[Kurona]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Here's that Machine Kivaa set btw:



I hate it how they pack in cool accessories with the bikes now in a poor attempt to get people to buy them. If they don’t sell, just don’t make them, and start including accessories with the figures again.

Honestly, this is one of the cases I'm actually fine with it. It's not like it's extremely important stuff like hands, main weapons and smaller accessories like the phone that made the situation with Build so egregious; this is fairly minor stuff and large accessories at that. They're not something everyone would want, and if they were included with Kiva himself; they would jack the price up.

It's always hard to know when to strike the balance between keeping the prices low and which accessories to put with the main figure, but I feel in this case they got it right on. The violin in particular is important to Kiva's character, but it's not something he used in-hand an awful lot; and most time he used it it wasn't even in the suit. Meanwhile, the chair is something that was only in the intro and the last few episodes -- and when it appeared in those last few episodes, it was again out of suit.

The way I'd put it is this -- Machine Builder was pretty awful because it was a case where it was practically necessary to make Build a good package. But here, this is essentially just a deluxe bonus kit. Some of the more lesser-used larger items from Kiva if you're a big fan, but hardly necessary if you just want a decent figure of Kiva on a budget or for your Heisei Rider collection.