Holy crap it just hit me....what if we get a crossover toy a gaim fruit that can go on top of the mecha and give it a more defined chest, shoulders and maybe skirt armor? that is literally the only thing stopping me from going "WANT" with this toy and gaim gimmick seems like a perfect delivery system for fixing it.

Dricera. Why does everyone forget that :eyebrow

While Saban and company have a lot of things they could improve on, marketing is not one of them. They've sold Goseiger (as Megaforce) better than Toei and Bandai of Japan could do themselves.

:eyebrow I'm not, I was indirectly acknowledging its existence. An existence I expressed my love for when Kyoryujin was announced.

I really don't like non-pink Pink Zords.

Well Ohranger is one of the most infamously low performing series ratings wise ever(though it apparently sold well). I don't think Go-Onger had the best of luck ever.
Though I'm just as confused as you are on Gaoranger. That's like the best performing series to this date.

So I keep going back to these pictures hoping I'm going to suddenly like them or find something to like about them, but I cannot. They just aren't working for me at all.

OhRanger was so unpopular it almost lead to Sentai's cancellation yet Saban still adapted it and both Gao and Go-On seem to be pretty hated in the fandom from what I've seen yet Disney adapted them the point being "bad" seasons have been adapted into PR before. Wait what? Trains have always been popular in the West with kids*and adults* so why would they?

OhRanger was nowhere near the death of Sentai. The toys are the best-selling in history, so that helped it.

GaoRanger was also immensely popular. I don't know if fans liked it or not, but it sold well with the target demographic, and most importantly, toys sold well. Go-onger was similarly a strong seller. We mustn't get fan perspectives as an indicator of the success of a series, as Toei/Bandai seem to focus more on toy sales. That was why Go-busters was actually a worry for them, because toys did not sell well that season. They don't care that much for ratings, just toy sales.

Here's a helpful post on the toy sales up to Goseiger:
http://henshingrid.blogspot.com.au/2...toy-sales.html

As you can see, Ohranger is the highest-selling Sentai, followed by Gaoranger. Go-onger was a solid performer too, especially after Gekiranger.

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Well, this has been a rollercoaster (gasp! next sentai theme?).

When I woke up this morning and saw the pics, my immediate reaction was: "Damn, this is a disaster! The only think I like is the rail-visor."

Once I got to work, I gave the images another look. And I realized what the Robo was going for: "Oh, it's supposed to look like a RAINBOW! And they're protecting the Rainbow Line. Clever. And, huh, the way they combine -- that's gonna be real weird and unlike any sentai Robot I've seen. I... I think I like these Robots! But those damn costumes... fuck, if they aren't the worst, possibly in franchise history. Simplistic crap."

After lunch, I looked at things again and thought: "You know what? These suits kinda remind me of Megaranger. And wait, Carranger too. Huh, those are pretty simplistic suits, and I love both of those. Maybe these will grow on me too."

Now, it's the end of the day. I'm about to go home from work. And my current impression? Weird, cool robot. Decent suits, but never gonna be my favorite. Cool helmets.

I think I'm ready for Tokkyuger.

I know. Ignoring the "SAVE da ENVIROMENTS" stuff, it's heroes themed off of animals fighting monsters with giant animals.
And like Goseiger, Ohranger's theme is really subtle and could be used for any plot with ease. Yes Ohranger's and Zeo both had a similar plot setup: heroes use ancient crystal powers to fight off robotic space invaders, but they still deviate on the finer points quite a bit.

RPM handled Go-Onger's wackiness well because of 2 things: The Space Ranger Setup and the Engines being cars.
The later helped because kids love cars and even if they look like weird deisel-powered animals, we all can name SOME work of fiction where the cars had faces and we didn't hate it.
The former is because, as we all know, RPM and in Space have similar productions. Both seasons were slated to be the last ever PR season so the writers just said screw it and worked to go out with a bang and be awesome final conflicts.