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Originally Posted by Ninjinister

I hope we can get some versions of Shocker Shuryo. His "regular" form might be hard to get made (maybe not in Japan though) 'cause he's basically a Kleagle Klansman, but I feel like the series would miss out on having at least one version of the leader (and if they did his masked version I could custom some Klansmen baddies to fight).

That one might get skipped. Even in Japan, it was a bit over the top, and they are already getting flack for their insensitivity and lack of awareness, and other xenophobia aspects that permeate their own modern society.

Anime itself up until late 90s early 2000s had a lot of racist stereotypes as it was too they are attempting to work past, so I could see them wanting to skip that flack for Kamen Rider classic stuff and focus on one of the different organization leaders instead. Something a little more iconic with less baggage.

Even abroad marketing and selling an action figure that more or less looks like KKK member is kind of ridiculously bad. Both for the store with tourism, and the brand name in general. They want to pull customers in and maintain a wide appeal. Something like that would push away too many consumers.