[Librarian]

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Originally Posted by NeonZ

At this point, I don't think we're getting the Kabuto armor and the others. The Watch will be old by the time of the 2nd quarter. What could still happen though are mixes of the Decade Armor, which would allow them to use those watches in the show (or the upcoming final form ones, although it seems like the phase 1 Riders aren't getting DX Watches for that. We've gotten a couple of non-DX items in the show already like Cross-Z's, Beast's and Genm's Ride Watches) without needing to make actual unique armors for them.

Or, you may not see some of those watches because they're being held for later reveals, and it's easier to tease base form watch early as a toy, because when they make their appearance in the show, they'll be using an as yet unrevealed one. Same as how they've saved the Gaim or similar reveals to closer to their premieres in show.

So in other words, you're not seeing it yet doesn't mean it's not coming, only means you haven't seen it yet. Reveals are kept at a pace to avoid spoilers, build hype, and hold back the right ones for right timing for extra hype.

Which makes sense because a lot of Phase 1 stuff could evolve in their monsters too. Something that seems likely to cover that the normal Ride watch may not be enough to defeat, so Sougo needs the evolved form watch to get too. Hyper Kabuto(which is technically 3 rider forms in one because of cast off and hyper zector) and Blade King form make sense in that regard. Same is true for several others of their respective series that may have a more evolved Another Rider.

So those as a marketer, you'd want to hold back on until later to build hype closer to its episode and toy release in waves. Whereas the show itself would have to highlight how the normal ride watch isn't strong enough to win the fight, but that rider power is still needed to actively defeat the another rider.