I think he looks great. I'm a bit sad that I missed out on it but I'm happy with just getting the Riders.

Just saw it on the Tamashii homepage too, so awesome!

Thanks for sharing the news :)

So I just got Lazer today but unfortunately I don't think mine came with the right relaxed hand -_-

This news lured me out of hiding...
I’ve been wondering this as well. What’s the status or possibility of the return to Sentai Figuarts? What’s the holdup? And is Hasbro planning to pick up where Bandai left off? And if not, does this leave room for TM to at least rerelease teams like Gokaiger? This is likely another one-and-done cash grab, but I’m hoping this is bait for Sentai Figuarts to return. Hell, let’s at least get the teased prototypes finished and released. Or like everyone’s been saying, finish the teams they started. Where’s my Baseball Mask?!? The Swat Mode Dekarangers? Shurikenger, the Jetman, the Boukengers, Goseiger and Kyoryugers? Come on BoJ.

Figuarts are still Bandai. So...there's even less chance for Power Rangers figuarts now. Bandai could still do Sentai Figuarts, I suppose, but?? There doesn't seem to be a market for them.

To be fair, I think there is a market, just not te one they think of when doing some sentai figuarts....I mean....did people really cared about Akibaranger?

Only my opinion, but I would have loved to see the entire Jetman cast being done, seeing at least one or two rangers from Time Ranger or even KingRanger from...well...Ohranger....

The Akibaranger figuarts are the only Sentai figuarts I own, so yeah. Kamen Rider figuarts do well because the show is aimed at an older audience (a.k.a. the people who would spend money on premium figures). Sentai is for younger audiences that mostly buy the robots. Sentai doesn't even have budget figure releases (softbi doesn't count) anymore. Akibaranger was aimed at older audiences and the robot was not a big part of the show, which is why those figuarts were the focus of Sentai figuarts (and I think Akiba sold well seeing that even the Season 2 females were retail).

In addition to being pitched to a younger audience, Sentai also has the team problem. Some people won't be happy with Sentai Figuarts unless they can have a complete team, and that's very expensive. With Kamen Rider, a collector could be happy buying just the main Rider. As anyone who bought the Boukengers or Jetmen can tell you, owning a partial team can be... unsatisfying.

All Bandai really has to go on is past sales, and the past sales of Sentai led them to conclude they're not profitable to manufacture compared to everything else Figuarts is doing. That they switched to Gorenger and Sun Vulcan before giving up suggests they were trying to find an audience, and modern Sentai wasn't selling. Obviously, those didn't sell well enough, either. It's very disappointing for me, but unless something changes, I don't see Bandai making any more Sentai Figuarts.

As always, I'd be happy to be pleasantly surprised.

Someone make this for Build Figuarts and this is looks very cool :D

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd9QgGOUwAAD2YS.jpg

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd9RUGsVAAAcazn.jpg

Source: 荒井ちゃん twitter

The next Tamashii drop is this Friday, June 1st in Japan, so if you want to grab Ultraman X, Gamera or the SIC Amazon Alpha be prepared :)

Also, official item pages with all images. It seems like Tamashii finally realized they could use the high-rez pictures they give out to places like Amazon for their page as well, who would’ve thought!

http://tamashii.jp/item/12592/
http://tamashii.jp/item/12594/
http://tamashii.jp/item/12593/
http://tamashii.jp/item/12619/