I just bought the Toei Hero Net Apollo Geist on Amazon marketplace because it was like over 30 bucks cheaper than on ebay.

I hope I don't regret it (because part of me kind of already does).

Well I hope we get the other Riders from Hibiki too before some of those others. Still Kiva will hopefully be soon, between now and 2020 maybe?

Does anyone own the Horse Orphenoch figure and can tell me what they think of it? I kinda like the design and HLJ still has it so I'm thinking about buying one.

I know the feeling; hopefully it'll be gone once you have the figure in hand :)

Hibiki sold rather poorly from what I remember so that might keep them from making more, but I also hope we see more Hibiki Riders, it could happen once they wrapped up their Kabuto releases.

I have no idea; I honestly don't know why they don’t just release the damn thing already. Like, even if no one would like Kiva, it's still mandatory for a full line-up and some collectors want a complete collection some day, so...

Oh really? I'm kinda in the same boat so good to know HLJ have it.

Yeah, it's odd to say the least. Did Kiva do poorly in Japan or something?


There is the question of what's next for Rider figuarts though once Kiva releases. Nearly every single Rider in the franchise will have been accounted for by then, the only things left to really do are redos of older figures, knock out the Hibiki riders, and then of course whatever current show happens to be airing. Maybe they're trying to stretch things out so there's still some "surprise" to look forward to? I dunno. I'm hoping they say something about Kiva this year, but then again, I said the same thing last year...

I don't know if the price is better on the secondary market though, maybe you can get it cheaper there; I haven't looked into it yet.

I have no idea; I just assume something like that must be the case.

Well Shinkocchou Seihou is its own thing and they haven't even touched anything Showa with that subline yet, we only saw a prototype of a Rider 1 figure last October. If they continue making Showa figures this line alone may run for like 15 years if they want it to.

Also there's a new Rider show every year currently and if they keep covering that (or rather, people keep buying it) there's unlimited possibilities.

Just noticed my Amazon Alpha has two left hips. That's kinda lame. Fortunately doesn't impact posability, but looking off sucks a bit.

Apparently I just do not pay attention to anything. I had no idea that Amazon Omega also got an Amazon exclusive release. It looks like he comes with a bunch of effects pieces, too. Not sure how I missed that.

Yup, both of them come with re-colored flame effect parts that express their transformation. It's the right kind of exclusive accessories IMO, it's neat but not really necessary. Just some cool bonus parts.

I definitely have to agree on them being the right kind of accessories. I wish more figures included them or that they sold small sets of those kinds of pieces in addition to the big ones. I'm a real sucker for effects, but I can't justify shelling out the extra cash to rebuy the figure just for them.