[MaskedRiderAsakura]

I just can't sympathize with anybody making a fuss over this after having to pay 10,000+ yen to get Kamen Rider Gai.....

It's exactly as Yellow Ranger said. These are marketed as MMPR figures, for MMPR fans. The Yellow Ranger that a vast majority of MMPR fans know is a female. Therefore, a female yellow ranger. Maybe they could have released Male Yellow Ranger stateside, but then it would just confuse people. You'd have to signify somewhere which version of the figure is which (unless they purchase them online, in which case, I'm sure they'll say so in the item description) and undoubtedly, a lot of people are going to end up buying the one that they don't want. People stateside aren't going to be paying attention to the gender because, as far as they're concerned, there's ONLY a female yellow ranger (keep in mind that most Power Rangers aren't even aware of Zyuranger OR a Male Yellow's existence). And could you imagine the box saying MALE Yellow Ranger or FEMALE Yellow Ranger? Most MMPR fans wouldn't even understand it.

So a lot of people are going to have the team standing side by side only to realize....Trini is the exact same height and build as Jason. And that's a problem. Because, while the gender difference wasn't really noticeable in the show due to so much action going on and the rangers constantly posing, if you have them in a static position in a simplistic pose, yes, it's quite easy to tell that that Yellow Ranger is most definitely not Trini.

And on top of all of this, yes, the female Yellow is just as legitimate as male Yellow. There have been more than a few instances where the Yellow Ranger was obviously feminine.