Originally Posted by OathToOblivion (Post 567983)

Adding to this discussion about Riders keeping powers, Eiji did get the Medals back in Mega Max, but he kept them after that. The thing up in the air on when he did it was bringing Ankh back. His cameo in Ultimatum...yeah, I just assumed he didn't need to transform to handle a couple of mooks.

Originally Posted by Suzu (Post 567987)

Because the only one that is actually shown in the end is Ankh's destroyed core- to which he says "Just wait a bit, Ankh...". That is a pretty clear hint that he didn't keep the other core medals, as he could have revived him immediately with those.

Originally Posted by IXRollOutIX (Post 568916)

Do we know the release dates for next month's DX toys are yet? The Cobra Mobile, Bat Clock, Tut, Billy, and the Nobu/Beethoven two pack? Any idea when those are going to hit HLJ? I've been checking for new listings every day.

Originally Posted by Diamondmatter (Post 569350)

Holy shit Nobunaga looks amazing.
Tutankhamun looks kinda funky but still pretty cool. The face is odd. Can't tell what it is.

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 569351)

Yeah, Tut's face is weird. I guess they're just supposed to be sickles on the sides? The colors are inconsistent, but it's the only thing that makes sense.

Originally Posted by Helios (Post 569973)

There is a rumor on the Ghouly News that according to an anon from 2chan, the 2 Movie War forms for Ghost will be the Drive Damashii and Da Vinci Damashii. This is just a rumor and could probably be fake, but if this turns out to be real I won't be surprised.

Originally Posted by henshinzero (Post 570040)

I just wish Spectre wouldn't treat Takeru badly. Hope they can be friends somehow.

Originally Posted by Kiwami (Post 570041)

Of course... this is "Second Rider 101"-stuff.

"Be an ass towards the main Rider to create tension, you can be friends later when everyone bought your toys!"

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 570012)

Something in the episode 4 thread made me remember, I've been meaning to bring up:

Man, what even was Surprise Future Ghost.

Other than, like, better than what we got? The way he moves and fights in that bit is just so much cooler than what he actually does in show. Hell, his fighting in the last couple of episodes of Drive was way smoother and cooler than what's in Ghost itself.

Oh, and that eye thing floating above Newton. I remember we were wondering what that was back then. But I guess we found out, and what it was was Not A Real Thing That Exists.

Which is really a shame, because I still think it looks pretty neat.

I mean, I know that summer movie cameos are rarely representative of how the series will actually be, but this is still kind of a bummer. This stuff was cool...

Originally Posted by KRWolfblade (Post 570160)

Unless you're Kusaka, then be an ass 24/7 until you die.

Originally Posted by Diamondmatter (Post 570200)

Could be like Kuuga, where he gets better later. They've shown Takeru training.

Originally Posted by IXRollOutIX (Post 570296)

What if one of the Ghost movies blows our minds by actually explaining how Ghost shows up in Drive a month before he should exist. Or in the case of Surprise Future, like a couple of months. I mean the next one is supposed to have time travel in it again, right?

Also, I wonder how long Specter has been a Rider for? It makes sense that he'd be more recent than Takeru I guess, but I almost hope they explain that he's been Specter for longer and that he was the one who created Newton before losing it to Neo-Shade... one can dream, right?...

All isn't completely lost. It's still possible to fix the continuity yet!

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 570306)

I would like it if both of those things would happen. Especially the thing with Makoto losing Newton to Neo-Shade. That'd be neat.

It would raise the question of why he'd have so few Eyecons if he's been at it for longer though. Takeru's not even two weeks into it and already found three. (four if we want to count newton, do we even?)

Speaking of Specter though, I hope him jacking Edison lasts for more than an episode. Takeru has so many forms he's really never going to be able to use them evenly. If Makoto takes some for himself that gives all the Damashii more chances to get used...I'd like that.

Hope he steals a couple more too, really. Maybe Newton and Beethoven...I would like to see Takeru use Nobunaga sometime too though, I think the color scheme would be cool...

Originally Posted by Kiwami (Post 570319)

So… does Spectre use the soul of someone else to transform, and is that why his Eyecon doesn’t say "Ore"? I mean we have the EKG-lines and the Doki Doki and all that stuff, maybe Spectre is actually alive and uses the soul of someone deer to him who lies in a coma to transform?

Kinda like a combination of Raia and Knight from Ryuki.

Originally Posted by Kiwami (Post 570319)

So I had a really boring class today and it got me thinking about stupid stuff. One of them: Is there a deeper reason to why Spectre’s jingle says "Spectre" instead of "Ore"?

I mean, "Ore" means "I" or "myself", right? So when Ghost’s jingle says Ore, it means that he uses his own soul to transform. When he uses other Eyecons, it says their names instead of Ore.

But Spectre’s jingle says "Spectre". At first I assumed it’s because they want to keep Ghost and Spectre different for the audience (toy-sales and stuff) but that could’ve been easily achieved by saying "Ore" at first and switch the Ghost at the end of his jingle for Spectre.

And you don’t even need to market the Spectre Eyecon anyways since it comes with the GanGan-Hand.

So… does Spectre use the soul of someone else to transform, and is that why his Eyecon doesn’t say "Ore"? I mean we have the EKG-lines and the Doki Doki and all that stuff, maybe Spectre is actually alive and uses the soul of someone deer to him who lies in a coma to transform?

Kinda like a combination of Raia and Knight from Ryuki.

Originally Posted by ScrapMetalRaider96 (Post 570328)

I could see Specter taking the forms whose capabilities match his weapons (Edison/Billy-His Gun, Benkei-the default form for the hand, and whatever goes best with the scythe mode)

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 570364)

Personally I think that Ghost is the one who's weird, not Specter. Ghost's Eyecon is "called" the Ore Eyecon, and it has the Ore Damashii and jingle everything...but the Eyecon itself says "Ghost," not "Ore."

I kind of get the feeling they decided to name his base form "Ore" instead of "Ghost," like it should be, so they wouldn't have Ghost Ghost Eyecons and Ghost Ghosts and Ghost Ghost Damashiis laying around. With Specter that's not really a problem, so they just left him as Specter. (though it does mean his base form is Specter Specter Damashii so, uh, maybe not).

But yeah, it's definitely a possibility. Honestly, ever since we learned that he was alive and that his personal Eyecon didn't use a personal pronoun, I have thought he could be using someone else's.

I mean, it's not like Ore is the only personal pronoun there is. Specter's could have easily been the Watashi Ghost Eyecon or something...

I still dunno though...



I mean, that makes sense, and it's what I thought at first...but according to the scans, Specter Edison Damashii uses the Rod Mode of the Hand, not the Gun Mode. So. ???? It's weird.

I am starting to wonder though...are Ghost's Ghost Gadgets compatible with the hand? Is the Cobra compatible with the Saber? Hm... I kind of doubt it. Would be interesting though...

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 570364)

Personally I think that Ghost is the one who's weird, not Specter. Ghost's Eyecon is "called" the Ore Eyecon, and it has the Ore Damashii and jingle everything...but the Eyecon itself says "Ghost," not "Ore."

I kind of get the feeling they decided to name his base form "Ore" instead of "Ghost," like it should be, so they wouldn't have Ghost Ghost Eyecons and Ghost Ghosts and Ghost Ghost Damashiis laying around. With Specter that's not really a problem, so they just left him as Specter. (though it does mean his base form is Specter Specter Damashii so, uh, maybe not).

But yeah, it's definitely a possibility. Honestly, ever since we learned that he was alive and that his personal Eyecon didn't use a personal pronoun, I have thought he could be using someone else's.

I mean, it's not like Ore is the only personal pronoun there is. Specter's could have easily been the Watashi Ghost Eyecon or something...

I still dunno though...



I mean, that makes sense, and it's what I thought at first...but according to the scans, Specter Edison Damashii uses the Rod Mode of the Hand, not the Gun Mode. So. ???? It's weird.

I am starting to wonder though...are Ghost's Ghost Gadgets compatible with the hand? Is the Cobra compatible with the Saber? Hm... I kind of doubt it. Would be interesting though...

Originally Posted by Lee Fitzgerald (Post 570474)

I don't think it's to farfetched. It's probably a lightning rod for that form.

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 570948)

Anyyyyyway. I was thinking earlier. Since the Machine Hoodie ended up being Houdini, I started thinking...wouldn't it have been cool if Ghost's Rider Machine was a ghost as well? Not the Ghostriker, but maybe Captain Ghost? Like say Captain Ghost was Columbus. That could have been cool. Y'know, it being Columbus aside.

It could have been cool...maybe. Iguana is cooler, though...

Originally Posted by barnstenchfartface (Post 571006)