Toy Review: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Magnet States

Another upgrade form of Kamen Rider Fourze - the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze MagnetStates. Now this is an upgrade, no a freaking tank, or Fourze on steroids. For its packaging, pretty similar to Base States but there are ripple effects on the plastic front window rather than heavenly bodies.

Magnet States packs a lot for a Kamen Rider Fourze figure. Let enumerate. First he has two kinds of turrets, the first pair is used to plug on his backpack for some major magnetic fun. These have extra hinges to lift those in different sections. The other is mashed into one big magnet. This is plug on a special Magnet States Tamashii Stand to form that hovering action as what he did on the show. Speaking of stands, Magnet States is well done with red and blue panels separating the N and S Magphone/Switch.

There are 8 extra hands with two of them are formed as trigger hands for the N&S Magphone. They actually don't look like trigger hands but these fit in the bill for such. As of the N&S Magphone there are 4 types - open/phone mode, closed/clamped, separated N&S and a similar pair but these are used as switched for the Fourze Driver. To add, there are 2 blank switch slots whenever the switches are used for Limit Break or if not in use.

Magnet States technically doesn't have a head and neck articulation but somehow when the helmet is lifted, there are hinges to hold the neck in place. I'm not sure why, but I think this is meant for it. MagnetStates still retains the same poseable arms and legs. The add ons are the turrets on top that have different hinges and ball joints allowing these to angle in different directions.

Paint applications are very well done but with minor hiccups. From my experience the silver paint on a plastic figure peel off overtime so you might want to watch for room condition if the figure is not returned to its box. Good thing that the set comes with a stand because the backpack renders the figure to be top heavy especially with the turrets on.

In terms of execution, Bandai did a splendid representation of Magnet States in S.H Figuarts form despite the lack of head articulation. So far, this is my favorite SHF Fourze related figure to date. Check out the video below to see more details about Magnet States.