[Kiryu]

Now I wanna see a bunch of these guys lined up and eating ramen.

[Sentai]

Isn't he pricey for an Army Builder though? I doubt anyone's going to buy just one.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

Isn't he pricey for an Army Builder though? I doubt anyone's going to buy just one.

Could be worse.

Eventually, I want to have 6 Shocker Riders.

[Baltan II]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I kid, it's just that they seem to be really lacking in the rider department lately. I mean, no other Wizard forms, no Phoenix, no Medusa, no more bikes, no Ryuuga, no Verde, etc.

You are partially incorrect as Flame Dragon, Beast, and Odin are all confirmed to have Bluefin releases. Machine Winger has had no announcement but Machine Massigler got a Bluefin release so I don't see a reason it won't get a release too.

As for the rest, those are all exclusives. Bluefin has never imported a Tamashii Web Rider before; for whatever reason they haven't been able to justify it to Bandai Japan. Something in particular seems to make it difficult for them to negotiate certain Heisei Riders even. Not sure if that's tied to Power Rider or simply something else.

[DaiRiderRX]

i'm buying at least 3 shocker grunts, if not more

[WhiteRanger]

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Originally Posted by Baltan II

You are partially incorrect as Flame Dragon, Beast, and Odin are all confirmed to have Bluefin releases. Machine Winger has had no announcement but Machine Massigler got a Bluefin release so I don't see a reason it won't get a release too.

As for the rest, those are all exclusives. Bluefin has never imported a Tamashii Web Rider before; for whatever reason they haven't been able to justify it to Bandai Japan. Something in particular seems to make it difficult for them to negotiate certain Heisei Riders even. Not sure if that's tied to Power Rider or simply something else.

black condor from jetman says hi with bluefin sticker.

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Shin Henshin

Oh wow, he even comes with a hand holding a cell medal.

I hadn't noticed that before. That's awesome.

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Originally Posted by WhiteRanger

black condor from jetman says hi with bluefin sticker.

He said Rider.

[Baltan II]

Jetman may be incredibly awesome toku, but Kamen Rider is nowhere in the series title.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by Baltan II

You are partially incorrect as Flame Dragon, Beast, and Odin are all confirmed to have Bluefin releases. Machine Winger has had no announcement but Machine Massigler got a Bluefin release so I don't see a reason it won't get a release too.

As for the rest, those are all exclusives. Bluefin has never imported a Tamashii Web Rider before; for whatever reason they haven't been able to justify it to Bandai Japan. Something in particular seems to make it difficult for them to negotiate certain Heisei Riders even. Not sure if that's tied to Power Rider or simply something else.

I'm talking about Hurricane, Land, and Water (and the Dragon forms for those too).

And I don't care if they are web exclusives in Japan. Bluefin has shown that it does not matter if they are exclusives or not, they can get them.

[bluesparrow]

Bluefin has said it had to convince Bandai to let them import Kamen Rider stuff at all, since it has no media presence over here. We don't really know what the sales numbers are like for this stuff. But considering DBZ, SHM, and D-arts are the big US licenses for Bluefin, and they're fairly fringe within the general American toy collecting community, I don't think the KR sales are that high at all. So going after exclusives is likely not a priority.