Yes, BUT it is easier to just buy a rider packaged with the bike than it is to buy the rider and then hope the bike is actually going to be available as a retail release. I would be more willing to pay $80 for a figure AND bike than $40 for a figure, $40 for the bike, AND shipping on top of it (with middle man fees) to get it because it was a web exclusive.

If anything, sell the rider as a stand alone figure as a web exclusive and do the retail release packaged with the bike.

I agree. If I really want the bike, I'll buy it separately. I'm very picky and choosy when it comes to my bikes.

That could be a plausible solution.

No, it should definitely be the opposite. If people want both people are obviously willing to pay more.

Maaaaan, I really hope Figuarts releases accessories they missed.

Souji feels kinda incomplete without a Feather Edge and Torininity Strizer effect piece.

There is no known release date for her. All we have for now is the Figma (which is supposedly crap) or her Souchaku Henshin.

So I guess we can expect an announcement for Jinba and Kachidoki Arms to come sometime around August with a release in winter, right?

I'd like a Gokai Galleon Buster. And maybe some extra Ranger Keys.

But definitely Gai's f****ing Darin.

I don't care for the bikes. I rather have the rider and not have the bike come with it.

Personally I don't care about the bikes. I'm not going to pose the figure on them, so there's no real point. The only two I would even consider buying are Battle Hopper and Acrobater.

I know I've said this before but bikes are a tough pill to swallow considering they cost more than your average Figuart for what's essentially a glorified accessory.

You could argue that bikes are what makes a Kamen Rider a Kamen Rider but really…how often are they even used?

I'd rather put that money towards getting another Figuart I don't have.

The bikes to me are essential to the characters mythos. Without the ride, what's a rider at a core concept level? Maybe it's my OCD but I just can't connect the dots between owning the rider and having no appreciation for the bikes.

I get that a lot of them rarely use their bikes if at all, but to me the figure feels incomplete without one. I'd like to have the proper bike for every one of my riders if possible. Selling them in 2-pack is the ideal strategy to me.

I can understand that. I just don't have enough space for them in my case, so I have to be picky and choosy. :lol The only ones I really want right now are the DenBird and the Sakura Hurricane.

The only one I think would be essential would be Ichigo's.

Yeah, but his is super hard to find for a good price...

I feel that the option should be made available, but not at the expense of collectors who only want the characters, and not the bikes. I'd probably get all of the bikes if I had the funds to do so, but at the moment, I have to be picky choosy about who gets a bike and who doesn't. I'd probably get all the bikes for Blade if only because Garren already comes with his and it's just awkward if he's the only one with one. After that, it'd be something reserved for my favorite characters, and probably the Showa riders.

I feel it's the same situation with the Contract Beasts. I'd argue that Ryuki, Knight, Zolda, Ouja, and Imperer are all Riders who should come with their Contract Beasts because they're important to each of those characters, but financially, it's better for me that I can drop the $30 on Ouja now then get the Genocider set at a later date, so that way I don't have to drop that much money all at once (which is what I did; purchased Ouja way back in 2012 and didn't get Genocider until 2 months ago).

I do think there should be the option for those that want to get the Rider + Bike and/or Contract Beast and other relevant accessory though. But I don't know how profitable it'd be in the end.

Yup, it sucks waiting for Femme's release tbh. Despite how crap the Figma may be, I'm almost tempted to get Siren because once Imperer gets in, it's going to feel weird knowing that my Ryuki collection is literally one Rider away from completion.

I'm of the mind that we should have the choice. It's only right. But I'll just say this: it is called Kamen Rider.

As true as this may be, newer shows haven't really focused on the whole Rider aspect.


At least Gaim gives an alternate reasoning behind the name.

Don't get me started. Nope, you have.

The biggest, DekaYellow and DekaPink should've come with Murphy. It is absolutely unforgivable that ads had them with him and then they skipped him.
Also, what the heck is up with DekaYellow and DekaPink not coming with SP Licence holding hands? Bizarre.
ShinkenRed or Princess ShinkenRed should've come with the Rekka Daizanto Bazooka Mode. If not that, they should've given us two Double Discs with Princess so we could take advantage of now having two Daizantos.
Hyper Shinken Red needed a Kyoryumaru with an extended blade. I love the beautiful figure, but the extending blade was the whole point on the form.
The core Zyurangers needed to all have their Ranger Guns, Swords and Slingers. It is bizarre that they got cut and very cheap of them.
Ryuranger needed his Dairen Rod without its Spear Extension. He used the Dairen Rod every single episode, but only used the Extension maybe once in Dairanger and once in Gokaiger.
All the core Kyoryugers should come with their Gaburicannons, especially Blue.
Hurricane Blue and Yellow needed the combined cannon. Its weird that the Gouraigers gave us theirs but the other three missed out.
Hurricane Red should've come with Shurikenger's bat. The entire point on the vest in Akibaranger was that it let him use it, so why did they include the vest and not the bat?
The Gouraigers likewise should've had their Akibaranger Jakanja vests. The vests were exactly the same as the Shurikenger vest but with a different symbol so its almost like they were planned to have them, but instead they got cut, which sucks.
All three core Hurricanegers deserved their Hayatemaru in gun modes. It sucks that they're missing.
The Gouraigers could've come with their Ikazuchimaru in Moon Mode. Not REALLY important, but its weird they both came with Cross Mode but no Moon Mode.

Seriously, so much anger:

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I'm shocked that neither Red Hawk or Black Condor came with the Beak Smasher.

My only complaint with the accessories they have come with is why the hell does Black Condor have red pieces for his glove when they are black in the show?

.......calling all the Little Monsters.... :lol

MMPR White/KibaRanger should've came with more hands...

In fairness, they never advertised Murphy with Yellow and Pink. They went up for pre-order well before that picture was shown in a magazine and it says nothing about it being included, even as a promotional bonus. It would have been great, but it's not like we were tricked or anything.

The only missing accessory that's really bothered me (besides the lack of SP Licence holding hands for those two) was the lack of standard Dairen Rod for Ryuuranger. Like you said, it was used in almost every single episode and the full team, assuming they're ever released, would have looked great all holding them in their lineup. Unlike most of the others you mentioned, it was an important part of their theme and even frequently used in the roll call.

More accessories would always be nice, but when the line in general seems to be doing pretty badly, I don't see the need to complain about the figures lacking every single weapon or accessory they ever used.

I'm going to disagree there. I preordered Pink and Yellow under the impression they were coming with Murphy from that pic.

I do agree posing them with Murphy in that picture sort of implies that Murphy will be an accessory somehow, at least part of the Dekaranger line. Unless the Japanese text explicitly says no.

How is putting a photo of two figures with two accessories on a page advertising them not implying they come with it? Its misleading no matter how you look at it.

I disagree with the notion that people should settle on lacking accessories because its not doing as well as Kamen Rider. There's so few Sentai releases it gives them all the more reason to make them extra special. But I wasn't trying to complain necessarily, all the figures are brilliant but coming with extra would've made them perfect. The Zyurangers lacking weapons compared to Tyranno Ranger are particularly inexcusable.

It doesn't. I don't think it mentions Murphy at all, the text next to it I believe was talking about how they're released on the same day.

The most fascinating thing about Kabuto Renewal: Unlike Riders of the past with loose kneecaps, my Kabuto has loose elbow caps. Elbows being smaller than knees, that does make them harder to locate.

Truly fascinating.

Also, I really liked the idea of the hand rack for the new style hands - the more figures you get with them, the bigger your rack becomes yet it's a more compact way to store them all overall. Pretty great if you don't keep the boxes for whatever reason. But god those pegs do not stay in there at all.

That hand rack, or at least the one I have, is a piece of shit. The hands barely peg into it, and the two halves of the rack fall apart when I breath on them. So getting all the unused hands back on it is an adventure.

Zyurangers/MMPR Rangers should have come with Blade Blasters instead of the "only used once" Thunder Slingers. Really weird that the only one with a blade blaster is Red.

Except the Thunder Slingers were not used only once. They used them quite a bit after Bandora started using the new clay.

Well in MMPR, they were used one time.

just saw Wizard in Magic Land and it made me think. Are we ever going to get sorcerer and mage figuarts?

Nothing is impossible...





































But it is not very likely.

Yeah it's just really not good... As cool as it was in concept, the execution's crap.

I also officially hate the peg wrists. Granted, I did not ever expect to like them. I keep wanting to tilt Kabuto's wrists down, but of course that's just not possible. It would make a lot of poses look so much better if they could do that, though. Not feeling like you're going to break the figure by changing hands is a huge bonus, but the limitation it places on articulation after expecting that mobility is enough of a negative to outweigh the positives.

Same chance as Kamen Riders Aqua and Poseidon getting Figuarts.

oh god don't remind me. I so would love an aqua. he is a modern rider made in the showa style and powered by water.

The summer villains tend to get figuarts like Eternal and the Space Ironmen. I think the Wizard figuarts didn't sell well for Sorcerer and Infinity Dragon form to happen.

Did someone finally release a sub of it?

tv-nihon did.

Awesome! Thanks. Time to go get my Wizard fix.

On Topic Edit: Whoa. My Road Sector shipped today. Way earlier than I expected. Now I just need to get a SHF Black of some sort to go with it

Road Sector is out?

Dammit, I don't need something so useless as it, so why am I even asking?

In the mean time, Amazon shipped my Kabuto.