[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Librarian

Oh boy are you really in for a surprise then. And you're already assuming bandai is going to lower the toys simply if it's a girl. Why would they? It'll still sell as well as Build or others have. You really think Bandai is going to produce less for toys because it's a woman? When it's literally the 20th series, and the kicking off of the 50th celebrations of the franchise as a whole? They're in toy production overdrive for the next 4-5 years expecting big sales and tons of hype.

>>>SNIP<<<

It's long overdue, let's not pretend otherwise or act like apologist or downplay it. It's long overdue.

You're exactly right. If a woman is the main Rider, I don't expect the toyline to suffer at all. If anything, marketing to girls in addition to boys will probably increase sales.

BUT, and again this is if the main rider is a girl, I do suspect that the toy line will be more anchored around this "Zi-Q" character, even if the show focuses squarely on a female Zi-O as the main protagonist. Because, while I do think that Toei likes to experiment with content, I also think that Bandai is extremely conservative and married to their formulas.

Obviously, this is all speculation, and I'm still very skeptical (though increasingly hopeful) that we'll get a girl in the lead role. But if we do, it probably wouldn't negatively impact toy sales too much.