Man, 3 boxes each for Revi and Vice...

If they intend on doing the same for all Genomes and try to include 2 of them(4 figures) per wave, then I think I understand why the increase to 14 boxes per case

Something to note about Durandal's spear: he's not able to hold it if it's stickered; as you might notice in the image above, the spear is being balanced against Durandal's splayed hand. He can hold the plain black unstickered spear though.

They did weigh up the option of having just the center be unstickered but figured it wouldn't come out looking great; and having a specific conjoined spear/hand piece would go over budget.

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That said, he can still hold the bottom of the spear just fine; and it works REALLY well with the splayed hand balanced under it! Just something to be aware of before purchase

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With Dark Kiva clearly heralding SHODO covering Kiva in general, is that the first Heisei Rider to be renewed from SHODO-VS in X?

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Finally completed the Toei candy toy action figure trifecta, and have figures from Shodo, So-Do and Yu-Do. They’re all great lines, with pros and cons to each, though my favorite will always be So-Do for it’s dedication to doing figures of absolutely everything! At least in the main line, So-Do Chronicle isn’t always as completionist. ]. Also I’m still bitter over Evolt’s monster form never getting a figure though. Saber fans should be very thankful they got Desast and the three E-Boys monster forms. Shodo’s also fantastic in being fully painted and I think more articulated. Yu-Do is the youngest line, so it’s still working on getting as good as the others, but it’s made huge improvements from it’s beginnings in Kyuranger

This may be of some importance to some if it wasn't brought up already. Price increase next year, it seems.

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Is this to do with inflation in general, or?

As I was building a Saber SO-DO recently I couldn't help but think how amazing the figures have gotten for their price. Specifically the Saber suits because they are so intricate and have lots of other parts like capes, cowls, and skirts.

Sad to hear about the Converge bump in price though. That painting in that line has gotten has gotten better though so 50 yen is modest.

https://www.bandai.co.jp/candy/news/...entry2077.html

They cite the soaring cost of raw material, labor, and distribution

Does anyone here still collect Converge? I want the new Dark Kiva and Kiva Emperor, but not the whole box...

Also wonder if anyone's successfully shipped these with DHL from AmiAmi? I thought they'd have issues because the gum would technically be food, but want to make sure.

Also tempted to get SHODO Dark Kiva, but then that's even more of the box to try and get rid of..

The good news there is that his wave includes two troopbuilders, so you'll probably find *someone* buying multiple waves who wants to get rid of Dark Kiva, Evol, Nega Den-O and Wolf Orphenoch

Oh I just noticed, that list of price increases doesn't seem to include mainline SO-DO nor Sentai's YU-DO. The lines that seem to be effected are Converge, SO-DO CHRONICLE, SHODO-X, SHODO-O and CHODO (Ultraman). Unless I'm missing something here? Two lines above CHRONICLE there's one just marked 'Masked Rider' but I can't tell what it is.

装動 仮面ライダー is SO-DO Kamen Rider and is getting a 50 yen increase.

ShishiLeo collects converge. But those I don’t think they are terribly expensive individually on places like Manda

I shipped Chronicle Gaim from ami with DHL and had no issue

I'm a big Converge collector. I'm mostly interested in just Revi and Vice from that box. Maybe we can work something out?

I haven't ordered from AmiAmi in a while, but from Zenmarket, they will only let me ship DHL or FedEx if I allow them to open the boxes and remove the candy.

Which I always say yes, but I don't think other places will do that for you. Although now that I think about it, I ordered a Zero-One SO-DO box from AmiAmi last year and it shipped DHL with the candy inside no problem. I think if AmiAmi doesn't list it as "Candy Toy" on the manifest, it will go through fine.

The whole limit on edible objects in couriers is kind of silly, but I get it.

I've ordered candy toys from Nin-Nin-Game several times and they always arrive complete with gum/soda candy with no hassle. I think they just list toys on the manifest.

I'm happy to see the changes to the SO-DO stands. Those weird pieces for holding the armor always felt like they got in the way more often. I clipped off a lot of them off stands for figures with bulkier lower bodies.

jesus christ I'm blown away by the effort they've put into the revice line thus far. even small stuff like revice coming with actual fists instead of those absurdly goofy hands with holes in them. what they've managed to do with the mammoth genome's boomerangs is amazing, too.

ryuki looks unbelievably gorgeous too. like, holy fuck - look at the size of dragrenzer...the beauty of so-do being a small scale is that they can make monsters actually look threatening, compared to figuarts kamen rider villains/monsters like the heart roidmude looking tiny. seeing destwilder and psycorogue as action figures again makes me incredibly happy.

like honestly my only complaint is that every time a new series starts, the previous year's figures kind of feel like garbage. it's really just the small details, like the fact zero-two's thigh armor prevents the figure from doing poses that are too dynamic. even saber's line has a totally different feel and look to it because of the changes they made to the thighs this year.

thank god they finally addressed that issue with the stands, though. I'm honestly so tired of having to clip off the extra bits off of every single stand.

First reveal of Revice By 2 is Mammoth Genome

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Hands are molded into the boomerangs plus a set that can be attached to the back of the figure

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Ryuki reveals include Dragranzer and a Destwilder & Psyco-Rogue two-pack

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This is where I'm at too. The line is awesome but the desparity can be jarring. I've tried to quit the line multiple times but the sheer volume of suits covered is just unmatched.

Revice so far looks like it might be hard for me to paint. Those colors are definitely not something I normally have.

Prediction for So-Do Chronicle ryuki wave 4:
Verde, Femme, Ryuga, Abyss

Nope! They said 3 was the last retail wave. That's a safe bet for Premium Bandai, though

Just had an unpleasant thought. What if instead of a P-Bandai 2-pack of Ryuga and Femme, and another of Verde and Abyss, or even a 4-pack of all of them, the Riders are instead only released with their contract monsters included, jacking up the price and making you have to buy something you may not want?

How dare you

So is the SO-DO Chronicle Birth set really rare now? I can't even find it on Yahoo auction.

Ironically, I would prefer the Rider+Monster packs because I only want the Abyss and Verde figures, and the monsters are already cool so it is justified xD

The first figure in By 3 is Pteranodon Genome

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The closed chest piece will be included in an accessory pack in By 3

On the Ryuki side, Gold Phoenix and Gigazer 2-pack
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But wait, didn't Imperor spam dozens of these guys in his final vent ? Well ...

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Zeal Corps 4 Pack

I have not been keeping up with the Revice discourse or whatever (not watching the show yet), but I hope people love this weird-ass Pantomime Horse But For Justice thing as much as I do. I remember people goofing on the buddy-system dinosaur, but I honest-to-god love this gimmick. It's the best.

Devil Vice ( as he's apparently trademarked ) is indeed getting a So-Do release, but with a catch. It will be available through one of those send proof-of-purchase promotions. 10,000 pieces available through lottery with different entry periods running from By 1 to By 3

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On the one hand it seems weird to consign a major character to a lottery release, but on the other hand this is essentially a "civilian form" figure, and we are still getting plenty of Kamen Rider Vice forms in the main retail line.

I imagine as well that we're still going to get a civilian form Vice down the line. It's worth noting that the figure is exactly as you see there: it's specifically the 'ghost' version of him with the tail instead of the legs that appears during transformation sequences, and is intended for that. It also doesn't appear to come with any extra hands? So I wager we will eventually get the normal version of Vice with legs and all, just probably pretty far down the line so this campaign isn't on peoples' minds.

Vice has not nearly been as charming as Momotaros from Den-O in the same number of episodes in. I wonder if they are hesitant to make a bunch of merch for a character like this.

Though seeing this now, it really makes me wish we got Izu in SO-DO form.

Nah, they aren't hesitant on Vice merch at all. I'm no fan of him, but any of the initial merch was being planned way before the show came out, so they'd have no way to know how people were going to react, and we're already seeing a fair amount. There's a plush of him, this So-do campaign, and even a planned gatchapon set that's only him: https://gashapon.jp/products/detail....9660719670000#

Compare that to the Zenkaigers, where the merch for the team's civilian forms took a fair amount longer.

i see.

anyone here got boxes or so-do stuff in general to sell? I've been messing around so much with customs and stuff that I've only just realized I'm running low on parts. I'll even buy just accessories, or loose figures.

for the sake of compatibility I'm mostly looking for stuff from zero-one and saber.

Not a whole lot of reveals this week, but Revi and Vice Megelodon will be in By 2

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They also come with the gun modes of the Ohin Buster 50 and the Gun Dephone 50

We also got a look at the Zenkaiger YU-DO figures and I'm a really big fan of the keyboard face mook

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I would love to army build these figures, but thats so hard to do with candy toys.

Partly good news, it's 2 per case.