I plan to watch it!

...

After pre-ordering the figure :lol

I mean, what if I watch t beforehand, like it a lot, and then don't get a pre-order in? That would be devastating. No thanks. If I try pre-ordering it but fail without having seen the show, that won't be so much of an issue.

And if I don't like it - I still get a good looking figure to play around with :p

Indeed and that's when you go down the rabbit hole lol...Idk how you guys that watch Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider and collect the figuarts are able to handle it lol.

My Kamen Rider figuarts collection has over taken everything else I collect from other lines and series. I don't even have a gotta have 'em all mindset with collecting but there's just so many nice designs that translate well to figure form

Interesting that we're talking about favorite releases this year when Toyhaco judt did videos of all Kamen Rider/Super Sentai and Ultraman figuarts releases of this year:

https://youtu.be/br7z76VEwXU

I completely forgot Kenzan and Slash released earlier this year

Years of practice :lol

Yeah, the toys were what made me watch the shows in the first place. I saw all those colorful and fun looking figures and had to know where they came from! :D

Thankfully a video game forum I used to visit at the time had an off-topic thread dedicated to Kamen Rider and the wonderful people there showed me the ropes. I'll never forget you, SanoBaron and CybermanWorf! Those were the days. So much fun discovering everything about Kamen Rider.

Not that is any less fun with all the amazing stuff to watch nowadays!

Interesting to see all the releases indeed!

My main takeaway from watching this is that I liked the Revice-line much more than I thought. I got Revi & Vice in late, but I really like them. Vice especially for some weird reason.

I'm ready to dive into more, the Destream prototype looks awesome. And please - Kamen Rider Vail! That design is so cool.

The Revice stuff has been consistently solid since Revi and Vice dropped. I've enjoyed every single one I've gotten. Can't wait for Live next year so the Igarashi siblings are finally united.

Oh was Kenzan this year? I picked that up this year so that will be my top pick then!

It's a great figure that looks speedy and the soft plastic was used to great effect on the boots.

Here we go -

https://i.imgur.com/qEWL12o.jpg

Honorable mention for Nin Nin Comic since it's my favorite of the haul from my trip

Zenkaizer looks perfect and I'm glad it did well enough to continue the line into Don Brothers and now even SS Sentai renewals. Had I not decided to ship Don Momotaro until next month, that figure would've made the list since I absolutely love that show much, much more. BUT Zenkaizer deserves the recognition for making all that possible

The Revice line had a really strong showing this year. Fully detailed belts + gimmick items, excellent sculpts, wide assortment of characters + upgrades, and all released in a single year. These three are my favorite of the bunch

I never thought I'd grow a soft spot for Ichigo, but no collection is complete without the one that started it all. Shinkocchou Seihou truly is Tamashii at it's absolute peak. I probably used up all my luck by finding this piece though ...

Holy sh*t your Ichigo looks beautiful...were you able to get him for at cost since you mentioned you had a recent visit to Japan?

I just can't overpay that much for him and hope Bandai considers doing a retail release since he'll sell out either way just like the 50th Anniversary Ichigo release did but come on give the fans a better chance to own that fig for at cost

Yep Kenzan released in January and I forgot both him and Buster released back to back and then Slash released in March.

I certainly look forward to getting him but it looks like his price is starting to hover around 6000 yen with each listing I've seen recently and occasionally 5500 yen on Mandarake

What did they end up doing for the Sakurajima Version? I could see them doing something similar.

I naively tried looking up that Sakurajima figure on Mandarake, and, man, lol.