Review: KR Hibiki Belts & Instruments

[AkaRed]

Usually the Henshin devices are about the same size reguarding the toys vs the props. Hell, in the case of Sentai, they just use the toys AS the props in most cases.
Of course there ARE exceptions to the rule though...especially in Kamen Rider. From what I've seen though, it looks like the sizes between the toys & props of the Henshin devices are pretty close.

-RF

I have to disagree with you there RF about the props and toys. You watch Turboranger and look at the Turbo Brace prop then look at the Turbo Brace toy and then you will know that the Sentai Series and Kamen Rider Series makes prop henshin devices. Any Sentai Henshin Brace toy is way smaller then the prop. Kigen Onjo...if you look at a pic of the actor wearing Kigen Onjo and then look at the Kigen Onjo commercial pics you will defiantly will see a difference. Bandai Japan has been making the toys bigger but still isn't the same as the prop. The Kigen Onjo toy is bigger then the prop and that has me surprised.

 

[Judge Faiz]

That's why I said in MOST cases...at least reguarding the current Sentai series.

-RF

 

[UltraMatt]

Oh man that is so awesome! I dunno which henshin device to get first. Should I get Hibiki's Onsa Ontaku or Ibuki's Henshin Onifu Onteki?

 

[ZeroKun]

I just got the guitar and I'm shitting myself. Even though it doesn't look as good as the pictures, it's still fucking awsome. You see what you get in the pictures, but for the audio.....my god. You get 4 sounds, belt connection, slash(without the belt), his victory solo(!!!!!) and his finisher. The only thing bad about this is the paint job, it's good, but they used metalic gold for some parts and I really don't like that, plus the demon head near the end isn't full translucent. I give it an 8 out of 10.

 

[Judge Faiz]

Ibuki's Trumpet

Hot damn...I've had this thing for MONTHS now, and I'm JUST getting around to writing a review!

Well I was a trumpet player from the 5th grade all the way though high school so Ibuki just naturally became my favorite Rider in Hibiki.

Ibuki's weapon and belt break down as this.
You have the main gun, the bell (what goes on the belt), and the mouthpiece...

Just like the show, you can attach the mouthpiece to the gun, and go kick some ass...

When the switch is on, and you press the trigger of the gun, you will hear 3 bullets fire (although not as fast as in the show ). You can fire 10 times and then you will hear an 'empty clip' sound until you press one of the valves which "reloads" the gun. The red Oni heads will also light up as well.

Also, while not quite as big as on the show, it still fits into your hand very nicely...

So you can kick ass w/ your trumpet machine gun...but what if you REALLY need to kick some monster ass!?!
First just flip out the mouthpiece...

Then pop the mouthpiece into the back part of the gun...

Now grab the bell, that's attached to your Hibiki belt, flip it in the air, and pop the hatch so it can attach to the gun...

Attach to the gun (you'll also hear a sound when the bell attaches)...

Then pull on the bell, to extend it...and vola! You're trumpet is ready to kick ass!

Now there are a couple of different ways to play the music w/ the trumpet. If you put it up to your mouth, you can push in on the mouth peice, press one of the valves and music will play...or you can press the trigger and then the valve and the same thing will happen.

Pressing Valve 1 will play the long extended note then rise an octive to shatter the big monster.
Pressing Valve 2 plays a little tune that sounds like it should play when Ibuki kicks ass.
Pressing Valve 3 plays a nice little tune that sounds more like a romantic type theme than a kickin' ass one.

Pressing Valves 1&2 or 2&3 doesn't play any new things.

Only downsides to the Trumpet weapon is the Valve 1 sound plays for about 3 seconds before before jumping the octive. I wish it would play the extended not until you released the first valve, that way it'd be more like the show...but it's a toy so what can ya do. Also the 'machinegun' sound isn't as fast as it is on the show.

The other downside is that you really need to also purchase Hibiki's belt in order to put the bell on the belt (as it's not included).

I'd rate this toy as a solid A, due to the slight downsides.

-RF

 

[Zecter]

Oh ya, is there anyone in this forum have a DX Armed Sabre? If so,could that kind soul kindly do a review on it? I really wanna know it's sound effects. Thanks.:thumbs:

 

[Shadow Ranger Blue]

You have no idea how jellous I am of you having Todoroki's changer. I could of got one the other week but because I can't use paypal yet I couldn'tM

 

[Zecter]

Managed to source out the Onsa Onkaku(Hibiki's henshin item). When it arrives, i will probably do a short review on it.

 

[Japaneseseriesfan]

Yo i got the Movie edition Disc animals but I'm too lazy to take pictures of them and dunno how to put up al those pics like those ppls but heres a quick description of what they are like:

3 disc animals (Black eagle, red lion, and white gorrila)
3 stickers sheet (one for each discs so it looks more real)
2 oni Riders mini ( Hibiki and Kabuki, you can use them to stand on the disc animals cause they are small)
An instruction sheet.

Thats all I think. I will edit if I found something missing.

 

[Synch]

what are the movie edition ones?. Just dif colors?