[Guyver Spawn]

OOO figuart is not very good. Not to mention, his head looks so small compare to the other figuarts now. Next to Gaim and SS W, he looks like a cheap toy compare to them in my opinion.

[Kami]

I am thinking that is all about SS...giving the fact that Wizard is leading while the rest of the SS is at the back. I believe it's going to be Kiva since he is missing from the pic and the two at the far back, Fourze and OOO. About time! Give me Kiva, Dark Kiva, and Kiva Emperor...and Putotyra while you are it.

[Kurona]

Give us friggin' Saga

[Kami]

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Give us friggin' Saga

They probably will because you can't find it anywhere atm not even pre-owned and yeah forgot to add Saga in it lol.

[Kami]

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Honestly if they just re-release some of the more popular SHFs of the mains (hopefully Kabuto, Ex-Aid, and Hibiki) and do a new SS or two (gimme my boy Faiz Bandai) I'd be perfectly happy.

Ex-Aid is out of question...they haven't even finished it yet and you expect re-release? Hibiki (don't you know Ibuki is coming?) and Kabuto don't count...they are already on the go. I believe that this is for the ones that need an immediate improvement and do not have any new figures since the Gaim line and onwards. This refers to Kiva, Faiz, Den-O, OOO, Fourze and yes even Ryuki and Blade need it simply because they just look weird next to Gaim and the rest.

It is my belief that this has to do with Shincoccho Seihou as Wizard is at the front being the last Shincoccho Seihou to be released this year as of now (November).

To those that count Zi-O...it's too early for Zi-O S.H.Figuarts, when was Build released? 5 months ago! You need to wait for about a year for Zi-O figure release. Besides, Zi-O being an anniversary series means, there will be almost nothing from Zi-O itself except his default an final form and of course Gates. That's like nothing.

[Guyver Spawn]

Ryuki and Blade still hold up just fine to me. I do think Faiz and OOO needs a SS treatment next in my opinion.

[The Chaos Entity]

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They probably will because you can't find it anywhere atm not even pre-owned and yeah forgot to add Saga in it lol.

That's because Saga has never been released.

[Kiwami]

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Ex-Aid is out of question...they haven't even finished it yet and you expect re-release?

They re-released Gaim like half a year after the show ended, with Web-Exclusive releases still in the pipeline. If they think it will sell, they will do it.

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To those that count Zi-O...it's too early for Zi-O S.H.Figuarts, when was Build released? 5 months ago! You need to wait for about a year for Zi-O figure release. Besides, Zi-O being an anniversary series means, there will be almost nothing from Zi-O itself except his default an final form and of course Gates. That's like nothing.

Who talks about releasing? Announcing comes first, pre-orders follow later and then it takes months for it to actually come out. No, we're talking about ZI-O being announced and shown for the first time. Build was revealed last September, this campaign has three stops, one in late August, the other with an unknown date and the last is Tamashii Nations in October.

Given that the second one is between August and October, it fits the bill. Tamashii Nations is their biggest event, so that's where they will show Kiva.

So in my opinion, this is how it will go: First, late August, a new Seihou reveal (Either Faiz or OOO), then in September, a first look at ZI-O and finally, the big one: The missing Heisei Rider, Kiva, at their big convention in October.

Also, ZI-O has unique forms unlike Decade, they can make all of those if they wanted to.

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Ryuki and Blade still hold up just fine to me. I do think Faiz and OOO needs a SS treatment next in my opinion.

Isn't Ryuki terribly out of scale? I saw pictures of him next to newer Figuarts and he's noticably shorter. Blade is a good figure but the proportions are a bit wacky compared to the Seihou's so I wouldn't mind a new one, although others do need it more.

Ryuki is on the top of the list though, alongside Faiz and OOO.

[Paladin]

I'm thinking 1 new release, 1 Seihou, 1 reissue.


*Zi-O and/or Geiz is a pretty safe bet; we saw Build's Figuart not long after the show began so I think that could happen again.

*OOOs is LONG overdue for a Seihou reimagining & his series was very popular so there's definitely demand.

*Finally, to tie into this anniversary thing I'm thinking Decade might get a re-release to hype things up.

[Kurona]

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Also, ZI-O has unique forms unlike Decade, they can make all of those if they wanted to.

I wouldn't expect many beyond Decade's - since that's apparently the super - and maybe one or two he uses a lot, which going by promotional material seems that might be his Build form.

Figuarts has generally just not been doing a lot of those individual forms recently. Ghost got a single Damashii form released, Gaim saw only Pine Gaim and Mango Baron as exclusives, and Build hasn't had a single Best Match beyond Rabbit/Tank released. Even actual upgrade forms have seen a decline as Mugen never showed up, and despite the Genm recolour being released; we bizarrely never saw Mighty Maximum X materialise even though Hyper Muteki has been announced for quite a while.
Talking of Ex-Aid though, it seems to be the bizarre exception since they released a -lot- of Level 3 forms and they seemed to be all hecking over Drago Knight Hunter Z. So... maybe? I just don't see it as likely, especially when it seems from this announcement alone that Figuarts are putting a heavy emphasis on actual past riders.

Also, yeah, I could totally see Gates being revealed alongside Zi-O. They've featured in just about every piece of promotional material alongside Zi-O so far and seems to be a pretty easy remold.