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As far as I can tell, most of Fiveman’s failings were due to the toys. Few people thought the designs were appealing and those who did buy them reported them falling apart easily (one person reported a Five Blaster crumbling apart and turning yellow despite not being opened for years). The designer for Jetman-Kakuranger admitted on Twitter earlier this year that prior to being a Bandai designer, he was a toy store employee and he took the designer job because he saw how unappealing Fiveman’s toys were to children. When he told his boss about his new job, the boss’s response was “Make sure you design something we can sell”.

That aside, the show itself isn’t too bad. It’s competently made, there are some decent plots, the actors pull off their roles and Carranger got lower ratings. Though they do devote two whole episodes to promoting a new power up that didn’t get a toy (the Super Five Ball and the Super Five Tector), so I can kind of see why some would be turned off.