Speaking of which, I do hope Bandai releases some Troopers at some point. Kurokage Shin can go die, we need some Troopers. A 2 pack would be fine.

If only for one reason.

I'm pretty sure Kurokage's scarcity and inflated price (from what I've seen he is only second to Zangetsu Shin in price when he goes up on Mandarake, which is not often) is because people are army building with Hase standing in for the Troopers. And that sucks! I mean, for people who just want Hase I mean. (for instance, me) If Troopers were to be released then hopefully Hase's Kurokage would go down in price. Hopefully.

Yes it is business but still you start a figuart line of one show finish it and move on to another and it kamen rider so yes it would sell it their most popluar toy line and makes the most money and lately their have been a few trolls releases

That's pretty much the reason why I skipped on Kurokage the first time around.

I had no idea Kurokage was selling for anything special at all. Wonder if I should flip mine...

Wouldn't hurt to make a quick buck. Depends on how much you like it and care for the figuart you know

I've seen him go for about 7000-8000, so I dunno.

Last few I got alerts for were around 4000 but I've been too late in grabbing them. :/

Ain't that the truth. They still haven't released all of the contract monsters that they had prototypes for.

Until this discussion, I hadn't realized that they previewed so many of the contract monsters. Between this, the Gaim stuff, and the wealth of Sentai they've displayed but never produced (Boukengers, Dekarangers, Mele, etc.)... yeah. I'd gotten accustomed to the western "if you see it at a toy show, it's 99% likely to get produced" thing. Bandai seems to do more aspirational displays.

Then again, they also release stuff on an "eventually" basis. It took them a long time to put out all the Ryuki Riders. I wouldn't be shocked if they were to release some of the Contract Monsters we've seen any more than I would be if they released Gaim Ichigo Arms or Drive Type Tridoron. My only concern is just that the Figuarts for more popular properties like Star Wars and Avengers are reducing our chances at getting Sentai and Rider Figuarts.

Well, and that releases like Broken Helmet Garren are signaling that they feel they've released all the new characters they believe will sell, and are resorting to "battle damage" variants instead. (Then again, I haven't watched Blade, so maybe the broken masks are significant in a way I don't yet understand.)

As to Gaim, I confess I'm way less interested in Kurokage troopers than I am in basic Inves, which were seen throughout the show. Similarly, I'm more interested in Figuarts of the few generic Roidmude than in Brain or Medic.

Kiva.

That is all.