My Kamen Rider Collection

[jtaylo20214]

Jul 14, 2009 0:32:02 GMT 8 musashi said:

Jul 13, 2009 19:54:53 GMT 8 qb said:

i traded it to him for his souchaku kiva's.

Hahaha QB is the man!

so you were the one that got the kiva set! any other items for sale qb? hehehe

[jtaylo20214]

got another toy from GT makati! its not so much but i'm having fun with it! hehehe
kamen rider den-o


it changes to its other forms from sword form...

...to axe form

...then gun form

and lastly rod form


this toy is very simple yet enjoyable... i got it for a very cheap price also! ;D im thinking of getting the zeronos version, also the kiva and ixa set! thanks for looking!

i'll try to re-post better pictures of my collection so far, i managed to get my hands on one of those digital cameras, hehe

[jtaylo20214]

added a new item.. got this one from gt makati... my very first shfiguarts! thanks to qb for introducing me to this one. im really looking for the kamen rider 1, but they dont have it in the store, so i settled with kamen rider 2. enjoy!

inside the box...

outside the box... the set includes 4 sets of hands including the attached ones, and 2 scarfs...

as some of you already know, the detail and posability of figuarts is superb! i very much like the battle scratches effect of the helmet!

some action poses...





did you notice the eye detail? its pretty well done! gotta have my hands on kamen rider 1 and kamen rder v3 next! thanks for looking

[jtaylo20214]

heres what my collection look so far... gotta have a nice cabinet! hehehe







boxed form! hehehe


i forgot to take a picture of the item i got from cypher but its in there.... hehehe thanks again cypher for the item! ;D

[qb]

haha.... no Riders for sale at this time bro.

congratulations on SHF KR 2! ;D nice catches! don't you just love the posability of the SH Figurarts line? ;d

have you seen the Kuuga SHF? Must have, IMHO! ;D

and I see you've quite an impressive collection of Riders already. best to get a glass cabinet for those. believe me, you'll need it especially when it comes to cleaning the souchaku's. based on experience, dust really sticks to those and their annoying to clean coz of the small corners, hinges and joints.

[musashi]

Me needs glass cabinet too, that's why I still don't upload my pics. XD But it costs so much... And I have to put in a lot of my collections there, not just my KRs...

[qb]

try looking at SM Grocery Stores/Department Stores. They sell glass cabs ranging from 2k-4k depending on the size.

[jtaylo20214]

Jul 23, 2009 20:25:27 GMT 8 qb said:

and I see you've quite an impressive collection of Riders already. best to get a glass cabinet for those. believe me, you'll need it especially when it comes to cleaning the souchaku's. based on experience, dust really sticks to those and their annoying to clean coz of the small corners, hinges and joints.

thanks qb! hearing that from someone who has a very impressive collection is a big deal! hehehe... im really thinking about buying a cabinet, maybe a couple of weeks from now. saw some nice cabs at sm dept store at makati!

that kuuga really looks impressive! maybe i'll take your advice and give up on looking for an sh kuuga mighty form. i'll put that after v3 and kamen rider 1 on the priority list hehehe

musashi
thanks for looking bro! hoping to get that den-o, hehehe. if only i saw that a day earlier, d**n internet connection went out for a couple of days! sent you a pm about the kuuga dragon form!

[qb]

it's a really an impressive figure. much more show accurate than the previous SH line. what i didn't like about the old SH was the mixture of plastic bracers alongside the metal armors. it's just something i didn't like overall with the Kuuga set.

Got SHF Titan form too and it's also impressive. i'm hoping that the local shops here bring in dragon and pegasus forms as well just to complete all his base forms. ;D

[jtaylo20214]

toy update! sorry for the low quality pictures, i just used my camera phone....

this onei got from destinyconvoy, it was a set of kuuga and blade, i got the blade one and my friend got the kuuga one...

the detail on this one really looks impressive! i hope they will also release an shf version of this one...

and my greatest catch yet! who would have guessed i'll find this at a little shop in bulacan?


yup, thats the beat gouram from kamen rider kuuga...



the only problem with this item is that the top piece of the bike was already gone. i asked the seller if its possible to look for that missing piece, but unfortunately, he said that it came that way... oh well, still looks good for me! the set came with a phone that has 3 buttons that produces different lines from yuusuke.... and the bike has its own sound effects too! the seller even gave me a keychain of kuuga... all that is left now is a henshin belt, dragon form, mighty form, and a growing form for my kuuga collection to be complete!

i'll try to post some better pictures next time with kuuga actually riding the bike, and also some comparison shots with the other bike.

[qb]

congratulations on blade and the beat gouram! ;D

[jtaylo20214]

thanks for looking qb! never thought id find that beat gouram... its practically nowhere to be found... thanks for my friend who happen to know that little shop...

[musashi]

Whoa dude! Nice catch on the blue version Beat Gouram! ^^ You gotta tell me where that shop is! Pretty please... Hehehe..

BTW dude, you'll love my latest catch:



^^ It is worth around 1.6k in TK, I got mine in TK Makati, but I didn't see any extra stock. I'll update you once I pass by there again.

And about the MISB Kuuga Dragon form SH fig, do you still need it? SMS me or pm me dude so we can arrange the meet. Thanks. ^^ Gratz again with your growing collection. ^^

[jtaylo20214]

whoah! nice! complete form of decade already! i'm still on the reserve list of decade in gtgh, it's been over two months and i still dont have the item... do they have it in makati? haven't visited the place lately, been very busy....

tk's pricing is really unbelievable! they also have the sh kiva and they are selling it also at 1.6k! i was like "what the ----?" but i must admit, seeing complete form in tk made me excited, hehehe...

i'm still interested in the sh kuuga, but due to unexpected expenses, my collection is on hold for now... i'm also gearing up for the SIC kawami tamashii line... hoping to complete the series, hehehe

btw, the shop is in malolos, bulacan. if you're familiar with the "bayan" i can give you directions on how to get there... they are selling loose toys from anime's to tf's to kr's... lots of gashas too...

[musashi]

Well, did you pay a percentage of the item which you had on reserve? Because if not, I doubt they will really put much effort in retrieving those items for you, because they already have too much to do. But I do hope that they are able to update you on the status.

When I got FFR11, there was only 1 stock, and the price was skyhigh due to understandable reasons. Let me quote gaoJP's and qb's discussion with regards to toy store's high pricing:

(this is from a different forum)

gaojprime said:

quattro03 said:

What??? That's way too expensive. SHF's only go for 1,250php. If they're testing out the waters so to speak, they're definitely doing it the wrong way with a 450php mark-up.

The reason why they are selling at that price is because the base price in which the items were offered to them by Bandai Asia was quite high. They are following the same pricing with that of malls in other asian countries since distributors get Bandai items from Bandai Asia and not Bandai Japan (for regional purposes). Specialty stores source their items from other sources so they can afford to get it in cheaper.
Also FYI some specialty stores have a higher mark-up than you guys think. They only get their items cheaper from their suppliers that's why when they make a mark-up it doesn't seem that expensive.
Lastly they are also still playing with the pricing of the SHF's. Since its their first time to bring it in they are still testing the pricing points of the items.

So as you can see, you can't really blame them, because they have legit sources, unlike shops like Comic Alley who hordes the stock room from Toy Store sales and toy conventions, then sells it through their shop with skyrocket "patong".

Oh, and about the SH Kuuga Dragon form, Its ok, but I suggest you get it while you still can because I'm not sure if it will be there for long, since I can no longer see it from any TK branch anywhere.

And can you give me the directions to that store? Any prominent landmarks? And are there places to go to there? So my trip wouldn't be just for the store. ^^ hehehe