S.I.C Masked Rider with bike

Yesterday, I was kinda free so decided to pay CS a visit. Havn't been there for some time already. The place pretty quiet. Not many shops open for biz. U-Toys closed, as usual...haiz..but there are several still opened. So walk around aimlessly, money in pocket but don't know what to buy. Infact, I actually wanted to go and get myself a head for my 12 inch figure but after asking around, not 1 shop got what I wanted. Then I spoted this....

According to the owner, he said that this figure quite old already, maybe several years back. At one time, this item is hot. Now his selling away, 2 for the price of 1. I saw this when I was in HK last year but did not buy cos thought I already got one already ( pls see my previous posting )..

This figure comes together with a female companion and a side car. One box contains the blue fig with bike while the other box contains a female fig with the side car. Combine both, "Shazam!" Complete collection for $18...not a bad deal to me.

I luv this particular kind of figures because they're very detailed and I think they are sparyed/painted individually? Up close shot looks great. Fine details.

Trying my hands on using my PC Tablet to do some 'editing'...

S.I.C miniature( sori dun know he's name) stiffy with bike

This is the 1st 'stiffy' I bought from HK. I was at 1st hesitant in buying one, reasons becos:

1. Never owned one before.


2. Not 12 inches..


3. Can't really pose.


4. Stiffy

But it turns out, I was kinda wrong. I luv the fine details and especially the bike. Wow! The more I look at it, the more I fell in love with it. I was hoping that someday, there'll be a upsize version for 12 inches...hehe

Review of S.I.C Masked Rider 3

I'm now officially a new owner of a Super Imaginative Chogokin Masked Rider G3 & G4! Got it rather cheap as compared to what shops are offering. Heard alot about it but the price set me back time and again. Finally, flush from the recent pay increase and X'mas shopping spirit, I finally dump some hard earned cash into getting one as keep sake. I couldn't resist taking both of them out to play as the name S.I.C ( Super Imaginative Chogokin ) brings about a whole new meaning to articulated toys. "They must be super posable", I told myself at the back of my head as I slowly removed all the wires that secured the toys to it's packaging.

On close examination, the details are great. Figure is pretty heavy for it's size and it comes with plently of add-ons. Took out my digicam and started taking pics of it in various poses.

As you can see from the pics, the figure is infact not that articulated. There's still room for improvement. Example would be:

1. the hip joint. Can't do a 180 degrees split.
2. the lower leg. Can't bend all the way to the thighs.
3. the waist can only tilt to a certain limited angle.

These are just some of the limitations that put me off as I'm being restricted as to only a handful of poses possible. So, Super Imaginative....maybe to some. As for me, I'm still trying to imagine...hard. Below you can see the figure being taken apart for close examination.

My 1st set of 'stiffies'..

I'm not a fan of 'stiffies', toys that can't pose, but I was some what won over when I bought this set of Masked Rider series toys when I was in Hong Kong. Although they can't really pose, the designers managed to give them that special 'it' factor. You can see from my pics (even though not professionally taken..hehe) that they can strike some pretty nice poses...
The best thing is that they don't take up much display space, which I'm fast running out of. Currently I'm concentrating on making my customized Halo 3 Master Chief. Hope can showcase it soon....for now, it's stiffies...haha...maybe after Master Chief, I might consider making on of these Masked Riders..:P