NEWS! NEWS! NEWS!

The next release in the Kamen Rider Figure-rise standard line (post-Decade) is Onodera!

Yup, the plucky companion to the destroyer of worlds is seeing a release in Figure-rise standard!

As you'd expect, he's just a reissue of standard Kuuga Mighty Form, albeit with metallic coated parts. However, what really makes this release unique is that it comes with a sheet of multiple stickers that replicate the mark that Kuuga leaves on his enemies after doing his rider kick.

I saw PO'S at Lunar Toystore and Sure Thing Toys for now.
It will retail for $35 and is a retail release just like standard Kuuga.
I don't know the release date though, wasnt mentioned anywhere, so prob TBD.

TFW it's not Ryuki

They probably did it to capitalize on Decade's release (and milk the mold). But more than anything, they are probably trying to fill the the void till Ryuki and Agito's releases next year.

And i felt the same lol. Ryuki when?

I hope we start getting secondaries at some point, I think a lot of people would appreciate that.

On that note, what non-main riders do you want to see?

I'd like Zeronos and New Den-o (even if I don't build models much anymore because of hand cramps)

It kills me that they've done the Double mold four times and there's still no Accel. But, really, I'd love for them to do the other Ex-Aid Riders first. They'd look so good together!

On the fence about this Decade Kuuga. I like the mold, and I'm feeling pretty completionist about Figure-Rise right now... but, like, shiny Kuuga? I don't know if that's worth the $30 and a couple hours of my time.

Apart from the obvious Cross-Z, I wanna see the ones that could be easily made and one that is super unlikely.

-Brave (new head, back, gauntlet)
-Kaixa (pretty much the whole torso and head assembly)
-Gattack (head, shoulder, chest, and weapons)
-Knight (new head, shoulder, chest, and deck)
-Ibuki (new chest and head)
-Eternal (new head, left thigh, and chest with waterslides for the fire effects on the forearms. Cloth cape?)


Tsukuyomi (new head, chest, shoulder, and waist to accomodate plastic cape.)

...I just want a figure of Tsukuyomi that I could fit with my SHFs.

I believe this is just for people who missed out on the original Kuuga and Bandai just randomly decided to reissue with some new stuff. KINDA like how they originally released the original HG 00 Diver and then reissued it bundled with its new backpack.

Oh, for sure, I'm not mad about them releasing it. I'm all for them making these kits available if there's interest. Doesn't hurt me none! (And it's great for the Decade superfans who probably exist!)

It's just, there's that collector part of my brain that's going to go You Have Every Kit Except For The Second Kuuga One, and I gotta figure out what to do with that information. Should be a fun process!

Lol, im much the same, ive actually added soft foam grips to my nippers to lessen the cramps, but i still get them ( probably cause im impatieny and speed build them in single sittings :p)

In terms of supporting riders, i'd really like to see cross-z, but im wary of that since it uses the build suit as a base, and as others have said figurise build is pretty bad in terms of proportions. So if they do cross-z, i really hope they revamp the build base first or fix it for cross-z and then release an updated build later with the adjustments.

I also want to see new Den-o and zeronos. But more than anything i want Gills and Ixa. Gills cause they Shf aged badly, and Ixa cause i know I'll always be too poor to afford the seihou.

They probably wont do them till they finish the main riders, but i really hope none of them is p-bandai, i really hate middlemen pricing. Hopefully, bluefin releases those stateside if anything.

I mean, rereleases aren't bad, but it doesn't really make sense to reissue a kit thats still readily available at pretty much every retailer that would carry it, and that wasn't released too long ago. I think it's moreso the same situation as seihou kuuga and seihou Kuuga (Decade version), just another attempt by Bandai to milk the mold and get sales from people who already own the regular edition, like completionists and Decade fans. I mean Onodera is technically a seprate character and makes sense to differentiate it, but its not much of a change. Only difference is shiny paint that anyone could do on a standard kuuga and 1 sticker sheet of footprint stickers.

The oo diver full package wasn't a reissue though as it was released during the series and just bundled the oo diver with its add-on part set that was sold seperately. Its like during the LuPat toyline when they released the x-changer, and then released x-kaiser. If you already had the changer, you could buy the 2 trains for the legs and make x-kaiser. If you had nothing and tuned in later, you could just buy x-kaiser, which bundled the trains and x-changer. After the oo diver was upgraded, its upgrade form became the standard config, so it would make sense to update packaging and market as a set so as to give new consumers what they saw on tv immediately. They sold the parts seperately so that those who bought standard oo diver could make the update without having to buy the bundle. So it wasn't really a reissue, but moreso about reaching 2 different markets. The seperate releases were for customers already invested in the brand and picking up kits, and the bundles for average consumers and new fans who tuned in later to pick up something they saw on tv. Bandai is very good at this lol.

Knight and Gatack are definitely among my most desired.

I would also like to see Birth, Meteor, and Mach.