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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

I was under the impression most Sentai collectors only bought the Robos anyway?

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Originally Posted by Random

Recently Ninninger has been doing very well. Ratings are up and it's been beating Kamen Rider and Yo-kai Watch in toy sales (although to be fair, neither have had major releases like Ninninger has).

But yeah, it's hard to say what they should do when it comes to Figuarts. We've basically had full team releases before, all of the male Gokaigers went up for pre-order at the same time and the girls opened as exclusives not long after. All of the Kyoryugers were shown at once too, with the other four members being sold in double packs to make the releases as quick as possible.

If people still won't buy them like that, I don't know how a big 5-man team pack would do any better, even ignoring the cost factor.

Meanwhile, a movie exclusive female Kamen Rider sells out instantly.

Exactly. KR fans are willing to shell out money for representations of their favorite/all of the riders from a show, whereas sentai fans are content with mech, RP toys, and the soft vinyl figs. I love the SHFs (and would instantly get a Deka Gold if she was made, lol), but people like me are in shorter supply than needed and that stinks. I understand Bandai not wanting to take the gamble on producing figs that won't sell (looking at you, Boukenger), but I wish they would consider going the webshop exclusive route for all sentai releases from here on out. That way, they know that every figure they make will be sold. No need for a clearance sale later or having a ton of figs in their warehouse.