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Series REVIEW: Kamen Rider Fourze

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When Kamen Rider OOO was drawing to close, fans became divided on images of a space-themed Kamen Rider with a rocket-shaped cone head which did its rounds on the internet. Shortly afterward Kamen Rider Fourze , the 22nd Kamen Rider series, was announced with these images proving to indeed be the look of the new rider. While some were instantly put off, others were interested in the talent behind the show - head writer Kazuki Nakashima ( Gurren Lagann ) and director Koichi Sakamoto ( Power Rangers, Gokaiger ), or the promising monster designs. Kamen Rider Fourze began airing in September 2011, running for a total of 48 episodes, with two movies (three if you include Super Hero Taisen ) and various specials. The final episode aired just last weekend, and the show has been my first weekly Kamen Rider experience. Gentaro Kisaragi will befriend you no matter what Fourze  sees new student Gentaro Kisaragi transfer to Amanogawa High School, which has recently become the centr...

Fun with Fourze: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Module Set 01

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In my earlier review of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze I said that despite him being a great figure, just how great he can be depends on how much money you're prepared to spend on him aside from the initial figure. At the time of writing that only the first module and stand/effect sets had been released, now as we come to end of Kamen Rider Fourze a total of four module sets have been released, with perhaps the possibility of more to come. Initially I didn't have plans to buy anything else outside of the stand set (because I'm a sucker for character-centric stands) but when AmiAmi had Module Set 01 on sale for 500 yen (£4/$6), it seemed too good an offer to pass up. Included in this set are the following switches. Switch 02 Launcher (Right Leg) Switch 04 Radar (Left Arm) Switch 05 Magic Hand (Right Arm) Switch 06 Camera (Left Arm) Packaging is a typical black Figuarts style box (albeit smaller) with some Fourze style pattern and an image of the ch...