[Locke]

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Originally Posted by LostAnkh

I still think the original 4 suits are the best in design, while the other Sengoku Riders are pretty decent, and the Energy Riders look like they tried too hard to make them look good. Zangetsu-Shin is decent, but the other 3 riders look terrible and actually had potential to look good. It's fine by me, because it just means that I won't have to buy more Figuarts.

I wouldn't assume that vanilla Zangetsu will disappear, maybe the Energy Riders will disappear from the show and focus on the Sengoku Riders near the end. I'm basing this assumption on whether or not the Rider War will happen.

I think what I don't like about the Energy Riders, is they no longer look like fruit and more like brightly coloured warriors. Somehow keeping the fruit influence obvious - and drawing attention to the fact - in the Beat Rider armours, actually helped anchor and balance all the goofy details and bright colours while not detracting from the badass looks.

But then because the Energy Rider's are only really advertised as BADASS and the fruit theme is toned down so much, it seems somehow more stupid how brightly coloured and generally goofy looking they are.