Integration

Kurona · 12-26-2019, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by BagJo

Kamen Rider is an especially potent Plastic Addiction, I find. It probably has something to do with being one of the most toyetic properties in existence. I'm much stricter about my figure buying in general these days, but I still own 5 Zero-One figures and I haven't seen a single episode, so there's that.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who struggles with this kind of thing sometimes.

I think as well it's the fact that... pretty much everything has a defined character to it.

Like to draw on another extremely addictive toy franchise, Transformers. Just looking at the most recent Generations figures, I'm really into wanting the likes of Apeface and Cliffjumper and Ironworks. All of them look like a lot of fun!

... but they also, for the most part, don't really have that much of a character to them. Even the most prolific and developed of that bunch, Cliffjumper? I can't really point to any great character arcs or journeys for him. Maybe Shattered Glass but I never read that. There's very few Transformers outside of the IDW comics and a couple of the cartoons that I really like for their characters, and Transformers is a franchise made up of a majority of 'characters' that never done anything.

But with Kamen Rider. EVERY figure has some sort of defined character.

Even looking at some of the most disliked characters out there that I can think of -- Kaixa, Ryugen, Specter. All of them had SOME sort of personality to them; some sort of role in the story; some sort of place in these events. There's no equivalent to some random Micromaster or Ultra Pretender or Combiner limb in Kamen Rider. Even Power Rangers sometimes dabbled in toy-only rangers, but with Kamen Rider; no matter who you get, you're getting -someone-.

And that can make it really addictive. I can find some random old Figuart on Mandarake for my collection just because they look cool, like Orga or Wizard Hurricane or Hercus, and they are still, technically, someone that appeared in media and I can draw on. It's kinda great.

12-26-2019, 06:09 PM	#163
Kurona Showa Girl Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 9,064	Quote: Originally Posted by BagJo Kamen Rider is an especially potent Plastic Addiction, I find. It probably has something to do with being one of the most toyetic properties in existence. I'm much stricter about my figure buying in general these days, but I still own 5 Zero-One figures and I haven't seen a single episode, so there's that. It's nice to know I'm not the only one who struggles with this kind of thing sometimes. I think as well it's the fact that... pretty much everything has a defined character to it. Like to draw on another extremely addictive toy franchise, Transformers. Just looking at the most recent Generations figures, I'm really into wanting the likes of Apeface and Cliffjumper and Ironworks. All of them look like a lot of fun! ... but they also, for the most part, don't really have that much of a character to them. Even the most prolific and developed of that bunch, Cliffjumper? I can't really point to any great character arcs or journeys for him. Maybe Shattered Glass but I never read that. There's very few Transformers outside of the IDW comics and a couple of the cartoons that I really like for their characters, and Transformers is a franchise made up of a majority of 'characters' that never done anything. But with Kamen Rider. EVERY figure has some sort of defined character. Even looking at some of the most disliked characters out there that I can think of -- Kaixa, Ryugen, Specter. All of them had SOME sort of personality to them; some sort of role in the story; some sort of place in these events. There's no equivalent to some random Micromaster or Ultra Pretender or Combiner limb in Kamen Rider. Even Power Rangers sometimes dabbled in toy-only rangers, but with Kamen Rider; no matter who you get, you're getting -someone-. And that can make it really addictive. I can find some random old Figuart on Mandarake for my collection just because they look cool, like Orga or Wizard Hurricane or Hercus, and they are still, technically, someone that appeared in media and I can draw on. It's kinda great. __________________