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Originally Posted by toughfighter83

i miss the old days of ultraman where bandai didnt need to throw toys at everything and just buy the henshin device and have fun watching ultaman with it. it feels like it's repititive thing rather than just enjoying it.

it's the main reason why i stopped buying toys.

Well, in fairness it has been going on for awhile, but the focus has shifted in terms of what toys Bandai is trying to sell. If you watch some of the Ultra shows from the 90s and 00s, you'll notice that they spend a lot of time highlighting the vehicles for the defense squads. Gaia, in particular, was full of dozens of capsule vehicles and Nexus had its combining vehicles. All of those had toys, which is why they were featured so heavily. There's also long been a huge focus on releasing figures of the different kaiju. It's only since Ginga that the merchandising has switched to a more Kamen Rider-y focus on transformation devices with collectible components.