this is not really a review. just pics
Project BM! Kamen Rider Kubrick
it's mix of medicom's kubrick and bandai's souchaku henshin.
Vol. 1 has two kamen rider series, first kamen rider (the tv show, not the movie "Kamen Rider The First") and Kamen Rider Hibiki.
I didn't buy hibiki ones because I haven't seen it.
First, Kamen Rider Ichigo
it's Takeshi Hongo
armor parts, only the body armor is metal.
the back of the head has this silver painting. it's like that because the eyes on the helmet is transparent. If the head is not turned, you can see the eyes.
Kamen Rider Niigo
Hayato Ichimonji
armor parts. Exactly same as Ichigo
Henshin!! Double Rider
back view
Kaijin Kumo-Otoko. he was in very first episode of Kamen Rider.
armor parts. The cape is transparent, the ankle armors are metal.
helmets are compatible
Bonus
Shocker Combatant. They are not real Kubrick. they have elbow joints and knee joints.
Battlefinally got my collection organized
click the picture to enlarge
Shlef 1
shelf 2
Ex Hildolfr desert color
Vic Viper from Gradius
E tanks from megaman game
figma miku, rin, len, seto sun, lelouch
revoltech toro (thanks for covering)
resin kit ayanami, and PVC asuka and ayanami
revoltech mechas
eva 6, GR02, getter 1, mazinkaiser, giant robo, dangaioh, gaiking, griffon flight type, eva 0, optimus prime, valkyrie (macross zero), ingram 1, gurren lagann, king gainer, lazengan, valkyrie(macross)
gunplas
kamen rider shelf
belt and suit action figures + kubrick
SHF and souchaku henshin and misc
tamashii spec dragonar opening ver.
Reideen DX set
small scale mechas
line barrel, gurren lagann, brockary, xabungle, walker gallia and the robot that comes with walker gallia
soul of chogokin
combattler V, Ideon, Voltes V
arrrrr I hate this blog thing
it makes the picture too small.
tried few mangas today
1. asu no yoichi
story:
"A boy swordsman, Yoichi and his father lives in a mountain training. His father states that there is nothing more for him to learn here and tells him to go stay at a dojo that their relative owns. His first time decent from the mountain and has absolutely no experience in living in an urban area. How he gets used to the new environment and what awaits at the dojo is for you to find out!"
from onemanga
read up to volume 4, didn't like it. it's just very dumb mild H, harem manga.
the story and characters are almost identical to sumomomomomomo.
2. dengeki daisy
story:
"Teru, a poor and kind girl, recently lost her older brother, her only remaining relative. Before he died he gave her a cell phone connecting her to a person he said would support her if ever he were unable to. As time passes she is cheered on by text messages sent from this enigmatic person, known only as DAISY. Then, one day, through an unexpected incident, Teru begins working for the delinquent school janitor, Kurosaki. But this sadistic scoundrel Kurosaki is really…!?"
from mangaupdates
it was ok. nothing much to say. just ok. the main girl is kinda dumb. stopped at vol 1. not gonna continue.
3. kakugo no susume
story:
"super hero saving a town"
read it because there is S.H.Figuart kakugo figure coming out soon. the design looked pretty good. Read first volume of the manga, didn't like it. it's like baki with (more) messed up story.
probably not gonna read, and not gonna buy the figure either.
4. katekin
story:
"a story of perverted kid and dumb but hot tutor"
couldn't stand it. read about half of volume one. it sucked, nothing going on, no joke, no H. just garbage.
5. kiss yori hayaku
story:
"After losing their parents, Fumiko and her brother move from one relative to another. Fed up with the constant moving, Fumiko decides to quit school and find a job to support her brother herself.
While she sits on the park bench contemplating her situation, she suddenly finds her teacher standing in front of her. Surprisingly, their encounter ends with a marriage proposal and her teacher's promise to support and take care of Fumiko and her brother. Is he serious or just playing around...!?"
from onemanga
good. I liked it. pretty similar to dengeki daisy but more interesting.
6. uwasa no midori kun
story:
"Yamate Midori is a 15 year-old girl and is very much a tomboy. One day Midori meets a boy called Hino Tsukasa, who came to the island she lives on for a holiday. He teaches her to play soccer and she falls in love with the sport. Midori is inspired by Tsukasa and continues to play soccer in hopes that they would meet again someday. When they do meet again Tsukasa does something unforgivable. Determined to defeat Tsukasa on the soccer field Midori enrolls in an all boy high school."
so messed up. sex scene in the very first chapter... she is still in middle school...
the story is just messed up too. a girl in all boy high school.... she doesn't even hide it.
and it is damn obvious it's a girl, but noone figures it out. wow.
7. shakariki
story:
about cyclist (sorry I am too lazy to explain)
it's like capeta but with bicycle instead of car.
same mangaka, so it's forgivable.
It was ok. i will continue reading.
moved to new room.
finally, a big room where I can put all my collections.
but moving all my stuff will be a real work out. arrrr
the toy i am gonna review today is
Bandai's new kamen rider toy line,
TAF series 02, kamen rider den-o sword Form.
Last year i heard about this new series and anticipating since.
and about last week I was browsing the online shop i go to for
SIC den-o sword !form, but saw that TAF is released. so i got this one instead.
so... what's TAF
it stands for Twist Action Form
used leather suit to hide the mechanical joints and replicate the looks just ilke the show. Also the wire frame body allows it to move "freely"
ootsuka's hyper hero and medicom's RAH series have similar style of toys.
maybe Bandai leanred from Medicom when they worked together on Project BM!
So, now bandai is in the market.
would the other two be afraid of Bandai's new toy line?
Let's see
1. Package. Very very unappealing. it's just clear overhead sheet, rolled and glued together then lid on top and bottom. the name plate(?) is just paper wrapped around the package and taped in the back. looks very very cheap.
2. back of the package. you can kinda see the tape here. It's freaking 4200 yen but in a container like this. what happened to good old box. too expensive?
3. accessaries, 3 sets of hand(fist, open, grabbing), 2 sets of denkacha holder(with and without denkacha) and denkacha sword. It's too few considering the price. I wanted at least the pass
4. front, the proportion and quality of painting are not bad at all.there are very minor error in painting but not noticeable.
HOWEVER!!!!!!! WTF bandai, were you guys high or drunk when making this? the length of left leg is about 1cm longer than the right. thus can't stand straight.
5. back
6. side
7. articulation check. both arms and legs bend little more than 90 degrees.and the leg doesn't go up that high. the poor articulation is due to air pockets used in thighs and arms to give more volume to the body. these get in the way of moving.
8. articulation check #2. that's maximum I can split the legs, this time, it's due to both airpockets and leather suit.the armors in TAF series are softvinyl. it's kinda flexible.
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it's hard to make it stand. tamashii stage stand is recommended
random shots from here
ore!! 俺！！
sanjyou!! 参上！！
come on
let's go
opening dance #1
opening dance #2
opening dance #3
urataros pose
ryutaros posekintaros pose is impossible.
denkacha sword. he holds it quite firmly (that's what she said). but it's better to pose the figure first before putting the sword.
my special attack part 2!!俺の必殺技 パート２！！
victory勝ち！！
size comparison. kabuto is S.H. Figurarts, Kiva is Souchaku Henshin.TAF is bigger, i think it's about size of SIC series, I don't have any SIC so i don't really know
Size comparison with RAH old niigoProportion/Detail 4.5/5
Proportion is very good. hiding the joints looks good too. nice paint job, leather suit works(no cracking). but what is up with the screwed up legs.
Articulation 2/5
Very disappointed, It's hard to pose. And the elbow is placed too high, it looks very awkward when bent.
durability / firmness 3/5
I was worried about the wireframe snapping. but unless it's bent back and forth repeatetively, i think it's fine.
when bent to the max, it doesn't stay there, it's because of the air pocket and leather suit. the wire is not strong enough to resist the force.
cost / accesssaries 2.5/5
this few things for 4200 yen!!??
the armor is made of (relatively) cheap soft vinyl, packaging is crap. Is it leather suit that's expensive??
Overall 7.5 / 10
the proportion is almost perfect, so it does look cool in many poses. but it's hard to do so. TAF series is not for playing
Next review is going to be TAF kamen rider kuuga....OH MAN~~. TAF KUUGA.... actually kuuga is TAF 01. so I should've done the review of kuuga first, but wow, I don't really know how i am going to do this.
compared to kuuga, den-o is like RAH class.
have a climaxful day
