[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

It was more of people were fed up with the same old with Super Sentai when it was time for Fiveman and Winspector was relatively more popular that year circa 1990 in Japan. Like the dx robot lineup for Fiveman was not a whole lot different from Turboranger. Which is why they tried changing things up the following year with Jetman.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

But wasn't Fiveman the first season where all the rangers were siblings? Quite an innovation.

Fiveman gets a bad rap for more than one reason:

- Sunred's position of "Fiveman suffers from same-old-same-old" isn't entirely wrong, nor is the position that Winspector was popular at the time.

- Another thing that has come up over the years is that the Fiveman toys weren't of great quality. Probably not a good idea to put down a lot of money for a packaged sidearm, cause it may yellow or break! By comparison, the Winspector Giga Streamer was touted as one of the popular toys of that period.

- There was also backlash around that time against Otaku culture. I think a high-profile murder case may have led to some shakeups, hence why Winspector is "Rescue Heroes" and Fiveman has a familial focus angle. Dig around on earlier thread postings for more.