I used bar soap soooooo oops. At least it was like, a very neutral scent.

That's fine. It'll work too.

"At this point" is such a ridiculous thing to say when the show is still airing, and we know for a fact Figuarts releases tend to go on for a very long time.

I mean, that's hardly difficult to figure out - it's simple parts swapping which they've done thousands of times before in different ways - and SHF never really has any scheduling issues because of that. If they're releasing X-Swordsman now they probably just don't plan to do the earlier form which wasn't even really a form. This ain't SO-DO; they often leave a lot of stuff out

I did what you said, and it actually worked out pretty well. They're not sticky now (or at least, not NOTICEABLY sticky). Dried them off with a paper towel, and just letting whatever little water is left in the holes I couldn't dry to air dry. Thanks for the advice.

Honestly we can't say what Bandai Japan will or won't do because who ever expected to see Build Nin-nin/Comic, a form change at that, released well after the show ended while we still have no Build Genius confirmed yet?

Of course we can state the many possible reasons as to why he's getting released but they're all over the place with these releases and seeing who's getting confirmed spots this year

I think NinninComic's circumstances are kinda being underestimated here? Like, don't get me wrong; it's AWESOME and unexpected that it happened, but it's clearly a very special case given how popular Build was and how well it sold. I really wouldn't take that as an indication that SHF's opening the floodgates, especially when the Saber line so far has been business as usual at best while Zi-O was pretty barebones with no movie riders or tsukuyomi. Don't go expecting this stuff, NinninComic's an anomaly

I think we can also shut the door on form changes. When was the last time we got those? Zi-O armors? Those look like they flopped hard given their low aftermarket price.

I'm not expecting Buster, Kenzan, Slash to get those interchangeable parts. I think their absence is more of Tamashii having their plate full with a backlog of other items.

I'm also curious how Saber's releases compare to 01. With as many figures as they've done for 01, I feel the debut of those characters was spread out vs Saber front loading 6/7 different Riders early on. So to me, the delay in Saber releases feels more noticeable because we've seen this larger cast from very early on. 01 SHF announcements felt closer to the character debuts, unless I'm misremembering

Yes. Jin's SHF opening during his character death with Shining Assault following shortly.

Zero-One had more releases and announcements at the time compared to Saber currently and still is getting announcements