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08-23-2015, 10:12 PM | #21 |
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Considering Metal Hero & Sentai releases have nothing to do with each other I don't see what you're getting at. Sentai releases have sold well enough but a majority of Sentai releases became exclusives over time because the franchise didn't do great at retail the last few years.
On the flip side no Metal Hero has EVER been a retail release, but the sales numbers for recent Metal Hero exclusives have been incredibly encouraging. Enough that Bandai sees an actual market for it at retail that simply doesn't exist for sentai figuarts in the same way. This release is in direction correlation with how collectors are spending their money. The numbers don't lie. That's why this figure is happening. The western market demands sentai figuarts because of power rangers far more than the Japanese market, which is the one that determines what gets made in the first place. Too often people lament the fact that some release they don't deem "deserving" enough has "taken" the spot of what could have been a sentai release. But that simply isn't how it works. Based on the fact that Bandai is barely making any Sentai anymore and continue to produce Metal Heroes characters, I surmised that Metal Heroes must be selling better. Nonetheless, I was expressing surprise, and also lamenting the fact, that more well-known Sentai characters aren't being made when such relatively obscure Metal Heroes characters like Winspector are. Metal Heroes died long ago, doesn't have any continuing series on the air, doesn't have international support the way that Sentai does, and the movies they made of the space sheriffs didn't seem to help revive the franchise. That's my prerogative. |
08-24-2015, 06:42 AM | #22 |
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Hmm. I wonder if this means a potential B-Fighter Kabuto figuart would be sold at retail. I don't know how popular B-Fighter Kabuto was in Japan.
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08-24-2015, 06:56 AM | #23 |
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I suspect if any further ones get a mass release though it might be renewal Gavan first. But if this ends up instantly discounted, I think Bandai will just go back to making them all exclusives again.
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08-24-2015, 10:29 AM | #24 |
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Based on the fact that Bandai is barely making any Sentai anymore and continue to produce Metal Heroes characters, I surmised that Metal Heroes must be selling better.
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Nonetheless, I was expressing surprise, and also lamenting the fact, that more well-known Sentai characters aren't being made when such relatively obscure Metal Heroes characters like Winspector are. Metal Heroes died long ago, doesn't have any continuing series on the air, doesn't have international support the way that Sentai does, and the movies they made of the space sheriffs didn't seem to help revive the franchise. That's my prerogative.
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If all goes well here I could see it happening, the original B-Fighter Figuarts must have contributed to them trying this in the first place.
I suspect if any further ones get a mass release though it might be renewal Gavan first. But if this ends up instantly discounted, I think Bandai will just go back to making them all exclusives again.
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08-24-2015, 09:41 PM | #25 |
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Is there any word on when he'll be going up for pre-order?
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08-24-2015, 09:58 PM | #26 |
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Should be any time at all since that Tamashii Pickup of a few official images was released. Once we get the full set of images then it won't be long.
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08-28-2015, 07:49 AM | #27 |
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First post updated with FULL official images!
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08-28-2015, 09:11 AM | #28 |
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The theme song is stuck in my head.
Mayday mayday SOS!
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09-02-2015, 05:07 PM | #29 |
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Well, HLJ has him up for pre-order. Don't know if I should preorder or wait until he pops up on amazon.
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