S.H.Figuarts Shocker Combatman Bluefin Release Info
 

Bluefin has also posted release info for the S.H.Figuarts Shocker Combatman which will also be released in August.

Includes swappable weapons and hands for a retail price of 29.99$. Of course, the Shocker Combatman will include hands for his iconic “EEEEEEEEEE!” pose.

With Apollo Geist, Classic Rider 1 and V3 reissue also hitting in the same month, August is certainly looking to be classic Rider month.

Bluefin to release the Shocker grunt? Awesome!

So that means we can army build without arbitrary limits? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The release is in August? HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!

What? Bluefin is actually releasing something again? :p

I kid, it's just that they seem to be really lacking in the rider department lately. I mean, no other Wizard forms, no Phoenix, no Medusa, no more bikes, no Ryuuga, no Verde, etc.

But he doesn't come with a Ramen Bowl. They missed a trick :lol

I'll just steal a ramen bowl from my kickhopper

Oh wow, he even comes with a hand holding a cell medal.

Your hellbent on making your avatar a reality, aren'tcha Dai :lol

damn straight

Now I wanna see a bunch of these guys lined up and eating ramen.:lol

Isn't he pricey for an Army Builder though? I doubt anyone's going to buy just one.

Could be worse.

Eventually, I want to have 6 Shocker Riders.

You are partially incorrect as Flame Dragon, Beast, and Odin are all confirmed to have Bluefin releases. Machine Winger has had no announcement but Machine Massigler got a Bluefin release so I don't see a reason it won't get a release too.

As for the rest, those are all exclusives. Bluefin has never imported a Tamashii Web Rider before; for whatever reason they haven't been able to justify it to Bandai Japan. Something in particular seems to make it difficult for them to negotiate certain Heisei Riders even. Not sure if that's tied to Power Rider or simply something else.

i'm buying at least 3 shocker grunts, if not more

black condor from jetman says hi with bluefin sticker.

I hadn't noticed that before. That's awesome.

He said Rider.

Jetman may be incredibly awesome toku, but Kamen Rider is nowhere in the series title.

I'm talking about Hurricane, Land, and Water (and the Dragon forms for those too).

And I don't care if they are web exclusives in Japan. Bluefin has shown that it does not matter if they are exclusives or not, they can get them.

Bluefin has said it had to convince Bandai to let them import Kamen Rider stuff at all, since it has no media presence over here. We don't really know what the sales numbers are like for this stuff. But considering DBZ, SHM, and D-arts are the big US licenses for Bluefin, and they're fairly fringe within the general American toy collecting community, I don't think the KR sales are that high at all. So going after exclusives is likely not a priority.

Bluefin has shown that they can prove certain properties are so popular in the United States that it warrants bringing the exclusives over too. They have yet to do that with Kamen Rider, even though the Dragon Knight adaptation should have been enough to show a demand for the Ryuki exclusives, for example.

Doesn't matter if you care or not, Bandai Japan isn't giving Bluefin its Kamen Rider exclusives yet. Wish they would have a long time ago, but so far it's not happening.