WFC 02 Kamen Rider Double Heat Metal
This is the review of WFC Kamen Rider Double Heat Metal.
The price is 2,200 yen (about SGD 35.00) before adding the shipment charges.
The box....
Out of the box...
You will get all these; the figure separated into 2 halves and the signature weapon - Metal Shaft.
You can read about out introduction notes on this WFC series from our previous review of Cyclone Joker.
In the review however, we will highlighted the fact that WFC No.1 to No. 3 are in fact the same figure from the same initial design with only color/paint changes here and there to make it look as a different models. Bandai and Toei surely think a lot about future "figures and toys merchandise" when they initially commissioned the design of the Kamen Rider Double and all the forms.....
Kamen Rider Double have 9 forms and I heard rumors that the new Kamen Rider OOO have astonishing 27 different forms... 27 ? My god.... that's a lot of figures and toys for Bandai to produce in the future for sure....
This is the Cyclone Joker and Heat Metal side by side....
You can first analyze the head and face part and surely apart from the color/paint - you will realized that the design, the sculpt, the panel linings, they are both basically from the same template....
You can then continue to the chest and body parts....
And all the way to the legs and foot parts...
It is just the same but with different color....
As usual, our standard review procedures, you know it... spin time....
And we jump directly to the action pose.... which is not that great actually....
2 sets of Metal Shaft are provided... the short one and the long one....
Now the main highlight of this WFC series is in fact "Divide and Combine" and that means if you have all the 3 or 4 figures from this series, you can get many different variations of Kamen Rider Double (or W) forms as seen in the TV.....
So for this review sake, we presents the "Divide and Combine" features of this WFC series below:
Overall, this WFC series is just slightly cheaper from the more popular S.H. Figuarts series but they manage to offer something that S.H. Figuarts can't provide. Articulation in our opinion is just about average, nothing much to shout about. Though you have the articulation on the elbow and knee joints, don't expect anything superior. If you can look beyond thee articulation issue, you will somehow having fun with figure especially as display purpose.... change them all everyday....
S.H. Figuarts series seems to be very popular amongst the toy/figure collectors but Bandai is targeting different market segments and audience for their FFR and WFC series and don't be surprised that in Japan and the Chinese region, the FFR and WFC series seems to be quite popular and along the way there are some serious/matured collectors who also happen to like this alternative figure series from Bandai.
Additionally, you can also read the review of the other WFC figure as below;
WFC 01 Kamen Rider Double Cyclone Joker
WFC 02 Kamen Rider Double Heat Metal
WFC 03 Kamen Rider Double Luna Trigger
WFC 04 Kamen Rider Double Fang Joker
WFC 05 Kamen Rider Accel
WFC 06 Kamen Rider Double Cyclone Joker Extreme
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The price is 2,200 yen (about SGD 35.00) before adding the shipment charges.
The box....
Out of the box...
You will get all these; the figure separated into 2 halves and the signature weapon - Metal Shaft.
You can read about out introduction notes on this WFC series from our previous review of Cyclone Joker.
In the review however, we will highlighted the fact that WFC No.1 to No. 3 are in fact the same figure from the same initial design with only color/paint changes here and there to make it look as a different models. Bandai and Toei surely think a lot about future "figures and toys merchandise" when they initially commissioned the design of the Kamen Rider Double and all the forms.....
Kamen Rider Double have 9 forms and I heard rumors that the new Kamen Rider OOO have astonishing 27 different forms... 27 ? My god.... that's a lot of figures and toys for Bandai to produce in the future for sure....
This is the Cyclone Joker and Heat Metal side by side....
You can first analyze the head and face part and surely apart from the color/paint - you will realized that the design, the sculpt, the panel linings, they are both basically from the same template....
You can then continue to the chest and body parts....
And all the way to the legs and foot parts...
It is just the same but with different color....
As usual, our standard review procedures, you know it... spin time....
And we jump directly to the action pose.... which is not that great actually....
2 sets of Metal Shaft are provided... the short one and the long one....
Now the main highlight of this WFC series is in fact "Divide and Combine" and that means if you have all the 3 or 4 figures from this series, you can get many different variations of Kamen Rider Double (or W) forms as seen in the TV.....
So for this review sake, we presents the "Divide and Combine" features of this WFC series below:
Overall, this WFC series is just slightly cheaper from the more popular S.H. Figuarts series but they manage to offer something that S.H. Figuarts can't provide. Articulation in our opinion is just about average, nothing much to shout about. Though you have the articulation on the elbow and knee joints, don't expect anything superior. If you can look beyond thee articulation issue, you will somehow having fun with figure especially as display purpose.... change them all everyday....
S.H. Figuarts series seems to be very popular amongst the toy/figure collectors but Bandai is targeting different market segments and audience for their FFR and WFC series and don't be surprised that in Japan and the Chinese region, the FFR and WFC series seems to be quite popular and along the way there are some serious/matured collectors who also happen to like this alternative figure series from Bandai.
Additionally, you can also read the review of the other WFC figure as below;
WFC 01 Kamen Rider Double Cyclone Joker
WFC 02 Kamen Rider Double Heat Metal
WFC 03 Kamen Rider Double Luna Trigger
WFC 04 Kamen Rider Double Fang Joker
WFC 05 Kamen Rider Accel
WFC 06 Kamen Rider Double Cyclone Joker Extreme
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It's a nice concept of mix and match.
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