[Kurona]

I feel like the times of "bunch of prototypes shown off, maybe like three see release" are on their way out, is the thing. The most recent Tamashii Nations had very very few things to show, and most of them major characters rather than minor stuff - Ark-Zero, Calibur, Kiva Emperor, Zeronos; along with a couple returning things like Build Genius and Dark Kiva. About the most minor things we saw were the Toridevendor (a variation of last year's Ridevendor, so we could still see parts swap), Azu (a head swap of Izu), and Naki and Ikazuchi... which were still some of the very very few 01 reveals, leading me to believe that against all odds the 01 line is so popular they just might happen.

Not only that, but we got a lot of things released or at least confirmed from the previous Tamashii Nations, way more than usual and including ones you would have though might not make the cut like the Seihou Kuuga forms. It's actually easier to state what hasn't yet been confirmed -- Seihou Kuuga Growing, the Rise Hopper, Ghost Mugen, Grand Zi-O, Build Genius, Seihou Ridevendor, Seihou Sagohzo and Seihou Dark Kiva. And again, the last four have made repeat appearances since then!

So when it comes to prototypes being shown off and then abandoned... yeah, don't think that's happening much anymore. Same goes for Ultraman; I've every confidence that every single thing they showed off recently will see release.