We already got renewals of Black and Black RX not too while ago. I'm not sure we are ready for renewals for the Showa Riders pre-Black yet? I feel like S.H Figuarts Ichigo, Nigo, V3 and Riderman are still nice figures today. ZX did suck, but I hope they can fix the gummy hands if they ever did a reissue with him and his bike in the near future.

ZX is the pinacle of poor QC & design. He deserves a Seihou release more than just about any other figuart. He's a total disaster. But it's true that earlier Showa Riders really just don't hold up nowadays. Looking at my various Ichigos and Nigos they just look inferior compared to the build quality of later Showa releases like the Black/RX Renewals, Shin, ZO, J, even Amazon & Stronger hold up pretty well. But Ichigo, Nigo, & V3 in particular lack some definition and personality that newer figuarts seem to have.

I'd just like a less nightmarish method of changing out Super-1's Five Hands.

Anyway, now that the Showa Riders are complete... can we get back to Sentai please? ;P

ZX is hands down the worst Kamen Rider Figuart I have ever bought. In fact, I'm currently deciding if I really need to own the riders I don't care for, and he will be the first to go if I decide the answer to that is no.

That's a 1500Y increase though. J is not worth anywhere near that price IMO.

Still can't believe we are getting J before Kiva.

Is this a drink in the Tokunation drinking game by now?

Down the whole bottle.

Cool to see the Show Riders finally being completed and pretty soon.

I actually never realized before that the Jungraider was a repainted bike. That's kind of next actually; looked perfect for its role in Amazons.

That J hand is so delightful. I was happy to see J show up at that earlier show/display thing, and happy that the preorder's coming up.

As for other Showa(-related) Riders and renewals, the only ones that I really want to see are renewal Next/First versions, since I prefer those designs anyways, and it's been a loooong time since their release.

As for ZX, I wouldn't turn my nose at a SS renewal at all since the original was unfortunate, but honestly if they took the original and fixed it (changed the scarf so it wouldn't stress trying to pop the stupid thing in...and what was the other thing, his hands and not holding the weapons well?) I'd settle for that. The scarf is the main thing I remember.

He has incredibly loose floppy hips. Some of them literally just fall off at the hip joint. The 3 pieces on his belt tend to just fall off. He does have trouble holding stuff but his hands are also very badly painted. Then there's the scarf stress/breakage issue. On top of that he's jut weirdly proportioned. Would love to have a better ZX.

Ah, thanks, forgot about the hips. I've had mine held up by a Tamashii stage since I got it, so I forgot in all that time mine were loose too (though mine were never "fall off the joint" bad, thankfully).