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Originally Posted by Sentai

You guys all realize that without gimmicks there is no Kamen Rider, right? The show, and Super Sentai, both exist for one reason. Toy Sales. And nothing pushes toys like a gimmick. Just look at the sales for the AC stuff if you want proof.

We're more than aware of that. We just wanna discuss thoughts & feeling about them. Like I said I enjoy good toys, but I feel as good as the sales are they could actually be a little better if done correctly in the show. It's not like Bandai & Toei really need to since they're content with what they're doing at the moment. But everyone likes to look at businesses like the greedy, villainous companies media portrays them as. And I think part of that is because some are. And if Bandai & Toei are then why not go for even more cash than they already make? Like I don't know stats or anything like that, but let's just say hypothetically Wizard Rings made about $5 million. If there weren't as many complaints about the merchandise being overstuffed or Haruto just stealing all the goodies for himself then maybe Wizard Rings could've pulled around $5 & 1/2 million. Maybe $6 million but I feel that's pushing it. You're always gonna get the core audiences' money (mostly children & adults from Japan but I believe they make good money overseas as well, just not nearly as much as the homeland) since KR has been such a consistent product from Kuuga onward. So if you avoid having as many missteps as possible with your show you can get that extra $500,000 or $1 million or however much from casual fans or people that don't buy the toys & just watch the show. But like I said they seem okay with what they got. I'm just confused as to why any business would be content with anything & why they wouldn't try to reach that possibly unnecessary extra cash. Perhaps there's just business stuff we don't know about. I would've guessed resources were scarce but given all the suits we got in Wizard & Gaim I think saying they don't have too much of a limit on resources is an okay guess. If that's not it then what? Maybe they're not as bad as people make all these companies out to be. I don't know. Sorry that I rambled like this, habit of mine. ^^;