I hadn't realized (I probably missed a million posts on it) that Rider 1 comes with the rider kick effect piece. Nice! I wish more figures would.

That sucks. Best of luck.

Found a fun video from the Tamashii Features event where they’re talking about and showing the upcoming Shinkocchou Seihou figures:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7hbJbR0wBo

Starting around 5:50 they have Double in their hands and damn… we all know it by now, we’ve all seen the pictures, but this figure looks so freaking good!

I know it's HLJ, but if you were as desperate as I was, they have they have the SS W available for preorder if anyone is interested. Granted, at this late date it's probably a crap shoot but it's not like I had a lot to lose.

In a perfect world, I'd be able to track down all the SHF Gokaigers and finally own them all. As it stands though, the only one available around these parts is a Gokai Yellow being sold for around US$86. Is that a good price? Should I go for it, knowing that I may not be able to buy another anytime soon?

I'd check Mandarake. You can get them a heck of a lot cheaper than that. On the first results page I see a Gokai Green (with Darin) for ¥2,000, Silver for ¥2,500, Yellow for ¥5,000, and Pink for ¥4,800.

Those are better than what I paid for mine, darnit. That reminds me, I still need to grab a Gokai Christmas.

I'm not sure what shipping would be to you, but Mandarake is eminently reliable.

Gokaiger results on Mandarake

You're such an enabler, Thessair...thank you! :D Great user icon, by the way.

Yeah the Gokaiger girls have dropped significantly in price over the years need to pick those two up at some point to finish the set.

Looking back, I should have been more patient and got the Gokaiger with the darins. Also I paid 7000 yen +shipping for Gokai Yellow! I should have waited. If only I knew they'd get cheaper over time and not disappear, could have saved a lot of cash. Haha.

Others here enabled me by pointing me Mandarake's way when I first started collecting. I'm just paying it forward! :D

(By the way, Jungle is another good place to check for older figures.)

Thanks for the kind avvy words! I lurve me some Gokai Yellow. :) That was the second 1:1 helmet I snagged.