It doesn't seem like we'll be getting a 2nd Rider as early as we have been in the past few shows so that at least leaves a bit more time for traditional Kaijin fighting. I think there's only six confirmed Deadman so far.

Also, on the back of the Ohinbuster 50 in Gun mode/Top of Axe Mode, I see a slot for a potential later weapon to attach to.

Yes, I believe one of the toys is a new weapon that's I think a hammer that connects to the Ohinbuster to form a sword.

*Insert meme about Axe-Gun+Hammer=Sword? based upon that episode of Spongebob where Patrick and Spongebob take care of that scallop and they pass by that couple with the baby*

But, how do you combine a Hammer and an Axe-Gun and make a Sword?

Didn’t Exaid have a Hammer that could become a sword.
Probably the same they did there, but with an ax-gun this time.

The Gashacon breaker had a flip-out blade, yes, but how exactly will that hammer combine with the axe-gun into something cohesive enough to function as a roleplay toy?

Yeah, the Gashacon Breaker. But it had a flipout sword blade. This is a Hammer combining with an Ax-Gun to create a Sword

If this is true I feel like it'll probably just look like an axe with a hilt lol

It's not like toku weapons typically look accurate to real weapons, so it's not like it actually needs to look like a sword for them to call it a sword, right?

Like maybe they'll gave smth you click into it to make it a bit more sword like, but I think axe with hilt would look cool enough to be smth toei/bandai would do

Looking at the back of a DX Vistamp, there's a rectangular hole where the button would 1be on the SG. Betting that's to accomodate a part on the belt that would push the button. The belt likely has a light pattern for use when a Vistamp doesn't have IR, so the SG would just be lacking a few features but otherwise would be most of the experience.

And looking at pictures of the Revice Driver without a Vistamp in it, I'm pretty sure I see a peg that would pop out when you tilt the Vistamp, much like the ones in the Seiken Sworddriver that pop up when you pull the sword out.

Makes sense

I'm usually a sucker for the DX toys, especially when they have lights and the SG line doesn't, but tbh I still don't really know if I'm getting any Revice toys at all so I can't say I have a huge personal preference this year

I mentioned it before, but the SG line this year does seem like a good option for people who wanna get all the hesnhin sounds but don't want to buy the belt

Which is honestly extra reasonable this year the belt doesn't do all that much and the gimmick has literally all the sounds, and the dx stamps are a total pain to get sounds out of without the belt (I saw a guy on YouTube who had to rig up a custom IR light just to do it), so if the sounds are what you get the toys for the SG is definitely a great value

If you like the toys for show accuracy tho then the DX are gonna be the way to go like usual I'm sure