[Grimlockimus]

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Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO

Nice! Congrats man! The thing that's holding me back from ordering Suika is the size

Giant Watermelon samurai mech suit that shoots seeds out of it's fingers.
As soon as I heard that I had to have it

And to go with the current mention of lock seeds, this is me probably missing a detail off the item pages but, what's the main difference between the Gashapon locks and the DX locks?

[KamenRiderOOO]

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Originally Posted by Grimlockimus

Giant Watermelon samurai mech suit that shoots seeds out of it's fingers.
As soon as I heard that I had to have it

And to go with the current mention of lock seeds, this is me probably missing a detail off the item pages but, what's the main difference between the Gashapon locks and the DX locks?

I'll take pics for physical differences for you

[Grimlockimus]

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Originally Posted by KamenRiderOOO

I'll take pics for physical differences for you

Thanks, much appreciated

[KamenRiderOOO]

Okay, Gashapon and DX lock difference time!

As you can see, the DX (Budou) have rounded out flat edges on the hinge and it's smooth. On the gashapon (Matsubokkuri), the hinge area curves a bit and there's a tab on the bottom.


Opening it up, the DX has a smooth inside with some details to finish off the fruit, while the Gashapon has large indents and a tab.


Another simple thing is that DX have LEDs and Gashapons don't.


The back is definitely where more differences are. As you can see, there are a bunch of buttons on the back of the DX. They both share a common button, the one that activates the sounds. The DX has more, with two smaller ones. The one closer to the big button is the button that activates in the Musou Saber. The one farther away is the one that activates the sounds for when it's plugged into one of the Drivers. The Gashapons lack these, and all their sounds (just the name, the henshin sound, the finishers, and sometimes "KAMEN RIDER _____, _____ ARMS!" for the standard Fruit Lock Seed ones). Also, the speaker "holes" are larger on the Gashapon.


And last but not least, the Lock parts are a solid piece on the DX, while the Gashapon are in two pieces.

[GoseiWonder]

How much are AC Ryugen, Pine/Ichigo Arms and Mango/Kiwi Arms sets currently going for?

And who has them the cheapest?

[PkmnMstr]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

How much are AC Ryugen, Pine/Ichigo Arms and Mango/Kiwi Arms sets currently going for?

And who has them the cheapest?

Too much. And no one. Lol. The only place they seem to be available at all is Mandarake.

There's ebay, but that's even more unreasonable. And AmiAmi hasn't done any restocks in a while. Of any Gaim merch it seems.

[Roanstalker]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grimlockimus

Giant Watermelon samurai mech suit that shoots seeds out of it's fingers.
As soon as I heard that I had to have it

Same

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Originally Posted by PkmnMstr

Too much. And no one. Lol. The only place they seem to be available at all is Mandarake.

There's ebay, but that's even more unreasonable. And AmiAmi hasn't done any restocks in a while. Of any Gaim merch it seems.

Or yahoo auctions but those are pretty pricey as well.

[Deathryuger]

It's already been said, but Bandai has pretty much been caught with their pants down due to the popularity of Gaim. On the CSToys activation show last week they brought this up and were saying we might not be seen substantial restocks until March.

[Infinitevirtue]

Finally got a confirmation from Mandarake Nakano for combining orders, one of which contained lock seeds. Unfortunately the one I really wanted, Watermelon, was out of stock. Now I gotta track one down again. Haha

[Grimlockimus]

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Originally Posted by Deathryuger

It's already been said, but Bandai has pretty much been caught with their pants down due to the popularity of Gaim. On the CSToys activation show last week they brought this up and were saying we might not be seen substantial restocks until March.

Hey I have no problem waiting until around March to catch up on the AC sets, just gonna collect the newer stuff that comes out until then
And after seeing episode 14 I'm crossing my fingers in the hopes we get news of an AC Cherry Arms soon. Love the design on him.

I'm just wondering how the creative team is reacting to this, I mean they had fruit for a theme this time around and no disrespect to them but just hearing it makes you kinda think what they were thinking. But I'll be damned if they didn't turn it into something great.
So..maybe we should expect a fruit sentai series soon :P