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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Meteor

I went to the Baltimore comic con on Saturday. I've been out of the American superhero game for a year now with my interest slipping away more and more. I went with a buddy and stood in an elevator with a battle Japan cosplay. Guy wasn't very friendly when I complimented him , but what can you do? ...I looked and looked and couldn't find a damn thing rider or sentai. Came out with an artist print of Dexter from the showtime series. Toku has taken over what once ruled my nerdom.

I know what you mean! I used to only collect Transformers. Nothing more nothing less. Then I found myself wanting more than just that. I then branched on to Power Rangers/Super Sentai to get my fix. Then that started to wane and I got into Kamen Rider and I'm hooked. I now own 9 out of the 14 Hesei era Rider belts, 19 Rider S.H. Figuarts, 12 SIC KT's and all but one of the Fourze foodroids. As for conventions, I've never had much luck finding Toku stuff other than Godzilla and the occasional Sentai/Power Ranger item. Sadly Kamen Rider is just not that popular in the US. I've gone to the Dallas Comic Con, Sci Fi Expo, Fan Days and other local shows and have never found a single Kamen Rider item. I think I would have more luck at A-Kon or AnimeFest but I don't know if I would go to either of those.