Overdrive: WHY?

[Arkvoodle]

OK, so all of us know how lousy the Operation Overdrive toys turned out & how drastic the American series release differed from the Boukenger originals.

And I'm sure this question has been asked before but... why the change? What was the decision-making process behind creating such radically altered toys?

 

[SentaiRider]

it depends on affordability.

The affordability is that parents that buy the toys for there kids well get it for a good price,that mean that boa well take out quality as well changing paint and detail even changing the mold to cut costs.

 

[The_Emperor]

I think the size of the BoJ mecha were too small or something?
And BoA was afraid kids would swallow the small parts... so they made it 30% larger. >_>

And I remember there were people implying that since BoA "crafts their products accordingly for each market" (which they always love to mention in their copy-paste e-mail responses), they made it 30% larger because kids in North America are 30% larger than kids in Japan. :sly:

it depends on affordability.

The affordability is that parents that buy the toys for there kids well get it for a good price,that mean that boa well take out quality as well changing paint and detail even changing the mold to cut costs.

I remember that even parents didn't like the quality of the product and didn't buy it for their kids. The PROO toyline was one big f-ing absolute failure and BoA even admitted it... IIRC.

 

[Forever Knight]

A simple answer is: BoA sucks.

With the expection of the Super Legends line, I have no been impressed with anything from BoA for a long time now.

 

[DarkKiba]

I saw my shopping center having 60% off for PR Operation Overdrive toys. All the morphers is for SGD $10 and the main Megazord (I forgot the name) is SGD $35.