No, it doesn't. But I wasn't referring to that one in my post. I was referring to the wind parts. If a Double renewal was announced alongside the thunder parts things would be equally nonsensical.

Besides, the whole "effect parts determine the next figure" came out of an offhand comment in a Japanese interview which everyone obviously took seriously. The plans clearly changed for whatever reason.

To say "what happened to the W renewal" is a moot point when there was never a W renewal to begin with.

I'm pretty sure that listing from the SHF Hong Kong group was fake anyways. They only had listing for Toku figures but none for other non-toku Tamshii figures like The Avengers and DBZ.

Shinkoccho is a S.H. Figuarts subline, like S.H. Figuarts ZERO.
It has nothing to do with regular Figuarts having Ver. 2s.

I have Decade Violent Emotion and like it still, but I am intrigued by a renewal.

I'd love for this to lead to a renewal Diend, which I don't own and would like to, but I'm not about to hold my breath over that. Maybe a re-release of the original, at best?

I'm glad that Decade is getting a renewal. I didn't bother buying the other two Decade figuarts since I know that they are dated and they will end up making a new one. Once W and OOO get renewal then I hope secondary riders get renewal.

I can't speak to Birth, but I don't think Accel really needs a renewal. Maybe it's been a while since I messed with mine, but I'm pretty sure there are differences in the body that make Accel better than W.
Skull, of course, is just the W body, so it will need a Renewal. :)

I thought someone had posted something about W coming out in the summer back in like Feb. Maybe I misread it.

I fail to see the difference. The shin whatever ARE version 2s.

I feel like even Skull holds up well to modern standards. It's kinda just W who feels outdated.

In theory, yeah, but the Shin line is technically it's own thing as the way they build the figures and the way the figures are designed is entirely different from that of the main figuarts line. Otherwise, you'd see Black and RX included in that line as well.

Not really. There was a rumored list of future releases this year, but it's never been confirmed nor denied if it is fake or not.

That's interesting, cuz Skull is literally the same W body with a different head. Everything else is exactly W. I have noticed variation among my different W Figuarts, as to how well some joints work, maybe you just have an exceptional Skull?