[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by scikaiju

In early I mean there are a bunch of other Riders, main and secondary, they could have touched upon that would have sold just as well. If not better in some cases.

I don’t get what your issue is. They follow a pattern with Shinkocchou Seihou, we get a new main Rider every now and then (based on how old the original figure was) and Bandai recently decided to also do secondary or other Riders from the same show through the Web-Shop. This is what they’re doing with this subline right now.

How is releasing Dark Kabuto, a repaint which isn’t all that popular to be honest, through Tamashii Nations as a show exclusive an issue? Like, do you think this steals the place of another figure which now is never being made or something?

We’ll get more new figures soon, I don’t understand what you’re fussing about here.

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Originally Posted by scikaiju

Releasing a figure with a new paint job, just nine releases after the original one, feels like a cash grab to me.

Yeah right, "Just nine releases" aka "More than two years ago". Also, again, limited repaint sold through a toy show.

Total "cash grab" right there

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Originally Posted by scikaiju

And I don't see how the Hopper brothers, who to my knowledge were deigned to be similar, and I wouldn't be surprised if they're released as a two pack personally, is the same as this situation.

What Den-O meant is that both Dark Kabuto and the Hoppers are basically repaints, so why should the Hopper Bros. and Dark Kabuto be on the backburner just because they’re repaints? They’re doing Kabuto currently so why not release some repaints every now and then?

Also let’s not forget that these repaints actually portray characters from the show. This is not like Transformers or TMNT where Hasbro / Playmates pull 10 decos out of their butts just to sell the same mold again and again.