It's a bit strange, yeah, that for a main ranger, their zord contributes just as much as one of the random additional pieces.
Also, yeah. 10 components definitely makes it the most. Granted, though, that's with the massive asterisk that it doesn't really need much of them. It seems the main robot can be built with just the stag beetle, bee, dragonfly, and mantis (I don't know if the ladybugs form the fists, or just gauntlet armor). Everything else seems to be there for aesthetics.

is it bad I can't tell if blue and purple are boys or girls

So the main robo is a ten piece mecha?

That's about what I would expect from an insect based Sentai Mecha.

Well, most of the rumors are true. The costumes are chic and exceed all expectations, especially the red one. Really fit the royal theme. The only remark: purple and blue are too similar. They shouldn't have been done on the same team.
The swords are also very cool.

Blue and Purple seem pretty distinct to me. their helmets are different and the shade of blue is much darker than the lavender-ish shade of purple.

My only issue is Black's helmet. I get it can't be just a black visor on a black helmet, but the yellow stripes and silver wings are a bit too much colour. Makes him look more like a Sixth Ranger with a distinct helmet style. It's also odd that his visor is the negative space on the bug graphic, rather than being made of the bug body/wings itself.

A little bit about the name of the kingdoms in case people missed it
Shugoddom: Portmanteau of shugo + god + kingdom (shugo is Japanese for "to guard") and probably referring to how the Shugods are focused there
Nsokopa: Japanese word pasokon (パソコン, abbreviated form of personal computer) written and pronounced backwards referring to the technology aspect of the place
Ishabana: Portmanteau of isha + bana (Isha is Japanese for doctor and bana seems to be the past tense word for "make" in Hindi from what I gathered) probably a reference to the kingdom's affinity for medicine and to make things
Gokkan: Japanese word for intense cold (極寒) probably referring to how cold the kingdom is
Tofu: The food :lolol and probably a reference to how agriculture-centric the kingdom is

I never thought of that, pretty neat info.

Given how the yellow and black zords will be the right and left legs respectively like with OniTaijin, what are the odds that the toys will just be remolds of the ones from DonBrothers?

Low, I expect.

Unrelated: I just realized this is one of the ultra-rare Sentai in which the suits for female characters don't have skirts. Has that even happened since Dekaranger? (Other'n a Gokai Change or two.)