[Kurona]

Maybe it's because I've been watching it recently, but I'm realising that Revice's toyline is very similar to Ghost's; at least for the first quarter we know of? The secondary not debuting until about ~10 episodes in with absolutely no other Riders until after Christmas; a single weapon for the main Rider; the first upgrade debuting at the end of the year; and a fair handful of auxiliary forms prior to that.

Like... I kinda need to underline this here, every toyline after Ghost has had more toys in the first quarter in some way -- the most comparable are Ex-Aid and Build; but Ex-Aid had more Riders which get a lot more marketing to them compared to alternate forms like Musashi and Benkei, while Build had non-rider Henshin devices and a bunch more fullbottles and weapons. Revice actually seems to have LESS merch to sell here than Ghost; since there doesn't seem to be a secondary-exclusive weapon nor a big mech thing.

This is potentially balanced out by the gimmick items seemingly costing more than before, but this is a dramatic decrease in direct DX toy merch to sell compared to even the mid-2010s. It means I'm a lot more excited for the show, but I really gotta wonder what's happened here to prompt it?