Toei? Cut down on Kamen Rider toys for the sake of story? *Laughs like a mad man* In all honestly though, I wouldn't be surprised if even suggesting something like that after the hell he no doubt puts them through at least once during every show he works on seems like reason enough to fire him on the spot.

You people hoping another Agito-esque season happens... I don't think I would be able to take it!

To quote the great Mark Wahlberg... "What? Noooooo."
I am expecting something in line with W or Drive for this new show in terms of tone.

I really want Kamen Rider Build has personality like Shotaro Hidari or Shinnosuke Tomari.

I have no real idea what to expect but, I have a suspicion we will be getting some sort of cyborg. The gears and the potential of building lend to this being a possible direction. Of course, this would be somewhat dark (the Showa Riders are all pretty tragic, really) - but we've had a bleak show about fruit and soft drink samurai so...

We also had a fairly lighthearted show right before that about a wizard who got his powers from some crazy ritual sacrifice in which dozens of people died. Having dark elements isn't the same as actually being dark. Ex-Aid may have "killed" off a main character 12 episodes in, and it can take itself seriously, but the show as a whole is hardly brooding, you know? It's full of over the top gags and goofy neon visuals.

They could easily give us another cyborg (and frankly I think we're long overdue) while still maintaining an upbeat atmosphere.

Yep. I mean technically the Ex-Aid riders are cyborgs with their aptitude surgeries and all but it does not have the weight Showa era riders had.

The aptitude surgery is just an antibody to the Bugster Virus, not any sort of cybernetic augmentation.

Regardless, I do think a cyborg rider is long overdue.

I recall reading Toei being against the idea of a cyborg Rider these days because it might come off as offensive to people with artificial limbs/wheelchair bound.

Dunno how true that is though, given Japan's insensitivity towards a lot of health issues.