Half Theory: The ToQgers are from the kids' Imagination

In Ressha Sentai ToQger, the term "imagination" has been thrown around a lot. But there hasn't been a lot of CGI or any effects like that that would have fans imagining the ToQgers using their Imagination a lot. Instead of humanoid monsters, you figured they would've created 20 leg, thousand eye monsters against each other. Then again, maybe their imagination isn't that good. As I stated in the Mighty Morphin ToQgers article, Ressha Sentai ToQger may be a play on the topics that kids learn in preschool, parodying that of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' nonsense lessons.
In addition, as I've said before, not all sci fi/fantasy genre films rely that heavily on effects to turn into imagination classics. One great example of this is the Stanley Kubrick classic, the Shining, which probably influenced Yasuko Kobayashi in her approach as I am about to mention.


The ToQgers were formed by passes the kids drew, which turns them into the ToQgers. While playing at a tree, possibly like one at a school, they form the idea of the ToQgers and act it out in their imagination. The kids turn into adult versions of themselves at a literal crossroads of their lives turning whatever they could into a Super Sentai, in this case, their commute, their Ressha.


The ToQger suits are of low level design, not too fancy, requiring a little bit of imagination to fully enjoy them in the series. This design was possibly made from a design of a little kid, (a little with a lot of money of course, but a little kid nonetheless!)
On the surface, Ressha Sentai ToQger is a series that little kids could've made up, with little fanfictiony ideas of how light and dark work.
And then of course, there's the entire theory ShadowDoguso has about how light and dark are pretty arbitrary with pretty much everybody in the world meeting in the middle as seen with of course the kids' imaginary friends Zedd and Zaram, who complete the ToQgers rainbow arc, (not to mention Yami ToQ Ichigo.) Many adults have absolutist theories about light vs the dark in what could be perceived as something quite sinister propaganda which is brought down through generations, much like that of the tales of the Shining, which could be the subtle message that famed tokusatsu writer Yasuko Kobayashi has entailed in such toku as:
Mirai Sentai Timeranger, with:

• a brutal policewoman as TimePink,
• the racially and class biased TimeFire.

Kamen Rider Ryuki,

• with even a serial killer the audiences can root on for their goals
• and a character whose ideals are tested by people's objectives for world peace

Kamen Rider OOO,

• where all the characters go from good guys to losing control
• and bad guys make turns as well

and Samurai Sentai Shinkenger: the ending

Also, Zedd and Zaram both begin with Z and could be forms of make believe IMAGINATIONary friends, made from their IMAGINATION.