Neg's Tokusatsu Gimmick Collection

Gimmicks are the (usually) tiny trinkets of meaning found in most tokusatsu toylines. They’re designed to empty your wallet while seemingly filling your heart. Toei invariably justifies them narratively and emotionally, in worthy series, while Bandai inevitably packages them with gigantic hunks of plastic adult collectors would otherwise avoid like the plague, for all series.

Toku giveth and it taketh away (your money).

Rider
These nuts contain information and/or comparisons between tiers either above or below the cut.

          1. Rouze Cards (Blade)
                   A. DX cards
                   B. Rouze Card Archives (Premium)

          2. Fuestles (Kiva)
                   A. DX (Candy Toys discussed)

          3. Gaia Memories (W) 
                   A. DX
                   B. Gashapon
                   C. Candy Toy
                   D. Premium

Sentai

          1. Souls (Go-Onger) 

                   A. Engine Souls 

                           i.  Candy Toy

                           ii. DX

                   B. Change Souls

                           i.  DX

                   C. Special Souls 

                           i.  DX

                           ii. Gunpei Soul

         
          2. Hiden Discs (Shinkenger) 

                   A. Candy and Gashapon

                   B. DX

          3. Gosei Cards (Goseiger) 

                   A. Dice-O Cards (retail released cards discussed) 

                   B. Datas Hyper cards

                   C. Additional details are shared here. 

          4. Ranger Keys (Gokaiger) 

                   A. DX (Gashapons discussed) 

                   B. Candy Toy

                   C. Additional details are shared here.

Bandai of America Equivalents are linked below the cut.

Bandai of America Equivalents

           1. Engine Cells (Power Rangers RPM) 

                  A. DX Engine-Oh 

           2. Power Discs (Power Rangers Samurai) 

                  A. Spin Sword

                  B. Black Box Morpher

           3. Power Cards (Power Rangers Megaforce)

                  A. Power Rangers Action Card Game Series #1-4

                  B. Gosei Power Kaihoki Tensouder

           4. Ranger Keys (Power Rangers Super Megaforce) 

                  A. Ranger Key Set Go-Onger

                  B. Go-On Gold & Silver

                  C. Additional details are shared here.