Mask On, Mask Off

Here we go again: Bandai's giving us another candy-less "candy toy" set to go crazy collecting for January 2009.

It's Rider Mask Collection Vol. 5. If the line-up looks a little... C-listy, then it's because they've already done the major guys in the previous 4 sets. Although this one does have one majorly notable addition: Kiva! In four flavors no less.

Note that these are not the bigger Banpresto ones (which themselves are not full-size wearable helmets), these are the little desktop display pieces. Still awesome though.

The line-up includes:

- Kamen Rider 1 (Sakurajima version, awwwwww hell yeah!)
- Kamen Rider J
- Kamen Rider Scissors (I love Scissors, so I'm thrilled about this.)
- Kamen Rider Todoroki
- Kamen Rider Touki (interesting first choice from the movie dudes, but Touki is badass so I'm with it.)
- Kamen Rider Sasword (Masked Form)
- Kamen Rider Sasword (Rider Form; in your faces, TheBee/Drake/GSL dudes!)
- Kamen Rider Zeronos (Altair Form)
- Kamen Rider Den-O (Wing Form)
- Kamen Rider Kiva (Kiva Form)
- Kamen Rider Kiva (Garulu Form)
- Kamen Rider Kiva (Basshaa Form)
- Kamen Rider Kiva (Dogga Form)
- Kamen Rider IXA (Burst Mode)
- And a secret one. I'll take a stab and say it's either going to be Nega Den-O, Zeronose Zero Form or Zanki.

Volume 1, by the way, is getting a re-release, so I expect other volumes to follow some day as well.

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