I imagine just to make them more visually distinct? The Legend Rider medals are exactly like any other OOO medal (particular colour with a logo in the same colour), and that might have looked too similar to the animal medals in their heads. There's also that these were exclusive to monthly Gashapon and Candy Toy lines, so they were hardly beholden to selling products currently on shelves

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Interesting! They certainly don't look as polished and professional a product as a well-funded organization like Foundation X would use to keep Riders entombed. Thanks for the info!

Man, I really went on a bunch about toys rather than talking about one of my favourite Rider movies ever, huh?? Even next to the last two this is my favourite of all the movies on this thread so far and it's not exactly hard to tell why -- a perfect encapsulation of Fourze where Gentarou's force of character has him embracing a new form of life so deeply he doesn't stop wanting to love them; the most perfect epilogue to OOO ever that I daresay it's the most important OOO movie and required watching; the simple but extremely appropriate and thematically lovely arc of Aqua and Poseidon; and then on top of all that, even if the return of W and the Showa Riders are essentially just fanservice; it's fanservice of W and the Showa Riders, that improves any movie!

You've also got, like, a scene of Aqua fighting a bunch of Undead costumes in the dark?? Which is obviously just Toei rooting through their kaijin kupboard for whatever they can use, but I'll take any excuse I can get for Blade to be roped into this absolutely appealing-entirely-to-me movie that this is. I love this movie! It's awesome!

I love that the main conflict for about half of the Fourze segment is Kengo saying You Can't Be Friends With It 'Cause It's Not Alive, and Gentaro saying Me Being Friends With It Makes It Alive... and Gentaro ends up being 100% right! Gentaro doesn't let anything put a label on his friendships, and that includes both science and the universe.

It's so so so good; and looking back on Fourze just something I'm realising I loved so much about it. It is unflinchingly, unstoppably about embracing each other despite any differences; so really the perfect movie thing for it is to have "differences" reach the new level of "space goo most people don't believe is sentient". Just so good

Also, just... I really love how Fourze's storytelling boiled down to its basics is just Teen Dramedy Tropes But Monsters. This whole Nadeshiko story is just, like, a foreign exchange student comes to Amanogawa High, Gentaro gets a crush, their cultural differences cause friction between Gentaro and his friends, eventually Gentaro gets everyone to see his girlfriend for what they all have in common, she goes back home. The twist is that she's non-sentient girl-shaped space goo, but the bones of the story are, like, Teen Dramedy 101.

I love that Fourze's approach to teen storytelling with monsters is just straight-up teen storytelling, with monsters.

I'mma just leave my review of this movie from the end of my little Kobayashi-thon right here, because anything new I could write probably won't match that level of enthusiasm.

Suffice it to say, I still think this movie is pretty much the greatest thing ever. And since, exactly like I joked about in that post, I'm currently rewatching Fourze, I'll probably be watching it yet again soon! Lucky me! (The director's cut, too. I'm not sure I've ever seen the theatrical cut either? How much did they gut from this thing to make it half an hour shorter?)

Also! I unironically like Super TaToBa. that is my contrarian opinion for movie war mega max

Joke's on you; it seems over time most people have warmed to it! I saw a bunch of people excited for the new Seihou SHF, and I haven't seen many bring it up as an 'ugly suit' or anything in a while.

Now, if you want to keep up your contrarian streak; just feel free to throw in the words 'final form' anywhere and double this thread's length instantly

As someone who doesn't even slightly follow the merchandising side of Kamen Rider, do they still do these? I expect that something like Zi-O or Revice would have legacy items, but were there legacy Wonderide Books or Progrise Keys?

Well they cut out half of Aqua's' scenes and the way the story links to the ending of OOO for starters.