Continuing my journey through Kamen Riders we have Kamen Rider Kuuga in his first, almost prototypical, Growing Form characterized by the white armour and orange eyes. The 90's were a lean decade for Shotaro Ishinomori's motorcycle riding henshin heroes but in the year 2000 the bug-eyed battler for justice joined the Heisei era with a blast. Kuuga was the second Kamen Rider series I watched in full after finishing Kamen Rider Black. Godai Yusuke is a bit of wanderer who returns to Japan from abroad just in time to discover an ancient magical belt that allows him to combat the newly reawakened Gurongi Tribe and thwart their attempts to subjugate the human race.
I love the Kuuga design. It is well balanced and calls back to the original Kamen Rider design while still having a distinctive look of its own. Kuuga is the first Rider to have more than 3 forms and one of the only Riders for whom I'm trying to acquire figures of every form. This is an older Figuarts much like the original Kamen Rider Black figure I featured a while back. His joints aren't as pretty and his shoulder pads are a little weird but he's still a really fun figure. Plus die cast feet!
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| Beautiful compound eyes as always. |
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| Funky ancient runes... |
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| The "Arcle" belt. |
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| Rider Kick! |
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| Dance like nobody's watching |
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| Thoughtful Kuuga... |
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| Boo-ya! |
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| So cool |
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| Thumbs up! |
Nice figure. I think I like this white and gold design even more than the Kamen Rider Black one. Also, that belt is REALLY detailed!
ReplyDeleteYeah he's got more contrast than Kamen Rider Black. I think the Kuuga armour might be my favourite. The detail on these figures is pretty remarkable.
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