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I just want a main protagonist that doesn't fit neatly into the "I want to heal everyone's smiles" kind of archetype.
Someone who's still definitely a good guy, but can be a bit aloof or a jerk or even a little selfish. Kinda like Tendou, Takumi or even Sento (at times). With the dinosaur theme, I could imagine a strong warrior kind of character who's a bit boisterous and cocky. |
Something that came to mind today.
I hope Akira Kushida is involved in the songs somehow. Considering he did lent his voice to OOO and Kyoryuger, it would be sad if he didn’t get involved in Revice as well. |
Maybe it's because I've been watching it recently, but I'm realising that Revice's toyline is very similar to Ghost's; at least for the first quarter we know of? The secondary not debuting until about ~10 episodes in with absolutely no other Riders until after Christmas; a single weapon for the main Rider; the first upgrade debuting at the end of the year; and a fair handful of auxiliary forms prior to that.
Like... I kinda need to underline this here, every toyline after Ghost has had more toys in the first quarter in some way -- the most comparable are Ex-Aid and Build; but Ex-Aid had more Riders which get a lot more marketing to them compared to alternate forms like Musashi and Benkei, while Build had non-rider Henshin devices and a bunch more fullbottles and weapons. Revice actually seems to have LESS merch to sell here than Ghost; since there doesn't seem to be a secondary-exclusive weapon nor a big mech thing. This is potentially balanced out by the gimmick items seemingly costing more than before, but this is a dramatic decrease in direct DX toy merch to sell compared to even the mid-2010s. It means I'm a lot more excited for the show, but I really gotta wonder what's happened here to prompt it? |
yeah i dunno. all in all seems like a really slow start in terms of toys. considering toys tend to slow down by the third quarter it's kinda unsettling. whatever the case, they're very proud of the fact they can make kamen rider so different every year, and to be honest, that's my favorite part about this franchise.
a lot of key components and usual suspects are just not here. perhaps they just aren't listed for whatever reason. i'm holding my breath because this doesn't really make sense. i do hope this is a sign of the formula for this series though. looking back, i REALLY enjoyed the shows with fewer riders. fourze, drive and ghost really stand out for me. imo 3 main riders and MAYBE a villain rider is just right. maybe we'll see a bigger cast of non-riders be able to shine again, too. let kamen rider be a special title again since it's the 50th anniversary after all. |
Maybe because they're splurging with Zenkaiger? After all, we don't know the details on the anniversary elements for Revice, except for what we're assuming his other forms reference. Either that, or it's to balance things out after Zero-One and Saber bombarded everyone with items and devices.
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Boiled down, we've got 2 belts (with figures confirming only one user each), 9 auxiliary form items (if they even all get used for forms), 2 weapons, 1 phone bike, 1 storage item, 1 upgrade. When I took another look at the list again this is actually a little beyond what seasons like Ghost and Drive had, but it's still a lot less stuff than what we've got recently given Reiwa's insane deluge of henshin devices. All this despite Kamen Rider as a toy franchise only doing better and better in the sales department... |
This might be an overly optimistic theory, but maybe the reason there's less merch is because Kamen Rider is selling so well, and Toei is confident they can cut back on how many different products they're pushing and still make a good profit? Fewer different items might also mean lower manufacturing costs.
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Or maybe Toei kind of realized how insane Bandai was in wanting to sell so much stuff in the first quarter that they want to spread stuff out more evenly again? Or Bandai realizing this sort of sale didn't really help decided "We'll put out less items and increase them on price"
Cause I don't think we're getting Gashapon versions of the stamps right? |
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