Metal Heroes and Sentai are two tokusatsu series that have had crossovers and they share the same if not similar fan base. I guess that's what they have to do with one another...

Based on the fact that Bandai is barely making any Sentai anymore and continue to produce Metal Heroes characters, I surmised that Metal Heroes must be selling better.

Nonetheless, I was expressing surprise, and also lamenting the fact, that more well-known Sentai characters aren't being made when such relatively obscure Metal Heroes characters like Winspector are. Metal Heroes died long ago, doesn't have any continuing series on the air, doesn't have international support the way that Sentai does, and the movies they made of the space sheriffs didn't seem to help revive the franchise. That's my prerogative.

Hmm. I wonder if this means a potential B-Fighter Kabuto figuart would be sold at retail. I don't know how popular B-Fighter Kabuto was in Japan.

If all goes well here I could see it happening, the original B-Fighter Figuarts must have contributed to them trying this in the first place.

I suspect if any further ones get a mass release though it might be renewal Gavan first. But if this ends up instantly discounted, I think Bandai will just go back to making them all exclusives again.

That literally has nothing to do with how toy releases work at all. What I'm saying to you is that Metal Hero SHF releases are entirely unrelated to lack of Sentai ones. Crossovers don't play into toy production.

Againb, they're "barely" making sentai because they aren't selling well in Japan. And again, that's the native market. If they don't sell well there then there's no incentive to further the line. Unlike with Metal Heroes where they're selling very well.

You say more well known, but again, you aren't looking at it properly. As I'm assuming you're a Power Rangers fan and you think these would be obviously more recognizable. But considering what I can only assume if your lack of exposure to metal Heroes, you won't know who these guys are anyway. And that colors your opinion of the situation. In Japan there are more Toku heroes than they know what to do with. You're assuming sentai would be more recognizable, and your making base assumptions about how Metal Heroes are dead. You're very incorrect there or toys like this wouldn't continue to be made. That franchise ran for 15 years and spawned the recent trilogy of movies and continues to propel high end collectors figures like these. I'd suggest rather than making blanket assumptions based on your point of view, that you take into account you're looking at this from a western perspective that's ultimately not a factor in whether these toys get made or not.


Renewal Gavan I'm willing to bet money will be the next retail release. Bikel & Walter will almost certainly be a TWE 2-pack thus completing Winspector. But I can at least see the possibility of things like Kabuto, Metalder, and Maybe Janperson eventually being retail releases. It's probably a safe bet that many main Metal Heroes will be retail while they're teammates will likely be relegated to TWE 2-packs.

Is there any word on when he'll be going up for pre-order?

Should be any time at all since that Tamashii Pickup of a few official images was released. Once we get the full set of images then it won't be long.

First post updated with FULL official images!

The theme song is stuck in my head.
Mayday mayday SOS! :lolol

Well, HLJ has him up for pre-order. Don't know if I should preorder or wait until he pops up on amazon.