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Originally Posted by IXRollOutIX

Having the Figuart in hand, I just sort of noticed that Drive is the first Heisei rider since Hibiki not to have a jewel on his helmet. I guess Hibiki doesn't really count though, because if I recall he wasn't designed to be a Kamen Rider initially. So I guess Drive is the first one who's intentionally lacking it. I mean, he's got the rider symbol, but no jewel.

Regarding Hibiki, here's a good post by Igadevil on the topic: http://igadevil.tumblr.com/post/5532...u-mention-that

The post in a nutshell: Hibiki was ALWAYS designed to be a rider. During Blade, there were talks of putting Rider on hiatus, but they ultimately decided against bringing back Henshin Ninja Arashi or an original show with a Japanese motif because Bandai wanted to keep the franchise going. Hibiki was never designed as anything else than a Kamen Rider, but its heavy influence of Japanese folklore was inspired by previous things that were considered as alternatives.