I honestly don't think its going to Mario related anyway. I'm fully expecting the image to just be clever usage of a "?" image to throw fans into wild speculation.

I completely expect nothing out of the ordinary from this, be it Tiger Ranger or any other non-toku Figuart.

so what are the chances kyoryuger villians will get figuarts?

Slim to non unfortunately. There's a mentality in Japan that villains don't sell so they rarely if ever get made. Nasca had to win a fan poll to get made I think.

that bites cause I would like to pose candelilla and luckyuro with kamen rider bravo. hopefully we get a mage figuart, which would most likely be a premium Bandai item.

Well, all the major rider villains from W to Wizard are available + a few showa.
For Sentai, there's not much, but I'd rather see all the team completed (Jetman, Go-Busters,..).

I'd say Bravo has a fair shot.

It's not really just that villains don't sell, though that's partially true, but rather that monsters don't sell. There's been plenty of villain rider Figuarts, sometimes before main characters.

I just hope for a reissue of amazon. I love the look of organic type riders and if it happens I hope his bike the jungler gets released. amazon is one of my all time fav riders.

Believe me. It's-a him. But that's for the other thread.

First off, it was a joke. Secondly, do you really think they would say it is a Figuarts if it was a Mario?

Anyway, it will probably be something we haven't seen at all thus far in Japan or the US.

Exactly. Kaijin sell terribly there. Kids don't idolize the bad guys, they all want to be the hero. And with the adult collectors the line is primarily focused at, they just don't want the villains. That is unless they're villainous rider and sentai like characters. They stand much greater chances.

Bravo is an actual rider so I don't think there's a question there, it's not quite like Shadow Moon where yes he's a rider like character but is more kaijin than rider. But take for example Enter as Dark Red Buster. Clearly a sentai styled suit but he's a kaijin at the same time. Some of us, myself included, would buy him based on his sentai-y nature as well as a love for the character. But if Japanese fans don't like his villainous character, then Bandai sees no reason to make that toy. Or at least they don't see any possibility of it being a good seller.

Short form, villains never sell well and probably won't any time soon. The Dopants sold terribly, the Greeds sold terribly and they were all exclusive, the Zodiarts sold so poorly they shuffled the last half them over to the dead zone of Toei-Hero.net AND they wound up as Zeros instead of full SHFs, and Wizard only saw the release of 2 phantoms as Web exclusives. The bad guy ship has sailed.