S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa Form

The very first Kamen Rider OOO SH FiguArts have finally been released! SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa combo represents OOO's default medal combo that utilizes the Taka, Tora, and Batta Core Medals.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa stands 13cm tall and comes with various accessories including the Medaljaliber, O-Scanner, attachable extended Tora Claws and interchangeable hands. The first press release of this figure comes with Ankh Arm and a limited edition Tamashii Stage as a bonus. SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa costs Y3150, or about US$40.

S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider OOO TakaGoriBa and GataToraBa

Bandai will be releasing again two new Kamen Rider OOO random combos on SH FiguArts toy line. SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TakaGoriBa and GataToraBa will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive figure.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TakaGoriBa and GataToraBa represents two of the nearly hundreds of OOO random medal combos. Both figures stand 14cm tall and comes with 2× bursting medal effect parts (one for SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TaToBa's Medajalibur), and Batta and Unagi Candroids.

Pre-orders for SH FiguArts Kamen Rider OOO TakaGoriBa and GataToraBa have already started. It costs Y6825, or about US$86. It will be shipped out on June 2011.

S.H.Figuarts Claydoll Dopant

Bandai recently announced the release of a new addition to their SH FiguArts Dopant line-up. SH FiguArts Claydoll Dopant will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive figure.

SH FiguArts Claydoll Dopant represents the Dopant form of Wakana Sonozaki when she utilize the Claydoll Memory. She is one of the four Museum Commanders from Kamen Rider W. The figure stands 14cm tall and comes with Mick in cat form.

Pre-orders for SH FiguArts Claydoll Dopant had started and will costs Y3150, or about $40, before fees. It will be shipped out on June 2011.

S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Eternal

To commemorate the release of Kamen Rider W FOREVER: AtoZ/Gaia Memories of Fate in DVD and Blu-Ray, Bandai just released SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Eternal which represents the movie's lead villain, Daido Katsumi.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Eternal stands 14cm tall and comes with Eternal's signature weapon, the Eternal Edge. The set also includes Eternal's removable cape and a couple of interchangeable hands.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Eternal ends up as a Tamashii Web Shop Exclusive figure. And upon pre-order, each one costs Y3675, or about US$45. Here's an SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Eternal review for pure awesomeness!

KAMEN RIDER OOO TAKAPANBA

It was revealed before on a magazine scan that there will be a Panda Core Medal coming up as one of Kamen Rider OOO's merchandises. Many speculated back then that it will show up in the show itself but it was confirmed that it's just a Ganbaride Exclusive Combo.

Called, Kamen Rider OOO TakaPanBa combo, uses the Panda Core Medal instead of the Tora Core Medal for the body part. The appearance of this combo is just similar to TaToBa combo, with the middle part colored gray, instead of yellow. The Tora Claws are still present.

Meanwhile, Kamen Rider Birth's CLAW system namely Breast Cannon, Caterpillar Legs, Crane and Drill Arm and Cutter Wings will soon be utilized at the same time. Aside from that, the CLAWs will merge into one full scorpion like mecha to aid Birth in battle.


Are you wondering why the Yummies on these scans are either already defeated or in the current arc? Aside from the new Kamen Rider OOO gimmicks, TOEI tries to hide all upcoming Yummy designs in which Kamen Rider OOO TakaPanBa and Birth's CLAWs or any othe new gimmicks will debut.

So far, no known date nor episode number in which Kamen Rider OOO TakaPanBa and Birth's CLAWs will debut. And since OOO ShaUTa Combo was revealed prior to these, it means we'll see them a few episodes after that.

S.H.Figuarts Shadow Moon & Faiz Blaster Coming This 2011

We reported yesterday that SH FiguArts Shadow Moon will be coming soon but guess what? After a day, we finally got the first image, not just Shadow Moon, but also for SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Faiz Blaster Form.

SH FiguArts Shadow Moon represents the lead villain for the Kamen Rider BLACK tv series. The figure includes Shadow Moon's signature swords: the Shadow Sabers and Satan Sabre. So far, no confirmed release date, but it will surely be released this year.

Meanwhile, SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Faiz Blaster Form represents Kamen Rider Faiz's final form. The figure includes Faiz Phone, Faiz Shot, Faiz Pointer and Faiz Blaster (both in Blaster and Blade modes). It will be released on May 2011 for Y3675.

Both SH FiguArts Shadow Moon and Kamen Rider Faiz Blaster Form are considered as two of the most sought after and awaited SH FiguArts releases.

KAMEN RIDER OOO TAJADORU STATS

As the debut of Kamen Rider OOO's most powerful combo, Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru, comes nearer, here are more information regarding this form and his base stats.

Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru Base stats:

* Length: 198 cm
* Weight: 87 kg
* Punch: 6.5 ton
* Kick: 15 ton
* Jump: Up to 160 m
* Speed: 100 m in 4 s
* Special Attack: 120 ton

As a result after gathering the Taka (Hawk), Kujaku (Peafowl) and Condor Medals, Kamen Rider OOO will finally be able to transform into the complete bird combo, called Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru combo. He's equipped with the TaJaSpinner on his left hand which utilizes the energy residing in O Medals. On his back, he has wings that he can fold out which allows supersonic flight.

Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru combo is really different from the other combos. It even turns the usual Hawk head into "Hawk Head Brave." The crest on the chest turns into a peafowl and it's the only combo that does this. The OOO TaJaDoru in the movie is slightly different since it doesn't have a TaJaSpinner.

Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru combo's Scanning Charge will be called Prominence Drop.

W RETURNS: ACCEL BOOSTER UPDATE

As the release of the direct-to-video special, Kamen Rider W RETURNS: Kamen Rider Accel draws near, we got more new information regarding Accel's new form, Kamen Rider Accel Booster and the lead villain, the Commander Dopant.

Using the Gaia Memory Enhancement Adapter, Kamen Rider Accel Booster is capable of air fights, the wheels on the back and legs disappear, and were replaced with boosters that allow him to fight in the air. This form of Accel is completely different from the previous two Accel forms, base and Trial.


Ryu is investigating a group that calls themselves as Masked Soldiers (Kamen Heishi) which uses electromagnetic batons as weapons to kill. This group is being controlled by the Commander Dopant who has the ability on planting time bombs on people.

The guest star for Kamen Rider W RETURNS: Kamen Rider Accel is Nao Nagasawa who plays Lily Shirogane, the magician client in Episode 27-28. She is currently running a coffee shop.

Kamen Rider W RETURNS: Kamen Rider Accel will be released on April 8, 2011.

S.H.FiguArts Kamen Rider Skull Crystal

After the success of Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W feat Skull: Movie Wars CORE, Bandai announced the upcoming SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Skull Crystal as a Tamashii Web Shop Exclusive figure.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Skull Crystal stands 14cm tall. The figure can be viewed as an SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Skull reissue considering that they have the same set of accessories: Skull Magnum, 2× Windscale Fedora Hats, 2× Scarves and interchangeable hands. The only difference is the new Skull Crystal head that's included in the set.

Pre-orders for SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Skull Crystal have started and it will costs Y3360, or about US$42. It will be shipped out on May 2011.

S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider New Den-O Strike Form Update

Since the B-Shop Exclusive SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O is the very first exclusive SH FiguArts released, many are hunting it due to it's rarity. But during the last Tamashii Nations 2010, Bandai announced that it will be having a reissue!

Currently called as SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O [Trilogy Ver], it will have a newer mold compared to the previously released figure. And according to Bandai, it will include a new version of MacheTeddy with a movable mouthpiece.

It will not be called a SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O [Trilogy Ver] if it don't include Kintaono (axe) and Uratazao (fishing rod) from the recent Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider Chou Den-O Trilogy Episode BLUE: The Dispatched Imagin is NEWtral film.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider New Den-O [Trilogy Ver] will costs Y3675, or about US$46. It will be released on April 2011.

KAMEN RIDER OOO TAJADORU

Since the confirmation of Kamen Rider OOO's mid-season upgrade, Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru, tokusatsu fans get excited on how the suit will look like. And now, the first official scans (outside toy catalogs) is here!

Kamen Rider OOO Tajadoru Combo, is officially confirmed that it would really appear in Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider OOO & W feat. Skull: Movie Wars CORE as seen in this scan in which Ankh arm is holding his Core Medals namely Taka (hawk), Ku with OOO, for the first time transformed in this form at night! This combo is dubbed as Kamen Rider OOO's Strongest Combo.
According to the said scan (on the bottom), Ankh has found his Cores and OOO's body will turn red which allows him to transform into Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru. In this scan, he is said to fight the Lion Jellyfish Yummy.

Each of Ankh's Core Medals, like the other Cores found in the series has its own specific uses and once combined, it can unleash its full potential! Here's the function of each Medal.

* Taka (Hawk) Medal - as we all know, scope sight.
* Kujaku (Peacock) Medal - flight.
* Condor Medal - according to the image, talons will pop out if he does a kick.

Aside from those abilities, we now have the glimpse of the TaJaDoru Spinner, in which in the scan, it has the ability to shoot energy disc powered by the Core Medals! The Spinner has the capacity to hold at least seven Core Medals as seen in this scan.

Here's a look on Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDoru Combo's Scanning Charge will look like. It seems that the peacock wings will pop out along with the condor talons once he will perform his finisher!

KAMEN RIDER the MOVIE OFFICIAL SITE

The official website of the 40th Anniversary presentation of the highly popular Kamen Rider franchise is finally opened. Tentatively entitled: Kamen Rider the Movie, the movie will be out on April 1st of 2011.

The Kamen Rider the Movie, rumored to be entitled Kamen Rider × Chou Den-O: Riders of the Denliner, official site shows a short teaser for the film featuring the very first Kamen Rider, Kamen Rider Ichigo, the currently running Kamen Rider OOO, and the ever popular Kamen Rider Den-O (this could be their 8th movie)!

LATEST KAMEN RIDER BIRTH INFO

Since the user of Kamen Rider Birth in Kamen Rider OOO TV series is revealed, more and more information about his purposes and goals for the Kougami Foundation is revealed!

Kamen Rider Birth's main purpose is to gather medals. It's able to draw out the hidden powers of Cell Medals and only Cell Medals are needed to transform, use the weapons and to activate the special attack. Kougami once said that, "Core Medals are for OOO, Cell Medals are for Birth." The candidates for Birth are Ankh, Eiji, Kogami, Maki and Goto.

Certain uses of Kamen Rider Birth's armaments are also revealed. The Drill Arm has magnetic features that pulls Cell Medals towards it and Shovel Arm is used for when a Yummy is defeated and all the Cell Medals are scattered.

And during the course of new Kamen Rider Birth infos, certain spoilers for Kamen Rider OOO have been seen. This revolves around Kazari, Mezool and upcoming episode summaries. First up are the victims of medals!

A struggle revolving medals has caused many victims. Humans are the only ones, Greeeds are no exception. Kazari took many of Mezool's Core Medals for his plan. She's only left with one Core Medal, however unlike Ankh, she didn't turn into an arm. She starts to think there's something more to Ankh.

Kamen Rider W RETURNS Update!

Asides from the prices of the BluRay/DVD V-Cinema releases of the two Kamen Rider W RETURNS spin-offs was revealed on Toei's website, it is confirmed that Kamen Rider W RETURNS: Kamen Rider Eternal will be released this July 21, 2011!

Asides from that, official website for the Kamen Rider W V-Cinemas is now online and it reveals details regarding the two films! Asides that a promotional video with no footage is shown and comments from Kinomoto (Ryu Terui/Kamen Rider Accel) and Matsuoka (Katsumi Daido/Kamen Rider Eternal), Koichi Sakamoto, best known as the Executive Producer of the Power Rangers franchise and directed last summer's Kamen Rider film, Kamen Rider W FOREVER: A-Z The Gaia Memories of Fate.

Kamen Rider W's head writer, Riku Sanjou returns to write Eternal's spin-off while W's secondary writer, Kenichi Hasegawa returns to write Accel's spin-off! The best part? Renn Kiriyama and Masaki Suda returns to reprise their respective roles! W has indeed returned!

KAMEN RIDER BIRTH IS HERE!

The official image of Kamen Rider Birth's user, Date has now surfaced! He is portrayed by Hiroaki Iwanaga, previously known as Tomica Hero Rescue Force's R5/Captain Ishiguro! He is said to appear on the show's 17 and 18 episodes and is takes Ankh's Cell Medals!

To the Yummy that is being beaten up by OOO in the previous scan, the Lion Jellyfish Yummy! It's a Yummy from two different animals. Kazari might be using Mezool's Core Medals, since 855 (the source of our source) said Mezool and Gamel would be leaving the show early. Here are more shots with this Yummy!

Since it seems that Mezool will leave earlier in the series along with Gamel, obviously, they will leave their Cores around and here is the look of the Combos OOO will use with Mezool's Cores, namely the Unagi (Eel) and Tako (Octopus) Core Medals.
As seen on the bottom are the first two Random Combos for Unagi and Tako Core Medals. Namely, Kamen Rider OOO RaToraTa Combo (Lion, Tiger and Octopus) and TakaUTar Combo (Hawk, Unagi and Cheetah) in which as you can see, is using the Unagi whips!

As you can see at the bottom-right of the scan, is the shadowed version of Kamen Rider OOO Shauta Combo! It is rumored that it will debut sometime in February.

KAMEN RIDER ACCEL BOOSTER REVEALED

Finally, the rumored Kamen Rider W Returns direct to video movies is confirmed! The movie is divided into two movies, the first movie will revolve around Ryu Terui aka Kamen Rider Accel while the other will be about Kamen Rider Eternal.


On the top, you can see the first scan of the aforementioned Kamen Rider Accel's new form that will be seen on Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel. The new form will be called Kamen Rider Accel Booster.

In Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel, the Foundation X has created a new type of Gaia Memories, the T3 Gaia Memory which allows the user to turn into Accel Dopant and CAX (CycloneAccel Xtreme). And while Terui has to work overtime, Akiko starts to think he's cheating on her so she asks Shotaro to investigate this. But Shotaro sees Terui meeting another woman. Kamen Rider Accel will also gain a new form, the Accel Booster.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Accel will be out on April 2011.

The 2nd movie will features the past story of Daido Katsumi, the leader of NEVER and will show something called "Gaia Memory Zero." A red version of Kamen Rider Eternal, called "Red Flare" is said to appear. New Dopants are said to appear, including Eyes, along with Utopia.

Kamen Rider W Returns: Kamen Rider Eternal (tentative title) will be out on July 2011.

S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Hyper Kabuto

Kamen Rider Kabuto's final form is finally released in SH FiguArts toy line! SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Hyper Kabuto is a nearly perfect (with minor disappointments) representation from the 2006 Kamen Rider series.

SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Hyper Kabuto stands 14cm and comes with Hyper Kabuto's signature weapon, the Perfect Zecter which can be used as a sword and gun. It can perfectly imitate the finishing moves in the Kamen Rider Kabuto series like Hyper Slash, Hyper Sting and Maximum Hyper Typhoon. The set also comes with translucent wings that can be attached for Maximum Hyper Typhoon and interchangeable hands.

The SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Hyper Kabuto also comes with some minor disappointments, which includes wrong eye color (which mold's comes from the previously released SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Kabuto) and an uncolored Hyper Zecter (which is colored on he previously released SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Caucasus).SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Hyper Kabuto costs Y3500, or about US$42.

S.H.Figuarts Red Nasca Dopant

Bandai has finally shipped out another SH FiguArts villain from Kamen Rider W in the form of SH FiguArts Red Nasca Dopant. It represents Saeko Sonozaki as she used the Nasca Memory and achieve Level 3.

SH FiguArts Red Nasca Dopant stands 14cm and comes with Nasca's signature sword weapon, 2× scarves and a couple of interchangeable hands. It's a perfect display piece along with the recently released SH FiguArts Kamen Rider Accel Trial.

SH FiguArts Red Nasca Dopant was released under Toei Hero Net Exclusive and upon pre-order, it costs Y3575, or about US$45.

KAMEN RIDER W SPIN-OFF UPDATE

There have been rumors from the Movie Wars CORE pre-screening about a new Kamen Rider W Spin-Off movies coming this April and July. Now, here's some updates new updates regarding this.

The Kamen Rider W spin-off movies comes in two parts. First part will be entitled Kamen Rider W feat. Accel: Sacrificing A for A, wherein A stands for Akiko, Ai (love) and Accel. The Foundation X has created a new type of Gaia Memories, the T3 Gaia Memory which allows the user to turn into Accel Dopant and CAX (CycloneAccel Xtreme). And while Terui has to work overtime, Akiko starts to think he's cheating on her so she asks Shotaro to investigate this. But Shotaro sees Terui meeting another woman. Kamen Rider Accel will also gain a new form.

Kamen Rider W feat. Accel: Sacrificing A for A is rumored to be shown April of 2011.

The second part of the Kamen Rider W spin-off movies will be entitled Kamen Rider W feat. Eternal: The Beginning of N is the End of E, wherein N stands for Never and E stands for Eternal. This will follow the past story of Daido Katsumi and will show something called "Gaia Memory Zero." A red version of Kamen Rider Eternal is said to appear.

Kamen Rider W feat. Eternal: The Beginning of N is the End of E is rumored to be shown July of 2011.

Figma Kamen Rider Wing Knight

The second Kamen Rider figure from Max Factory's Figma toy line is now out! Figma Kamen Rider Wing Knight represents the secondary Rider from the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight TV series.

Figma Kamen Rider Wing Knight stands at least 13cm tall. It comes with various accessories including his default rapier, Sword Vent, Guard Vent in the form of a fabric Black Wing cape and Final Vent Advent Card. Interchangeable hands are also included. Figma Kamen Rider Wing Knight costs Y3048, or about US$37.