Wow, SHODO Delta and Garren? Failure Riders Unite! I heard Delta was so bad at being a Rider, that he gave Garren tips on being a terrible Rider!

(I'm sorry, I just watched Episode 06 of Blade. It's a very Tachibana-heavy episode, which is to say it features a ridiculously pathetic Tachibana performance. I love him so much. He's the worst.)

Tachibana: "Dude, you gotta believe me, this belt is killing me, it's gonna make me disintegrate, and I'm so terrified of turning green and exploding!"

Mihara, who has seen 90% of his class killed by trying to wear one of two belts and just wants to go home: "Yeah, seems legit."

MIHARA: "Wait, it's killing you and you don't want to wear it? Why?"

I believe for Agito, that only leaves G3, G3 Mild and Exceed Gills? Fake Agito if you really wanna push it!

Kabuto and Blade of course still have a lot to go, but Faiz only has to do Axel, Blaster, Psyga and Orga I'm pretty sure!

I'm pretty sure that all checks out!

The real question is, why Kick and Punch Hopper first? Why not Gatack, the secondary? Or TheBee, the bee Rider? Are they popular? Easy pair of releases because they're redos of each other?

Well the hell brothers did show up in Zi-O...

:lolol

The Hell Brothers are intensely popular, yeah -- even Gatack doesn't compare to how much clout these two get; they're practically memes!

Like, even Seihou decided to do those, yet it's been years and we haven't even seen Tamashii Event showfloor models of TheBee, Drake or Sasword. They're just that beloved

I think this is like the third time I've been informed of the Hell Brothers' immense popularity, and I'm still surprised everytime. Maybe I should watch Kabuto sometime to figure it out... right after I finish R/B. And do X, so I can finally get that "has seen some Showa" badge for flaunting purposes.

Hey, so was Kiriya, and most Hibiki fans will reply to this message to tell me he doesn't exist!

RIP Leangle. They will be dearly missed.

Okay, SHODO.

All these excellent pictures of Riders of dubious effectiveness have got me interested in maybe adding these tiny mans to my other collections of tiny mans. But, in trying to get an idea of which older figures I might want to grab, I see that there are three series of SHODO: VS, X, and O. Am I getting that right? How do they work together in one collection? Am I going to look at, say, Kiva (from VS) next to Kaixa (from O) and think they look awful? Or are they pretty good together? I got an OOO and a Birth already (from VS, I think?), are those still pretty representative of the SHODO output?

I'm really thinking about trying to nab some of these figures, but I'm curious what SHODO collectors think. Is it worth going back to VS? Anyone got a good site to find older boxes? (I zero percent want to buy cases with Showa stuff I got no use for.)

Thanks in advance, and I don't know why I even come to this thread when I still have to buy food and pay bills.