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Every year, we get our gimmick line of figures. These figures are meant to emulate the form changes that we see on the show and every year it's a coin flip if these figures will be good or not. Unfortunately, for this year's Kamen Rider Build, we lost that flip, in my opinion. The BCR (Bottle Change Rider) line forgoes 2 major points of articulation, in the waist and head, to achieve its form-swapping. The arms and legs are great, they're pretty standard for the yearly gimmick line, but without waist or head movement, posing and playing with this figure isn't a fun time at all. Aesthetically he looks great, bright red and blue, even the belt is painted which is a rarity in these lines of figures. He comes with his Drill Crusher as well, unpainted as usual, it's permanently in its swo...

Well, Kamen Rider Build has begun and with the new series comes new toys. Today we have the DX Build Driver. The Build Driver is very different from the Gamer Driver of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid in that it has all the sounds pre-programmed into it. This may be a bit off-putting at first, since additional sounds are going to be limited to what is currently inside the Driver, but the trade-off is a bigger, heavier Driver that feels more like a piece of high-tech machinery than a piece of plastic. The crank is very satisfying as well and the sound effects are solid, though a unique sound for each Voltech Finish would have been a welcome addition. Full Bottles on the other hand are surprisingly smaller than they appear on the show. They, of course, make no sound effects on their own but they do hav...

Review: Kamen Rider Build Bottle Change Rider #01 Rabbit Tank Form

Review: Kamen Rider Build DX Build Driver