Final Form Ride FFR02 Ryuki Dragreder

This is the review of Final Form Ride FFR02 Ryuki Dragreder.


The box...





Out of the box...





You will get all these stuff...




The figure...




You will also get the following:

- The Drag Claw - a dragon-headed gauntlet on his right hand to shoot a burst of flames assisted by Dragredder (Strike Vent).

- 2 Drag Shield, dragon-like shield arrays that attach to both of his arms (Guard Vent).

- The Drag Saber, Dragredder's broadsword-like tail (Sword Vent).

The detachable big dragon head to be used by FFR Kamen Rider Decade.

Also included but I just leave it on the box is the "Ryuki Dragreder DCD (Decade Dragoon)" Kamen Rider card that can be used with either the Henshin Belt DX Decadriver or the "Kamen Rider Battle Ganbaride" arcade game machine.





Let's have a look at the figure now...











Articulation is just average, with lot's of efforts we finally can get this kneeling pose - - but honestly it's not as good as what Kamen Rider Decade can do.




The details on the figure is reasonable...




The complains I have on this figure is this cutting mark (knub mark) on both the elbow joint, front and back side....





And also another knub mark on both fingers...




The semi gloss color make it look like a cheap plastic - so I have to do some Top Coat works on this figure later - I prefer Flat/Matte...


Other than that, everything seems to be OK, the belt design and finishing is not extravaganza but quite good.






Now it's action pose time...








Let's power up with some weapons...




Sword Vent...







Guard Vent...




Please note that once you attached those things to the arms.... articulation on the elbow is zero. So you can only move the arms using the shoulder joint....






Strike Vent...









And now the transformation process.... this is very cool... Ryuki can transform into a Dragon to be the Final Vent. In this Final Vent, Dragredder is summoned to assist with Ryuki's Rider Kick called the Dragon Rider Kick. It consists of him jumping into the air, delivering a flying side kick powered by Dragredder's flames.

However, for this FFR Ryuki figure, the Ryuki himself will become part of the Dragredder...








By referring to the manual the transformation procedure can be done easily...

And now... the dragon - Dragredder....








This is off-topic from FFR series but somehow related to Ryuki.

By using this transformed FFR figure and then we add the SIC Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Ryuki, we can make some sort of diorama display of Ryuki performing his Final Vent.... something like this:






Looks great isn't it....

Now let's have another look at this dragon....






And now 1 more time, the suggested diorama display.....






I love it and I don't mind to leave this Ryuki in this Dragon mode and display it alongside the SIC Ryuki.


OK, now back to the FFR topic....

As always... the heart and soul of FFR series... it's time now for Decade to borrow the power of Ryuki....




Apparently, Decade only need that Dragon head.... so not much fuss to worry about....








Overall, FFR02 Ryuki Dragreder does not excel pretty much in articulation and dynamic movement range of his limbs but somehow you can still do some action pose with limitation. However, despite that weakness, this Ryuki can transform into a Dragon and I personally feel that is the main reason we would want this figure.

The only complain I have is those ugly cutting marks but I think that must be only to this specified item. As for painting wise, the semi gloss color is not helpful as it give this cheap plasticky toys feel to this figure - but this can be solved by applying some Matte Top Coat onto this figure in which I will do very soon.

Again, for 2,500 yen (about SGD 40.00) I think I'm happy with it but if you search in E-Bay, some seller in Hong Kong sell this item for a mere SGD 30.00 equivalent - at that price, think no further, grab it quick before its gone.


And you can also see the review of the other Kamen Rider figures in Shewsbury Land below:

SIC Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Faiz 555
FFR05 Kiva Arrow
SIC Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Den-O
SIC Kiwami Tamashii Kamen Rider Ryuki
Twist Action Form Kamen Rider Den-O
Twist Action Form Kamen Rider Ryuki
FFR00 Kamen Rider Decade
FFR09 Kamen Rider Hibiki Ongekiko
FFR08 Den-O Momotaros



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