I liked the previous gimmick figure lines. They didn't have as much articulation but ones like Drive, Ex-Aid and Wizard were pretty great

I hope atleast the first decade of reiwa stay with RKFs, but i think its gonna be hard to happen. It was just the 2nd season of reiwa afterall.

The scale is confusing, its true. But personallY RKFs size is the best for me. Not to big, not that small, and except for grease, not as fragile as So Do

I'm not just talking about quality; you have to think about price as well because this is the budget line. The previous gimmick lines were upwards of 3100 yen for each figure(some, like Ex-Aid, were as high as 3800 because they needed to replicate the Level 1 to Level 2 gimmick). Even older gimmick lines like W, still retailed for around 2500 yen, which was long before inflation really felt significant and you were still paying around 3500 yen for Tamashii Web Exclusive SH Figuarts. The "budget" lines were not really cheap, ESPECIALLY compared to RKF today.

I'd love to fully agree with this, as someone who collects a lot of 1/12 scale figures, but personally, I'd take this tradeoff any day because the unique scale is a big reason that RKF is so cheap. Given that the older gimmick line figures were as high as 3000-4000 yen, I honestly cannot find a reason to really complain when I could buy as much as 3 RKFs for the same price range, depending on the figures.

I loved them, myself. Like I said above, though, it's not just about whether we liked them or not, you have to weigh options here. They were really spectacular sometimes and the gimmicks were usually well-integrated, but they were absolutely not cheap. 3000-4000 yen(the average price range for almost every gimmick line) is really not efficient at all for a budget line, even if you factor in all the Kamen Riders that they skip(which sadly, is a lot).

This especially holds true when certain gimmick releases just don't really have enough of a gimmick to warrant such high price tags. It just becomes a waste of plastic at times. For example, I'm really pleased that I can grab RKF Hyper Muteki+Maximum Mighty X for a grand total of less than 3000 yen, whereas the LVUR release would be almost double that price.

A line being discontinued before it can have a sense of completeness (however you want to determine complete, but for me it is the era) is among my biggest fear when collecting a line.

SO-DO is doing well, RKF is doing just okay, but you never know when a line will just cease. Converge figures are going strong on 10 years and that's why they are my favorite to collect.

We've basically been told the Figure-Rise model kits will complete the Heisei main riders and we already have 10/20 so now I'm all in on those.

W’s gimick figures lacked head articulation also.

New set for the 1/12 rider items set thing seems to be the two Woz books, a Helheim fruit (don't eat it!), and the W driver and its briefcase. The 4th one being hidden, but since Saber is present I suspect it being Nagare or Kurayami.

Woz books!! Yes!!!!!

This got me wondering if there's a sword of time.

Man, I just want them to announce RKF Saikou, already. I'm really surprised that they haven't yet. It is probably one of the easiest releases they could do.

But then again...Calibur came out quite late because he had the form change gimmick...so maybe...?

Made me think that a RKF Saikou would be the cheapest way to obtain a "Kamen Rider Saikou" in your SHF Shelf. Just grab the sword and put it in your Saber and you're good to go.