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06-12-2020, 10:15 AM | #19041 |
Dai Shogun
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... but I'm also fully aware that Riders use similar or the exact same transformation system so you have Riders who do look similar. In the case of Zero-One there's Vulcan & Valkyrie or Jin & Horobi for example. You still have a much more diverse range of suit designs here than a Sentai team has. Which allows people to pick favorites and only buy those, where as in Sentai - if you dislike one suit you basically dislike them all. Maybe that's closer to the actual problem? Maybe people would buy entire teams, or at least be tempted, when they like 3/5 and then buy the other 2 for completion? Whatever the reason, I do think the poor sales are at least a bit based on how most Sentai teams were basically the same suit except for different heads or stuff like skirts. |
06-12-2020, 11:07 AM | #19042 |
Suprise Gamma Future
Join Date: Feb 2020
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If you are Bandai making a full SHF team of a sentai team how many of each unit do you manufacture?
Obviously you make more Red than the others, but do you make the other 4 (or more 5 or 6) in equal amounts? What if one of them is notably more popular than the others (like Kiramei Green currently is for Kiramagers)? Then you get people struggling to complete the full set making the total buy-in price for the full team just too expensive for a show that skews towards kids. The money for Sentai toys has always been in the "narikiri" or "dress up" toys. The bulk of the SHF Sentai toys came from Akibaranger and Gokaiger because they are legacy properties that celebrate nostalgia, marketing to adult collectors with the income to afford Figuarts. I remember the ToQger action figure line that only had the boys, and I'd just rather not have them bother with figures at all if they are only going to do the guys. At least we are getting Yu-Do and Shokugan figures of complete teams lately. |
06-12-2020, 11:12 AM | #19043 |
Dai Shogun
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06-12-2020, 11:55 AM | #19044 |
Showa Girl
Join Date: Jun 2018
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The thing with Riders is that like... hm, how do I put this.
If you're not a completionist, right? And you just want the main title character to represent the series, no other secondaries and later heroes yadda yadda; just what you have at base as the big symbol of the series? You get the Main Rider's main form. You get Rising Hopper, you get Rabbit/Tank, you get Mighty you get Sword Form you get Tatoba. The equivalent to that for Sentai is a full team of 3-5. Even when they're there at the start, a secondary rider is never like, just a part of a team. Even in stuff like Blade and Ex-Aid and Hibiki where you do have Riders working together right from the get-go, it's really not the same thing as Sentai. In Rider, each hero is their own individual before they're a part of a team. In Sentai, each hero is part of the team before they're their own individual. Sixths and extra heroes breaking those rules notwithstanding. I mean, like, just look at how most collectors view it even. When it comes down to Sentai or PR figures coming out, it's always constantly "oh I hope they make the others soon so I can complete the team", and with Rider it's like "god I'm loving Vulcan and Horobi right now more than I thought I would, I think I might pick them up after all". It's not like there's not overlap here and it's not like the opposite scenario won't happen; where you'll definitely get people who'll only want RPM Black or ShinkenPink or MMPR Blue, or people that will refuse to have anything less than the main form of all riders in a given show. But that happens a lot more rarely than the other way round.
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06-12-2020, 12:14 PM | #19045 |
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Wait Kyoryu Red sold terribly? And Kyoryuger was the most popular recent Sentai (regardless of what you think about it). No wonder they abandoned it during ToQger.
But honestly if they are redoing it, only ZyuRanger and Gokaiger will be made.
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06-12-2020, 12:18 PM | #19046 |
Showa Girl
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Main Sentai SHF I'd want would be Zyuoh Eagle and/or Whale, and... yeah, that's never happening.
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06-12-2020, 12:20 PM | #19047 |
Some guy. I'm alright.
Join Date: Sep 2019
Location: Michigan
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I'm just glad my Top 2 Rangers were made, even if I was never able to get the ZyuBlack due to how stupidly expensive he got on the aftermarket.
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06-12-2020, 12:45 PM | #19048 |
Dai Shogun
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Location: Germany
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There are some cool monster designs I would love to see as figures too, like Zamigo Delma for example. |
06-12-2020, 12:46 PM | #19049 |
TN's Resident Gunpla Nut
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We're likely going to be getting Gaisorg in Lightning Collection next year when Dino Fury starts anyways.
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06-12-2020, 12:48 PM | #19050 |
Some guy. I'm alright.
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Location: Michigan
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Actually, it kinda makes me wonder, since Takara Tomy buys Transformers molds off of Hasbro to sell in Japan, do you think they could do the same for the PRLC?
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