Update: Looks like the auction got extended and I got some extra cash last night so I'll try and bid on it.

Edit: Also I only just realized that Box 7 of AI 06 includes 2 stands despite it being in the pictures the entire times. It's really cool either way.

Update: Everything I said was a lie to make you feel better and I want those Zero-Ones so bad I can't even express how bummed I'll be if I don't get all of my favorite Riders like Volcano Wolf and Thousand and Zootopia Form and Goose Majesty DO NOT MESS THIS UP THIS TIME.

https://i.imgflip.com/3w9njt.jpg

Will do bud.

I always feel a little bad when I slightly derail this thread by goofing around, so here’s a look at a SO-DO I basically just put together out of guilt, RIDE PLAYER NICO!

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico1.jpg

Nico’s a limited edition/exclusive/I don’t know figure who comes boxed with Gamedeus Cronus and a bunch of effects parts. Those all went back in the box for the time being, since I just wanted to work on Nico.

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico2.jpg

Luckily, Nico is bagged with all of her stuff, sans stickers. She’s just a figure and a sword, not much to her. Her backpack and hat are already a part of the figure, and there’s a ton of paint on this thing. Feels way more premium than your average SO-DO. Most of the stickers are just to add detail. She has a regular amount of stickers, about as much as a standard Build figure.

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico3.jpg

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico4.jpg

And here she is! Didn’t take more than about ten minutes to sticker her up. She’s got some stickers that need to go in small parts of her arms and legs, so you will be disassembling this one to get it all applied. Everything pops off easy, though, so no need to worry about that part. The trouble parts for me were, as seemingly always, any sticker that has to curve over a rounded/domed surface. That hat, it didn’t come out as great as I’d like for such a focal point of her design. Same thing for her gloves/gauntlets, those didn’t wrap great around her wrists. Otherwise, I’m happy with how she turned out. Most of the stickers blend really well, and there’s way more attention to the things like her backpack and back of her legs than you’d normally see. It doesn’t feel like any detail was skimped on, and Ride Player Nico’s thing is A Lot Of Specific Tiny Details, so I’m happy.

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico5.jpg

I really like the Nico character, and the Ride Player Nico design. Brown isn’t a color you see a lot in Kamen Rider, due (I assume) to how boring and weak a neutral color like that looks on screen. Which, you know, that’s why the Ride Players are brown in Ex-Aid, a show that is otherwise garish and colorful. Nico’s customization is a nice compromise, keeping her teen-girl aesthetic (stickers, charms) without disrupting the narrative usefulness of the palette. Plus, she actually gets to fight as a Rider, which makes her great in my book.

Now where’s my Nico Snipe SO-DO?!

https://challengerscomics.com/images/kr/sodo/nico6.jpg

Looks really good, a lot of the Ex-aid figs actually get back stickers on the thighs and lower back, so there's that.

Edit: And I've set the sniper bid up

The satisfying click of inserting the Switch joycons has always felt somewhat like a Rider toy...

https://i.imgur.com/xS6l8mM.jpg

I was getting new Joycons soon. I was deadset on just getting a normal pair of colours, and you go and do this to me. Hot damn that looks nice.

How'd you get ahold of those?

Neat! That's good to know.

Uh oh, I hope this isn't the start of you getting 40-odd different JoyCons, to keep things on-point.

"Hmm, I'm going to be doing some fishing in Animal Crossing, so... OCEAN! CRAB!"

That's a really cool photo. Double looks great, as does your switch.

Also update for those who I was splitting the first/build SO-DO lot with: The current total price is 12519 yen to buy and ship the items to the zenmarket warehouse.

Edit: The price of the lot is currently 8050 yen

Edit 2: We've got our first look at Burning Falcon Jin

https://cdn-ak.f.st-hatena.com/image...0409012314.jpg

Here is the rest of the post, but it's mostly about the latest SHODO wave.