Oh, I know; I'm just saying that at the very least this won't be an issue this year and if anything that might free them up to come through on that backlog. Heck, if I were optimistic about this toyline for once; I might even say this was a sign of things changing in general and that future SHF lines will follow this pattern of quickly releasing much of the current series' main stuff so you're not left waiting years. The way they revealed the new Revice form so early rather than waiting until we got through the preceding 4 suits - none of which really matter anymore - was also extremely encouraging

I definitely know how you feel, though. I don't know how I'd cope if Jeanne or Cross-ZBuild was kept back this much, and I myself am really looking forward to Lone Wolf and maybe Zero-Two and ZAIA but they just keep postponing and postponing. At the very least all the base forms of the series are out except Ark-Zero, so that's something...

i wish they would release all main riders of the series before jump to upgrade forms

Yeah, but they KNOW people won?t buy the others, so they stretch it a bit for sales sake. But YES, I AGREE

As someone that only buys the primary Riders figures, I am very much part to that problem and I can only apologise haha

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqskJm9C9Ao

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYYxkVfz41Q

Rise Hopper, one of the rare times I get a preorder in for a Rider Figuarts

As much as I feel it's overpriced Rise Hopper is a nice looking rider machine that makes Zero-One look complete....heck everything from the series is great lol

Can't say the same for Diego Speedy from Saber though and would be okay with Bandai skipping it because of how underused it was and the characters using a book gate to get everywhere.

Inversely, I kinda want Diago Speedy. Not out of a 'requirement' to complete Saber, maybe, but because I bought the HardBoiler and noticed how neat the bikes are. Which, I should also probably get Blue Spader, too.

They could totally include the finisher, too!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKz6rg0a...g&name=900x900

https://i.imgur.com/85mhatE.png

The only bike I have is the Cyclone Modified Ver., only because I won it at a Team Rider convention booth raffle.

I certainly get the appeal of having the bikes alongside each rider. To me though, there's only a handful of really iconic bikes worth getting: Cyclone, Battle Hopper, Trychaser, Machine Tornador, Auto Vajin, & Hard Boiler.

Maybe one day if the price is right ...

I have the SHF New Cyclone and FRS Trychaser, and beyond maybe getting the renewal or an eventual FRS of New Cyclone; the only other bike I feel particularly inclined to get is Battle Hopper. I say this as someone who loves seeing bikes actually get use!

Being the OCD-collector type, I had to get all the bikes. It doesn’t feel “right” to have these ballin’ figures without the adjacent vehicles. I’m STILL holding out for that Ridevendor/Toridevendor they made prototypes for..I mean, it’s the anniversary,hopefully they will for the goofy completist in me

[QUOTE=TheRaizin;828423]Inversely, I kinda want Diago Speedy. Not out of a 'requirement' to complete Saber, maybe, but because I bought the HardBoiler and noticed how neat the bikes are. Which, I should also probably get Blue Spader, too.

They could totally include the finisher, too!

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FKz6rg0a...g&name=900x900


I'd definitely say get Blue Spader because it's iconic and was heavily used as well as the other Blade Riders' bikes. I associate Heisei and Showa Era more with their bikes than I do the Reiwa Era.

Obviously because of Japan laws against custom bikes we don't get too many riding scenes but I feel they can still show the bike off every once in awhile such as in the background or a shot of them getting off the bike to imply it was just used.

I own 3 bikes so far which are Ghoststriker (which I got as part of a lot with Ghost and Specter on Ebay for cheap) , Machine Builder, and Zi-O's bike with the latter two I got because of the whole including weapons to sell the bike gimmick.

Even though Daigo Speedy only appeared slightly less than the Rise Hopper, it feels... unnatural to me, seeing an image of Saber on his bike?! I'm like 'what is he doing there, get off that, silly!'.

On a similar note, I love getting hung up on details that don't matter which is seeing Revi Rex Genome on Vice Ptera Genome is literally wrong (yeah i know he does it in the 'movie' but that was before they established how anything worked).

https://i.imgur.com/PhHOTFE.jpg

I hope they keep making bikes in the SO-DO line. They don't appear enough in the shows to warrant the SHF purchase, but I'll gladly take a candy toy and pretend like they are still important to the character.

Customs like this are what got me drooling

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQjMtu9a...jpg&name=large

Is that an Ark-Revice next to it? That's awesome.

i wanna follow the customizer who made that

Oooooh, nice. So this guy uses a resin 3D printer it looks like. Makes sense. Very nice.

I seen that Ark Revice on FB and if Bandai was to do Saber Superhero Senki it would be an instant preorder for me

Ribut has a product sample, didn't see anyone post this.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FQsH3D-a...jpg&name=large

Reveals so far, maybe that's it? Live is in development, includes Jackal parts.

Edit: Yup, that's all for now.

https://i.imgur.com/USQCg9w.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/3cC0f3x.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/z77s5wD.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/BKxrdYL.png

Arabina Night, 8580 Yen, September 2022.

https://www.tokunation.com/attachmen...1&d=1650537830

Tajador Combo Eternity, 9900 Yen, September 2022.

https://www.tokunation.com/attachmen...1&d=1650537948

Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah... This line is getting way to expensive for me these days.

Damn, those are some huge yen

Final / extra form stuff, the pricing makes sense I guess?

Those prices are indeed crazy especially for retool/repaint designs and I know inflation plays a big part but original Tajador seihou was around 7500 yen I think?

Now I wonder how much Primitive Dragon will be but Arabina Niight looks beautiful and another example of a suit design translating well to Figuarts form

They don't even come with any accessories in particular. Aside from alternate hands, Espada has his sword and the small driver-holstered sword; and Eternity has extra Tajador core medals for the spinner. That's it. Eternity doesn't even come with Tajador's wings and prominence drop parts.

Both figures do look gorgeous, but I look at other recent releases from their lines like say... Jeanne and Kuuga Titan, who both came with a lot more and cost a lot less, and these pricetags do stand out to me.

Paint-apps are what decides most of this pretty much. These have rather elaborate paintjobs.

Other V-Cinema forms never went this high. I mean, I guess the amount of masking/painting for Arabian Night kind of make sense, but I was expecting it be roughly around the same price as Saikou. Who was 7480 yen.

Tajador is definitely final form tax lmao

What?

Yeah photos don't confirm for sure if we're not getting the wings and leg parts even though it was used in the v-cinema which makes the price suck even more imo even with the slight modifications and paint job.

The listings are up and do confirm the contents, which is what I was using.

https://i.imgur.com/eC5mqeE.png

That's a deal breaker for me. Same goes for Espada, already was iffy on Arabian now that I have Alangina, but I got priced out of this one.

Money saved for others, I suppose lol.

On a slightly positive note, on Dengeki Hobby's blog, it's stated that Fujiki-san, one of the presenters, also wanted the broken helmet for Evil that fans apparently also requested. So, there's a chance, I suppose?

https://hobby.dengeki.com/event/1528085/

Do find the TAJADOLCOMBOETERNITY price is quite fair. I mean look at the paint the head, the cape like thing and the core medal have to be paint with multiple color.

Haven't seen the Saber movie but I am loving the colour combo for Espada Arabiana Night. Considering I don't have Espada this is tempting...though being a final form of sorts doesn't quite match up with the base forms of Saber and Blades.

It'd be poster accurate anyway :lol

Tho it should match up nicely with a Tategami and Xross Saber in the future

"Out of the 14,000,605 futures you saw Dr. Strange, in how many of them will this happen?"

...

https://i.imgur.com/pUThkj4.jpg

lol...but yes that would be a GREAT and more equal groupshot instead of always seeing Espada having to settle for Golden Alangina while the others have their more powerful forms