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Originally Posted by macblo

I like the sound of that. I guess kids really liked Ghost's Eyecons. I mean, those things just kept coming and coming and coming. Maybe its because Ghost was the first show I watched as it aired, but it felt like there were a fuck ton of those things...
I already knew it did better then Sentai in sales but I didn't know it did this good. This makes it even less of a surprise that Kamen Rider is getting so much more focus then Sentai is.

I think that's why you're seeing such a big change in the status quo with Kyuranger.

The thing is, Kamen Rider - it's a lot more open ended. All you need is a Driver system and the rest is kinda free reign. Sentai, conversely, needs a multiple member, color coded team, changers and a series of mechs. And that's the bare minimum, you can then get into the gender archetypes, Red-isms and other tropes that have become expected. The sum result can be pretty stale, particularly on the toy end. Sentai has a lot more baggage.