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Originally Posted by Sentai King

The answer to your question is the FIRST TWO PEOPLE that show up from the start of the show. Build and Night Rogue were there from the beginning. Cross-Z suit show up in ep 10 of build soo... his form was not in the show right at the start.

In Gaim case all 4 riders were there in suit from the start that's why they all got retail release.

It just seems that Bandai does not want to take a lost with a secondary rider that shows up in ep 10.

Mach didn't appear until Episode 11 of Kamen Rider Drive, appeared after Mashin Chaser, Gou didn't show up until later on in the series (while Banjo has been there from the start) and he still got a retail release. Gold Drive didn't appear until Episode 41 but he got a retail release. Hell, Kivala got a retail release, and she only shows up in a single movie. In fact, more often than not, the Secondary Rider doesn't typically show up until well into the series' run in the Neo-Heisei era to begin with. It's only Gaim, Ghost and Ex-Aid where the secondary Rider appears within the first few episodes, so saying they don't want to take a lost with a Rider that shows up in Ep. 10 doesn't really make much sense when they've done retail releases for characters such as Accel, who only shows up 19 episodes into W.

The base form for the Secondary Rider of a series has always been a retail release, with the sole exception throughout the entire history of figuarts being Gatack from the Shinkocchou Seihou line. There's simply no excuse. The only thing I can think of is that Cross-Z Charge does indeed become the "main" suit going forward and that's going to get the retail treatment.