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S.H. Figuarts Momotaros


My next October import is S.H. Figuarts Momotaros from the Kamen Rider series. I'll admit, I haven't watched a lot of the Kamen Rider shows. I've only seen the very first one, Amazon and a handful of episodes/clips of some of the newer shows. However, I really liked the look of this figure, with his red devil face, so I pre-ordered it. I've watched enough YouTube reviews to know that the Figuarts Kamen Rider line has had some really great figures that are much loved by collectors. Let me say that I am extremely impressed with Momotaros. He's one of their best releases this year.







He comes with a sword, a coffee cup and saucer, and a total of 6 pairs of hands, plus 1 extra right hand to hold his coffee cup. The others are fists, relaxed (to fit the saucer), open, sword holding, pointing and thumbs up (or self pointing, or down, depending on how you turn it). The coffee cup and saucer are white with a nice black modern design. As for the details of the sculpt, Tamashii Nations did an awesome job. There are creases on his leather like body suit, seams on the back of his boots, and his armor plates on his shins, thighs, wrists, shoulders and chest are a vibrant bright red with black lines that are all painted well. They did a hell of a job with so many little details, he looks simply fantastic. I love his demonic face, with those long, pointy horns. Even his sword is nicely designed. Momotaros is a quality sculpt from head to toe.









While his unique look was what drew me in, it was his articulation that made me raise a fist and let out an enthusiastic HELL YEAH! Tamashii Nations went all out with his joints, making for an extremely fun figure to pose. Momotaros comes with his head on a ball joint, neck that also clicks forward, wonderful upper torso and waist ball joints that smoothly crunch and pivot in all directions, hinged ball jointed shoulders and thighs (with slight butterfly joint at shoulders), upper arm and thigh cuts, double jointed elbows and knees that also swivel, hinged ankles that have great ranged in all directions, and toe hinge. You can get this guy in kicking, crouching, kneeling, sitting, one legged poses and action stances, and he holds them all beautifully. When Figuarts hits a homerun, they knock it out of the park, and this figure's articulation flies all the way across town. I had such a blast posing and messing with this dude that he's my vote for figure of the year. There's still a few months left, but Momotaros has set the bar so high that I doubt anyone else will top it.







Momotaros has turned out to be such a pleasant surprise. The final product turned out so much better than I expected. Since he's a character I'm not too familiar with, purchasing him was like a collector's version of finding gold. I had the same experience when I purchased some of Jazzwares' Legendary Series Fortnite characters, though I am more familiar with the Kamen Rider series, due to my love of Japanese Tokusatsu.






S.H. Figuarts Momotaros is a damn good release. Impressive articulation, a cool sculpt and a nice selection of accessories make him an absolute winner! I give him very enthusiastic 10, he's one of Tamashii Nation's best figures of 2020.






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