{"id":15758,"date":"2011-12-06T02:56:52","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T08:56:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15758"},"modified":"2011-12-06T03:27:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-06T09:27:00","slug":"vault-review-s-h-figuarts%e2%80%99-kamen-rider-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsalltrue.net\/?p=15758","title":{"rendered":"Vault Review:
S.H. Figuarts\u2019 Kamen Rider 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>I preordered Masked Rider months ago as an impulse buy. Unfortunately for me (but mostly for my wallet), I didn\u2019t realize just how many of my preorders were going to be filled in the last month of the year! December\u2019s already been an expensive month, and we\u2019re only six days in! <\/p>\n

I think I mentioned this in my Kamen Rider Skull Crystal review, but I\u2019m going to reconfess it here too.\u00a0 I have almost no idea what I\u2019m talking about when it comes to the Kamen Rider series.\u00a0 I\u2019m more of a Super Sentai man myself.\u00a0 So just bear with me Rider fans, and if I make a mistake then toss a correction into the comments section.<\/p>\n

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The second man to hold the Masked Rider mantle was a young photographer named Hayato Ichimonji.\u00a0 In the TV series, a terrorist organization named Shocker kidnaps Ichimonji and tries to reengineer him into a reconstructed human in order to defeat the original Rider, Takeshi Hongo.\u00a0 But Hongo was able to rescue Ichimonji before the transformation was complete. \u00a0Providing him with equipment and training to become Masked Rider 2, Hongo and Ichimonji fought side by side to defeat Shocker agents in Japan and around the world.<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s about as much as I know of the early Kamen Rider series.\u00a0 So you\u2019re probably wondering why I bought this figure.\u00a0 Well, it\u2019s because I love that Showa era look.\u00a0 Whether it\u2019s Godzilla, Super Sentai, or Kamen Rider, I really enjoy the bright colors and campy style of the Showa era.\u00a0 I originally tried to get Rider 1\u2019s Figuarts also, but preorders sold out too quick.\u00a0 So Rider 2 will have to do for now.<\/p>\n

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Like the few other Figuarts I\u2019ve collected so far, Rider 2 has a clean and simple sculpt.\u00a0 But with the way his body is designed, I\u2019d put him more in the area with my Super Sentai Gokaiger figures than my Kamen Rider Skull.\u00a0 The biggest differences is that Rider 2 has that sculpted uniform look, unlike Skull\u2019s body armor.\u00a0 There\u2019s also the lack of metal feet, which I know not every Rider figure has, but it sure does help out when posing.<\/p>\n

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Rider 2\u2019s helmet has a fantastic sculpt to it, and is probable the most detailed piece on the entire figure.\u00a0 A layer of translucent red covers the sculpting of his bug-like compound eyes, while tiny raised rivets run underneath the black areas and down the center strip.\u00a0 Even his two tiny antennae have sculpted ribbing where they bend upward.\u00a0 Then there\u2019s his magnificent teeth-like mouth plate, which makes him look like a smiling grasshopper.\u00a0 Continue to page 2…<\/a><\/p>\n

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Even with all this detail on the head, I can\u2019t ignore his cyclone belt.\u00a0 You can see the segmented inside through a small piece of clear plastic on front, while the various buttons, rivets, and brackets are adorned all around.\u00a0 They even sculpted in the clasp on the back.<\/p>\n

They also sculpted the treads onto the bottom of his feet, which is always a nice touch.<\/p>\n

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But Rider 2\u2019s sculpting is only half of the package, the other half is his flashy paint job.\u00a0 His mostly black body is highlighted with white racing stripes and highlighted by brilliant patches of red.\u00a0 This is probably one of the deepest and most vibrant reds I\u2019ve seen on an action figure, and it really makes the figure feel like he jumped right out of a vibrant 1970\u2019s TV show.<\/p>\n

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Like all Figuarts, Rider 2 has a fantastic range of motion.\u00a0 His head, upper torso, waist, and ankles are all on ball joints.\u00a0 His hips are on ball joints connected to a hinge.\u00a0 His elbows and knees are double hinges.\u00a0 His wrists are swivel\/hinge joints, while his toes have a regular hinge.\u00a0 But the joint I find most interesting is his shoulders.\u00a0 The torso has a large ball joint inserted into it; meanwhile a smaller ball joint is connected to the arm.\u00a0 The small joint fits inside the larger, giving him double ball jointed shoulders.<\/p>\n

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Rider 2 comes with five sets of hands for over-the-top gesturing: fists, holding, grasping, flat with the thumb in, and flat with the thumb out.\u00a0 These alternate flat hands allow you to pose him in his henshin transformation poses.\u00a0 He also comes with two alternate scarves.\u00a0 One is more for the windblown look, while the other is more for hanging around.\u00a0 Lastly, Rider 2 comes with a kick effect burst of energy that can fit around his foot.<\/p>\n

One thing I was disappointed in was the lack of a stand or display base.\u00a0 It\u2019s pretty much impossible to pose him using his kick effect without some sort of support, so I\u2019m not really sure why Bandai skimped on this part of the whole toy package.\u00a0 Looks like I\u2019ll just have to make do with my Figma stands for now.<\/p>\n

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If you couldn\u2019t tell already, I like this figure.\u00a0 It\u2019s great to see such care and detail given to such an old property, and I can only hope Bandai does the same when it comes time for the Showa Sentai figures.\u00a0 I may not know much about Kamen Rider history, but I can definitely appreciate a figure with such a fun style.<\/p>\n

-Vault<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I preordered Masked Rider months ago as an impulse buy. Unfortunately for me (but mostly for my wallet), I didn\u2019t realize just how many of my preorders were going to be filled in the last month of the year! 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