[Henshinmorph917]

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Originally Posted by Kiwami

Isn't licensing the issue here? Power Rangers and all. I don't understand how it works either, but from what I've heard they can't just release Super Sentai-stuff in a market where companies own the Power Rangers brand.

Of course they could do it like the SOC Daizyuzin or the Zuyranger SHF's and officially rebrand them as the "Megazord" / "Mighty Morphing Power Rangers", but what could you do if it's a Sentai season which was never adapted as a Power Rangers show?

Sentai figuarts would be treated just like how we International fans buy Kamen Rider stuff by importing it. Hasbro can block Sentai stuff from directly sold in the States but can't stop someone from importing it which is why you see companies like Tokullectibles offer both a Japan and American release of some products. The issue with the American release of the CSM Decade Driver missing the Sentai cards is because it'll be domestically available via Bluefins.

We also have the Shodo and SMP lines that have done Sentai teams that have a Power Rangers counterpart but they're marketed as their Super Sentai name because they are just that. Of course once Hasbro blocked everything that's when the SMP line stopped being available to buy domestically and under the Power Rangers name. I've said it plenty of times in different conversations that Super Sentai and Power Rangers need to stay seperate IPs and for fans to stop trying to group them together. Sentai existed well before Power Rangers and was doing fine

It's ok if that's how someone identify said Super Sentai team but make no mistake that when a product is made from Bandai Japan it's meant to represent Super Sentai and that is something Hasbro has no affect on