Earlier shows tend to run that long to the point sometimes quality is compromised. The first Kamen Rider took place from 1971 to 1973 running a total of 98 episodes. While Super Sentai had a two year hiatus in between JAKQ and Battle Fever J, Kamen Rider had more of them. Unlike Super Sentai, it wasn't very consecutive as it can be evidenced by this timeline that showed there were hiatuses in between. Kamen Rider started out as Shotaro Ishinomori's series.
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While Kamen Rider Ghost is currently airing and Super Sentai will have its 40th anniversary, let's try to review on Kamen Rider's existence. So let's get started shall we? Remember, this is again very limited and I'm just sharing what I've known since I haven't seen much of the older era. It also had competitors within Toei namely Super Sentai and Metal Hero.
#KAMEN RIDER KUUGA REVIEW SERIES#
The biggest obstacle is being able to find one with a reasonable price as Figuarts tend to take awhile to restock and disappear almost immediately afterward.While it may be chronologically order than Super Sentai but it's not the longest consecutive Tokusatsu series produced by Toei. There’s not much for me to nitpick on except maybe I got the pelvis joints a bit loose over time but even that didn’t have much negative effect. Sure, there aren’t any weapons but that is sorta compensated with the largest array of hands ever to be included with a figure ^^. What can I say? This is an excellent figure in and of itself. The black eye certainly makes it look more intimidating… which is kinda true Kuuga is blinded by Hatred in this form ^^.
Some will probably thinks he looks more blind than evil though. “RAWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!! WHERE’S MY SCREEN TIME?!?!!?!?”Įven with the black eyes, you can still see the details inside ^^. It sure is dark… Behold! The true evil/hatred-possessed form of Kuuga that was never shown in the series since Godai is the embodiment of all that is good, his willpower suppressed the demonic energy and kept his senses. So this is how they make the coolsome effect for the eyes… Like I said before, it has more hands than I know what to do with… ^^
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Articulation is as good as it gets but feels sorta weird at first in the direction that it moves in… not sure how to describe it but seems a bit unnatural. Diecast feet allows it to stand very confidently. Well… the actual posing is VERY easy but coming up with poses is the difficult part since there is no material for me to work with ^^.
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Look at the fine details on the amadam belt! I also like the matte black they used too the paint makes the figure look more like art than a toy figure but it function as either ^^.Īnd here is the hard part... posing the figure! Gotta love the gold trim throughout his body! d^_^Īt first, the figure’s joints were VERY TIGHT such that I have to deliberately loosen the joints in order to really be able to pose it.Ĭloser look at the details. This is quite a contrast to the SHF Agito where the poor guy doesn’t even have enough hands…Īs expected of a SHF, the sculpt is nice and muscular and all the little details are abundant and well painted. that’s more hands than I know what to do with. Even after watching the series, I still don’t... >_> Yea… so like… it took me two months to review this figure since at the time I started this review, I haven’t finished watching Kuuga yet so I had no idea how to pose it. The black and gold color scheme… the evil look… “Ultimate” in its name… everything is made of win! Unlike the final forms of certain Riders in other series, this form of Kuuga does not look silly at all (lolDecade). The design was easily my favorite way before I even watched the series so I just had to pick up its SHF. Sadly, it only had about two minutes worth of screen time u_u.
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Ah… Kamen Rider Kuuga’s Ultimate Form is literally that… Kuuga’s very last and most powerful form in the series.