Super Imaginative Chogokin - Masked Rider G3 & Masked Rider G4 (Vol 39)

Series	Super Imaginative Chogokin
Title	Masked Rider G3 & Masked Rider G4 (Vol 39)
Release Date	July 2007
Manufacturer	Bandai
Suggested Price (JPY)	6,000
Scale	1/10
Height (cm)	Masked Rider G3: 19 cm Masked Rider G4: 19 cm Masked Rider G3X: 19.2 cm
No. of Parts	2 figures + 33 parts + 1 instruction sheet
My Rating	Very Good

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Story
Kamen Rider Agito, is the eleventh installment in the popular Kamen Rider tokusatsu franchise. The series represents the 30th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider Series. The series was also a joint collaboration between Ishimori Productions and Toei and was shown on TV Asahi from January 28, 2001 to January 27, 2002.

Agito is the first Kamen Rider series to feature the three main types of Riders: the mystical Rider (one that draws power from ancient technology or mystical methods), the organic Rider (one whose anatomy changes to become a Rider), and the high technology Rider (one who is either a cyborg or uses advanced technology to fight).

In light of the threat of Unidentified Lifeforms (the Grongi), Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Department Unidentified Lifeform (M･P･D/S･A･U･L) received funding from the city government to develop a powered, reinforced exo-suit based on the No.4 Unidentified Lifeform, Kuuga, to respond to menace. However, because the Grongi was eliminated long before completion, research on the project was postponed indefinitely. By this time, the data acquired from the G1 and G2 had been implemented into the Generation-3 (3rd generation exoskeleton armor), which was entering its final phase of development, ready for live-combat deployment. However, with the emergence of the Lords, the S･A･U･L's Kamen Rider G3 unit was reinstated and re-commissioned to contend with the threat. Its most potent armament is the GG-Launcher (GG-02 Salamander).

Kamen Rider G4 is a Rider that only appeared in the Kamen Rider Agito movie, an upgraded version of the G3 system conceptualizes by Nomiko Ozawa from the G3-X model. However, the G4 was deemed far too dangerous for use, so Ozawa never included the adjustments in the design schematics. However, Risako Fukami would steal the plans and construct the G4 System herself, adding a Prediction System to improve the AI and make the G4 the most powerful weapon on Earth.

Shiro Mizuki was one of the military personnel guarding the GA psychic educational facility during the time it was attacked by the Formica Pedes. Though he would survive the ordeal, he would be left a jaded man. With his pride as a soldier shattered, Mizuki began living as one who would embrace death as the true means of becoming stronger. He would eventually volunteer as the operator for the G4 exo-suit and, as fate would have it, clash with G3-X operator Hikawa, to put their ideals to the test on the battlefield. However, throughout the course of the battle, the G4 begins to suffer malfunctions. Nevertheless, Mizuki refused to surrender. In the end, Mizuki succumb to the strain placed upon him by the G4 and die.

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