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.