I didn't have that option last year, that's the thing :L.

The only way that would happen is if it was a different version or something. Like a completely different figure, which will never happen. They reissue Tamashii Festival exclusives quite a bit (like I think every single one has been), and they redid New Den-O Strike Form, but since Gai is neither of those, it won't happen dude.

And Yuuki used to be upwards of $100, and how he's more like $60-$70, so he may go down in time... a lot of time.

Oh man, Kyoryu Blue and Green have gone up to 14500 yen on Nippon Yasan. Now I kind of regret not pre-ordering them. Haha

Festival exclusives are always sold as regular webshop items later, yeah. Other than that, they've only ever done second runs for figures that still have pre-orders open. Demand for Blade's King form, for example, was so high they had to do a second wave of them.

Other than that, there's only things like "Crystal" Skull, which was technically a different version of the character (although still kind of screwed over people who bought the original one).

That's always the risk of waiting for the aftermarket. Kyoryuger has been so popular that this was always going to happen though. If anyone wants Black, Pink and Gold, I'd really recommend ordering them now. The prices are only going to get more crazy with everyone trying to have the whole team.

Expect the Gaim guys to go for some really crazy prices too, even the regulars until they're re-released.

How much are they normally? Just curious since I'm not planning to pick them up (nor do I Hvae the money for them right now) until probably the end of the year.

My two pack was just under 8000 from NY, so the price has almost doubled.

Looks like prices for the Hurricanger & Gouraiger 2-packs have gone up as well. Up to 12,000 even on Mandarake.

Grah. I still need the Gouraigers, too.

I find it pretty damned amazing that Bandai was able to release every Ryuki rider minus Femme, complete with super forms, a blank form and contract beasts for relevant characters but they still can't complete a team of 6-8 outside of like, 1.

Kamen Rider is simply far more marketable and profitable than Sentai for collector lines like this. Releasing current or recent teams is one thing, but there's less collector appeal for older teams. Obviously people like me care and want to buy them all, but unless the Japanese market these things are initially aimed at wants this stuff it goes to the bottom of the list to get produced.