It's a Makai Kadou figure, not an SHF.

While I appreciate the thought, the entire reason I posted that reaction was because I'd just bought a Cosmic States off of Amiami for about $20. So I have one already.

Ech... it has only been like 4 months since Tamashii Nations and I'm already getting really impatient with SS Gatack. Crap.

Damn you Tamashii for showing off completely finished figures and then wait months or years to actually release them. I hope I don’t have to wait an entire year like I did with Lord Baron. Or that it ends up in pre-release hell like Kamen Rider Mars or the Kikaider Reboot figures.

First world problems...

Gah, don't remind me about Kikaider Reboot :(

I feel the same I want Kamen Rider Mars since we saw him at Tamashii Nations 2014 so I can finish my Gaim collection already. Ugh I starting to worry we might never get them the reason is bandai has to many lines to do at once. It seem like they only want to make money on what sells and not finish other lines. This has me concern about the ghost Figuarts if all the main forms will be retail or web shop. A lot to worry about with kamen rider Figuarts

This has really nothing to do with how many lines Tamashii Nations does at once. Showing off finished Prototypes and then never releasing them is something they do since they exist.

Well that's the economically sound approach.

Again, you see this all over the industry. Case in point, the Concept Case that Hasbro showed off at Joecon a few years ago before putting the line on hiatus. Sure, a few figures have made it out since then, like Kwinn and the Data-Viper, but many of them are still just that- proof of concept.

Sadly that the truth about bandai. I miss the days when bandai would release a kamen rider figuart every month or two in one month.

I know but Gaim was very popular and I would believe bandai would keep the line going with new releases that what I mean.

And they released every important figure from that line.

The world is a very different place from 2012. Oil, and thus plastic, is more expensive. Japan has suffered a number of economical and ecological setbacks that makes producing things difficult and cost prohibitive. Figuarts themselves have substantially increased in quality, making them more expensive to produce.

Point being, Bandai no longer has the luxury of shotgunning releases. They have to be SMART about what they release, and when. Though the "When" seems to be an issue, such as not releasing items for the current series until nearly halfway through the original airing, but the point still stands.