I agree with your assessment. I think this is the first time we're hitting a road bump like this. I feel like this will be most comparable to the Den-o set two waves with probably 4 forms each. Speed, Wild, Technique, Maschin Chaser in one then Mach, Chaser Trideron, and probs Formula in wave 2? Then I could see a p-bandai deadheat set, something for proto-drive, and maybe the movie forms as something (I'd love to see type fruits pop up).


Yeah! I love these lines, though I didn't super like YU-DO at first since they felt weird to me, I'm hoping that's gone away by now. That sticker on the chest of Houou soldier was painful though.

Is this just for SHODO? or are they also considering big things for SO-DO?

You gotta remember for Drive that its gimmick is like Fourze, so they'd need to do some tire accessory packs. I could see them doing very few though as they're hardly a big thing; just the most major for each form (so three for speed, one each for wild and technic, formula's three things and then one for tridoron).

Yeaaah, Houou Soldier's chest sticker is... definitely a big knock against him, and you can very clearly tell there were a couple years between him and Kiramei Red. Still, he manages to look good regardless and I can't complain too much for 500 yen!

Yu-Do has come a long way since it first started. The stickers have gotten better and the articulation is much better, no doubt riding on the success of SO-DO engineering.

I have high hopes for the Zenkaiger Yu-Do, as they are pretty far from the standard humanoid mold.

So speaking of larger figures in a typically smaller line, the Converge line of figures followed the same path. They wanted to introduce larger figures so they made a "Converge EX" and even did a poll asking what Gundam suits they'd like to see.

The result was a lot of P-Bandai stuff that took the candy line to some pretty high prices. A lot of it Bandai doesn't consider "essential" (like a suit that only appeared in a side manga) so the prices are pretty high, but after doing a lot of these EX releases they've now started doing "SP" and "Plus1" editions which are like the EX but usually have more retail availability.

Maybe none of this matters, but its all Bandai Candy toy division and I think they're stilling figuring things out. I've honestly been surprised at how much the Saber SO-DO are packing in the boxes. Buster and his giant sword felt so premium!

Specifically, no the closest would be in the regular SO-DO surveys where they ask if people want to see "Reproduction of CG effect items in the play (dragon in the transformation scene, etc.)". This is in reference to Saber and is a reworking of a question from 01 asking if people wanted the grasshopper in 01's transformation sequence. Now if SHODO sees interest that doesn't mean SO-DO won't, the teams do cross-promote sometimes and probably share survey data to coordinate series releases.

There is always wave 2 so no need for disappointment. :lolol
Oh and the web exclusive will be the Gorgom trio, Kotaro, Nobuhiko, and Nobuhiko's dad. All the right ingredients needed to recreate that flashback scene. :lolol

So uh. Won't lie.

Kinda forgot Lucifer existed?

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I mean I'm sure he's a great villain! Well I'm not sure. I mean he looks alright, at least! SO-DO continues to do anything and everything. Guess next wave's just doubling up on Primitive Dragons? I think this is in fact the first SO-DO Saber wave without Saber himself!

Something cool about Lucifer isn't about he himself (sorry dude), but what he comes with -- RUBBLE!! Want to recreate the straight up Gilgamesh final battle of Zero-One? SO-DO is obsessive and passionate enough to have you covered!

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Which I think neatly sets the stage for our final box of SO-DO Saber Book 6! As expected, an accessory pack...

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For Zero-One!

Yeah a lot of us were expecting a Saber accessory pack, but frankly with just how much free space they have in this line to cover everything? I'm happy to see some extras like this, so let's get right into it!

A closed Forceriser and a Progrise Key-loaded Thousand Jacker to replicate finishers! Pretty neat! The Thousand Jacker has a LOT of Progrise Key options including some that sound preeeetty spoiler-y for REALxTIME so I won't go into them here, but it's a lot; and it also works in this wave as Lucifer's weapon!

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Wings, wings, WINGS!! Jin, Burning Falcon and Vulcan Rampage Gatling all came with their own wings, but they are fairly short. Understandable given the budget and what could fit in the box, but why would SO-DO want to just keep things reasonable and forgiveable when they have a chance to go all out? As such these are MUCH larger options, and Rampage's in particular includes the variant where he stabs the ground for his finisher. As a bonus, Jin's wings are connected in such a way that it's compatible with almost ANY figure, which of course they're going to show off with Saber in a picture that's too cool for words, because why wouldn't they!

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And finally, perhaps coolest of all -- A FINISHER EFFECT PIECE FOR RISING HOPPER!!! I'm almost surprised they didn't do something so iconic yet but this is still so SO cool to see and is a great commitment to play features on SO-DO's part. Just awesome

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And... that wraps up Book 6! Saikou Shadow, Saikou X-Swordman, Lucifer, Zi-O Decade Saber, Decade Complete 21 and two accessory packs which also lands the friggin' Samurai Sentai Shinkenger logo on the box. Woo! They said last wave was the craziest but I think this one gives 5 a run for its money. Awesome, awesome, awesome wave!

And just because they can't wait? Next week they start going over Book 7 immediately!

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That Hell Rising key on the Thousand Jacker is very suspicious

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Also looks like there's new feet for Zero one too so you can do a rider kick pose without having the holes on his feet showing, so that's neat.

Completely missed that part of the set, but yup! Lots of cool things going on in this one.

Seems cool, but wasn't expecting it! It's a pain that it only comes with one set of wings for Jin, though.