Are you all starting to feel as Figure-Rise kits don't really sell out?

I've been pre-ordering them from specialty sites as they come out but lately I've seen them all available consistently on places like Amazon for about the same price.

Just wondering if I need to stress out about pre-ordering Fourze and Agito.

Like Kurona (I think?) mentioned before, Figure-Rise kits don't seem to be something Bandai treats as a collectible. Every mass-release kit is one they've reissued at least once, when demand warranted it. The economics of reoffering a kit, and how little aftermarket there is for them to need to mollify, probably means we'll have opportunities to pick up any kits we pass on.

This. Bandai Hobby is a different beast from Tamashii Bandai and I think they have a schedule as to what kits they decide to reissue per month.

Here is the sheet they have for April for example: https://bandai-hobby.net/site/schedu...s/2021_apr.pdf

Huh? Most FRS releases (including Fourze) retail at 3520 Yen, which is about 32 dollars. Many places like AmiAmi will offer a pre-orders discount, but 25 isn't what I'd call the base price

If they are literally always discounted, then I'd call it the base price. RKFs are the same way. Even Amazon JP still has almost every FRS available for less than 2500 yen.

I don't know why you feel the need to argue, regardless. My point still stands that none of these releases are really marked up by much, and that 40 USD in the states is as good of a deal as it gets, unless you get lucky and find an American retailer that has something on clearance.

The world where I haven't bought a FRS kit in a couple years so I can't remember the final cost off the top of my head. Oops

But hey, that's why this forum exists

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No worries, man. Not blaming ya or anything. In all honesty, Kamen Rider model kits are a tad expensive for their quality, IMO. The only reason I don't complain much is I only buy them when they're on clearance at one of my retailers.

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Spent the last couple days putting Ryuki together. Fun kit, overall!

The actual Ryuki part of the Ryuki kit is maybe one of my favorite builds ever? The stickers are minimal, and always apply cleanly. I can't believe the Dragvisor looks as good as it does, considering it's about five stickers that interlock, but at a quick glance it looks like it's painted. The construction is straight-forward, with everything connecting with zero hassle. Spending an afternoon building this guy was a delight.

The absolute best part of the build, though, the smartest thing, is that all of the silver pieces use under-gating to attach to the runners. All of the little abrasions on the metallic paint from snipping, those are all on the underside of the pieces. It ends up making all of the outward-facing silver parts completely clean and perfect. It helps enormously, and it leaves Ryuki looking flawless, even after rushed work by an amateur.

Dragreder took an entire extra day of work, and I'm ambivalent about him. I think he looks great, but I've honestly never been that psyched to own Contract Monsters. He's a bunch of work that I did out of a sense of completion, not because I was overjoyed to have him on display. That aside, his build is repetitive (build one part six times, build another part two times, etc.), but it comes together great. I'm not sure anything I've ever built has looked as professionally-done as this guy, this kit? And, like, I am not doing everything right! I hurry through this stuff! But the cleverness of the engineering means that a rush job gets you a four-and-a-half star toy at the end, instead of a five-star.

My only real gripe about how the Ryuki kit does things is the Strike Vent. Unlike the minimal and forgiving stickers of every other part, the Strike Vent slathers on stickers in unintuitive and frustrating ways. The exact opposite of literally every other component, and something I never plan on displaying Ryuki with.

So, yeah, skip the Strike Vent, the rest of this kit is stellar. Very highly recommended!

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Hmm... interesting, is this the same as Hobby Next Phase Week? ya know, that one with Hibiki and Decade reveal

I'm pretty sure it was held around the same time!