Click here for the full review at Adrienzo’s Blog.

I finally got my hands on this set this Wednesday after being sold out all over the place the first week it was stocked. I will probably do a video review of this later when I find a better location to film one. Right now I will do my traditional written review.

This is technically the first SIC to feature THE FIRST’s Ichigo since the previous one were from the Movie Realization line, a spin-off of SIC. I was a bit worried about this set when it first came out. First off, my favourite Japanese Toy Review Site, who reviews almost every SIC the first day or week it comes out didn’t review this set. So I got the feeling this set might be a bit below par seeing how that guy gets EVERYTHING! Then I had to search for some reviews only to see many negative comments about it; mainly regarding its lack of poseability. It is also scuplted by Takayuki Takeya. If you’ve been reading my reviews or if you’ve seen my video review, I blast Takeya for ruining Kamen Rider X. One review I read said Ichigo for this set uses X’s body. But this is NOT TRUE. This is a completely new body!

Well despite all of that I decided to get it just because I’ve skipped Liner Form and Climax Form until they become really cheap. Let me just say this before I continue, this set is Great.

SIC has been on a roll recently. Ever since September, SIC have been releasing a set almost once a month, sadly they are mostly Den-o except for this one. And there’s no stopping, Climax and Urataros was just released at the end of March. Kintaros and Gaoh are coming at the end of May and Henshin Ninja Arashi will be coming out during the summer.

So this is the annual bike set of 2009 and it’s pretty good. At first when scans came out of this set I was disappointed they were going to do THE FIRST again but it actually turned out a lot better than I expected.

[Read the rest of this excellent review and see more pictures at Adrienzo’s Blog!]