First official look at the Lord Zedd and Z-Putty MMPR Reignited figures from Playmates. No word on if they're the only Evil Space Aliens for Season 2 or not.Previous Thread:>>11711540
>>11739505I'll stick with LC Zedd. The exploding limbs and head is a neat play feature for the Z Putty though.
GO WHITE (with severe yellowing in the arms and legs) RANGERGO
GOWHITERANGERGOOOOOOOO
GOLDAR'S GONNA GET YOUTONIGHT
>>11739566>>11739575>>11739581I know it was just a verbal reskin, but "Go White Ranger Go" doesn't get enough love. Also, I kind wish they reworked the original White Ranger theme into "White Ranger Falcon Power" for the third season.
DESTROY THE POWER RANGERS AND DESTROY THE WORLD>>11739589Same man. I know it's lazy, but it hit really well for Tommy's grand return.
>>11739592DESTROY THE POWER RANGERS AND DESTROY THE WORLD
DON'T LET LORD ZEDD PUT A SPELL ON YOUR MIIIIIIINNNNNND
>Tell me something, Tommy! Are all those eeyah's and sic-uya's really necessary?!
>>11739505Okay, now I'm seriously worried about Squatt and King Sphinx. We should have gotten official photos of them first.
>>11739505I really hope the coloring of this Putty is accurate to what ends up releasing, because it would be the most accurate Z-Putty we've ever gotten. All prior releases have had gotten the colors wrong.
>>11739566Did you get these from BST?
>>11739535>I'll stick with LC Zedd. WOW! Shocking! The out of scale, crappy looking, barely articulated kids toy isn't going to replace the super articulated collector figure? Are we still even trying to pretend they'll make anything that comes even close to anything like the LC figures?
>>11739720No, I've had everything in those pics for years and have most of the LC stuff. I just don't post in this general very often because the current state of the franchise depresses me.
>>11739589Falconzord never had solo fight scenes and felt like a major downgrade. Really hard going from the Dragonzord to the Tigerzord to..the Falconzord, a glorified wing backpack. Red Battlezord maanged to give him a solo zord again but none really matched the badboy appeal of the Dragonzord.Yes I know it's all different series in the Sentai. I think the Season1-2 transition worked relatively smoothly, it's everything else that started to falter.
>>11739736Worst was the White Shogunzord, which was just another of the primary five main Zords. The Falconzord may have been a downgrade, but at least it still felt like a special 6th Ranger Zord.
>>11739736The Falconzord did more in Dimensions in Danger than the entirety of the MMPR series. But you want to talk about downgrades? How about going from the Zeo Zord fleet to the Turbo Zords. The Falconzord was much cooler in the movie where it didn't have the limitations of a physical prop which recycled the same 3 shots. With endless time and budget the Turbo Zords would still just be cars that can't do much against humanoid monsters.
>>11739892https://youtu.be/RpBZJRlwSb8?si=DOG0ZtqOsxGM5hnWaround the end of this interview Doug Sloan talks about how Saban and other producers were obsessed with the Turbo concept and thought it was gonna make a gazillion dollars cause kidslike cars, when Sloan argued that cars were far less versatile than past zords. That's probably why the made the (ultimately probably wrong) decision to do a Turbo movie and not a Zeo or In Space one, which probably would've done slightly better and at least be better remembered. At least the Turbo Rescue Zords are among the most versatile zords we've gotten. I don't get why they never did the transforming individual zord concept since the 90's. The red Dragonzord, Turbo Rescuezords, and Astro Megazord/Delta Megazord and a few other individual 90's zords are among the few cases. Otherwise only sixth ranger mecha, but I mean main team zords.
>>11739736>>11739892Hey now, the Falconzord swooping down and smacking the shit out of Hydro Hog, overpowering a monster that even the unbeatable Shogun Megazord couldn't beat, was a pretty cool scene. Perhaps too little too late (it's literally the last Mighty Morphin episode), but it's still cool nonetheless.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XF0g8dGU5hs
>>11739736It never had solo fight scenes because its Sentai counterpart didn't. Tsubasamaru never belonged to any Kakuranger. The problem was that they went from a 6 ranger Sentai adaptation with Dairanger/Season 2 to a 5 Ranger adaptation with Kakuranger/Season 3.
>>11739505Where are the goddamn monsters?
>>11740135Yeah, I'm not loving how things are looking so far... Hell, we still haven't even gotten an official look at Squatt and King Sphinx yet, and it's nothing new for PR for its toy makers to suddenly go "Oops, those villains/monsters got cancelled. Didn't we tell you?"
>>11740138I'm not feeling good about Squatt and King Sphinx at this point. It was already concerning that these season 2 villains were shown at Toy Fair and they weren't, but now the season 2 villains get promo pics released before them as well. I would be really bummed, but could live without King Sphinx if he got cancelled, but Squatt being cancelled after we got Baboo would be devastating. The second wave of villains should have been Squatt and Baboo. It makes no sense having Goldar on pegs single carded when there is a 6 pack on the shelf below touting him as an exclusive figure. I'm sure Goldar's single carded availability has tanked the sales of that 6 pack, which is another reason Squatt should have been carded in his place. Goldar shouldn't have been sold single carded until later when all those 6 packs were cleared out.
>>11739898Kind of ironic they were so reticent to shake up the formula early on that they kept the Zyu/Dairanger suits for three seasons, but the moment they decided to go all in on the latest Sentai as a sure thing, things start going downhill. Makes me wonder what would happen if they tried to switch the order of the Turbo Zords around like they did for the Ninja and Shogun Zords. Although admittedly that would just push the can down the road and make things awkward later.
>>11739566>>11739575>>11739581>>11739592>>11739596>>11739602WHERE THE FUCK IS MY WHITE RANGER TIGER POWER?!
>>11740290They probably thought that the car theme alone was good enough to make it sell but the Carranger footage was too goofy for them to work with. They got really lucky with In Space and the Megaranger footage.
Forever the best of the LC.>>11740361I'm sorry anon, but that wasn't the theme I had stuck in my head that night
>>11740410>but the Carranger footage was too goofy for them to work with.That set off a production war. Half the staff wanted to embrace it, half wanted to go darker.
>>11740449I like the "we need a silly villain for the american footage what design do you got for us" and they just made Doronjo
>>11740138>>11740208>>11740135at this point, it might be easier to kitbash more monsters than to get the official figures...
>>11740290That would’ve meant introducing Phantom Ranger much earlier or him working as their 6th Ranger or mentor.
>>11739718Gloves look too red. This is screen used.
>>11740517Fanmade custom monsters almost always look like shit, though. Either that, or they look great, but they're like a foot tall articulationless model that doesn't go with any toy line.
>>11740627They look right to me. If anything, the face should e darker.
>>11739505crash dummies are back.
>>11739505Can we get Playmates to do a Crash Dummies line lol?
>>11740804Zamn, look at that cameltoe on the second to the left
>>11740627>>11740804I think it all depends on the lighting and which gloves they grabbed for any given scene. Also, there's the chance that the crew freshened up the paint at some point during the season.
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>>11741559Yeah, I'd say the clear intent was for them to be red, but given the chaos of filming a low budget show at a breakneck pace, wrong gloves may have been used at any given point, and/or wear and tear could have taken the paint off. I like the red hands because it makes them more visually distinctive than Rita's Putties, and it also matches Zedd's aesthetic. That's the way I remember Z-Putties in my mind, so when I see that Playmates figure it just looks right to me.
>>11740804>>11741559>>11741560>>11741806this is maximum cope the colors dont match in the slightests.
>>11741806Either way, I don't think they're supposed to be red. They're brown. The original Putties had brown hands on occasion and the Z-Putty gloves are probably just left over from the original suits.
>>11741823>>11741964>>11741806>>11741560>>11741559its amazing how pathetic power fags are especially when evangelion is still relevant and has new things to talk about unlike this dead brand. Why can't americans ever make anything themselves instead of recycled rehashes of zombie franchises?
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>>11740804Figure still looks too brightly colored
>>11739722I really wanted to enjoy the line more but Hasbro just kinda had too many inconsistent figures that I just gave up. This was in spite of mmpr lc not having many enemies at first, and well by the time they did come out I was just disappointed with the results. Zedd and goldar looked great, you can't mess up a putty but king sphinx and pumpkin rapper weren't enough to keep me around. I'm hoping the Playmate line gets past the head flip gimmick and offers more standard rangers before I try them since I never lied that flip gimmick. It's a wild thought but idk, maybe let lanard have a shot at mmpr? Or another goofy idea I like is trying the 3 3/4 scale, it could allow for more vehicles and playsets.
>>11739721Well, they are currently trying to pretend they are making toys for kids, of a 33 year old show that has not been on anywhere for at least 30 years. No kid knows or cares who the fuck Lord Zedd is, much less wants a toy of him.
>>11740361We didn't even get a Dragonzord, what hope is there for a White Tigerzord?
>>11742204They already announced White Tiger will be Walmart exclusive.Why they wanted the Tiger and not Dragon is a mystery.
>>11742200Its currently on Netflix, actually. Premiering new upscaled versions of the show, at that.
>>11742217Because the retailers weren't sure it'd sell last year. The toy line was untested last year but it's a different scenario this year because the toys actually sell.
>>11740417I got this guy for super cheap. Can't remember if it was Ross or Amazon. I don't know the character but he looks like a bad ass biker dude. Sick ass figure. I shoulda got two.
>>11742439Yeah, I think he shelf warmed due to being somewhat of a departure from the usual PR/Sentai aesthetic. I love that look too though and he's great figure, especially if picked up at a discount. I've got the invisible version too, I should maybe take some pics later this week. The Power Rangers threads always seem like they're hurting for toy pics more than most (though for sadly understandable reasons).
>>11739505Play features seem pointless. Are these for kids? Do kids actually give a shit about Power Rangers?
>>11742451Oh shit I forgot about the invisible one. He's only $15 on Amazon right now. I might grab him. There's actually a lot of decently priced LC figures on there these days.
>>11742506I picked him up new at full price and feel retarded for doing so (along with more than a few other LC figures), but he's a fun little recolor if you like the original figure.
>>11742451Phantom Ranger shelf warmed due to his utterly deserved bad reputation >>Heavily teased as being Billy>>Never got unmasked in Turbo, literally vanishing mid season>>When they finally brought him back for In Space, he's not a real person but a vague defined "ghost gesalt" of all Rangers past present and future.
>>11742451Turbo is basically the least popular pre-Disney season. Phantom Ranger was from the later half of the series which was a little more popular but still overshadowed by In Space. He appears in that too but isn't a big part like he was in Turbo
>>11742688He should have been Billy and he also should have been Ecliptor's creator.
>>11742452The line is selling, so yeah.
>>11742688>Heavily teased as being BillyAt what point was that? When they were building up a relationship between him and a high school girl?
I just ordered the invisible version. I'm gonna dye him black and see what happens. I'll post the results in a few days.
>>11742204Pretty high, actually.
>>11742688> Heavily teased as being BillyNo he wasn't. You're confusing him with thr Zeo Gold Ranger. Phantom in Turbo is a complete enigma, with no one but Cassie ever wondering who or what he actually is. Ashley even teases her about possibly crushing on a non-human.> When they finally brought him back for In Space, he's not a real person but a vague defined "ghost gesalt" of all Rangers past present and futureAgain, never mentioned or confirmed within the show. This is Judd Lynn's explanation on what the Phantom Ranger is and it was several years after he quit the show. He was meant to have a much bigger role in Space and was even supposed to carry over into Lost Galaxy but budget restrictions kept him from making more than a few cameos at that point.
Remember Zeltrax from Dino Thunder? They considered making him an old Ranger too, like Billy or possibly Jason.
>>11743554I do and I'm still fucking mad we never got an LC figure for him.
>>11743554I never liked that idea. I think they should have made him David, Tommy's brother. I know he had died irl by that point, but Zeltrax was a perma-suit character regardless, so they could have easily used photos and old flashback clips from Zeo. Zeltrax being Tommy's brother would have had a lot more emotional impact than what we got, and they could have given him a nice arc which ended with him becoming heroic and ultimately sacrificing himself to save Tommy. I think it could have been a nice tribute to him, and posthumously given him the bigger role in the show he always wanted.
>>11742688That last part made me think this guy's post-Cosmic Fury Zayto. Remember, he sacrificed himself to stabilize the Morphin Grid, and the Phantom Ranger could be the end result. Of course, forcing a non-Saban season's lore onto an established Zordon-era character is messed up on so many levels, forget I said that.
>>11742452Im almost thirty and i like play features but i admit im in the minority in that opinion
>>11744309Why do you like things that ruin figures? Is there a trauma reasoning behind it?
So if we see Zedd and Z-Putty/Season 2 stuff in general in stores before we see Squatt and King Sphinx, are we to just assume they've been cancelled, then? Would there be any way to get in touch with Playmates and communicate, in a calm and professional manner, "How the in the everloving fuck could you release Baboo without Squatt you absolute stupid dipshits?"
>>11744906>are we to just assume they've been cancelled, then?Per Playmates' collapse, yes.
>>11739736As a kid it kind of perplexed me that the red ninjazord formed an arm. Actually a lot about Ninja Megazord perplexed me but not in a bad way.
>>11744587It sacrifices articulation and poseability for a karate chop I'm not particularly interested in.
>>11744906I just can't wrap my head around Squatt not being the second figure in that wave when this 6 pack is still readily available. Why the fuck would you release Goldar single carded before the 6 packs have all been cleared out?
>>11740776yeah, that's the biggest problem. even with 3d printing circles making figure designs, if the paint job is bad, then nearly nobody will be interested for longer than a minute or two...
>>11744987>Playmates' collapseIs that something that's actually happening? Or do you mean like "With our luck, Playmates will go out of business before releasing them"?
>>11745400He just wants them to die and thinks no more TMNT will do it.
>>11739736It felt like that because its Sentai counterpart was never a 6th Ranger mecha. Adapting Kakuranger was harder than with Dairanger and it showed.
>>11745697It wouldn't have been very difficult to shoot some additional Falconzord footage so it was more present in battles and did more than the same 3 recycled stock footage shots. Even when the 6 Rangers all called their Zords together, it usually did nothing while the Megazord fought the monster until they formed the Ninja Mega Falconzord to finish it.
>>11745720Like what they did with the Zyu2 footage? Tsubasamaru would only show up sometimes after Kakure Daishogun was formed in Kakuranger. The closest thing to a 6th Ranger there was Ninjor's counterpart.
>>11745720>It wouldn't have been very difficult to shoot some additional Falconzord footage so it was more present in battlesI don't know if Saban had anything other than the individual Shogun Zord suits. They were the only Kakuranger mechs to get MMPR-original footage (other than the Ultrazords, for obvious reasons).
>>11745725>>11745720Zyu2 was insanely expensive to the point they never did it again and just filmed their own suit fights instead It's also why they didn't make original zords for season two like they wanted.
>>11745145Multi-packs like this don't sell well.
>>11743611it would've been cool if it was a corrupted ryan steele from vr troopers since he was originally supposed to be mmpr green
>>11745820>3k+ bought in last month
>>11745725>>11745775>>11745819Nah, I'm not saying commission it from Toei, I'm saying shoot some shit themselves like they did with the Dino to Thunderzord transformations or Ninja/Shogun Ultrazords. If they had to use the Falconzord toy like they did with those it would have been fine.
>>11742204People like thew White TigerThe White Ranger was a hugely popular and successful major character in season 2 and the movie. While the Green Ranger was in a handfull of episodes and very secondary in the first season, he even showed up late. They are not really comparable.
>>11742217Dragon had nothing on its own and does not meet walmart shelving standards. It would have been a head smaller than the megazord in a fuck huge box and only 2 would be on the shelf
>>11746233>Dragon had nothing on its ownSO HYPE UP THE COMBINING ABILITY. YOU IDIOTS.
>>11746016Their own Ultrazord footage looked bad and they knew it and they were already eyeing OhRanger footage by then. >>11746233They COULD release a Dragonzord Fighting Mode set and if they want to go the extra mile, a toy original mode for either mode kinda like BoA did with Turbo Falcon.
I finally completed my set and it was under $200Wish they made The titanium ranger and didn't have to pay $100 for it. Goddamn I hate how long it took a reasonable White and green ranger figure. Fuck scalpers
>>11740417That shit was so badass I had to get him first to start my collection off right.
>>11746273>Their own Ultrazord footage looked bad and they knew itThe special effects themselves weren't bad (they aren't great, but they're passable); what really killed the Ultrazords were the fact that they obviously used the U.S. toys that don't match the suits at all (the Pink Shogunzord, the 'S' on the Shogun Megazord, the pink Crane Ninjazord, the MMPR lightning bolt everywhere). If they'd just used the Sentai toys instead, the sequences would've been okay. Not amazing by any means, but not too bad.
>>11746473Holy shit, that looks awesome dude. Hefty price tag, but I get it. I also desperately wish they'd finished the LSR team before the LC died, along with Time Force. I'll forever be pissed we never got a Quantum Ranger, but never making one is the biggest indicator that Hasbro just doesn't understand the property or what people want from it.
>>11746527They obviously had no access to the Japanese toys if the Dinozord to Thunderzord original transformation footage is any indication. Staff most likely had to buy the toys at their closest Target and did their best.
>>11746473What the fuck is this?
>>11746544Exactly, what amazes me is they had the model and design patterns all they had to do was get the colors to match.
>>11745092people always say Rocky was downplayed as red as he wasn't the leader, but marketingwise it wasn't really the case, Red was still prominent next to White
>>11746544>looks awesomeNot really though
>>11739505Why did 90s nostalgia like power rangers never take off to the extant that the 80s nostalgia wave did?T. Zoomer who is mad that their is no 2000s nostalgia blitz targeting me and reviving the IPs that i grew up with
>>11747954Ben10 is getting a new comic
>>11747974>Ben10 is getting a new comicYeah after like ten years of being dormant and the last cartoon was an infantilized reboot made for toddlersBetter late then never i suppose
>>11744587>Why do you like things that ruin figures? Is there a trauma reasoning behind it?Because it makes me happy
>>11747954It's because boomers and Gen X have a stranglehold on both supply and demand of product. They'll release hundreds of Thundercats and Silverhawks figures that are guaranteed to flop before they'll give equally big flips frol the 90s like Cadillacs and Dinoaurs a chance.
>>11744587>things that make toys better toys but worse mannequins ruin them, actuallyIt must be sad to be an articulationcuck.
>>11747954>Why did 90s nostalgia like power rangers never take off to the extant that the 80s nostalgia wave did?You do know that companies like Mattel and Hasbro have been struggling to make people care about things like Masters of The Universe and GI Joe again for years right?If anything Power Rangers is in that same category despite being from the 90s.
>>11748216>You do know that companies like Mattel and Hasbro have been struggling to make people care about things like Masters of The Universe and GI Joe again for years right?Then maybe they should try making something else that isnt the same 10 tired boomer IPs recycled every few years
>>11747954>>11748216>>11748227The bigger issue is the 90s onward is when fragmentation accelerated. Back in the 80s you had a very captive market, whatever was on those 3 to 5 channels was all you got to watch. Fast forward to the 90s and you have ecosystems now where that one kid grew up on Nickelodeon, while he other was Fox kids, another ABC family, another still Cartoon Network. That stretches out your markets. Most kids that were born in the 70s grew up with Transfomers, He-man, GIJoe, and Thundercats because those shows won out and had the syndication power. Fast forward to kids born in the 80s and you get this mess of kids that grew up with 25 times the amount of shows thanks to cable tv. No captive audience means no ensured sales or profit which is why they keep playing to the shows and movies that had the widest net of that time.
Here's the differences between the three Playmates Goldar figs for that one anon that threw an autistic tantrum about the multipack one. Also kudos to Playmates for releasing three Goldars while possibly canceling Squatt.
>>11740417I'm just glad we got full main Kyoryuger team and SPDI WISH we got SPD Swan/Orange/Katt tho
>>11748572What difference am I missing between the multipack and US single carded?
>>11748239The bigger difference is that video games became more popular in the late 80s. By 1990 most kids by age 12 or so would rather have a NES game for Christmas/Birthday than the cool expensive playset or big Transformer. Home console games caused kids to age out of buying toys a little faster than before.
>>11748227It gets worse. These companies are just making shit specifically for the adult freaks.
>>11749499>Home console games caused kids to age out of buying toys a little faster than before.And shit like this right here is why i fucking despise video games. They were fine like maybe 20 years ago when they were just a piece of the overall entertainment landscape pie and stayed in their own lane but for some reason or another they massively grew in popularity within the early 2010s and ecllipsed all the other mediums of entertainment such as shows and movies and toys and are suffocating them into irrelevancy because brain dead retard zoomers only want to play vidya sloppa and nothing else. I just dont fucking get it or understand why that even happened at all. The entite gaming industry is a cultural fucking tumor.>>11749502I dont understand the massivelt hype boomers and gen-X has for ghostbusters. The first movie is good and the real ghostbusters cartoon is peak but the brand worship ghostbusters get is obscene to me its not fucking star wars or EVA you guys cmon.
>>11749502Those are custom 3D printed pieces, not products being sold by a toy company.
>>11749502Dude...I want one.
Crappy little toy motorcycle I got in a claw machine a while back.Only now I'm realizing it's the Thunder Bike, which was only a toy and not from the show it seems.
>>11749817And the actual toy.
>>11749817Nice find. Kind of miss little prize figures like this.
>>11749817I like those colors
>>11749522Ghostbusters makes some sense due to being a merch monster back in the 80s. It was more of a toy commercial cartoon than tie-in after a while. I don't understand the nonstop love for Back to the Future. It was just an okay movie, followed by two really bad sequels. But BTTF shit is everywhere and always front and center of all the 80s nostalgia shit.
>>11750446>I don't understand the nonstop love for Back to the Future. It was just an okay movie, followed by two really bad sequels. But BTTF shit is everywhere and always front and center of all the 80s nostalgia shit.Oh my god dude i can totally agree man. I never got the hype around back to the future either yet gen-X hypes it up to hell and back. Did you ever see the delorian with the ghostbusters logo that the writer if ready player one owns IRL? The hype around those mid ass movies is do undeserved. Biff was the best character though.
>>11746544No Carter(So you can't recreate Forever Red)No RyanNo JenNo Eric(So you can't recreate Forever Red)No Cole(So you can't recreate Forever Red)No Ninja Storm(So you can't recreate Thunder Storm)No Mystic Force(especially Xander)>No Overdrive(So you can't recreate Once a Ranger)No RJNo Spirit Rangers>No RPM>No Super Mega ForceMan so much money left on the table by Hasbro. I know that Hasbro wasn't keen on PR but you think there had to be at least one person in the department that had to be aware of stuff like this.
>>11750446>t was just an okay movie, followed by two really bad sequelsYou have no soul.
>>11751029You should've seen the Hasbro Pulse streams they were doing years ago. It was very obvious they were putting new employees on this line and most of them only knew what they knew from quickly skimming the wiki or watching a handful of episodes days before they recorded the videos. A huge contrast to the Marvel or GI Joe presenters that usually followed.
Finally got my hands on a Gold Zeo Ranger. Took out my Deluxe Blue Ranger Billy figure and put his head on Gold Ranger to create the Gold Zeo Ranger we should have gotten....
Sigh.
>>11752481YOU ACTUALLY RELEASED THE ABBOTT/HARDY/CHEECH/SILENT BOB/BERT/BULK WITH NO PLANS TO SELL THE COSTELLO/LAUREL/CHONG/JAY/ERNIE/SKULL, YOU FUCKING HACKSWHO THE FUCK WANTS BABOO WITHOUT SQUATT
>>11752481I was told by someone on this board in many threads that Playmates was going to release all the monsters, and more than Hasbro ever did. Why did they lie to us?
>>11752481Well this is crushing, but I can't say the writing wasn't on the wall after not being shown at this year's Toy Fair. I would say there is still some hope though. They specifically said not in 2026. Zedd and the Z-Putty will release next to align with season 2's rollout, and I guess Squatt and King Sphinx couldn't be squeezed in before then. To be fair only Target has even gotten the Goldar/Baboo wave, and even then they've been pretty sparse in my neck of the woods (my Targets keep restocking with Rita/Putty cases after they sold their initial Goldar/Baboos). I imagine Goldar and Baboo will get a wider release in the coming months when the other wave 2 products hit shelves, and then Zedd/Z-Putty will release end of summer/early fall with the season 2 stuff. We could potentially get Squatt as an early 2027 figure like they did with Baboo this year. Playmates has to know Squatt is gonna be in high demand after releasing Baboo. Also keep in mind that Playmates loses TMNT in 2027, so it stands to reason they'll give Power Rangers more attention going forward.>>11752499As much as I want to blame Playmates, this could be another instance of retailers being retards like the Dragonzord fiasco. I imagine they are determining how many villains are being made at a time, and likely which characters they want.
>>11752481glad I never got too invested in this line, we all know they do this, at least the robots and roleplay are good cheap toys, I still haven't seen putties at retail, let alone baboo and goldar, just like you can never find foot soldiers from their TMNT lines, maybe bst axn will get a shot and make a more diverse half assed toyline like they did with TMNT
>>11746544>but never making one is the biggest indicator that Hasbro just doesn't understand the property or what people want from it.>>11751029It's the opposite, they KNEW those characters would be in demand, which is why they frontload with less desirable characters with the idea that if people are dedicated they will stick around. If you do all the popular characters first, people don't stick around because they've got what they wanted. It's the mindset Hasbro uses for a lot of their lines, and unfortunately it does work for Star Wars, Transformers, and Marvel. Power Rangers fans just generally lack future planning so they let less popular characters rot on pegs because they never thought that they'd need them to complete a Time Force or Wild Force collection in a year or two. So when those go unpurchased, Hasbro figures there's no interest for the rest of the team.
>>11752504Playmates is only responding to sales obviously. Sales for these lines are horrible so they're canceling things. Doesn't help that the figures are bad too, but sales are still really bad across all retailers.
>>11752712>Sales for these lines are horrible>>11745145>3k of a 6-pack released in September sold in the last monthYou don't know what you're talking about. The line is selling well, which is why it's continuing and expanding. Playmates themselves have reported that Power Rangers helped to offset losses they had in 2025 from other brands. Nowhere did Playmates say the figures were cancelled, they just aren't planned for 2026. They implicitly state that it doesn't mean the figures won't ever release. It's just the timing of things which doesn't allow for them to release this year. The Goldar and Baboo wave hasn't even hit Amazon and Walmart yet, and Zedd and Z-Putty need to release with the season 2 debut this summer/fall. If anyone is to blame it's retailers for limiting villains to only 2 per wave, which backed things up. Maybe they felt burned by the Lightning Collection monsters which rotted on shelves forever, and didn't have faith in a larger assortment selling.
>>11749822>Had actual toys and showed up in promotional material>Never actually showed up in the show
The ironic thing is, if they had to split up the duo, I would think most people would prefer Squatt to Baboo? Baboo was kinda boring. Squatt was the silly one with the goofy voice and he did more stuff solo in the show than Baboo did. But in all seriousness though, if they were just going to release Rita, Goldar, Putty, and one other figure, why not King Sphinx? He's cooler than Baboo, he's one of MMPR's most iconic monsters, and he was Goldar's tag team partner. Why avoid him while also releasing only one half of a comedy duo?
>>11752947Yeah, King Sphinx would have been a much better choice in a wave with Goldar. Splitting up Squatt and Baboo is nonsensical. If they’re available at the same time nobody is buying one and not the other. But now you'll have people potentially passing on Baboo because they can't also have Squatt, or passing on Squatt if he is eventually released because they didn't buy Baboo. It's an unnecessary mess.
>>11752773>Nowhere did Playmates say the figures were cancelled, they just aren't planned for 2026. They implicitly state that it doesn't mean the figures won't ever release.Yeah, I'm totally sure Playmates is gonna go back in the middle of the Season 3 or Zeo toy lines and release the two other Season 1 villains they forgot about that don't even appear in those seasons.
>>11753255No, actually, on second thought, that's exactly what going to happen. We'll finally get Squatt and King Sphinx, but as the Season 3 or Zeo villains, preventing us from getting figures of relevant characters like Rito & Master Vile or King Mondo & Gasket.
>>11753255Early 2027 would still be the season 2 line, and Squatt is in both season 2 and 3. King Sphinx is the one who doesn't fit, but they are still looking for ways to release Dragonzord, so I wouldn't count him out either.
I still just can't wrap my head around Goldar being in the second wave, which is currently only being sold at Target, while Target is selling a 6-pack at the same time with an "exclusive" Goldar figure. Target can't have been the ones to demand Goldar in wave 2, as it only hurts the sales of their 6-pack. So it comes down to some moron from Playmates or Hasbro making that boneheaded decision. It's difficult to know who exactly is responsible since both companies are dumb as fuck, but whoever made that call deserves to be fired immediately.
>>11752481I really really wish i could find out who is responsible at playmates for constantly canceling figures that they always show off at toy fairs and comic cons so i can beat the shit out of them and give them a massive wedgie. Theyve done this to TMNT for as long as ive collected since 2012 and the biggest backlash ive ever seen playmates toys get for this behavior is when they cancelled most of the Voltron cast figures and the 2017 legendary defender fandom gave them hell.
It figures. Whatever. The Evil Space Aliens were the only reason I was even interested in this line. I already have 7,000 versions of the MMPR and the Dino Megazord. If all these toy companies are going to insist on shoving MMPR down our throats, they really need to start focusing on other areas of the show.
>>11754605Yeah, I was really hopeful that Playmates would explore other neglected aspects of MMPR, but their line has basically just been the same stuff we got from Bandai. I guess kudos for finally giving us a 5 inch Rita, but there's so much more untapped potential. I really thought we would get a Radbug from them given their penchant for vehicles. I thought playsets were a given, not just the Command Center, but Rita/Zedd's Palace, or maybe even incorporating the Juice Bar into a Command Center playset and having a feature to "teleport" the Rangers back and forth. I thought we could get Bulk and Skull in multiple variations (punk, Incredible Bulkster & Super Skull, cops) or even civilian Rangers, I mean this is a company who made the Channel 6 News crew from TMNT. I thought we would get a more robust assortment of villains with numerous monsters of the day given how rich their villain selection has always been for TMNT (Bandai going big on villains in the Dino Charge line was a direct response to Playmates' success with their 2012 TMNT line). I thought we would get 5" Megazord figures and finally fill the MMPR void in that regard since Bandai didn't start making them until Zeo. I thought we could actually get a Cyclopsis, even if it were just a 5 inch version. Reignition has just been a massive disappointment. I just wonder how much of that is Playmates, and how much is Hasbro dictating what they make/shooting down ideas.
I just hope they can get to '95 MMPR Movie/Season 3 for the Ninja Megazord and the Shogun Megazord.
>>11755710villain assortment will probably be:'95 MMPR Movie: >Tengu Warrior (Tengas are the exact same suits)>Ivan OozeSeason 3>Rito Revolto>Master VileFor the Rangers, things can get tricky: Either the Movie suits or Ninjetti uniforms for Movie. For Season 3...Glitter or Alien Rangers + Ninjor. I hope it's the latter for both.
>>11755119Do a big foot-tall talking robot toy of Alpha 5. His visor and his lightning bolt light up when you press a button (maybe the lightning bolt itself). And he talks.>Aye-yi-yi-yi-yi!>Oh no, the city is under attack!>Right away, Zordon!>Teleporting now!>Contacting the Rangers!>Teleporting the Rangers to the Command Center!>Activating Dino Zord power!
>>11756442It's actually kind of crazy that in spite of the MMPR insanity during the initial run that no company ever thought to make an electronic Alpha 5 toy. Bandai had the standard toy license, but there were plenty of other companies making other types of toys. I know there were numerous electronic toys made by other companies such as Tiger.
>>11755119>I thought we would get a more robust assortment of villains with numerous monsters of the day given how rich their villain selection has always been for TMNT (Bandai going big on villains in the Dino Charge line was a direct response to Playmates' success with their 2012 TMNT line).Off the top of my head, a MMPR Season 1/Dino Charge-worthy line of Evil Space Aliens Playmates could've given us (intentionally picking monsters that never got figures before, or at least never in the 5.5" scale):>Rita Repulsa>Goldar>Finster>Squatt>Baboo>Giant Scorpina>King Sphinx>Chunky Chicken>Terror Toad>Shellshock>Frankenstein>Super Putty>Mutaytus>Cyclopsis>Pumpkin Rapper>RhinoblasterBones, Gnarly Gnome, and Oysterizer almost made the cut but, well... didn't.
>>11755119>>11756442You guys are killing me here. I know the market is way different than it used to be, but it's still baffling that Playmates, who made figures for every little aspect of TMNT, hasn't done anything close to this.Really starting to seem like no company's ever going to tap into the franchise's full potential, even just the first season, let alone the entirety of MMPR and beyond.
>Fans want Bulk and Skull>Toy companies clearly went Boom Studios crazy>Everyone pretty much universally agrees that these designs aren't bad once you fix the exposed gut and hanging pantsI'm honestly shocked these two still haven't gotten figures yet.
>>11739602AIIII LORD ZEDD SAMA YAMETE
>>11757786This still pisses me off. As much as Hasbro mined Boom for material, there's so much they could have done that was equal or even better than what they actually went with. And you can't even make the case for them being easier to reuse, since many of them were original molds. And they still had the nerve to do shit like the Street Fighter crossovers.Even worse, 3rd parties won't touch them either since it's more profitable to put out a hypothetical '95 movie Green Ranger or redesign the Dino Megazord than anything from tertiary media.Being a Power Rangers fan beyond the first three seasons really is suffering.
>>11757786>>11760109They already made too much Boomshit for my taste, so I'm glad they didn't. I don't want Bulk and Skull as Power Rangers, I just want Bulk and Skull as normal teens/cops/detectives/etc. I'd take Incredible Bulkster and Super Skull because they were home made costumes.
>>11760109>And they still had the nerve to do shit like the Street Fighter crossovers.I didn't mind the Ryu and Chun-Li Rangers, since they 'actually exist' and are in multiple projects. The Ken and Cammy Rangers pissed me off though, because they're not even in anything, and I heard they weren't even designed by the same person who did the first two, so they look like shit.
I appreciate this. Armored Red and Black often get figures, but Armorless Green rarely does.
>>11761112I'm actually surprised no company has ever put out a set like this before, at the very least an Armored Red/Shieldless Green. Guess it was more profitable to just do then individually.
>>11761112wow, they painted the helmets and green's morpher and trim
