Why is he a web exclusive? He was a prominent part of the show.

Yes, I know others were exclusives, but Sid was an important character. Plus, they didn't make a worthless nobody like Kivala exclusive.

Because Gaim isn’t airing anymore, and Tamashii thinks other figures would sell better at retail.

So were Duke, Zangetsu Shin, Marika, Gridon, Bravo...

So were Professor Ryoma, Takatora, Yoko Minato, Jonouchi, Oren Pierre Alfonzo...

Probably because the worthless nobody has a design that is bound to sell in Japan and because Shinkoccho Seiho Decade is on his way.

Oh, and because thankfully you're not the one who set's the worth of a character or a design for everyone else.

Sid was the first Energy Rider to bite it and won MAYBE two fights. Duke, Marika, and especially Shin Zangetsu, not to mention Bravo and Gridon were all far more important characters with more action and impact on the plot than Sid, and they all got released as web exclusives as well. The pattern is core characters and major upgrades are mass release, secondary and minor upgrades/form changes are WE.

That's the way it's been, that's likely the way it's going to continue to be.

Did we watch the same show? The only character lower than Sid on the totem pole was Kurokage. Plus the main four Riders are the only ones thus far that have been released at retail, and even Zangetsu and Baron's upgrade forms have been exclusive, despite them being quite important parts of the show.

You had absolutely zero reason to believe Sigurd would be releasing at retail after Bravo, Duke, Marika, Zangetsu-Shin, Kurokage and Gridon ALL released at exclusives.


Kivala was almost certainly released to coincide with Decade, plus she's a central character to the show despite the form itself being underused.

How is she central to the show? I don't even remember her in the show at all.

As for Sid, he was far more important than Kurokage, Mr Dangerous, and Ornac combined.

I know Kivala is only in the movie but you must have really not been paying attention to know that Natsumi was a main character who appeared in every single episode of Decade.

Kivala is a completely left field mass release, but Sigurd was always gonna be web exclusive because unlike her he isn't a freak one off. He's part of a larger cast that are now all gonna be exclusives.

Plus Decade designs are obviously popular enough in Japan to warrant mass releases. Remember Abyss?

Uh... No, I disagree with that. Kurokage's death/disappearance affected several characters through to the end of the show. Bravo became a major ally and mentor figure to Gridon, and then the rest of the Beat Riders as the Helheim saga started up. Gridon had some of the most steady character development of the show, and arguably more than anyone that wasn't Gaim, Baron, or Ryugen.

Sid's two biggest contributions to the plot were distributing the Drivers and lockeseeds, and killing Hase. He was barely present as a villain for the Beat Rider saga, and he became irrelevant as soon as the Helheim saga kicked into full gear.

Yup. I was going to say all of this. Sid was essentially a jobber villain for a majority of his time in the series. Hell, Gridon even got his own episode in the series.

Natsumi is Kivala? I don't remember that ever happening.

Gridon? I'm assuming you mean Ornac, so Jounouchi, right? I thought he was absolutely worthless as the show would have been the same without him. He was nothing more than a comic relief lackey who did very little to the main plot.

Considering his actual name is Gridon he means Gridon.