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Kamen rider kuuga review11/6/2022 As the Kamen Rider series tends to lean towards a more mature audience than the Super Sentai series, the show is packed with characters who all have meaningful relationships, contributing to the drama and realism of the show. The show primarily focusses on our unlikely hero, Yusuke Godai, played by Joe Odagiri (with Kenji Tominaga as his suit actor), and his police partner Kaoru Ichijo, played by Shingo Katsurayama. There’s a huge cast in this show, which normally I’d ramble off, but that would be a bit much. Kamen Rider Kuuga is a 2000 Japanese tokusatsu series, following an unlikely hero’s struggle to stop an ancient race of evil monsters who see the killing of humans as a competitive game. This was the first time I’ve seen this show, but I absolutely had to write about it, so keep reading to find out why. He’s a great figure and has a place in any collection, even if you don’t want all of his forms.I’ll be honest, this wasn’t a rewatch for me. Mighty Form Kuuga is one of the most frequently-reissued Rider Figuarts, and rightfully so. I always have mine equipped with this part, and you know what? You should, too. This is probably my favorite Figuart accessory of all time, just because it’s so fun. Included are your standard open hands, closed hands, and “holding stuff” hands, but he also comes with hands needed to pull off his Henshin Pose, so you don’t need to approximate.īut while all that’s well and good, Kuuga has one hand that trumps all else one single accessory that sold me on the figure in the first place: The thumbs-up hand. In fact, it gives him a chance to get a great selection of hands. Unfortunately, in his main form, Kuuga has zero weapons. It makes them feel more substantial and more playable. I just prefer the metal feet because of the amount of “weight” it gives the figure. This is one of the best examples of how these feet can work, and I’ve seen some people pull off some crazy balancing poses with them. We do get to see the good old ankle-rocker joints with die cast feet. In terms of waist articulation, he’s second only to Kamen Rider Black in my collection. His ab crunch is very effective, and isn’t hindered too much by his armor. As a result, his Rider kick is… less than impressive. He doesn’t have the “sliding” mechanism to allow for awesome-looking Rider Kick poses. The only real problem I see here are the hips, which aren’t as effective as the modern ones. Not only that, as one of the first Figuarts, we’ve really come a long way, but in some respects, he’s held up pretty well over time. Elegance in simplicity is something I love in my toys, and this guy has it in spades. He and Black are possibly my two most articulated Figuarts, and that mostly comes from the fact that they have really simple designs. What I love so much about Kuuga is just how… basic he is. There’s too many and they’re all too similar. Some people like to go for all of his forms, but I can’t get into it. They’re also very hard to find, as most were made before Tamashii Web came along and were exclusive to Japanese department stores like JUSCO. Kuuga has a lot of forms, and for the most part, they’re just color swaps until you get to the later ones. This is Kuuga’s most known form, as it’s pretty much his basic form. The most easily-accessible form for Kuuga is Mighty Form. Plus, having about a billion forms, all of which got toys, helps too. As such, he’s one that ends up in everyone’s collection in some form or another. I’ll get to it!), but I’ve heard nothing but good things about it. I haven’t seen the show yet (yes, yes, I know. As the first “Heisei Era” Kamen Rider, Kuuga is pretty important, I’d say. Right here, we have kind of a middle ground. In every toyline, there are some that I consider “essential.” Sometimes this has to do with the character, othertimes it has to do with how good the figure itself is.
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