewal of an out of date release like OOO, Fourze, or even Faiz.

Exactly who these 3 Heisei Riders are, is something we’ll be watching closely in the coming weeks. So we’ll be sure to keep the community up to date!

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“I’ve taken my sons’ Drive back!!”

As we prepare to celebrate the new year, we look forward to the future. What? No, not 2018, but the year 2035! The Paradox Roidmude traveled back from that time to trick Kamen Rider Drive into giving him his ultimate power. Desecrating even the memory of Shinnosuke’s son, by posing as him to do it. Using the corrupted powers of the future Drive, Paradox tried to take everything from Shinnosuke. But with a bit of luck, Mr. Belts’ help, and the spirit of Eiji Tomari a power was born to defeat Paradox. A fusion of Shinnosuke’s Type Speed and Eiji’s un-corrupted Type Next, the subject of our final gallery of the year is none other than S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Special! 

Drive Type Special is one again heavily based  on the trusty Type Speed body we’ve come to know over the years. More specifically it’s a slight repaint and remold of Dark Drive which was also recently released. The two suits were exclusive to the Kamen Rider Drive Surprise Future movie.  This figure takes the great things implemented with Dark Drive and adds a more heroic spin to them. While lite on the accessories, Drive Type Special is just such a charming release, and it’s nice to have one more of Drive’s movie exclusive forms at last.

We’ve attached the full 60+ image gallery to this post, but you can also check out our full review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll see again in the future! Happy New Year!

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“Start our mission.”

When the future was in danger, Eiji Tomari was meant to travel back in time to find his father Kamen Rider Drive, and warn him of the dangers to come. However, Shinnosuke would soon find out that his son lost his fight as the Drive of the future, and a Roidmude posing as Eiji has engineered the destruction of Mr Belt! Seeking to unite with his past self & form the ultimate Paradox Roidmude, can what’s left of Drive stop this monster? This is S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Dark Drive!

Kamen Rider Dark Drive is the first new outing for the Type Speed body mold since Kamen Rider Zero Drive, and this release is easily one of the best. Representing one of the best villains the Drive franchise has to offer, this is actually the design of hero. Even so there’s something so sinister about Dark Drive’s design that it’s appropriate his powers were stolen by a villain. Armed with his unique Blade Gunner weapon and a new set of Next Shift Cars, it’s no wonder it took the power of two generations of Tomari’s to defeat him. This is yet another excellent addition to the already fantastic line up from Drive, and next month Drive Type Special will be released to go with him!

We’ve attached the full 70+ image gallery to this post, but you can also read my full review of Dark Drive by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post! Next time we return to the Game World with a brand new pair of galleries from Kamen Rider Ex-Aid!

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“Fire All Core. Drive, Type Miracle!”

In an attempt to revive his fallen friend, Gou Shijima managed to do the impossible& revive one of the most powerful Roidmudes ever, Heart! Simultaneously Gou managed to merge the Cores of Medic & Brain into Heart’s new body. Uniting their hearts and Cores together these 3 Roidmudes became the Kamen Rider to surpass even Drive. Debuting in the Heart/Mach v-Cinema, and finally available in figure form, it’s S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Heart Type Miracle!

Kamen Rider Heart as you’ll undoubtedly notice, is heavily based on Drive’s own Type Tridoron form. Much like the suit in the movie, this figure reuses a majority of Tridoron’s parts. But the new components incorporated into the body are derived from Heart’s original Roidmude form. It’s an odd fusion, but one that somehow works very well. While this is a pretty sparse release, Heart Type Miracle still has plenty of charm to it. Now if we could just get the mismatched Type Speed/Wild/Technic from Bandai, then all of Hearts’ forms would be represented in this line.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post, but you can view the complete 60+ image gallery after the jump. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to the full review and gallery. Next time we’ll be back with another new gallery from Space Sheriff Gavan!

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“You truly are the best opponent I could have asked for!”

The first of the Promised Number arrives in the S.H. Figuarts line up! An extensive and elaborate repaint of the original Heart Roidmude, this figure represents the charismatic villains ultimate evolution. This is S.H. Figuarts Over Evolved Heart Roidmude!

As mentioned above this figure is nothing more than a repaint of the original Heart Roidmude. So that does mean that the physical & functional shortcomings of this mold will still persist as they always have. However the glorious golden paint scheme, the dark paint wash, and bright purple used on Over Evolved Heart bring out all of it’s best details & personality. This figure may still be limited, but Heart has never looked better than he does here. He does however still have a very limited selection of accessories, just the same 3 sets of hands that came with the first release. Here’s hoping that eventually the Brain Roidmude prototype that was shown off a while back will be able to join Heart one day.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post, but you check out the full 50 image gallery after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time we’ll be back with a gallery from Kamen Rider W!

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“Fight with me, my greatest buddy!”

It’s time to search & destroy all at mach speed one more time! Kamen Rider Drive continues to be a merchandising juggernaut with new releases churned out from Bandai every quarter. Even now, nearly 3 years after the series finale. This go around we’re looking at the first new S.H. Figuart released from the series second V-Cinema, Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Mach/Kamen Rider Heart. Once again Bandai has managed to fashion a new form out of pre-existing molds to create S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Mach Chaser!

Not to be confused with last years’ Kamen Rider Chaser Mach, Mach Chaser is Gou’s final form. Accessed through a new Shift Ride Crosser (which is present in the Mach Driver), Mach Chaser is a new spin on what made Chaser Mach so great. This time the cohesion between the mishmash of Mach & Chaser parts is even greater though thanks to a solid new color scheme. As always Gou has his trusty Zenrin Shooter at his side, and this time he has the addition of a brand new zenrin effect part for curved slashes! If you loved Chaser Mach then there’s lots to love for you here with Mach Chaser as well. Drive as a franchise has been built on smart repaints and reuses of pre-existing designs, this is yet another wonderful execution of that ideology. And just a heads up, Mach Chaser does not come with a Signal Ax, the ones in these shots came from my Kamen Rider Chaser.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can view the full 80 image gallery by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. We’ll be back in the VERY near future with a pair of new galleries from Kamen Rider W & Space Sheriff Gavan!

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Earlier today we had confirmation of this release and mere moments later official images began to circulate. S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Special is officially on the way and looking great.

Type Special reuses much of the new parts created for the Dark Drive figuart that’s releasing in August. But we do see a new shift car, tire, head and chest to set this release apart. Unsurprisingly, Type Special does not come with the Signal Axe or Handle Sword in these photos. Those are only here to demonstrate that the figure can use them. 4 sets of hands and 4 Shift Cars round out the entire package of accessories sadly.

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Special will be release in November as a Tamashii Web Exclusive for 6264 yen. Get in touch with your preferred middleman or service now to reserve yours!

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We’ve seen both on display recently at the Tamashii Nations Akiba showroom as well as the Tamashii Nations World Tour. Now both of these new figures are slated for actual release! Thanks to a handful of new magazine scans we can confirm both.

S.H. Figuarts kamen Rider Drive Type Special, Drives unique movie from from Surprise Future, is set for release in November. Type Special will be a Tamashii Web Exclusive and retail for 6264 yen.

S.H. Figuarts Dada or as he was originally known Agent #271, is an infamously weird villain from the original Ultraman TV series. While not as prolific as Baltan this Kaiju is definitely looking good as Bandai continues their productive line of Kaiju figuarts. Dada will be released in November for 7344 yen.

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“Fire All Engines!”

After a very very long wait, we’ve finally gotten a chance to take a look at Kamen Rider Drive’s final form with S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron! The ultimate fusion of man & machine, this release is actually the deluxe Tire Blending Set as well. So not only do we get an excellent new figure, but several new Blended Tires too! Drive Type Tridoron is one of my favorite final forms in recent memory, and one that I feel brings entire design and aesthetic full circle. Does the figure do the same?

Drive Type Tridoron has been a long time coming. The TV series and various specials for Drive contained numerous riders and forms and slowly most of them have somehow made it out to market, so it’s no surprise that Drive’s final form has as well. A big, bulky, and powerful looking new form, Type Tridoron takes much of what works from this line of figuarts and admittedly a few faults as well. But it can’t be denied what an impressive presence it is in a Drive collection. Especially when armed with the mighty Trailer Cannon, or one of 3 fantastic Blended Tires included with this deluxe release. Each brings a unique flare to Drive’s look and a special weapon as well.

We’ve put together a huge 100+ image gallery of this figure after the jump. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to see the full gallery & review. Obviously there are still several more Drive related figuarts in the pipeline, but this is an incredibly solid release for a riders’ final form. S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Tridoron is another excellent addition to any collection.

“Nice Drive!”

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Kamen Rider Drive is certainly no stranger to the S.H. Figuarts toyline. Surprising once again, yet another new possible release could continue it’s unprecedented streak. Recently Kamen Rider Dark Drive was confirmed for release, so it’s only fitting that now we have our first look at the other rider exclusive to the Surprise Future movie.

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Special was a no brainer to see after Dark Drive. Given how a majority of the parts are identical between the two it’s no surprise that this figure could see release soon. Kamen Rider Drive continues to outdo itself with repaints and remolds after all. While we don’t have any proper releases details for the figure yet, it’s inclusion at the Akiba Showroom would suggest that they are just around the corner. We’ll update you as more details become available.