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Originally Posted by scikaiju

Seems a tad early in the line to release a figure that's basically just a repaint of a previous one,I mean it does look good but you'd think they'd go with a different Rider and keep something like this on the back burner.

How is this early? S.S. Kabuto was released 2 years. Dark Kabuto & Gattack are only the 2nd and 3rd releases in the Kabuto line for Seihou, but it took 2 years for them to happen. Hibiki, Kuuga, Kuuga Ultimate, Kuuga Rising Mighty, Decade, & Agito all happened in the interim for the overall S.S. line. So no, Dark Kabuto isn't "early in the line" in either sense.

And repaints are always cost effective releases when and where they can be managed. This was a very easy toy show exclusive for bandai to crank out in limited numbers. The other two S.S. Kabuto line reveals that were at the show (the Hopper Bros) will likely be Web exclusives as the last couple Seihou figures have been. And each of them is simply a straight repaint of the other as well, should those be back burner'd when they're easy releases?