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01-16-2021, 10:01 PM | #1431 |
Showa Girl
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Gaim, the series well-known for its wide cast of Riders, uses the exact same 4 riders for all three retail waves!
I mean, not to be too negative. It's extremely cool that we're seeing Lord Baron at all, and I never expected a Kaijin like him to be in a retail CHRONICLE wave! That's awesome! But...wow, oof. I don't think many would have complained if say, Gaim Jimber or Ryugen Emo were part of Premium Bandai sets in lieu of characters like Knuckle or Gridon. I'm especially surprised Kurokage wasn't part of one of these retail waves given that's an armybuilder! More importantly though, we got the footsoldier from Saber
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01-16-2021, 10:08 PM | #1432 |
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A colossal bummer, but hardly unexpected after seeing Wave 2's assortment. All those weapons in the Weapon Pack definitely make me think we are in for some W-level Premium Bandai boxsets to get everyone done up in stickers and plastic. Super psyched to potentially pay $20 for a figure of Gridon down the line.
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01-16-2021, 11:49 PM | #1433 |
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As someone who spent part of his day storing Transformers figures to make display room for Kamen Rider stuff (and just ordered his first non-primary Rider Figuarts), let me give you this piece of advice: you can always change your mind later, so don't stress.
I think... collecting is expensive, and we can sometimes view our collections as, if not literal investments, then as tied-up resources. We get this feeling sometimes like we need to have a roadmap for where we're going with our collecting, making sure we fit our boundaries, and I don't think that's very fun? If you get a bunch of Lego stuff and decide you don't want it any more, sell it on eBay or in a forum. If you get Premium SO-DO and it's not doing it for you, same answer: sell 'em, and put the money towards something else. Think of it less like you spent money on something you didn't keep, and more like you paid a fraction of the cost to rent it. It's okay to move on from collecting stuff, so don't feel like you're committing to some lifelong project. I'll admit that this is maybe not the advice you're looking for, but the very fact that you're looking for advice means you want to predict a future that's unknowable. The hard truth is that nearly any choice you make is going to have you wondering if you made the right one. The trick, then, is to make each choice in sequence. Try one thing, and keep in mind that you can always choose a different thing later. (That said! I'll always suggest people put some money into display space. A good cabinet isn't even more expensive than a few import toys, and you can use it for years.) Quote:
Thank you, that's some good advice. I think I will go ahead and put some money into getting some display space set up before I buy anything else Quote:
http://bandaicandy.hateblo.jp/entry/20210117_rider
Next SO-DO Gaim wave: Kiwami, Ryugen Yomi, and Lord Baron I can definitely understand being disappointed with Chronicle Gaim post wave 1. I haven't watched the series, and from what I've heard about it's edginess, it's not really a priority for me, but in a series with such a large number of Riders it really is a bummer to just make what I assume are the main four. It's nice that they completed all of their major forms, but doing that sort of stuff as P-Bandai would be guaranteed to sell, while I worry that if all 20 or so other Riders are exclusives, they won't sell well enough to make all of them. Hell, from a show that prints money like Den-O, they only made Den-O, Zeronos, New Den-O and Nega Den-O. While stuff like mini Den-O or Pretty Den-O wss always a stretch, I'm really surprised they never made Gaoh, Yuuki or G Den-O
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01-17-2021, 01:31 AM | #1434 |
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Sorry for the double post, but I've been working on my So-Do backlog the last few days, and finished the initial main four Saber and Gaim Riders tonight. The line has really come so far since I first got into it in 2017. It's amazing that the price has barely increased.
(Ignore my extremely messy desk background) God, Espada was painful. If you managed to sticker him without any of those ultra-thin gold stickers ripping, I have the utmost respect for your mad skills. The rest of the set have been fun and easy though, it seems like he's an unavoidable one off rough patch
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01-17-2021, 08:48 AM | #1435 |
Showa Girl
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It really is such a beautiful line! SO-DO and SHODO alone make me constantly regret going for 6' figures
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01-17-2021, 10:23 AM | #1436 |
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Espada's cape on his left arm is way too straight and thick! It just looks weird even compared to similar "cloth" on Saber or Calibur
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01-17-2021, 12:01 PM | #1437 |
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Thought about getting the Gaim 3 case but I don’t much care for the Baron and Ryugen figures. Maybe it will be cheaper getting all the Kiwami and weapon boxes off Mandarake afterwards?
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01-17-2021, 11:25 PM | #1438 |
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I doubt you'll have any problems getting a Kiwami by itself as it's probably the extra in the case.
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01-18-2021, 12:12 PM | #1439 |
Showa Girl
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I just realised they've got two more 01 suits to catch up on in SO-DO Saber. So that brings us up to...
- Saber Dragon Arthur - Saikou Shadow - Falchion - Saber Emotional Dragon - Ark-Scorpion - Lucifer - ZAIA - MBJR
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01-18-2021, 12:24 PM | #1440 |
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Since they seem more willing to do monsters these days, I feel like there's a chance of them doing the Megid trios monster forms too
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