Rider Kick Appreciation

Discussion in 'The Toyark' started by Hate-triot, Oct 2, 2008.

  1. LigerPrime

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    Yeah, same here. To me, the upcoming Skull is like an entirely brand new figure as the changes are quite substantial.

    I would even call it an improvement over the previously released Skull...Bandai are really evil when it comes to this type of "tactics"! X)
     
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    Probably because they want more people to buy the Skullboilder in conjunction with Crystal Skull.

    Bandai is Evil indeed.
     
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    I just think BANDAI is evil. Plus BANDAI isn't selling anymore Skullboilders (which means I can sell mine for massive profit :D )
     
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    I wish they'd release BattleHopper and AcroBatter in retail. The exclusive prices are murder.
     
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    Tell me about it - my target is Agito's bike and the secondary market price is brutal! I'm thinking of just picking up the DX versions as the differences are only in the paint job.
     
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    Seeing how "accurate" Figuarts are lately, I wonder if a SHF Kiva would look even more inaccurate than the SH ones...
     
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    Looks like Tatoba has plastic balljointed feet.

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    The more I look at it, the more weary I get of OOO design. Just too much going on for one Rider.
     
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    Tatoba seems to be too many gimmicks at once, I'll just stick with Birth, when (if) he comes out.
     
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    skipped SHF Skull initially but definiately getting the new one with matte finish, nice. also looking forward to new den-o and joker. do you guys think Skull and New Den-O will have plastic feet? this seems to be the case with most recent releases.


    also are am i correct to say that so far, none of the ultimate forms have been exclusives? i hope we will be getting Agito shining/burning form soon!
     
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    I dunno. Birth's Gashapon gimmick is too corny for me.

    For a show trying to be a little more serious than W, its got a lot of weird and campy concepts going on.
     
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    Well, thus far, Emperor Kiva, CycloneJoker Xtreme and Decade Complete have been released without a hitch. DiEnd Complete got the exclusive treatment and Hyper Kabuto is still some time aways. I think the CJX we see in the W movie is probably an exclusive as well.
     
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    What? Hyper Kabuto was released a while ago already. Heck, it's a December release. Doesn't CSC have it?

    Kuuga Ultimate, Hyper Kabuto, Emperor Kiva, Decade Complete, CJX are all regular releases, which means that all main "ultimate-level" forms are regulars so far. As for "hyper-ultimate" forms like Rising Ultimate and CJGX, that's a different matter.
     
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    !!???! Wah, Uncle Ng must have ran out before I got there. Heartache!!!
     
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    Not too sure, since I got my Hyper Kabuto for around SGD$36 from HK during my Dec trip last year. Bet Ng's gonna sell it for at least $40 - $50.
     
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    Well even if I did see it, I'd probably be half-hearted about getting him. To me Gattack was the real hidden gem of Kabuto. I'm hoping for a Hyper Gattack at some point.

    Well actually I'm hoping for Figuarts Ryuki stuff. But I hope for too much as it is.
     
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    There's too many other series for them to cover. And let's not forget that they'll probably release all of OOOs other combinations too... Which will take a pretty long time. Then there's also the Kabuto Masked Forms, 555 series, Saga, which all suggest that Bandai's gonna complete the Kabuto, 555 and Kiva lines first. Odd that they're leaving Agito hanging though, since they're just short of G3mild, Agito Shining and Agito Burning.
     
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    Yeah, I'm hoping for Agito's burning form - its my fave Rider design.

    badlander - I strongly suggest to focus as there's simply too many stuff. For example, for Kuuga I'm only getting the Rising forms, mighty form and Ultimate form. I've wait for reissues. If they don't get reissued, its fine by me.
     
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    Agito= Exclusives
    555= Waiting for silver fingertips:banghead:  I dunno why. A fellow collector more or less convinced me to wait for a re-release of Faiz for this very very minor reason. After awhile, the urge to pick him up was completely lost.
    Kabuto Masked Forms= Not happening. The aesthetic of the Masked forms are completely not in keeping with the S.H. Figuarts style. Souchaku Henshin maybe but I don't think they'd want to release the whole line of Kabuto Riders with their Masked forms.
    RX= Still hoping for BioRider and RoboRider...Sigh. Will never happen I guess.
     
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    They did show a prototype of the SHF Kabuto Masked Form (along with a shitload of other SHFs) at one of the events last year.

    As for Biorider and Roborider, they'll definitely get SHFs eventually. Maybe after Bandai gets Shadowmoon done.


    Strangely, I actually prefer Burning Form to Shining Form. Burning gives the impression that he's very muscular...

    As for Kuugas, I totally skipped out the Risings. Only got Growing, Mighty, Pegasus, Dragon, Titan and Ultimate. That's enough to form a Sentai group.