Bandai has tried. 5-packs are simply not an option because a) most collectors aren't willing to shell out that much money all at once and b) you isolate the people who collect reds and sixth rangers, who still make up a sizable portion of Sentai's collector base.

And it makes no sense for any business to continue investing money into a product that's continued to fail numerous times under reasonable distribution methods. Especially when it's abundantly clear that they have numerous properties under their belt that are far more successful than Sentai releases. They'd be better off putting that money towards their Rider, DBZ, Marvel, Sailor Moon, etc., stuff.

The shift car pop out on mine when I was trying to put the flames on his hands. Not a major issue but at least it's not as bad as Flame Style's belt where that things pops off constantly.

I can't wait for Chase, Mach, Type Wild and Dead Heat. I think Drive's figuart line is going to be great just like Gaim.

Yeah, Drive's line is off to a great start. I'm not getting the other forms (besides maybe Type Formula and the Final Form) but I'm definitely excited for Mach, Mashin Chaser and possibly Rider Chaser depending on how I feel.

I hate to say you are right, but you are right. Sentai's popularity has been on a decline for a while now and collectors aren't willing to shell out the money for the SHFs. The sentai collector has become a niche market within a niche market, it seems. Oh well, I will just enjoy what we get and what I have!

They won't know unless they try.

The Samurai 5 pack does not count because that was a SDCC exclusive, was a pack containing 5 figures that had already been out for a few years, so most people that really wanted the characters had already bought them, gave them a metallic paint job, and did not even include the regular red ranger.

Why is everyone so afraid of them just trying to do it? It wouldn't be $500 because that make each figure $100 a piece. Bandai needs to just try it. Come out of their comfort safe zone and test it out. It's not like half the figures in the box are going to require a new mold. Hell, if they did a Kakuranger pack, 4 of the 5 rangers would all have the same body and only a new head. Same goes if they did Abaranger or Gekiranger. I don't see what the harm is in just trying it out once.

Collector's are willing to shell the money out for rangers WHEN THEY CAN GET THE ENTIRE TEAM!! There is no point in just owning one or two rangers to a team.

None of us ever said we were afraid of them trying that. Hell, most of us would most likely purchase a set. I know I would. We're saying that in the long run, it wouldn't work financially. This isn't a Kamen Rider set. Releases like Genocider and the upcoming Tridoron are sure to sell. Sentai doesn't have the same amount of pull. A full team set wouldn't sell as well as they probably would divided up. Different fans collect differently. Some get only reds, others only get their favorite ranger, etc.

Not ALL collectors. You need to understand that the collecting community isn't a hivemind. Just cause you or I would be willing to throw down for a full team in one go doesn't mean everyone would. As mentioned before, reds and sixths are popular. They can also stand on their own perfectly fine if that's all a collector wants. There's no point in just owning one or two rangers to you, but it's not an issue for others.

Exactly Kain, Shin is right. What you're assuming is that everyone is willing to shell out money for an entire team, but you're disregarding the fact that everyone has different tastes when it comes to collecting. Take my good buddy uchihabro77 for example. Ninninger is on right now. Does he want the entire team? Nope, just Starninger. Why? Cause he likes him and happens to fit everything uchihabro77 likes. Now think about those who only want Reds. I know a shit ton of guys like that. Or like me. I only collect female Sentai members, and the teams that I like (which luckily for me, are at least complete [well, minus Kyoryuger, but I have a solution for that.)] Also, think about costs of production vs the actual income they take in. If you spend so much money engineering Figuarts, then painting them, then putting them on the shelf, how much do you actually make? An average Sentai figuart at first is just 3500-ish yen. Exclusives mark up to (at the least) 4000yen before middleman fees. Two packs mark up to at least 7400yen. Assuming you add on approximately 3400yen per figure, that makes at least 17100 yen. Which is a little too high for collectors who don't make that much/are unemployed. Now, if you charge that much, will people buy it? Yes, some will, but then there are the amounts you produce that people don't buy. Those don't move, you got excess stock. Your only solution is to mark it down. Losing money. Which Bandai wouldn't wanna do.

I think a set with all six rangers would be way too much like most people said. People have their limits when it comes to collecting. If a possible full six pack of all of the rangers goes around $144 without adding shipping then I would use that money for something else to be honest. With that movie I can use it to save up to buy the new Nintendo 3DS or save it up to pay off my school tuition.

17100 is about $140. Before shipping, that isn't that bad. Not nearly as outrageous as some people say 5-packs would cost. But on the other hand, it's still not something I would buy. I rarely like more than one or two rangers per team, and I wouldn't want to buy the whole team just for them. Which would mean the best option would be splitting a pack with someone. Which would mean less money for Bandai, because they would have sold 1 pack instead of 2. So still a loss for them. Although, I do see the idea of 3-packs for smaller teams working out (Abaranger, for example).

I'm glad 2ndSndWve brought up 3-packs because I was just going to ask if that's ever happened before. What do you guys think about it? I still feel pretty hesitant towards 2-packs, never mind 3.