Yep, can confirm, still waiting for SHF Battle Fever J.

I've been saying this for a while; but while they would obviously have issues trying to sell a whole team at a collector's figure pricerange outside of mega-popular seasons; if you just do the current season's Red and Sixth, a lot of people will be happy with those and they will sell!

Aw, I'd buy some of the girls, though. Gokai Yellow would be one I'd like.

Well, Gokaiger is one of those mega-popular seasons. Why do you think it's getting a Seihou?

...To pair with Zenkaiser as anniversary series?:lolol

*SHF Kyoryu Red Flashbacks* ... Nah.

I think the problem has always been that Sentai collectors don't want just Red's, they want teams. But those people aren't enough in number for Tamashii to actually make a profit. Similarly, those who only want Red's aren't enough either.

Tamashii tried the "Red's at retail, team at Premium Bandai" approach with Sentai, it didn't work when these figures were half the price a Figuart costs today, it won't work now.

Zenkaiser does well in pre-orders because the suit breaks tradition, because it isn't "just" another Red, because the rest of his team are basically the mecha so you can substitute mainline toys, because it is the first Sentai figure in 7 years and the marketing campaign is excellent, because it's an anniversary for Sentai as a whole.

Had they randomly made Kiramai Red last year, I'm not sure he would've done as well.

However, maybe times have changed. Maybe the market is there now. Zenkaiser is the perfect choice to try and resurrect the line IMO, for all the reasons listed above, so now they need to follow it up and see if that works out.

I dunno, I definitely see a lot of 'just Reds' collectors around -- and then Sixths are, of course, usually the most unique designs around. I really do feel like people would've gone for a Houou Soldier or a Lupin Red, but hey; it could just be my experience

I mean yeah if Bandai is still under the impression that only the Japan audience/fan base matter and keep ignoring Super Sentai's International appeal as a cash flow as well. I mean where's Deka Master that fans have and are still waiting on...they're doing another poll again so are they actually gonna pay attention to the results of that? You might say Zenkaiger or whatever anniversary theme they went with would be the catalyst to bring Sentai figuarts back but I always felt Gokaiger would play a part too which is why I wasn't surprised to see a new Gokai Red.

Isn't licensing the issue here? Power Rangers and all. I don't understand how it works either, but from what I've heard they can't just release Super Sentai-stuff in a market where companies own the Power Rangers brand.

Of course they could do it like the SOC Daizyuzin or the Zuyranger SHF's and officially rebrand them as the "Megazord" / "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers", but what could you do if it's a Sentai season which was never adapted as a Power Rangers show?

Sentai figuarts would be treated just like how we International fans buy Kamen Rider stuff by importing it. Hasbro can block Sentai stuff from directly sold in the States but can't stop someone from importing it which is why you see companies like Tokullectibles offer both a Japan and American release of some products. The issue with the American release of the CSM Decade Driver missing the Sentai cards is because it'll be domestically available via Bluefins.

We also have the Shodo and SMP lines that have done Sentai teams that have a Power Rangers counterpart but they're marketed as their Super Sentai name because they are just that. Of course once Hasbro blocked everything that's when the SMP line stopped being available to buy domestically and under the Power Rangers name. I've said it plenty of times in different conversations that Super Sentai and Power Rangers need to stay seperate IPs and for fans to stop trying to group them together. Sentai existed well before Power Rangers and was doing fine

It's ok if that's how someone identify said Super Sentai team but make no mistake that when a product is made from Bandai Japan it's meant to represent Super Sentai and that is something Hasbro has no affect on