Well. Uh. New Saber SHF announced. Line’s not dead?

https://tamashiiweb.com/item/15001/?wovn=en

What this is what they give us? Coulda been final form or movie rider but no a cheap repaint how lazy Bandai has become with rereleases. At this point they don?t even care to finish other rider lines they just want your money easy pass.

Burying the lede there

Metallic repaint of Brave Dragon, exclusive to the physical Tamashii stores (Akihabara, NYC, etc)

https://tamashiiweb.com/images/item/...P3J918M_03.jpg

I'd much rather a repaint be an exclusive than an all new form or figure.

Just give us Durandal already!!!

Wow so we get a Metallic paint Saber that will most likely not come with the small sword for the driver?.seriously just give me KR Durendal already!!!!

That's certainly a surprise.

Yea, honestly this being a repaint exclusive to a store is perfectly fine. Rather that than it be a whole new form or Rider.

Got my first actual Rider merch today, and also my first SHF. Naturally it had to be the designs that convinced me to check out Kamen Rider in the first place. Thankfully Suruga-ya had a free shipping campaign so the cost wasn't too bad.

The quality is a lot better than I expected, i can see why people are so gung-ho about these. Ex-Aid's joints are buttery soft while Brave's and Snipe's are...okay? A bit tight but I don't feel like they'll snap off if they move too much. And the tampographs! They're friggin' tiny! I might need a magnifying glass to fully appreciate these figures. Absolutely solid, no complaints. Except for the hands. I'm paranoid that one of these days the ball joints will snap from me swapping the hands out. I'm actually debating whether or not to sand them down a little.
https://i.imgur.com/4kdKYpB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/CVL1taN.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/6fa6kuL.jpg

And while I'm talking about Rider merch, I also got the Detail of Heroes OOO mook. It might not be my favorite series but my goodness the designs are beautiful. Absolutely worth the glossy paper the mook is printed on.
https://i.imgur.com/Z9m75cB.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/KXqQveG.jpg

You know, thinking on it now, it's kind of funny how they teased the SHF Fever forms for Geats, only to turn around and go "SURPRISE YOU'RE GETTING TYCOON BUJIN SWORD" instead. And at the same time, indirectly showing us how the Ninja legs will roughly look.

Also, it's a kind of strange change, too, since the Ninja kneepads are attached to the knee joint, rather than be attached to the shins like how the Boost, Magnum, and Zombie legs have theirs. I guess it's because the flatter shape of the Ninja kneepads are a more friendly shape and size to have on the knees rather than on the shins?

Still curious as to how they'll do the Ninja legs for Tycoon Fever, and if we'll get parts to replace the wraps, or if they won't do that.