[Kamen Rider Die]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

From what I've gathered it's taken a long time for them to realize we exist. Part of why it took so long to get any official licensed releases (outside of The First randomly showing up here back in the day) was because no one at Toei thought that there was enough interest in them. It took some long conversations with companies like Shout and Bluefin before Toei started actively paying attention, and that was just last year.

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Originally Posted by GrandComplete

Up until last year Toei basically thought that we don't exist.

That sounds about right (Bluefin brought basically zero Rider stuff to C2E2, save a couple Figure-Rise kits), but it's still weird to me. I'm glad that all of the Japanese owners are starting to come around to the global Kamen Rider fandom, but it's disappointing its taken so long. I'd love to know why.