S.H. Figuarts Urataros Imagin (2009)

If you’re going to buy Figuarts Imagin, you have to be okay with a lot them being exclusives. Though, that was the fate of virtually all non-Red Sentai Figuarts, so while irksome, it is pleasing in a proof-of-concept sort of way~ Why was this the case, though, given how popular Den-O is in Japan? Well, it’s ostensibly Urataros’s fault. Both iterations of Momo seemingly sold perfectly well, but this perverted turtle only set fire to the shelves in as much as he warmed them to a large degree. I will always believe that a Figma (or a Chibi-Arts) of Ura-Ryoutarou would have sold like gangbusters, but that is not the reality we have come to inhabit.

In terms of flaws, the only real one is, very unfortunately, the head-sculpt. It’s a bit mushy around the mouth. Otherwise, this is a very sound release that includes everything you really need: signature posing hands, holding-hands for his included rod, and his coffee. I suppose giving him his dining-car fishing rod would have been a nice touch, but the version he himself turns into in the Chou Den-O Trilogy comes with one of the iterations of New Den-O, so there’s that, I guess?

Even if there is a lot of blame surrounding this figure, that’s really on consumers’ heads, not Ura’s, or his figure, in and of itself. As much as one should go all in, if they’re going at all, there is a kind of logic to only having Momo and Ura wrestling as part of a display.

Be mindful of every Imagin’s kneepads. 

If you’re willing to risk potential future sales, carefully gluing them in is an option.

3½ Tool-Assisted Rider Kicks out of 5