The colors don't bother me too much, it's not like we didn't know what the bike looked like. I was expecting this.

It's just that damn half helmet. It's almost as non functional as it is just sort of dumb looking. Maybe it just bugs me that they didn't commit to it? Like, just give GENM the whole helmet. Wouldn't look any less ridiculous. It just don't look good.

Who knows though, you may be right. GENM's colors being so dark makes the armor stand out even more than it would otherwise. I guess we'll have to wait and see. One good thing about it is that the armor this time around does look like it should be usable by different Riders. Least GENM and Ex-Aid anyway.

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Anyway with GENM as the current subject of discussion I guess it's as good a time as any to say that the fact that he has the same chest design as Ex-Aid bugs the hell out of me, and will continue to do so until he pulls out a Gashacon Breaker of his own. I mean, honestly? Was making little saw and gun icons that hard? And it can't just be that he's a straight recolor of Ex-Aid, since the eyes are different.

Just a whole thing.

Anyway, been thinking a bit more about Lazer. The fact that his Level 1 just has the wheels strapped to his arms is pretty cool, and inadvertently answers a few questions I had. Like, I was seriously wondering if his Chanbara Bike Gamer form just had wheels sticking out of his back and ass. Knowing they're not actually part of him makes things a lot simpler. Coupled with the fact that he does in fact have his Level 1 face on his back (which was unclear), it starts giving me some idea of how the hell that works with the LVUR figures.

More confused than before about Level 3 though. I thought I had figured out how the chest armor worked, but the face complicates things. Even if the front of the bike splits up and folding it out forms the game pad armor (assuming the left side is on the bike's right side, which for some reason we haven't seen), that's not gonna cover the face or anything. And then there's how the face becomes...the face. Though it's probably a lot less complicated than what I'm thinking of. I wouldn't be surprised if all it was was taking the level 1 face off and plugging it into the back. Would make sense since I imagine splitting up the front would leave the back pretty bare...

...That armor looks surprisingly good on Genm

That the Gamer Driver is strapped to the seat as though it's his waist is giggly fun, although it must be annoying to work around for the suit actors. (I didn't see it in one of the action shots, so may be they cheat by sometimes removing it.)

I expect the relatively painful similarity between Ex-Aid and Genmu, as well as handing Genmu the upgrades in Ex-Aid's colors, indicates that mistaken identity will be a plot point early in the series. (If so, it'd make more sense for Genmu to look identical to Ex-Aid, even though it'd sell fewer toys and be confusing for some of the audience.)

I should probably stop looking at these, though. I keep promising myself that I'll stop reading scans and such so I can actually be surprised by the shows, and I keep not following through. Must... develop... self... control...

See you say that about the helmet and I've been looking at old toy catalog stuff, and that's not the original idea they had, it was just goggles but they went full helmet for some reason. lol

Yeah, I am aware. I honestly preferred the look of those weird goggle things more. I kinda get why they went in this direction instead, it fits the Sports thing better, but it ugly nevertheless.

So for Genm's LV3, they replaced that better-looking googles with.......Go-Buster King's helmet? :confused:


And to the surprise of absolutely no one, Kiriya Kujo is Lazer. Speaking of Lazer, weird transformation. LV1 going LV2 actually has him turning his body 180°.
Fits his eccentric nature, I guess.


And hey, Buttobasoul Medals, or at least their variant, does show up in the series after all.

I think Buttobasoul Medals is euqual with Tire Change Shift Cars, all right hand Wizard Rings and non-changing state Fourze's Modules.....

Interview with 3 main Riders:

Source: kamenridernews

These Riders have good taste.

Anyway, I noticed something weird. I was listening to the sounds of all the Gashats available, and something about Taddle Quest really stands out. Its Level 3 sound just says "Taddle Quest!," which I already knew and was disappointed by. But it wasn't until now that I noticed every other Gashat (all 5 of the other ones so far anyway) start their Level 3 jingle with "I gotcha!" or...something that sounds like "I gotcha." All of them. Except Taddle Quest. Which is, again, just "Taddle Quest."

Weird! Does it mean anything? Did they just forget Level 3 existed when they were doing Taddle Quest? The world may never know.

Man it's bugging me though.

Speaking of disappointments, I'm kinda sad that Gekitotsu Robots's Level 2 and 3 sounds are so different. All the other Gashats are kind of in the same style for both, but Gekitotsu's are veeery different. And that's a bit of a shame because I fucking love the Level 2 one. Yet all we're probably ever gonna hear in show is the Level 3. Sigh. Well, level 3 is pretty decent too, just...I like the robot voice.

Well, I was planning on only getting a few Gashats but I can already see myself getting Robots. Siiiiigh.

I think it might be a Gashat design quirk, though I can't imagine how it works - in a clip I've seen showing the rest of the main Gashats + Gekitotsu, the person accidentally played BangBang Shooting's LV3 sound twice, and the first time it didn't say "I gotcha"(/"a gacha"? I've seen it written that way in videos of Shakariki Sports). So I'm guessing there's a weird special trigger for it, or it's a glitch in the design of a few/most/all Gashats.