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Originally Posted by Kurona

I've also heard that while Sentai doesn't do well in terms of toy sales, it does do well in sales of things like photobooks etc among fans. Lupat especially did well there. Perhaps it's a thing of the shows themselves doing well despite toy sales so more budget is allocated there, while Rider needs less to succeed financially

Obviously, there are many ways a show can make money, but I've always felt that toy sales are the main measure of success/failure for Toei. That is, TV ratings now mean little, given online viewing. But if you do not limit yourself to the toys themselves and look at the entire merch, as well as the participation of characters in all sorts of events, and so on, it turns out that it is almost impossible for an ordinary fan to figure out which tokusatsu show is successful and which is not. In the end, only the Toei bosses would know the truth.