[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by Natch

it seems like the longer the Ex-Aid toyline has gone on, the harder it's become to actually buy the toys.
so far I've missed out on Shakariki Sports, Tokimeki Crisis, Buggle Driver II, Hurricane Ninja, Mighty Creator VRX
I thankfully managed to get Muteki from HLJ when they started accepting pre-orders for it. but no matter how often I checked Tokimeki or the Buggle Driver they never opened up again.
I started collecting after Shakariki was long gone, so I knew that was a long shot.
I never even got to see a listing for Taddle Legacy.

Really annoying when earlier on in the toyline I was able to pre-order things with no trouble. or even just buy them in stock.

looking on ebay the prices for things like Tokimeki Crisis are insane.

what's happened? are they producing the toys in lower quantaties now? or has the show (and by extension toyline) just become WAY more popular now so there's more demand?

I remember a similar thing happened with Gaim the last time I was in japan. any shop I went to their assortment of Gaim merch was barren and then in collectable stores in Akiba and places like that they were charging almost4 times the original price for them. (like 8000 yen for a Budou Lockseed)

I guess getting a full collection of DX Gashats is going to be virtually impossible. (or at least very expensive)

On the subject of hard to get Gashats. sorry if this is the wrong place to ask. but how do people outside of japan go about getting Premium Bandai products. kinda tempted by that Ride Player Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat, but no idea how to obtain one short of looking for it next time I'm in japan (whenever that is)

Definitely popularity - Kamen Rider's profits have grown by several million yen in the past year, according to Bandai's fiscal reports.
As for buying Premium Bandai stuff, you couldn't find it even if you were in Japan because those products are sold exclusively through Bandai's online toyline. Your only chance is to use a middleman - my recommendation would be Toku Taku Toys.