Kamen Rider collectable coin set from the Franklin Mint

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Jet_Jaguar
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Kamen Rider collectable coin set from the Franklin Mint

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When I first saw this, I wasn't sure if this was real, but I think that it is:

http://franklinmint.jp/tmp_cart/detail.php?id=944#

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According to Patrick Macias, these cost about $300, which seems a little...steep to me (I think that I rather put that toward some manga or DVDs or something else):

http://patrickmacias.blogs.com/er/2009/ ... ction.html

Of course, it seems to me like these collectable coin sets are generally a bit of a rip-off:

http://coins.about.com/od/coinbuyingadv ... _coins.htm
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HENSHIN!
Hmm... how to best express myself in signature form?

Well, I'm back. I need to get back into the series, been so long since I read volume 7.
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