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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

I guess the biggest surprise/disappointment for me was the lack of any new suits or gimmicks? With all of the ways Den-O blazed a trail for Phase 2 Heisei to follow, I would've bet money that the HBV had some kit-bashed new Form to show off as a goof. Nope!

They began with Kiva. As did the final stage getting a DVD release (Den-O started them, it just didn’t get any form of release, as far as I know).

Anyway, the HBV is the one live Den-O production I haven’t seen (I also haven’t seen the Imagin anime beyond a clip from the episode with Ultraman Taro). So I’ll just talk about something you mentioned when talking about episode 44: the all forms showcase. That’s something Japanese shows made to sell toys tend to do near the end of the show, basically the last opportunity the writers use to pump the toyline, before the last few episodes go nuts with what they do to the merch (I’m currently coming up to such a string of episodes in Hurricaneger). And since most of the shows start in February and last the year round, the “last chance” generally coincides with Christmas.