Honestly, considering whether Shin should count, the devil is in the details.
Shin was meant to be the beginning of a film franchise. He could've gotten a bike, he may have even gotten a mask, but it's flop means that it just became a one off venture (I know it got a SIC sequel story, but that was written over a decade later)

I looked up about how it performed and at the time it was a direct-to-video movie and was considered a hit, meaning it sold well, and paved the road for ZO and J to be screened in theaters. They were planning to do a few more sequels like most direct-to-video movies tend to do in Japan if popular, but for unknown reasons they dropped the idea despite performing well and moved on to make ZO and J.

Curious, then. I guess despite it's success, they wanted to go towards a more audience appealing and marketable design like ZO and J?

I'm considering getting RKF for the Saber Riders as I don't have any issue with how they look (Bandai is really stepping up their game with the painted weapons and stuff).

Does anybody have any previous experience with RKF? I know they're not as articulated as Figuarts, but on a scale of 1 to 10 how articulated is RKF compared to the average Figuart (which I suppose would be on an 8.5-10)?

Also how solid are they? Any experience with loose joints or stuff falling off in an RKF?

Don't get Grease, ever. He suffers from awful gold paint syndrome.

Uh... I would put them about a 6-7, if Figuarts are an 8.5. They're decently light and solid, too, and I haven't had one with loose joints so far.

I would put their articulation at 5. Though to be fair, they mostly get better and better every year. The Saber ones in particular look pretty good.

I have one from Build, Zi-O, and Zero One and you can see the improvements over time. They are durable (with the exception of Grease) and I haven't had any problems with loose joints or coming apart.

I only get them with the intention to paint the missing details. They can look really good with just a few extra paint apps. Their prices are starting to climb though...

As someone who owns every single RKF release before Saber, they aren't bad figures, they just aren't worth their initial price points. You know something has to be off when it's impossible to actually buy these figures at full price; every single retailer I've seen sells these guys for at least 500 yen off, even if you pre-order or grab them day 1.

If you're going to invest in this line, be patient. There is no point in rushing, let alone pre-ordering them because there is absolutely plenty of stock when it comes to these guys. RKF Saber and Blades haven't even been out for a month yet, and you can already find them for 1000 yen less than their MSRP. A lot of RKF releases that initially sold for 2000 yen or more have already dropped to less than 1000.

This line is close to having the same problem as the gimmick figure lines before Zi-O. They're slowly getting more expensive, but aren't really adding anything new to the table with each release. I also wouldn't say they feel durable or good in-hand, especially when the weapons are made of soft plastic.

The articulation isn't incredible by any means. It doesn't hold a candle to SH Figuarts, which has more than double their articulation points. They all have 17 points of articulation, which is alright, but when their retail prices are even higher than Marvel Legends, you shouldn't just settle. Wait and get your money's worth.

These figures also don't scale well with anything but themselves, so tough luck displaying them next to anything that isn't an RKF. They're all shorter than 1/12 scale figures.

As for joints, the joint system they use for the elbows and knees actually is prone to cracking, if you're unlucky or you handle them poorly. No figure has had it worse than RKF Grease, but I strongly suggest just checking those joints on each figure anyways, if you decide to pick them up. I haven't seen a figure(besides Grease) that had more than 1 of these cracks at a time, but you should keep an eye out for it.

Personally, I ended up switching to SO-DO. If you want an example of an action figure line that has made incredible strides in engineering, yet staying very affordable, that's where it's at. It's also really cool that almost all of these figures use the same ports and pegs, so you can do all sorts of form-changes, on top of the ones you can do from the series. SO-DO Saber's articulation is actually very comparable to the RKF, and they intend to keep it this way for future characters. But then again, you can wait a few months and RKF Saber stuff will probably drop very close to the price of SO-DO.

Need help on some rider card stuff:-

- What does the CSM Diend Binder have all in all?
- What’s the best way to get Showa Rider cards outside of CSM? Any DX releases?

I don’t think the binder itself comes with anything, but the main Diend set comes with G3, G4, Scissors, Gai, Raia, Outa, Femme, Ryuga, Kaixa, Delta, Psyga, Orga, Riotroopers, Glaive, Ibuki, Zanki, Todoroki, Kabuki, TheBee, Drake, Sasword, PunchHopper, Hercus, Ketaros, Caucasus, Ixa, Saga, Rey, Arc and all of Diend’s standard cards

Your best bet is loose carded.

From what I found on the web from 1993 to 1995 Toei had this thing called Toei Super Hero Fair and I guess as they were planning it they decided to include Kamen Rider into the mix. It was basically a title they used to describe their grindhouse film approach where Toei would show three new toku movies every year altogether. 1993 they had the Dairanger, Janperson, and Kamen Rider ZO movie. 1994 they had the Kakuranger, Blue Swat, and Kamen Rider J movie. 1995 was Ohranger, B-Fighter, and Hakaider. I guess after J they decided to call it quits and instead gave people that 90s Hakaider movie.