Nope, it?s a general retail. They?re even supposed to get a US official release

I?ve been keeping an eye on tokullectibles too. They put up SS Ultraman Dyna earlier, but still no Geats.

All my ideas for how to run a business are deranged and would almost certainly bankrupt anyone who listened to me, BUT probably making an order allotment for japanese versions of these two figures is very difficult to predict. It?s two versions of the same character releasing at the same time, with the more expensive one appearing to have less stuff to it. There will be a cheaper US release as well. If you look at their store now, they still have the retail releases from revice and Kamen Rider Blades. They could just be waiting to see how they should approach this kind-of complicated Geats release.

Or it could be some other reason. I just like to guess and write long posts!

I think that makes perfect sense, Rabbitman. I know I've picked up every mainline Rider until Revice because it's my least favorite Rider design ever, even moreso than Ex-Aid; I can only wonder whether that's a common sentiment, or if Tokullectibles just over-ordered. And yeah, I imagine Geats is going to be a nightmare for orderers to predict; maybe that's why Bandai is touting the interchangeability aspect. Is this the first Rider whose "default" form wasn't shown in the initial marketing image?

I guess Den-O, arguably, but he was rarely in PlatForm.

Ryuki also had another black form before he made the pact with the dragon feller.

I wonder if the key to understanding geats is to just watch Ex-Aid though. Those entry forms are a lot like the disgusting chibi ex-aid forms. Watch in episode 40 there will be some monster that can only be beaten by the entry form or something, just like in ex-aid.

I look forward to seeing what they do with Na-Go’s SHF. Seems to me like they should do another female rider so they can get more value out of the female torsos and legs (ok this seems like I am talking like a serial killer, but I am just trying to talk like a business man!). I also just think they should throw the male beat torso or whatever it is called into the box with Na-Go, but that’s probably also insane. Anyway this will be a fun line!

Given the writer's history (Ex-Aid/Poppy, Zero-One/Is), I'd say there's good odds of Tsumuri becoming a rider at some point.

You know, I really hope that with the reveals/teases of Zero-Two, Xross Saber, and Ultimate Revice isn't a sign that we won't get other SHFs from those series (since main Rider final forms tend to signal that line's normal end). Like, we still need/I still want:

- Zero-One: RampageVulcan (seriously how have we gotten Vulcan Lone Wolf before RampageVulcan)
- Saber: Saber Elemental Primitive Dragon, Blades King Lion Daisenki (unlikely) and Tategami Hyoujuusenki (more likely), Falchion, Solomon and Storious (very unlikely), and Saikou Shadow (more like a wish I have but am definitely not expecting), Desast (honestly if they make Falchion, they'll probably just include Desast's sword in that release)
- Revice: KR Vail, Crimson Vail, and regular Vail (the latter two being more possible since they're easy repaints/retools), Over-Demons, Juuga, and the V-Cinema forms for Live, Evil, and Demons

Definitely being paranoid about this, since we've had SHFs be revealed and released after final form teases, but still, kind of hoping that we'll still get some of these guys.

As far as Xross Saber and Ultimate Revice are concerned, they were never revealed per say. Their displays specifically asked for no photography to be taken and Xross also had a blurb how he was still a work in progress. So who knows. Mugen Damashi never got released either but the Ghost line is still dead ironically.

Anybody have any thoughts on the Soul of Chogokin Gavan. I was kind of foolishly hoping it would scale with SHFs, but it looks like it is only 100 mm tall.

So this would just be a lil guy if I were to get him and stand him next to some other SHFs, right? It?s a shame, because it?s kind of cool.

https://hobby-genki.com/en/soul-of-c...-cyberian.html

It scales closer to the SHODO candy toy figures.

I wasn't really sold on the value but then I saw that it plays music from the show and I love it when toys play a theme song.

Oh. I do have the Shodo Gokaigers... Haha. This would be funny if we both accidentally convinced each other to buy this thing.