I can see why you might think the gold - it being a difficult colour and all - but all of Kuuga's gold parts were solid pieces; with his only stickers being his eyes, belt and red spots on his knees and stuff! So I think that could easily be the case here

Ah, I haven't gotten my Kuuga kit yet. Good to know!

Yupyup! Judging by how few stickers he and W have, and how few I can see on Den-O; I get the feeling that they're gonna make it a standard thing from here on out to minimise stickers as much as possible, unless it's a design that absolutely demands it like the Ex-Aid riders

We got a closer look at the Den-O kit

http://bandaihobby.hatenablog.com/en...0/07/10/100000

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0701183359.jpg

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0701195645.jpg

So strange to see the FRS kit come out so close to the Figuarts! It's clear these are not meant to be competing product lines. Does Bandai expect people to buy both?

let we see...

the gold part on the side of the helmet doesn't have that black stripes
just a simple panel lining can complete it

the dengasher besides the belt is removable

each button color in the belt is a sticker

idk the center of the belt is sticker or not

and cuz it's so simillar to the SHF SS one, it's a cheap alternative

In the blog, it states that there is only one belt and you have to choose a sticker for the form.

Ooh! I LOVE the silver! Now, I wonder why didn't add that kind of metallic sheen on the W kits. They really needed those.

Forget the metallic silver! Does anyone else remember the beautiful metallic green on the preview version of W?

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D6Ai3oZUwAAg5bm.jpg

That is annoying and stupid. They give you the separate parts for Plat form, why skimp out on a lousy extra belt buckle?

It's also how they did the Gaia Memory indicator on the W kits. The Gaia Memories can detach, but the indicator on front is a sticker that you apply. They give you a bunch of sticker options besides the basics (LunaJoker, for example), but once you stick it on the Driver, that's it. You can't switch out the indicator for different combos.

Weirdly, Kabuto comes with (if memory serves) 8000 individual buckle combinations.

Bandai's an unpredictable company!