SH Figuarts Machine Decader Gallery and Review at TokuNation

I'm back with another gallery/review, once again from Kamen Rider Decade; today it's Tsukasa's trusty motorcycle, Machine Decader!

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SH Figuarts Machine Decader

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SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade Gallery and Review at TokuNation

And after a couple months hiatus, I finally posted another gallery/review on TokuNation.com

SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Decade

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Picture Time!

These have all been posted to twitter previously, but I'm sharing them here because I like how they turned out.

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Video Review #71: 1:12 Scale UTV

Hey, posting about a video review the same day it went up? Unthinkable!

A brief look at an inexpensive 1:12 scale UTV my wife picked up for me on Amazon or eBay.

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Video Review Catch Up

I am terrible at updating this blog, because I mainly do my toy talking on Twitter. But I'll try to post updates more reliably in the future.

Speaking of, I have once again been trying to record video reviews of toys, and more importantly, do what little editing I do on them and get them uploaded. I've done 5 in the last week, and here they are.

Review #65: 1:12 Scale ATV Yamaha Raptor

Review #66: SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Scissors

Review #67: Figma Avengers Thor

Review #68: MAFEX Batman and Movie Masters Bat-pod

Review #69: Transformers Generations Thrust

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Figuarts Photo Galleries

I've started putting up some photo galleries on my site. I've got four up right now, and will hopefully adding more soon.

SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Odin & Goldphoenix Gallery

SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Ryuki Blank Gallery

SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Abyss Gallery

SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Scissors Gallery

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SH Figuarts Alternative Zero Mini Review

The latest release in the Kamen Rider Ryuki line is here, with Alternative Zero!

Alternative Zero is a completely different (all new?) body from the previous Ryuki Figuarts. WTF?

The feet are different, not just plastic, (booo!), but different sculpt, the hands are different (the card holding hand even - it reminds me a lot more of Den-O's pass-holding hand than the Ryuki card holding hands). If there is ANY reuse between Alternative Zero and Ryuki, it is so minimal as to be irrelevant.

The joints feel plenty solid, the articulation doesn't seem crippled anywhere, it seems like a totally excellent Figuarts - despite the plastic feet, they're still nice and large, they seem the same size as the Ryuki feet, not miniscule things like the Sentai Figuarts have, so I don't foresee any balance issues, but it's just totally weird that it's so very much NOT a Ryuki Figuarts, despite having the correct style of packaging and having cards, which also look almost nothing like Advent cards.

WHAT IS THIS THING? Abyss was from a completely different TV series, and yet it is very much a Ryuki Figuarts, but Alternative Zero, he has more in common with SHF Blade than with SHF Ryuki. I don't get it.

But it's a very nice looking figure, and well worth having, it just doesn't match my expectations. Do I display it on my Ryuki shelf?

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