I think the problem is Build's torso is too simple in construction, since he was the first kit in the line, so that entire chunk needs to be replaced? I mean, not having one myself either, it's hard to tell, but that definitely looks an awful lot like two big pieces of black plastic that go together in the most obvious way possible.

Although if that's the case, it's actually sorta neat in that it makes it clear just how much this line has grown in scope over time; like that Build was just some random thing Bandai put out, probably prepared for it not to go anywhere, and now they're including elaborate adaptor pieces with other kits to make it cross-compatible with line-wide display options.

You love to see it! The price of SHFs had long since made me give up on getting all 20 Heisei Riders, but then FRS announces all this and here I am today; picking up Zi-O and Kiva ridewatch stands specifically for that eventual display

Just checking out my kits, and, yeah, Build is a problem. Everyone else has the belt/driver go on as a seperate piece, so it can be replaced, while Build's driver connector is molded to his groin piece. You'd have to swap out the entire groin, rather than just pop off the torso and swap in the new belt connector. Here's a not-great comparison between Build and Faiz:

https://challengerscomics.com/images...o/IMG-3163.jpg

All of the black plastic on Build's groin is one piece. (EDIT: Pulled it apart, and it's two pieces, front and back. Sorry!) Blue sticker on his right side, red sticker on his left side, yellow sticker for the belt. Every other kit (IIRC) has the belt go on above the groin.

That groin piece on Build needs a red and blue sticker on the original figure, as well as a sticker for the belt strap. Something tells me the Decade kit isn't going to come with those stickers. It's going to look a little off without them and they're not fun to paint. Hopefully it does include a little sticker sheet for that part specifically.

I mean considering they are going the length to include a brand new hip piece, they will probably include the stickers, just to keep the cohesiveness.

That picture also made me realise I totally forgot that each Decadriver has a differently coloured belt -- standard uses white, Neo uses black. And unfortunately it seems without painting, there's no white belt for Heisei phase 2s; or more importantly, no black belt for Heisei phase 1s.

On the plus side, it seems they use the same molding for the Decadriver attachment; so you could put a Neo Decadriver on a white belt and a standard Decadriver on a black belt. So that's something!

So from the pics does the card reader actually rotate or you have to pop it off and reposition it or place it on an opened decadriver piece?

I think the latter is the case. Lots of display options, not as much playability.

At least they give you options, and i mean at least the engineering isnt too crazy thanks to the way these kits do things, so conversely the price isn't crazy either.

Wait, I thought Decade's belt is always silver?