just looked it up there was a US set with all 5 but the more common was to split it up

i remember for my birthday that year i got the red dragon the christmas i got the the rest of the main zords

Hear me out Ryusei oh and Won Toger as the first release akin to the Megaranger set and then the others as their own set

I can see that working. Though part of me wonders if they'd wanna maximize profits by releasing the Red Dragon on it's own alongside the other Thunderzords in a separate pack, some time passes, & they release the Tigerzord next to a rerelease of the 4 Thunderzords. I dunno why but I can see that happening too.

The thing about SMP releases is that they're pretty limited to begin with, so it would likely be hard to justify multiple releases with splitting something up like that. It's definitely not something the line has done before

I wish the releases weren't so limited.

Red Dragon Thunderzord is very high on my wishlist.

It's always been a great design and the tech in Minipla should make it really shine.

If it were a standalone release, I would pick it up an extra one to display on its own.

Yeah...I really don't see any reason to split up Dairen'oh into separate releases, especially when they're already split into multiple boxes per set. It just makes no sense to me.

If Dairanger comes out, I imagine Dairen'oh/Thunder Megazord as one release, Won Tiger/Tigerzord as another release that's smaller and cheaper, and then potentially Daimugen/Tor and/or maybe Daijinryuu/Serpentera as P Bandai releases. I don't see a reason to do it any other way.

Dairen-oh also doesn’t have an easy/logical way to be split into multiple boxes inside the shipping container for the candy toy aspect without bloating it's size. As I keep going to 6 boxes for everything (2 for Ryusei-oh with the phoenix packed in as well, 2 for the lion and a box for the Pegasus and Kirin each) and that's not factoring how the sled for the Chi Palace mode or whatever it was called would be handled

Timeranger Robo is much easier to do in a variant of the Gaoranger packing format (Red and the Weapon in box 1, Blue and Yellow in box 2, Green and Pink in box 3) so my money is on that being our next sentai release

i could see wontiger being a p-bandia like how jet garuda was for the jetman mechs and come with the sled

More recent SMP releases have seen two retail releases with the second in particular usually covering the Sixth, with Gaoranger even having three, so I honestly have no doubt Won Tiger will be retail. The turtle and the giant dragon are the most Preban bait things ever though