ShodoVS already did Kuuga Mighty and Amazing Mighty years ago. Shodo Go-Gadoru-Ba was made to complement SO-DO Chronicle Kuuga, which released wave 2 with Amazing Mighty around the same time. I'm not saying Shodo won't make Kuuga figures again someday, but I wouldn't expect it anytime soon.

Speaking of Nin Nin Game, I'm still waiting for them to ship my pre-order which was released in Japan Nov 21st, and even shows shows as "in-stock" on their website.

A vast majority of SHODO-X has been renewing the SHODO-VS figures, though -- if anything Kuuga having a figure then lends more credence to Kuuga getting a release. Go-Gadoru-Ba was also released way, way after SHODO-VS ended; compared to Diend being in one of SHODO-X's first waves to complement Decade.

Problem is, Kuuga came out in the final wave, just as SHODO-VS was transitioning to SHODO-X, so it's pretty much on the level of the SHODO-X renewal figures already. Add to that a lot of the SHODO-O figures seemingly being made due to gauging the popularity thorugh polls, it probably *was* made for people who already had SHODO Kuuga, and wanted a villain for him to fight. Villains weren't being done in X, so it had to be done in O.

Hi guys, apologies for the naïveté here but can anyone explain the difference between So-Do, Shodo-X and the like? Or point me in the direction of some resources?
I'm looking into this line more as more forms are exclusive to this scale, so just trying to wrap my head around it haha.

SO-DO are model kit-style figures with a base body and armor attached on top. They use a lot of stickers instead of paint. SHODO are just 4-inch action figures with paint and no stickers. SO-DO is where all the form changes and gimmick stuff is usually done because the model kit aspect makes it easier.

SHODO tend to do a 'best of' of each series they cover; the most off-the-wall stuff you can expect from them is kaijin like Gadoru or Joker -- in terms of Rider forms they never cover anything SHF for instance doesn't.

Except for Gem-

wait no SHF made excessive Gemns too.

All four of them! All four.

Like SHF though, it was just because it was easy recolours/belt swaps.

Importantly, the scale between SODO and SHODO is different.

https://i.imgur.com/NId25aI.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/9amGirg.jpg

Left to right: Converge figure, SHODO Ichigo, SO-DO Zero one, YU-DO Kiramei Red