Shinkocchou Seihou 10th Anniversary Exhibition Booklet Scan

S.H.Figuarts Spider-Man 2099

You gotta give credits to Tamashii Nations when they listen to the fans (rare case 😂) 👏👏

When the promo pictures were released, people commented the skin tone is too bright for Miguel O'hara. So in the final product, Bandai painted his skin to darker tone, and you still can see the original color at the joints.

Goodbye Geats, hello Gotchard

Today marks the end of the BEST Reiwa Kamen Rider series (so far). 

After Kamen Rider ZeroOne's unfortunate downhill development (due to COVID), it's refreshing to have such an engaging KR series with consistent story development. The series started off with the survival game setting, giving out Gantz vibes. Then it slowly reveals the truth about the universe with coherent worldbuilding. Too bad the last arc was forced and rushed that I literally rolled my eyes at some scenes.... IMO they should have skip some of the earlier arc to build up the ending. Nevertheless today's episode still manage to redeem (somehow) the series.

Hope the next Reiwa Rider Gotchard can meet the high bar set by Geats.

Anti-Hero? Aunty Hero?

A SKC vs SHF Comparison no one asked for (Part 3): Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker Xtreme

Here's another round of comparison between S.H.Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou (SKC) and S.H.Figuarts 1.0 (SHF) of the same character, this time around: Kamen Rider W Cyclone Joker Xtreme (WCJX).

Box Art:

Content/Accessories:

SKC WCJX comes with a lot more accessories: 7 pairs of exchangeable hands, the main Prismbicker and 5 Gaia Memories; SHF WCJX on the other hand only have 4 pairs of interchangeable hands and Prismbicker.

Comparison side-by-side:

As usual, with the actual suit:

I like how the SKC has matte finishing for the Joker side. For the Cyclone side, I think the green painting on both SKC & SHF didn't manage to capture the correct color.

Actual figure comparison with different angles:

The common observation still holds, where the SHF 1.0 is much smaller than the SKC version, even though both are supposed to be 1:12 scale.

Now the detailed comparisons by parts, from head to toe:

SKC's helmet is more show accurate

The difference of the "Crystal Server" (middle part) is obvious here: SKC's has embossed pattern with iridescent finishing, while SHF's middle part is just plain white/silver with carved patterns; Both have their Crystal Server covered with clear parts.

SKC's iridescent Crystal Server shows different colors at different angles, love the aesthetic 

SKC's Xtreme Memory is very detailed and it can be opened or closed; SHF's is just a painted piece

SKC's W-Driver and Xtreme Memory are separate pieces, you can detach the Memory from the Driver. 

The comparison here really makes you appreciate the amount of effort in SKC's version to replicate the accessories in 1:12 scale. But be careful with them though - it consisted of 3 parts: left & right wings which were hold together by the middle piece, the joints are really fragile

You can insert Gaia Memory into SKC's Maximum Slot; SHF's Maximum Slot is a piece of plastic 

SKC's joints colors were intentionally changed to joints with color consistency; SHF uses black parts for all the joints

SKC's joints colors were intentionally changed to joints with color consistency; SHF uses black parts for all the joints

Comparing the patterns on the armor: You can see the clear difference in workmanship. However for the choice of color for the golden parts, I believe the color SKC had picked is a little bit oversaturated 

Unsurprisingly, SKC has cover to hide the hip joints; the covers even have the same treatment as the body part to ensure consistency

Both soles have more or less the same detail, though it should be highlighted that SHF's soles are made from metal cast.

Now we have a detail look at the weapons, i.e. Prismbricker

SKC's Prismbicker is much bigger than SHF version

The details of SKC BickerShield is insane. They even have separate parts for the small donut-shape plate.

PrismSword comparison: Front
Similar to BickerShield, Bandai is being very generous in using a lot of separate pieces to make the sword, instead of a single-piece of PVC.

PrismSword comparison: Back

SKC's Prismbicker comes with the gimmick to insert Gaia Memories, just like the show. Be warned though, it's kinda hassle to get them out after you inserted

As conclusion, SKC gives the quality you would expect from SKC products. It's an unfair comparison between the two as SHF back in 2010-ish didn't come with this sheer amount of attention to details. My verdict: definitely get one SKC WCJX if you can.