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A conversation started in one of the Gaim threads led me to create this thread.

Over the years there have been various 4 inch toylines for Kamen Riders, here's a thread to discuss and recopile info on them.


UPDATE

Review Masterlist: http://pastebin.com/pX8F6tMR


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General Rider Lines

-Soft Vinyl
Most soft-vinyl trading figures are in the 4 inch scale, as is usual in these kind of figures they have limited articulation. (arm and waist swivels)

-Kamen Rider "Full Action":
Motion Revive's predecessor, they are slightly smaller but have very similar articulation.

-Motion Revive Series:
Motion Revive focused on the Hesei era and The First/Next movies, probably the best known line of 4 inch riders, excellent articualtion and low price made it a fan favorite.The last wave to be released was wave 6

The MRS line wasn't rider exclusive, Xenosaga and Monster Hunter got toys too.

-SIC Kiwami Tamashi:
A spinoff of the SIC (Super Imaginative Chogokin) line, the Kiwami Tamashi line has excellent articualtion and very detailed sculpts which reinvent the rider design. With releases becoming more scarce the future of the line is uncertain.

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Show Specific Lines

-Dragon Knight:
Bandai America released a line of 4 inch figures for the Ryuki adaptation, the basic figures covered the Riders, and the contract monsters were available in two packs with the human forms of the riders.

-AgitΩ: Action Formers (Link)
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-Blade: RR (Riders and Rouzer)
These figures came packaged with a "Rouze Box" designed to store both the figure and cards, the figures in this line had no accesories.

-Kabuto: "Cast-Off"
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-Kiva: Full Action
These were model kits instead of action figures, and were released in character specific cases alongside the candy toy weapons and drivers.

-Decade: Hissatsu! Super Transform Riders
Designed as cheaper versions of the Final Form Ride line, the 9 heisei riders keep the transformation gimmick.

-W: Kumitate Action(?)
Smaller when compared to the other lines, nonetheless they fit the role of the 4 inch line for the show.

-OOO: Combo Change
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-Fourze: Module On
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-Wizard: Style Action Wizard
The Wizard line drops the gimmick component and focuses on articulation, the figures have excellent range of articulation and come with weapons and display bases. The Machine Winger and Beast Chimera were released too.

-Gaim:
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