[Matrixbeast]

Go to the toy aisle and see how many toys there are of the female characters vs. the male.
I'd be fine with a female red ranger (As long as there's not some contrived reason why she's red), but toy sales matter.

[ZeoRangerV]

Originally Posted by Sentai

They're making the same mistake Powerpuff Girls made. Assuming what the show is, instead of looking at the audiance. I know girls, and women, who watch and love Power Rangers. Just like alot more boys, and men, watched Powerpuff Girls. Yet they marketed it towards Girls solely.

But how many girls within Power Rangers intended age group do you know that watch it? Men and women watching it is all well and good, but they're all but a fraction of the overall audience for the show.

Originally Posted by Switchblade

Honestly, I think a female red Power Ranger could totally work - especially with Hunger Games being so big right now. I don't see Japan ever doing it, though. It's a much more conservative and patriarchal country. We may get the occasional female team leader (Kakuranger, Timeranger), but the red is the iconic role and I can't see Toei ever doing a permanent female Red (just like we'll never have a Kamen Rider show with a lead female Rider - or likely even a permanent secondary female Rider).

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Go to the toy aisle and see how many toys there are of the female characters vs. the male.
I'd be fine with a female red ranger (As long as there's not some contrived reason why she's red), but toy sales matter.

These are also both very good points. Yellow and Pink shelfwarm like there's no tomorrow over here.

[Sentai]

Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

These are also both very good points. Yellow and Pink shelfwarm like there's no tomorrow over here.

And how quick did Shinken Kaoru Red sell out?

[ZeoRangerV]

Originally Posted by Sentai

And how quick did Shinken Kaoru Red sell out?

The figuarts? It was an exclusive so I have no idea how well it sold.

[Sentai]

Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

The figuarts? It was an exclusive so I have no idea how well it sold.

The answer is quickly. Even on BBTS it sold out quick.

[Matrixbeast]

Originally Posted by Sentai

The answer is quickly. Even on BBTS it sold out quick.

So the exclusive toy aimed exclusively for adult collectors sold out.
That's not a good example.

[KRX]

Originally Posted by Switchblade

...We may get the occasional female team leader (Kakuranger, Timeranger), but the red is the iconic role and I can't see Toei ever doing a permanent female Red (just like we'll never have a Kamen Rider show with a lead female Rider - or likely even a permanent secondary female Rider).

I'll get started immediately!

[ComicGuy89]

I would love a female Red, but Toei seems unlikely to do it anytime soon, and if Toei doesn't do it, Saban won't do it. From the Power Rangers side of things, it simply won't happen because while gender changing might be feasible for Yellow Rangers, who are side characters, to gender change a Red, who is the main character, would be too obvious and jarring.

Toei *might* do it, although it won't make much financial sense for them. Girl's toys simply don't sell well outside of collectors. Even when I was a kid, the Yellow and Pink Rangers shelf-warmed like mad.

Originally Posted by Sentai

The answer is quickly. Even on BBTS it sold out quick.

That's a Figuarts, it's catered to adult collectors who LOVE female Toku characters.

[ZeoRangerV]

Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

That's a Figuarts, it's catered to adult collectors who LOVE female Toku characters.

Not enough for any of them to ever get a mass release though

[ComicGuy89]

Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Not enough for any of them to ever get a mass release though

Such a shame isn't it? It's especially depressing for someone like Kaoru Shinken Red, who is both a RED and a legend represented (no less the Shinkenger representative) in Gokaiger, to not get a mass release.