[Gryphman]

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger

I don't think they're talking about her not having toys of her. I think they mean the amount of toys produced. They made a small amount of these toys thinking they wouldn't sell because boys don't want to buy girl figures.

No. They've been pretty clear that they mean the number of different products. The part that really irritates me, is that when they do see Rey toys, they start acting like they had something to do with it.

BoA on the other hand does have a problem doing female figures. They're slowly getting better about it, though.

If they ever do a Legacy Shogun Megazord, I look forward to someone complaining about them making the pink zord, white.

[GoseiIero95]

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Originally Posted by Kickback

My nephew, when he was a kid, wanted the girl toys. He was drawn to the girl characters because they were "nice" and "the boys need the girls to win". He even got a roleplay kitchen because he liked to pretend and it was one of the only things you can get that allows you to roleplay pretend things.

My sister, bless her heart, never discouraged it. She didn't encourage it, but if he wanted it then she would get it for him because who is she to tell him what he can and cannot like?

You'd be surprised how many kids don't get the toys they want as a kid because "No that's a girl toy" or "No that's a boy toy". I remember when I was 5 years old I would be next door playing with the girls (because there was like one fellow boy on my street) so yup - I played My Little Pony and it was fun. They had all the ponies and the playsets.

Why should toys have to be gender-geared? Why can't toys just be toys?

Exactly! When I was a kid I would travel to Mexico to see my grandma and my cousins and I would always play with my cousin and with Barbie dolls she had. She had a crap load of houses and vehicles to go with them to.

[Mugenlazlo]

Bandai America is sexist.

[Dizagaox]

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Originally Posted by Mugenlazlo

Bandai America is sexist.

I object to this. Simple fact is female toys don't sell to boys. Power Rangers fans are lucky they even get female action figures as pack-ins.

To put it in perspective, I was not allowed to refer to the green Paladin in Voltron: Legendary Defender as female EVER, because retailers would refuse to stock merchandise if we did. The Princess wasn't allowed to be called a princess either.

[acdcguy]

It's not that toy company executives are malicious. They tend to make toys for both boys and girls. But when you got shows that cross gender boundaries like Power Rangers and the current My Little Pony incarnation it's hard to market their respected toys to both boys and girls. It tends to fall on one gender or the other. Rarely both.

Think back to when you were kids. Either you or some kid you knew thought of the opposite sex as gross. They had "cooties." No six-year-old boy wants to be caught dead holding a pink ranger figure. "Pink is for girls." "Why are you playing with dolls you freak?" Same goes for the girls. "Boys are such slobs." "Why are you playing with that dumb red ranger figure?" "You're just a gross tom-boy." Kids are mean and unfortunately that reflects in the marketplace.

And it's not like the toy companies didn't try marketing to both genders. Bandai America had dolls of the MMPR girl rangers back in the 90's. More recently Hasbro tried marketing to young bronies with the Guardians of Harmony series. It didn't do too well with either gender so the movie toys were marketed directly towards girls. Unless there is a major cultural shift, the only way to get boys to buy girl toys and vice versa is to bundle less popular characters with the more popular characters.

[The Chaos Entity]

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Originally Posted by Dizagaox

I object to this. Simple fact is female toys don't sell to boys. Power Rangers fans are lucky they even get female action figures as pack-ins.

To put it in perspective, I was not allowed to refer to the green Paladin in Voltron: Legendary Defender as female EVER, because retailers would refuse to stock merchandise if we did. The Princess wasn't allowed to be called a princess either.

That's an archaic standpoint. As has been evidenced in this thread - there're loads of boys all over the world who would - and do - buy female figures.

There's a fear that female toys won't sell - and certainly, some don't (either the character isn't popular, or, yeah, some hyper-masculine-types aren't interested). You weren't allowed to refer to the Green Paladin as female not because she wouldn't sell but because people feared she wouldn't. There is a difference.

To put you in perspective, you've no idea how many times I've physically seen children of both genders (usually boys, though) looking for the female Power Rangers (Pink Dino Charge and White and Pink Ninja Steels) at my local Smyths and being quite vocal about not being able to find them.

[Dizagaox]

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Originally Posted by The Chaos Entity

That's an archaic standpoint. As has been evidenced in this thread - there're loads of boys all over the world who would - and do - buy female figures.

There's a fear that female toys won't sell - and certainly, some don't (either the character isn't popular, or, yeah, some hyper-masculine-types aren't interested). You weren't allowed to refer to the Green Paladin as female not because she wouldn't sell but because people feared she wouldn't. There is a difference.

To put you in perspective, you've no idea how many times I've physically seen children of both genders (usually boys, though) looking for the female Power Rangers (Pink Dino Charge and White and Pink Ninja Steels) at my local Smyths and being quite vocal about not being able to find them.

Loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool.

No.