Would've been feasible had X-Swordsman Saikou only changes from the upper body much like Geiz Revive whom was the closest to a full un-segmented form change.

Saikou requires changes on the limbs too and those would require taking apart the the figure and replacing limbs, of which could interfere with the figure's durability. It would make more sense to just make a whole new figure.

It really isn't that expensive, considering RKFs are never actually sold at the prices as revealed in the listings. RKF Calibur was initially listed at the same price, too, but I got him from Amazon JP for less than 30 USD.

It's possible that they'll do a Saikou set with Saikou, Saikou's shadow, Wonderful and Powerful. Wonderful and Powerful are relatively small changes on the suit and very feasible for SH Figuarts. X-Swordman would require an entire new mold though, so that wouldn't work.

Red and purple might refer to infrared and ultraviolet light which exist at the extremes of the electromagentic spectrum while yellow is the visible light. As for the book's colors, my guess is as good as yours.

I really think there needs to be WAY more Animal Books. Seriously.
Imagine the animals for those Elements which don't have an Animal Book
Gekido: Maybe a mole?
Hayate: Wolf to complete Kobuta 3 Kyoudai or Chameleon to work with Sarutobi Ninjaden
Kurayami: Squall Vulture to counteract Rekka's Storm Eagle or either Bat or Spider
Suzune: Either Bat or Pistol Shrimp because they are both related to sound.

Yeah, but we already came off a season with a LOT of animal-themed collectibles, so the higher ups probably don’t want to do animal items heavily two years running (especially since the three from the Swordriver combos were all done in the last toyline)

I'm wondering if the SHF will have parts swapping, not the RKF.

I guess. Except for Storm Eagle. There might have been "Dynamiting Lion" as a counterpart to Lion Senki and "Gatling Hedgehog" as a counterpart to Needle Hedgehog, but there was no *verb*ing Eagle Progrisekey. And Flying Falcon doesn't count as it was based upon a falcon and not an eagle. And anyways, looking at the animals I thought up for each of them, the ones with Progrisekeys based upon the animals I listed off are Wolf (Shooting Wolf) and Spider (Trapping Spider). If you were to even consider the Zetsumerisekeys, the only one which was given that treatment was Bat (Onycho Zetsumerisekey). There was no Mole, there wasn't a Vulture, there wasn't a Chameleon, there wasn't truly a Bat, and there wasn't a Pistol Shrimp. There was only the Wolf, the Spider, the Lion, and the Hedgehog. And anyways, look back at previous toylines with gimmicks based upon Animals (OOO and Build). It isn't exactly like they don't use Animals. If you were to compare the list of Animals used in the Progrisekeys to the Animals used in the O Medals and the Biotic Fullbottles, you would find a lot of overlap. In fact, the amount of animals used in the O Medals
and the Biotic Fullbottles, but not the Progrisekeys is even more numerous. For this, I will not include any of the Zetsumerisekeys as those won't count. Here is just the O Medal Animals and if they have a counterpart as a Progrisekey or a Wonder Ride Book.
O Medal Animals
Taka (Hawk)
Kujaku (Peafowl)
Condor
Kuwagata (Stag Beetle) - Exciting Stag
Kamakiri (Praying Mantis)
Batta (Grasshopper) - The first O Medal Animal with a Progrisekey version in Rising Hopper
Lion - Dynamiting Lion and Lion Senki WRB
Tora (Tiger) - Flaming Tiger
Cheetah - Rushing Cheetah
Sai (Rhinoceros)
Gorilla - Punching Kong
Zou (Elephant) - Won't count Breaking Mammoth as that is a Mammoth, not an Elephant
Shachi (Killer Whale/Orca) - Not Splashing Whale as that is more of a Blue Whale
Denkiunagi (Electric Eel)
Tako (Octopus)
Cobra
Kame (Turtle) - Not Tortoise so Genbu Shinwa WRB doesn't count
Wani (Crocodile)
Sasori (Scorpion) - Sting Scorpion
Kani (Crab)
Ebi (Shrimp)
Same (Shark) - Biting Shark
Kujira (Blue Whale) - Now that is Splashing Whale
Ookamiuo (Atlantic Wolf-Fish)
Shika (Deer)
Gazelle
Ushi (Cattle)
Mukade (Centipede)
Hachi (Bee)
Ari (Ant)
Seiuchi (Walrus)
Shirokuma (Polar Bear) - Freezing Bear
Penguin - Storming Penguin
Yadokari (Hermit Crab)
Panda - Scouting Panda
Kangaroo - Hopping Kangaroo

Meanwhile, here are the Biotic Fullbottles and their Progrisekey/Wonder Ride Book counterparts.
Rabbit
Gorilla-Punching Kong
Taka (Hawk)
Panda - Scouting Panda
Harinezumi (Hedgehog) - Gatling Hedgehog and Needle Hedgehog WRB
Lion - Dynamiting Lion and Lion Senki WRB
Dragon - Brave Dragon WRB, Jaaku Dragon WRB, basically all of the Dragon WRBs (Though these aren't Animal Books)
Octopus
Phoenix - Burning Falcon and Eternal Phoenix WRB (not an Animal Book)
Wolf - Shooting Wolf
Unicorn
Turtle- Again, not Tortoise
Kabutomushi (Rhinoceros Beetle)
Kuma (Bear)-Not Polar Bear
Dog
Spider - Trapping Spider
Tora (Tiger)- Flaming Tiger
Kujira (Whale) - Splashing Whale
Shika (Deer)
Kirin (Giraffe)-Sparking Giraffe
Penguin - Storming Penguin
Same (Shark)
Bat
Hachi (Wasp)
Sai (Rhinoceros)
Lost Bottles
Spider- Trapping Spider
Cobra
Kuwagata (Stag Beetle) - Exciting Stag
Fukurou (Owl)
Shimauma (Zebra)
Crocodile Crack
Scorpion - Sting Scorpion
This shows that they had a HUGE List of Animals due to the O Medals and the Biotic Fullbottles. But they didn't use most of these Animals. And this shows that, oddly enough, even though there was a Taka O Medal and a Taka Fullbottle, there was no Taka/Hawk Progrisekey.
The Progrisekey originals for those animals which weren't given O Medals or Biotic Fullbottles are Flying Falcon, Amazing Caucasus, Lightning Hornet, Amazing Hercules, Crushing Buffalo, Fighting Jackal, and Invading Horseshoe Crab. The only Wonder Ride Book Original Animal that wasn't given any of the previous gimmicks was Storm Eagle. So, the list of real birds which have inspired a Collectable Gimmick at least somewhere in Kamen Rider is Hawk, Peafowl, Condor, Penguin, Owl, Falcon, and now Eagle.

Sorry for listing off ALL Animals from Collectable Gimmicks in the past. To have a TL;DR, it's just that there are SO MANY animals used in the Kamen Rider Series with all of these Collectable Gimmicks that NOT using an animal which has inspired a Collectable Gimmick in the past. So, yeah.

11 main swords and few main base books probably appears in silhouette . I guess southern base use generate man made sword perhaps not part of main ones Judging there's 7 of them. It looks like primitive drgaon can take control blades or anyone book as well. Reika and three bad along with desast is still generic blueprint character profile with not a lot of materials to go for. Every epsiode is the same for them.

Personally I think they'd do what they did with Evol's SHFs; first they release Saikou Shadow, and it comes with the parts to swap for the shield and leg modes of X-Swordman, plus swappable Saikou Drivers (one w/o the X-Swordman WRB and one w/ it) and pieces to change between the Kin no Buki Gin no Buki WRB's rider page and sword page to accommodate for when you're using the X-Swordman parts. And then they release the full body Saikou X-Swordman SHF like how they released the Evol Black Hole SHF.

I do still think there should be more animal Wonder Ride Books. If it's only about five more, that should be a notable increase and still keep the collectibles from being animal-heavy.

On second thought, the total number of animal Wonder Ride Books just needs to be equal or less than whichever of the other two categories has the least Wonder Ride Books between them. (If GodBeast has less, than equal or less than GodBeast. If Story has less, than equal or less than Story.)

So, did anyone else just realize that not only can any non-upgrade Wonder Ride Book work with Primitive Dragon until proven otherwise (both presumably and hopefully by whatever allows Touma to control that form), but also that there's easily enough space on the Driver for him to use Story Wonder Ride Books to add stuff to his left arm?

Well if it can use brave dragon and lion I don't see why not every other non upgrade WRB. Kinda hoping for king of arthur being used.

Yeah, you are right. I think that as long as it is a traditional Wonder Ride Book (not Dragonic Knight, etc), it should fit in Primitive Dragon. Meanwhile, the Story Slot isn't being taken up, thus it should allow for him to use Primitive Dragon with any other Story Book. I think that Touma will require a book like King of Arthur or another book like that to tame the Primitive Dragon.

Meanwhile, Primitive Dragon's Dragon on the cover looks a heck of a lot like the Unovan Dragon/Ice Pokémon from Pokémon Black2 And White2, Kyurem. The resemblance is uncanny.

https://www.facebook.com/53217310723...7888709330202/
Here you go, primitive dragon lion senki

Edit : ehh... pic doesn't show up. I'll fix it once I'm on pc, if nobody post it yet

Is Primitive Dragon can massacre Blades & Kenzan? I would love to see him damage them wild and psychotically!

Choke Blades and Kenzan wounded... in an insane mad laugh.

Primitive Dragon makes Touma emotionless. So, no insane mad laughs there. Don't think we've had a berserk form that does that.

Primitive Dragon will most likely follow MCH and Hazard with it just being a silent fighter.

Well I need something psychotic and mad now!

Metal Cluster Hopper and Black Hazard were emotionless.

PuToTyra and FangJoker were animalistic.

Don’t forget how Blade King form was affected in the psychotic laugh. Saber needs that after all the pressure he’s been in since Reika.

https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net...46&oe=604187CA

fixed it

Oh my god. That's... you can't just use another rider's primary henshin thing after all this time! That's like a rule! If you're gonna do it it has to be right at the start or a fake-out or something; this is... god I love this. They're just doing whatever now and it's great.

Well he did use Lamp do Alangina at one points, so that rule is already broken.

That's true, and it was the coolest moment in the show!

They're probably trying to avoid that. I remember some JPs saying the kids were terrified when Aruto went ballistic as Hellrising Hopper. Can't have the main character acting like a complete maniac else the kids might get scared.

Tbh I doubt he's all emotionless.

It definitely looks like the dude's going wild just based on what little we've seen regarding pictures of that suit.

I mean, it's hard to put cold and emotionless to someone trying to jump on top of an enemy and holding the sword by the freaking blade. This dude is going feral in some aspects.

Gaim Banana Arms begs to differ.

I have a theory that the book that will be used to counter Primitive Dragon's Berserker State will be based upon Saint George and the Dragon.

That would be interesting. Wonder if it would be a beefy upgrade type book or a standard sized WRB.

Anyways, I at least think Saint George is linked to King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

And here is a direct copy-paste from Wikipedia.
The legend of Saint George and the Dragon tells of Saint George (died 303) taming and slaying a dragon that demanded human sacrifices; the saint thereupon rescues the princess chosen as the next offering. The narrative was first set in Cappadocia in the earliest sources of the 11th and 12th centuries, but transferred to Libya in the 13th-century Golden Legend.

The narrative has pre-Christian origins (Jason and Medea, Perseus and Andromeda, Typhon, etc.), and is recorded in various saints' lives prior to its attribution to St. George specifically. It was particularly attributed to Saint Theodore Tiro in the 9th and 10th centuries, and was first transferred to Saint George in the 11th century. The oldest known record of Saint George slaying a dragon is found in a Georgian text of the 11th century.

The legend and iconography spread rapidly through the Byzantine cultural sphere in the 12th century. It reached Western Christian tradition still in the 12th century, via the crusades. The knights of the First Crusade believed that St. George, along with his fellow soldier-saints Demetrius, Maurice and Theodore, had fought alongside them at Antioch and Jerusalem. The legend was popularised in Western tradition in the 13th century based on its Latin versions in the Speculum Historiale and the Golden Legend. At first limited to the courtly setting of Chivalric romance, the legend was popularised in the 13th century and became a favourite literary and pictorial subject in the Late Middle Ages and Renaissance, and it has become an integral part of the Christian traditions relating to Saint George in both Eastern and Western tradition.

I really think that Saint George would be the basis for the next Wonder Ride Book.

Well that's no fun for me.

I wanna let out my hate towards those who accuse me in blood!

You okay there?

Sorry. It's just that if I was the main protagonist rider, I possess a device that makes me lose myself to my pain of loneliness & fear. I wanted something to end my nightmares, even if it means killing the source of them all.

When I wake up, I see blood stained on my hands.

Guess I'm thinking like Inuyasha going full demon.

Probably still in that edgy teen phase that seems to be common now. I guess zero one's message of letting go of your malice didn't work on him.

I know this won't happen because we gotta sell toys but I would really love it if Touma actively refused to use Primitive Dragon after intial use because he was terrified of it.

well, that's exactly what build did, so there's precedent.

Kamen Rider Saber Twitter posted these images and tweets about Desast.


https://mobile.twitter.com/saber_toe...14509512433671

https://mobile.twitter.com/saber_toe...12836027072514

Wonder what his messages mean?

You aren’t the target audience though?
Japanese kids are. And if Hell Rising Hopper scared them, they’re not likely to want to buy it, or even, possibly, continue watching the show.

Intriguing. His fixation on Ren and mentioning of the wind make me wonder if he has some connection to/is the former Swordsman of Wind. After all, Ikazuchi and Hayate are the only two we know about that we have no information on who wielded them ten years ago.

In that last fight, I noticed Kenzan is the only SoL rider with a scarf, while both Desast and Legiel have scarves. Probably just a coincidence of character design, but still, huh.

I decided to plug the text into Google Translate, and then edited it into something readable.
First one roughly translates to:
Yo humans.
I'm Dezast. A demon born from a book. Isn't it pretty cool?

By the way, the swordsman of the wind seems to take some time, and I wonder if I'll freely wander around this world.

If you arrive, do it yourself.

The Second:
Yo humans.
I'm Dezast.
After all it is good to be high.
Various things, such as smell and wind, flow in a mixture.
It's a lot more fun than in a small book.

It would be even more fun if I could play with a strong guy with this.
Note: For context, "Dezast's" second tweet also includes two pics of him lounging on top of a tree with his sword.

This is why, despite not really getting much development, Dezast is quickly becoming one of my favorite Kamen Rider villains. Ranting about your twisted philosophy or smugly arranging your master plan is cool too, but it's nice to sometimes have a villain who's just having fun with it!

Also I like the implication that he somehow got a phone XD