[Talisman]

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

Here's the element that confuses me: Accel. He shares basically no parts with W (unless I remembering poorly.) I can't figure out what makes him a better-guaranteed Shinkocchou Seihou figure than, say, Kamen Rider Den-O. Filling in a line before moving on, maybe?

Come to think of it, why PunchHopper and KickHopper instead of TheBee or Sasword? I'm not quite to the Hoppers' introduction on the series, but from others' comments, it sounds like they're relatively tertiary to the plot, whereas TheBee debuted almost immediately.

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This is puzzling to me, as well. I'd have expected Faiz or OOO or something by now. Accel, PunchHopper, and KickHopper are all welcome, but I'd have expected to hear something about a main Rider by now. Engineering challenges, maybe?

There's an ongoing theory that they're sticking to the original release pattern, and we DID sort of have a marathon of Kabuto releases before we really got into any other series. Though as an interesting note, assuming this old checklist is correct, Hoppers came out before even Kabuto so technically we're overdue for them, and TheBee was third from last for Kabuto's releases, followed by Drake and Sasword. But Accel is roughly where he was in the original release order if we discount W's alternate forms and Decade Violent Emotion, so if the theory IS right, we're actually keeping to schedule, which means we should be hearing about SS Faiz "next".

Or possibly G3 and/or G4. We seem to have skipped them. Which is a shame, I love those designs.

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Originally Posted by Tokumonkey

Your whole post is great, by the way.

I've had that message explained and had to explain it in enough fandoms and boards to be able to recite it in my sleep. But thank you.