I'm terrified of the temptation to spend P-Bandai prices to eventually complete a Chronicle Ryuki collection. I figure a retail first wave Ryuki, Knight, Zolda and Ouja, maybe a second retail wave of the Ryuki Survive and Blank along with Knight Survive, but I imagine the rest of the 13 and Alternatives will be P-Bandai. And the contract monsters, ugh, they either won't maje all 13 or the will and it'll be horribly expensive. No matter how it goes, Ryuki So-Do is going to torture me

I mean part of what I think is an advantage of the ryuki ride is that most of theme share a similar base suit right? (the black one)

Yeah, it fits super well into the body and armor model of So-Do, and Ryuki is a fairly popular series, so I expect they'll probably do everything from it when they eventually get to it

Femme and Verde are going to be a box set that costs me $90 on Mandarake, I just know it.

I've gotten the 2 packs for like 30 on zenmarket, so I can help you out if that happens.

Edit: Also Ryuga will absolutely be a lottery item.

After the madness that was last week, this time things are a lot calmer.

In terms of new reveals, we have probably the last product for 01 - Ark-One! He comes with punching hands, and the blog talks about some interesting producton work, including how the head is PVC, but still has stickers! THey tested it, and it should be fine! He also mentions how he's doing this entire review without seeing any of the episode, since it debuts today with very little known, so he's making up the fight images as it goes.

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Next up, SO-DO Chronicle Kuuga 2 is out tomorrow, so we have the final show-off from that - Ultimate Kuuga! The gold lines are stickers, if I'm reading the translate correctly, but the armour does have texturing on it, so that's cool! He comes with both Red-Eyes and Black-Eyes heads, and a spare Cracked Arcle
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However, just because they're not done teasing, D-Man asks what exactly a cracked arcle could mean. And we get, well...
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Stay tuned for the future!

Also all I want from Chronicle Ryuki is a nice Alternative, and maybe a Femme. I refuse to go any deeper into the rabbit hole. Then again, for PB SO-DO prices, I can probs get a Figuart Alternative, so maybe not.

oh god no

I'm almost surprised So-Do actually decided to go something predictable for the first time in what feels like months with Ark-One and didn't go crazy one last time and announce a Battle Raider or Fighting Jackal or something. Or even better, include Naki in the last wave instead of the Ark. Oh well, it's a great looking design! Also excited for Daguva, haven't gotten to the point of his appearance in Kuuga yet, but they've been teasing it last few episodes

I think it won't be too bad, I think what he's actually saying is that just the arm and leg lines are stickers

Upon further inspection, it's paint on the body, stickers on the arms and legs! The stickers also aren't pure gold, but have some black around them, allowing a little give, because stickers that thin would just be evil.

Also, fun fact, because I know people will appreciate it: We get a quote from Kuuga here!

“Thank you. I think it was good.
Because I met Mr. Ichijo. "

Time to petition them for an entirely Zero-One wave in Saber, we got it enough times with Zi-O in Zero-One, so it's doable!