New Arrival: S.H. Figuarts Ankh Stand Set

YOU COUNT ZA MEDALS!
ONE MEDAL!
TWO MEDALS!
THREE MEDALS!

I haven't even started taking pictures of my other two Otakon figures, but this came a few days ago and I figured I'd just go ahead with it since it'd be pretty quick, easy, and topical!

This is the Figuarts "Ankh Stand Set" from Kamen Rider OOO, and perhaps one of the strangest action figures ever.

Because it's just an arm.

I ordered from HLJ, but I suspect trying to find it now, after release, might be nigh impossible, with the way Kamen Rider Figuarts tend to sell out.  I actually pre-ordered Ankh on a sort of highly-educated impulse.  I hadn't started watching Kamen Rider OOO yet, but Ankh looked like he'd be fun.  He also looked like he'd sell out quickly (he did) so I fired off the pre-order and held no regrets.

The box is actually smaller than I thought it would be.

And had more in it than I thought!  Ankh comes with a Tamashii Stage Act 4 (well, without any of the clamps and whatnot they have), five different hands, two piles of Cell Medals, and a few bits for the base of the stand.  More than I had expected since the promotional shots never showed the Cell Medal piles or one of the hands, at least in none of the pictures I saw.  The hands are a hand doing Ankh's trademark gesture, grabbing kind of pose, holding some popsicles, holding OOO's three main Core Medals (the small colored sections of which are actually translucent!), and a fist.

For articulation...

...he's an arm.  Ankh has one whole point of articulation at his wrist.  It's also easy to swap his hands.

The two piles of Cell Medals are made to peg into the stand.  Unfortunately, this means you can't just have them lying around level otherwise, unless you chop off the pegs, which I am sort of considering since I don't want to always have to stick them on the base.

Since there's not much articulation to show off, right on to the random pictures!
This here is currently the entirety of my Kamen Rider and Figuarts collections.  Probably won't grow much anytime soon.

*coin insert*

*coin insert*

Since Danboard is powered by money, I wonder what powers Core Medals would give her.
Actually, why the Hell isn't Danboard already in OOO to begin with?!

An OOO/Yotsuba crossover would just work too well!

Ankh actually has a mouth-like thing on his palm that he uses to suck up/eat Cell Medals...

Perhaps you noticed something in that last picture.  This could be the beginning of a great and profitable relationship!

The peg hole for the stand on Ankh also makes him rather compatible with other figure lines!  Such as Revoltechs!

And Figmas!

And more Revoltechs!

He ain't no Kamen Rider till he rides him some bikes!

I should finish watching OOO sometime, since I got distracted by other stuff forever part-way in.