[DecoyBlackMage]

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Originally Posted by VoidinToku

The story needs to be good in order for the toys to sell better. I didn't think the bottle gimmick was that good and I think build sold well.

Most kids in the age group are not going to be effected as much by the overall story as someone in their teens or older will, what kids find appealing is not going to be what most of us find appealing.

And what kids find appealing can be impossible to really guess at times, characters or toys never intended to be anything more then a one time thing can suddenly spike in popularity around kids and it will often change running shows.

The very clear change in direction for Lupin vs Pat where toys already out and coming out where suddenly only for use by the lupin is one of these things, said show is regarded as a massive failure though sales wise at this time and it is pretty clear a lot of people some who even overall like the show are a bit irked by the direction the show went in regards to the Pat downgrade as a main team, they basically threw away the entire point of the season and made the two team thing have zero meaning just to salvage some sales with the weak toy sales and production costs.

Over the last couple of years the early episodes in rider have been very intent on getting through all the toys quickly, it does it far better then sentai has overall though, yes a good story really helps a show in the long run, but I would not say it has that much effect on the overall toy sales as a lot of people think, though the longer into the show the more the story will matter in regards to how many viewers it will manage to keep, the characters are likely a bigger draw for most of the demographic the show is aimed at in the long run.