Bloody Rose has that effect on people. :p

My methodology is similar to how I approach Transformers (though without the nostalgia factor for certain characters, since still only a bit familiar with the actual shows): Very much focused on whether the aesthetics of the suit design appeal to me or not. By extension, same goes for the bikes and other stuff.

I do tend to go back and, after initially dismissing certain characters/suits, rethink them and decide I like them after all.

That said, toku-wise, my interests are geared almost entirely towards Riders rather than Sentai. I do like some Sentai suits (the Boukengers, Red & Blue Buster, Ryu Ranger, plus stuff like Gosei Knight & Delu Knight) but generally they don't appeal to me as much as the variety of Rider suits out there.

I own the SIC Kiva & Dark Kiva and it's such a great looking accessory. I keep waiting for a SHF Kiva announcement with the hope it'll be included with him, since SHF Dark Kiva came without.

I collect the riders that I like and the main forms that I like. I only bought Decade to complete my main Rider collection.

Thought that I'd look over my list for some changes on it & found a cheaper & better deal . Also added a couple Rider-like figures for Showa representation.

The Next: Shocker Rider (Gold)
Black: Shadow Moon (Silver)
Kuuga: Kuuga Growing (White)
Agito: Gills (Green)
Ryuki: Abyss (Blue)
Faiz: Riotrooper (Brown)
Blade: Chalice (Black)
Hibiki: Hibiki (Violet)
Kabuto: Caucasus (Yellow)
Den-O: Gaoh (Orange)
Kiva: Dark Kiva (Red)
Decade: Decade (Pink)

Also just wanted to say thanks for all the answers I got earlier, really helped. And I wanted to ask something else as well: what makes you guys decide on parting with a figure? Money reasons? Loss of interest? Other reasons?

Usually loss of interest, or in some cases, finding out a figure is worth far more than I paid for it, will sometimes prompt me to sell it.

Abyss is a solid choice for blue and Ryuki, but Scissors is a better choice for orange than Gaoh. I have both, and I've not gotten around to opening Gaoh, had it for nearly a year. :o

That's actually something else I wanna know: what makes you wanna keep some figures in/out of package? I know some do for the sake of reselling it, but after talking to a few local collectors I found many like to have them out. What do you guys think about it?

I take out all my figures, and for most toys (not Figuarts, though) I throw the package away. I guess in this case, I'm less a collector, and more an ... enthusiast? I dunno. :lol

So it's all about the playability, the posing, the fun. But that's also why my toy shelves are an incoherent mess. :lol

Anything I buy, I want it out of the package. I'm not a MISB collector. The only reason some stuff says in-package longer than they used to is I have a lot of crowded shelves now so I have to plan when I'm going to open it & rearrange a designated shelf.

Not necessarily loss of interest, but that is a factor. For Sentai figuarts, unless I'm particularly attached to a design, I'll usually skip the whole team unless there's a green. Then I get that. With the team dynamic, it's either one, all, or nothing.

I don't think I've gotten rid of many Rider figuarts. The only one I can think of is Burning Agito. Part of that I think was that I haven't seen the show. Though he's a really cool design, I didn't "need" it.

I collect on more of a "need" basis now. And it's really subjective and a fine line between strong want and "need".

The only time I keep stuff in package is if it's some kind of windowed box and a figure with no articulation. If it doesn't do anything, I'll leave it. Pop! Vinyls for example.

Does anyone have a comparison picture between Renewal Kabuto and any of the old Kabuto figuarts that isn't Kabuto himself? I'm wondering how, say, TheBee or Sasword stacks up next to the Renewal version. Obviously the new sculpt is much better than the old sculpt regardless of the figure, but a lot of why the difference between the two was so noticeable, for me at least, was seeing the differences between how the various character specific design elements of the Kabuto suit were treated.

Just don't want to display Renewal Kabuto next to the Sasword I already have and make it look odd.