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Originally Posted by ShiShiLeo

Have we ever had a collectible gimmick itself be out of scale with the show item?

It's definitely a very weird case! I think it's ultimately because their transformation items are the weapons, actually. In many cases the pre-transformation belt and the stunt-suit belt are different in scale (and sometimes shape!) - this is only super noticeable with things like lockseeds, but because a transformed suit is bulky and moving quickly we don't really pick up on it much. To have the weapons suddenly change size though would be super obvious and kinda jarring - though to be fair they get away with it with the Swordriver.

In a weird way I think the chain of events was:
design weapon -> scale down and translate to toy design -> scale back UP to create accurate show props
Hayate especially for example I don't think was originally "meant" to have such a large block for the ridebook, but it was kept to avoid having hugely inaccurate toys. I guess some market research indicated accuracy as a big selling point! That's straying pretty far into speculation on my part though haha

Tbh I find the whole toy vs show-prop thing really interesting, especially when (such as in the recent Bravo/Gridon special) the actors end up using toys or toy-sized props in the show itself!