[MrWilliamGraham]

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Originally Posted by Skylanderformer

All forms of a single rider

I'll add to what's already been said:

The pre-seihou releases, and to some extent the first half+ of the Heisei shows, covered many more forms; and it probably helped that those shows had smaller casts and generally less form changes. The figures themselves might not hold up to today's modern engineering standards, but they could be quite inexpensive and and extensive

Right around Gaim is when we see many more individual characters and forms, and SHF's lines start to dwindle a bit. There's quite a few Gaim and Ghost figures that were only displayed at conventions and never went into production

But you can say that the line traded less figures for pieces that were designed and sculpted much better. Gaim / Drive is when the figures started to look REALLY good

So where are we now? Recent shows still have large casts and that comes at the expense of different forms for the main character I feel. But with some exceptions, the main character at least is getting figures of the upgrade/super/final forms.

If you ask me, Zero-One is a great line to collect. Figures look great, they did many of the individual casts, and are relatively inexpensive on the aftermarket. Even if there's no form changes for Zero-One, there's figures of Shining, Assault, Metal Cluster, both movie forms, and a Zero-Two set to release soon.

Can't say the same about Revice, since they skipped Barrid and Volcano. The Geats line is still somewhat ongoing but they already skipped Command in favor of MKII/Laser

So in short:
Old releases ( pre 2013 ) ---> many more figures, probably haven't aged well, shouldn't be too expensive ( Seihou figures notwithstanding )

New releases ( Gaim and upward ) ---> less extensive lines, improved engineering/proportions, but prices and availability may range