Looks like there are more preorders and photos out there including a new DX Raise Buckle and a new Revolve Change figure, both of which spoil an upcoming upgrade for one of the Riders.

The Revolve Change figure is weird: it's got a Buffa half and a Tycoon half. I'm surprised there have been only three Revolve Change releases so far, and none of them include bodies for the bare-bones Raise Buckles. Basically, if you've picked up Geats, the bike, and the Tycoon/Buffa release, you've got yourself two and a half figures.

The bike actually includes an Entry half-body -- so if you want Buffa and Tycoon to look like they normally do, better buy two bikes...

I get the sense that the people making the toys may not know what to do with the other Riders and the weapon Raise Buckles. This show's approach to the Rider's main form makes marketing the characters tricky. Still, you'd think they'd take a chance on releasing some half-bodies related to weapons and maybe a couple of helmets.

Y’know thinking about it some more, I get the feeling the Tycoon ID core campaign is going to be tied to the Command buckle since that’s and upgrade that him and Geats share, plus it comes out at the end of Q1 which is when the campaign is supposed to happen.

They better make a Revolve Change Figure Kamen Rider Na-Go figure. This line DESERVES a female figure.

This got me curious but I can't find anything. Do you know where I could find these pictures?

Edit: wait, that's just ninja isn't it. Nevermind.

With October nearly over now, any idea when BBTS will be getting any of their Geats stuff that was supposed to come in stock in September?

April shot

BBTS is quite unpredictable with Bandai releases, so who knows

The Ninja Raise Buckle showed up today. The shuriken spins in a festive - and surprisingly fast - manner, but I'm realizing that there just aren't enough unique new sounds for me to justify picking up the DX Raise Buckles. I realize that's probably not that different from other recent Driver-Collectible combinations, but this is the first Driver I've picked up other than the CSM Decadriver.

Weird that a new DX roleplay item has shown up, but not the Revolve Change figures I ordered ages ago. I'm more surprised by something recently-released showing up pretty much immediately than I am something I ordered a while ago taking longer than expected.

Oh, this is going to bother me: I was messing around with the Desire Driver trying to see if there was any way to invoke the "Boostriker" sound from the show, and somehow - I think because a Raise Buckle wasn't seated right - got "Mission Complete." Or maybe it was "Mission Start?" I only heard it the once. Nothing I've done since has been able to replicate it, and I haven't found it among lists of hacked sounds. I'd have assumed that a sound like that would be a basic driver sound, but if that were the case, surely someone would have found it by now...?

On a separate note, the released ID Cores so far are Geats, Buffa, PunkJack, and NaGo, but not Tycoon? Why is his now the lone large-style Raise Buckle to *not* come with an ID Core?