It wasn't treated that well.

Dragon Ranger was used three times. (Plus as a Basco summon and a cameo)
Tyranno Ranger was used four times. (Once during a Special)
Mammoth Ranger was used twice. (Plus a Goushi cameo)
Ptera Ranger was used four times. (Once is movie)
Tricera Ranger was used twice.
Tiger Ranger was used three times.

Only twice were more then two Zyurangers used and all 6 were never together. The one other time two were used at the same time, Gai immediately returned to Gokai Silver after passing the Armor to Marvelous. They weren't one of the least used, but they definitely weren't one of the most.

The actor who played Burai ended up retiring from acting.

That is not true at all. Zyu, Dai, and Kaku are highly praised in Japan as they were risks that revolutionized the series. Toei's head writer from the 80s ( believe he did Bioman-Fiveman) had retired after Fiveman. Jetman was Toei's love letter to Gatchaman while ZyuRanger was the start of a new era for Sentai and it worked. Unfortunately, things took a turn for the worst with OhRanger, but CarRanger saved the series from cancellation.

Goggle-V-Fiveman. He even wrote some of Ohranger and Carranger.

Carranger is another show that totally saved the franchise as well. Lots of fans with fond memories there.

In all honesty there's support for quite a few of the early/mid nineties shows in Japan. I'd love to see all of them get the SHF treatment.

Carranger was popular in the late 90's, I think they would sell pretty well in Japan. I'm not sure how Turbo figuarts would sell in the US since a lot of fans hated that season.

No, they really don't. That's why people were concerned.

S.H.Figuarts is the best. When they get the thumb out their asses, Bandai will realize this and then the downpour of Sentai Figuarts will happen. Quite sure they know, and laugh at us as they read these forum posts.

You assume that they read various various forums :lol

I must say its adorable that people think Sentai figuarts actually sell well.

They clog up the shelves in Japan and get shut down to stupidly cheap prices quickly so they can get rid of them.

good old 500yen Dekareds~

I guess it depends, going by Japanese stores, the Gokaiger, Shinkenger Exclusives and Kyoryuger are evidently really high demand, while the Boukenger and AkibaRanger are much less so.

Either way, I think the cancellation of Sentai Figuarts will be the worst thing ever to me and may turn my help sway my interest away from Sentai for a while or make me look into just aiming for older DX toys. Absolutely zero interest in the never-ending onslaught of new Riders.

If they sold that well, Bandai would be taking advantage of the situation as much as possible. Just look at Kamen Rider, which DOES sell well and has several releases every month, most of which are regular releases and not exclusives. They tried making Sentai teams regular releases with Gokaiger and they did so badly they were discounted within weeks, they had to still make Yellow and Pink exclusives and that was with the currently airing team and by including loads of accessories and pre-order bonuses. What more can they do?

The Zyurangers have been hugely successful in the US because of MMPR and they seem to have even done reasonably well in Japan (yeah, the Japanese love Zyuranger, contrary to popular belief) but where do they go from there? The nostalgia fanboys only want MMPR and even Jetman didn't seem to particularly excite the Japanese.

Tamashii Nations is next month, so hopefully we see something happen there. Kyoryuger seems to have done pretty well, so I do hope we see the rest of that team, but these events typically don't even bother showing Sentai stuff due to the lack of interest. At best, I'm expecting to see ToQ-1. Everything else will be Rider, Godzilla, Sailor Moon, Precure and apparently, the MK.42 Iron Man (i.e. things that sell).

By Japanese stores do you just mean Mandarake and Jungle?

Because odds are they only go for a lot there because no one bought them when they were actually released, waited for them on the secondary market and then realised everyone wanted them.

Has SHF Iron Man Mark 42 accidentally been revealed?

http://cdn.kaskus.com/images/2014/04...0407023209.jpg

I doubt they will cancel the line, at least not entirely. Just give the line a rest to build the hype back up and give S.H. Sentai collectors wallets a break(at least that is my hopeful thinking as other than upcoming Gaim figuarts Sentai are the only ones I actively collect)

But they have been taking advantage of the situation and selling Sentai on a monthly basis for about a whole straight year now.(Using Tamashi nation's page for release dates and NOT counting Akiba)

2013/5: 2 Figures(2 pack)
2013/6: 1 figure
2013/7: 1 Figure
2013/8: 3 Figures(single release and a 2 pack)
2013/9: 2 figures(two single releases)
2013/10: 2 figures (two single releases)
2013/11: 1 Figure
2013/12: 2 Figures(2 pack)
2014/1: 2 Figures(2 pack)
2014/2: 3 Figures(single release and a 2 pack)
2014/3: 1 Figure
2014/4: 2 Figures(2 pack)
plus one coming out may and june.

Now granted this increase in monthly sales for sentai is probably because of the MMPR/Zyuurangers releases and Hurricanger anniversary along with Kyruuryuger's releases but their were still unrelated releases like the Deka girls and Blue/Black Boukenger 2 pack.

I don't know, maybe I was incredibly lucky to start collecting Sentai Figuarts in the middle of a boom but I can't imagine Bandai would keep releasing Sentai figuarts so frequently if it was just a drain on the company like I've seen lots of people claim(Not necessarily on this site)

Beginning of May is when the August releases are set for pre-orders dude, I don't need a source cause I can remember these patterns also if Ryugen got announced for a release month we'd know about it & it'd be on the Tokunation news & rumors forum. So basically there is no announcements for Ryugen yet. For Hibiki, look around, the month of a retail Tamashii Nations release is how you tell when the pre-orders start :lol.

But like I said, special figures get exceptions. Gaim and Baron went up mid-month for example.

Indeed, but Hibiki isn't having that happen & Zangetsu didn't get added till earlier last month, plus we don't have any news about when Ryugen is being released.

You don't know that for sure though.

Well it didn't happen for the Kabuto Renewal, plus Kabuto Renewal & Hibiki aren't regular figuarts releases. It might happen for Hibiki but we don't know yet, I mean even if the figure already has a 15 second Youtube advertisement made, we can't know for sure if it's being released mid month, also I think Gaim & Baron were exceptions cause of them being from the newer Kamen Rider show :p.

Judging by the google fu I just did, it did happen for Kabuto actually. All the other Tamashii products for March went up the end of October last year, but according to the previous posts in this thread Kabuto went up nearly a month later.

You mean a month earlier right? But we have to wait & see till the middle of this month to see whether or not Hibiki gets a special early pre-order release. Also my order is now in the warehouse getting prepared to ship, I went ahead & cancelled my other order which had Blue Spader, 2 of the Saint Cloth Myth EX Display Stage packs *I need some display stands for the riders that do jumping in the air rider kicks but I only need one pack for now*, & Sailor Mars *which isn't on topic, but it was part of an order I want. I went ahead & cancelled it, lo & behold I had enough money for King Form & I also added one Saint Cloth Myth EX Display Stage pack, they are separate orders though :lol.

Nope, a month later. I googled the preorder dates for other figures released in March (namely SRC Genesic GGG and D-Arts Noel Vermilion), and both came up as October 31st. Meanwhile searching back in this thread for when Kabuto went up for preorder it came up with 20th November.

So while there is a pattern for preorder dates, that (along with the Gaim example I mentioned earlier) proves it isnt always set in stone).

Oh okay :p.

If that is true then I am totally ready for another Iron Man figure, although, I don't think Iron Man is considered to be Toku.

It's not actually, if it was, there would be threads about Marvel stuff in the main forums.

Well King Form shipped aswell as the Saint Cloth Myth EX Display Stage, now I need Garren, Blade Ace Form, & Kyoryu Red to ship & the first of this months haul will be complete, then Kabuto Renewal will be sometime end of this month early next month :D.

Yes my first order has now been shipped, YES :D!!!!!!! You guys can probably tell how fucking excited I am right now :lol :lolol.

Cool I think the Mk 42 could make a great SHF. Oh and the movie Iron Man most definitely qualifies as Toku.

" Tokusatsu (特撮?) is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that features considerable use of special effects (tokusatsu literally translates as "special filming" in Japanese)."

Just like ALL animation IS Anime.

That is the literal definition sure. But Iron Man and live action western super-heroes of that nature have never been considered tokusatsu in the traditional sense by this site. They aren't "henshin heroes" in the same way that Riders and Sentai are. Hence why discussion of related figures to the IM franchise goes into the SHF-Non-Toku Thread in General Discussion.

Given how many times this subject has showed up I'm starting to think we need an Iron Man disclaimer. :lol

No we need a comic book hero disclaimer :lol.

I get that, the site's rules are the site's rules. It was just the point that the term can correctly be used for the Movie version of the character. It's just one of those things kinda like how the fandom as a whole and even Toei mislabels certain Riders as Showa Era when they are most definitely Heisei era.

Yes but those riders are labelled as Showa retroactively by Toei. It's not mislabeling when it's intentional. Those riders (J, ZO, Shin) are labelled in that way because they predate Shotaro Ishinimori's death. Whereas everything beyond that, things he wasn't directly involved with due to said death, are all proper Heisei Riders. Yes they physically were produced in the Heisei era, but this classification works for me. It sort of marks where riders of the traditional franchise end, and the new one begins.

Tony Stark can summon the Mark 42 armor at a flick of his wrist, that's pretty henshin-y.

Not only that but the briefcase armor doesn't strike me as any less henshin-y than the Faiz characters who literally lug around big briefcases with all their gear.

Maybe Stark is just a big fan of the genre.

If you think the Mark 5 and 42 are impressive, you should see the Extremis armor in the comics. That is very Henshin-esque.

It's already been said but discussion of non-toku figuarts belongs in the General Discussion SHF Non-Toku Thread. Please move any further discussion of Iron Man figures or the possibility of them there.

I hope the art for kamen rider shin's box gets revealed soon. it's been gnawing away in my head for a bit now since he comes out next month.

Shin is one I think could possibly benefit from the Kabuto 2.0 type of box, especially if they go all out with it to fit Shin.

Well tomorrow is when I'm getting Blade King Form & my Saint Cloth Myth EX Stage pack, Friday is when I'm getting Blade Ace Form, Garren Ace Form, & Kyoryu Red.