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So, I just bought this for about $20 USD on ebay, and thought I'd do a quick review, since I've never seen a review for these. I would have done a video review, but I don't have a good enough camera for that :disappoin. First things first, I'm not even sure if this is official merchandise. The box it came in says Bandai-Asia.com and not bandai japan, which doesn't seem to have any info on it. It also says not for sale, so maybe it's some kind of promotional item, I'm not sure. Maybe someone that knows more about these can fill me in.
It's actually a pretty good size, not too thick. It doesn't actually weigh as much as it looks like it would, considering most of it seems to be plastic. The back, sadly, is plain black plastic with some pretty ugly screws in it, but it wouldn't be visible if you wore it. Worth noting is that it doesn't connect to a belt the way a traditional belt buckle would, it just sort-of clips onto it, or anything you want to clip it onto.
One thing that caught me off guard, is that the middle part (the rouzer? I'm not quite hip to Blade's lingo) can actually be removed in a similar way to the DX toy. Done by pulling the part on the right side, and just pulling the rouzer out. Snaps back in just as easily.
Strangely, it seems to have these moving parts on the back that look like they should be used to remove it from the buckle itself. Although since you remove it by pulling the right part out, I'm not entirely sure why they designed it to have this.
I can't comment too much on the other ones (Blade, Garren, and Leangle) since I only bought Chalice's, but I would imagine they're more or less the same.
I really like the way this thing looks, it has quite a bit of detail, and manages to look right even though it's plated and not colored. It fits pretty well on a standard sized belt, and you simply can't beat the level of badassery you'll feel, walking around wearing a rider belt buckle. For the price, you can't really go wrong here. Especially if you're a fan of Blade's riders. Sadly, you can usually only find them for about $80 as a set of all four, but you can find them individually from time to time on ebay (search something along the lines of "masked rider plated" and they should pop right up.)
A definite buy for any fan of Blade's riders :thumbs: