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Originally Posted by TheRaizin

Ooh! No wonder he's a bit pricy! Bandai really upping their game. Hope the Kamen Rider plamo (Riderpla?) scene gets almost as big as the Gunpla scene. Kamen Rider has SO many designs that deserve their own figure!

I don't know about Riderpla, but definitely the Figure-rise Standard line is seeing a lot of healthy growth. Bandai has access to many popular franchises and the demand seems to be there.

It comes down to the technology of delivering an accurate representation of a character without too many stickers required for color accuracy- at price of less than about $40.

Gunpla retains such a great value proposition because Bandai already owns the rights to Gundam (Sunrise studios being a subsidiary). Even though they have a good relationship with Toei, Kamen Rider plastic model kits are still subject to license costs.