Another year has flown past and so it's time to say goodbye to yet another Kamen Rider  series. After a year of light-hearted fun with Kamen Rider Fourze , the 2012-2013 Kamen Rider series suggested that it would be taking things a little more serious once again. With an impressive arsenal of magic rings and a slightly more unorthodox costume design, Kamen Rider Wizard   made his debut first giving off a showy fight in Fourze 's summer movie before returning to cockblock Shun (boo!) in the show's finale.  Haruto, in a rare appearance without doughnuts in hand Six months prior to the beginning of the series, a mysterious ritual known as the Sabbath was held to give birth to magical creatures known as Phantoms, which are born from chosen humans (known as "Gates") when they go into despair. Somehow Haruto Soma is able to survive the ritual, keeping his Dragon Phantom at bay inside of him. When the ritual ended, Haruto was met by a mysterious White Wiza...

Despite other buyers complaining about his floppy waist and driver that just didn't want to stay on, I loved my Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Style  figure. Since I'm not one to collect multiple Rider forms (at least not yet anyway), the multitude of different Wizard styles didn't interest me and I eagerly awaited the release of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Beast in June. Well June has now past, and Beast is here in all his mayonaise covered ancient wizard glory. Here is the review. Much like with the other Kamen Rider Wizard  Figuarts, Bandai have really gone to town on the Beast packaging. Overlaying the dirty gold colour is a Kamen Rider Beast magic circle, which features his various mantle animals (Lion, Dolphin, Chameleon and Buffalo), as well as the Beast Symbol and a picture of the figure itself. The colourscheme isn't quite as striking as Flame Style's black and red combo, but the back of the box looks much nicer than the boxed off silver they used...