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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

Fun, but confusing.

I thought V.R. Troopers was part of the old Hasbro deal, and Shaider was used for Troopers. The reason some of the Metal Heroes were region locked on the that Toei YT Channel is because Hasbro had the rights to the ones which Saban adapted back in the day.

Does this mean Hasbro allowed them to release Shaider, or they've scrubbed and abandoned any responsibility to what does and doesn't get released?

Someone from RangerBoard did some research about this.

Character rights and TV show rights were two separate things during the Saban Entertainment days.

The rights for the VR Troopers TV show (and Saban's Masked Rider, which was abandoned by Disney during the 2000s) had to be renewed constantly, while the Power Rangers and Beetleborgs rights are for perpetuity. It's possible that Hasbro didn't renew the VR Troopers license, and now the three adapted Metal Hero shows are back with Toei.

But we won't know for sure what really happened until we see the back on the Shaider Blu-ray. If it just says Toei, then the rights are back in Japan. If it says SCG P.R. or Hasbro, then it was a collab with them.