After the failure of Bandai's Legacy and Hasbro's Lightning Collection, Playmates is giving it a go with their own 6 inch collector line, starting with Power Rangers Zeo. $19.99. Gold Ranger is listed as a Walmart exclusive.
>Walmart clearing out the Dinozords at clearance priceSoon...soon...
Also, we got a review of the Thunderzords. They look good. Neat how they're basically Dairanger in all but name.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDBMKwsvmGM&t=1s
I could maybe get behind these if the swords weren't so stubby.
>>11848071At least this time they're doing an entire team at once instead of splitting them up across waves. Neither of the lines before them ever even considered doing that. Maybe it won't be a complete flop.
Cool. When this started they specified they only had the rights to Mighty Morphin'. Guess the line has been a big enough success to move on.
>>1184807120 for these in 2026 is crazy. These are from the Bandai Thundercats era, and worse than those by a huge margin.
>>11848109The paint detail is better than anything Bandai or Hasbro did.
>>11848113What does paint matter if the base figure is bad? At that point just do it on the 5" figures and they'd be just as good as these.
>>11848117They don't have swappable heads, 22 POA, and shitloads of accessories.
>>11848071>those wonky sculpts >covered in extremely outdated looking joints Yikes
>>11848107>Guess the line has been a big enough successIt's been a huge failure, wtf are you on?
>>11848102>At least this time they're doing an entire team at once instead of splitting them up across waves.That remains to be seen. They split their Godzilla Rangers up, so I wouldn't be surprised if these were released in two waves. Though it's still good that they're at least showing the full team at once. I just think Zeo is a bad choice. The articulation looks worse than the Lightning Collection, and Playmates is still using those awful hip joints, so people are probably gonna be looking to this line to supplement the Lightning Collection.Zeo already got the full team in that line, making these pretty meh in comparison. Time Force who only got 2/6 (neither of which were Quantum or Pink) would have been a far better choice to kick off this line. Or if they really wanted to have a Tommy in their first wave, Turbo only got 1/5 core Rangers in the Lightning Collection.
>>11848128Of course Anon, the line thats going on nearly three years now is a failure.
>>11848102plus all the visor trims are the same color, sculpts don't look too bad, and the accessory layout is much more than complete than what halfass hasbro was doing, at least that's what the renders imply, what actually releases will probably differ a lot
All they have to do is get rid of the pins and do ball joint legs. Christ just do it and they’ll sell better.
>>11848143Ball joints don't age as well. Give it enough time and those things start falling apart.
>>11848071i just hope they stagger the cases so there aren't a shitload of girl rangers killing the line, like you can still get lc zeo yellow at Ollies right now
Sweet, this means the Zeozords too. That'll be fun.Not so much the Super ones though.
>>11848071I just hope the Gold Ranger's headsculpt can fit the lighting collection body. Still can't believe how badly they fucked up that helmet.
Should’ve done them at 15.99 to keep that budget playmates price but this year has fucked prices.
>>11848073Super Legends bros, we're back
>>11848071>$19.99yeah they sure look like 20 dollar toys, but honestly for this thats fine, at least they come with a lot of stuff, these will make decent stand in for the sentai teams, assuming they will actually do any beyond the stuff adapted for MMPR or Zeo
>>11848172Like Anon said, they originally only had MMPR. So if they got Zeo too that means theres nothing stopping them from going further.
QRD on SPD stuff?
>>11848174The old toys? They only did lightning collection previously
>>11848173>theres nothing stopping them from going further.well there is, it's called flopping, lightning collection ended because it didn't sell, at least these are cheaper
>>11848177Well, yeah, aside from that. It just means they have access to the whole franchise now, not just MMPR.
>>11848179true, but the consistent issue PR has had is that people don't really give a fuck about seasons beyond Zeo, maybe In Space gets a pass, all the other seasons are liked by fans but PR fans hasn't really shown to be that big of a market, but at least these have the upside of being cheaper so kids might grab them to off set that, at least will make completing teams cheaper
Also in relevant Sentai news, SMP is doing a new run of the GaoRanger zords to coincide with the release of zords based off designs that never got made.GaoKing, GaoHunter, and GaoIcarus have been announced so far.
At least now we'll maybe get a new transforming Zeo Megazord, for better or worse. Still don't understand Hasbro's thought process on that one.
>>11848202Hasbro never wanted PR to begin with.
>>11848183ain't no kids gonna be interested in this
>>11848071They stand like I did as a kid when my thighs would chafe at the water park.
when is lightning collection returning? pretty long hiatus.........
>>11848071only good thing i can say is at least Zeo golds helmet is correct over the LC. to bad they have pinheads so I can't swap.
>>11848071>Be me>ZeofagHYPE
>>11848071>>11848075>>11848078>>11848082>only forward and back ankel joints>no side to side>no swappable hands>but they do get a kinda crummy unmasked head>those fucking hip joints>pins in the big 2026the nicest thing I can say about these that the paint is nice and them including all the weapons is good.
>>11848071Zeo/Alien Rangers is where the franchise lost me. I check it out again during Turbo and I decided walking away was the right choice. I wish toy companies would make some Beetleborgs toys.
>>11848075>hinged hips on a 'collector' figure in 2026.I feel bad for anyone trying to collect PR figures now
>"Collector's line">Visible fucking pins and awful hinged hips in 2026Fuck right off lmao
>>11848285>>11848369You incels are never happy with this dead franchise.
>>11848363>BeetleborgsBut they suck...
>>11848371>BuzzwordsReddit is down the road.
>>11848363>I wish toy companies would make some Beetleborgs toys.Bandai already made all the japanese stuff
>>11848371Defend visible pins in 2026 less than 20 words, do it faggot
>>11848371I'm not even a Power Rangers fan. I just am laughing at Playmates' continued incompetence.
>>11848431>Defend visible pins in 2026 less than 20 words,Keeping shit cheap is cheap
>>11848456Didn't Bobby Vala say pinless is cheaper than pinned assuming no tooling reuse of pinned molds?
>>11848071>>11848073>>11848075>>11848078>>11848082Looks promising and all but I'll start paying attention when they reveal King Mondo/Gasket & Archerina/Louie Kaboom.
>>11848107Nuts.
>>11848501I'm sorry it bothers you.Wait.No I'm not.
>>11848373Nah fuck you faggot
Just tell me who I need to threaten
>>11848371>Involuntary celibacy is when you don't buy shitty Power Ranger toys
>>11848075I dont want to complain about kore accessories but Im pretty sure the Gold Ranger never had reglar weapons just the staff. Hence no gun holster.
>>11848491That'd be the dream, but knowing our luck we'll just get another Cog, if we get any villains at all.
>>11848456>>11848482Look at the bottom of the box.>>11848073>4+This articulation is all stuff that's hard to take apart so kids won't choke on small pieces. If you've ever put together one of those blokees transformers then you've put together a basic single jointed version of what pinless knees/elbows are.
>>11848780A model kit is not equivalent to something that passes the pull test. I’m going to buy these regardless of pins but there is ZERO excuse for them.
Yeah, it's pretty clear even when hasbro did Lightning Collection, that they gotta make it a bit towards the chance a kid will play with it, I believe that's why they had such LOONNGGG pegs, harder to pull out compared to an ML, for example.
>>11848780i hate pinless joints because they've been grossly stiff for me butPinless joints are insert molded, the plastic is physically part of each other. I think Playmates is just sticking to what they know, they can do insert molded joints, but rarely do unless the part's small enough to need it
Exploding Z putty on Amazon
>>11848371This is shit. If this was 2005, maybe this would be alright, but in the big 2000=26 these figures are already outdated: pins, small heads, and no extra hands at all and to me, the biggest fuck you is the lack of ankle pivot. For characters that are super agile and fight using martial arts, that's just insulting unless they do and I'm wrong then ill admit as such.
>>11848285Complaining about pins is Reddit. Go back.
>>11848456Pins are fine, Redditor. You don't belong here.
>>11848801The only thing insulting is that you're here and not back at Reddit, where you belong.
>>11848801If these were $12 I’d be fine with everything since it’s designed to be thrown against the way but $20 is a big ask for a pinned figure with no ankles. I buy motu so no hand swaps I can live with.
>>11848808Pins are for fags like you.
>>11848804>>11848805>>11848808Do not samefag within one minute of each poast you Godless retard. >>11848813He is obsessed with defending the concept of pins because he spends his nights grinding against parking posts out in the streets, very freudian very gay.
>>11848371>this articulationnot even hasbro would and they reuse molds.
>>11848849I'll do whatever the fuck I want and you can't stop me.Pinless is for dickless troons.
>>11848071well, no thanks, but can I get a Dragonzord that's in scale with Hiya Godzillla stuff plsI thought Lucky Cat's would be the last one I ever looked at but no I hate it
>>11848809$20 is about reasonable as an asking price for the amount of paint and accessories these days.
>>11849072>"I'LL EAT ALL THE SLOP THAT I WANT AND PAY DADDY CORPO FOR THE PRIVLEDGE!!!!11ONE"Is not the gotcha moment you thought it was lmao
>>11848805>Pins are fine, Redditor>Implying I don't think they're fine>Implying Reddit bogeyman>Muh sekret klubHoly shit try-hard
>>11848789Just make your own if you think you can do better
>>11848071Ah ok, I saw pics of Zeo gold and got confused because I bought that dude years ago. I noticed the new gear but I thought maybe Hasbro was giving it another shot....I'll keep an eye out for these. I wanted to get into the retro figures but I'm not a head flip fan and honestly we didn't get a great assortment in my area so I passed. Idk about you guys since you're bigger mmpr fans than me but I want some bad guys, lightening collection didn't offer much and what was offered kinda stank at first but the putty patrols and cogs were good.
>>11849135>Tranime gifReally nigga? I guess you're not beating those allegations, redditor.>>11849141Fag
>>11849162>but I want some bad guysJoin the club. Playmates made a few if you can find them (Rita, Goldar, Baboo, and a Putty).
>>11848207Didn't they own the rights and costumes and stuff like that? Was mmpr just grandfathered in when they got a new CEO? I mean, I know they sold it all but just seems odd they would invest in a property they had no real desire to work with. Man those were some funky years with Hasbro starting and stopping various lines from d&d to starting line up, fortnite etc etc
>>11849165The previous CEO of Hasbro was all about turning them into a media empire (TV, movies, etc) and thought PR would be a good fit for them. Thing is, he bought it without telling anybody, even the other board members. So they kinda had to make stuff for it against their will.Then he died and the rest of Hasbro didn't really feel obligated to keep it around, so they dumped it on Playmates.
>>11848363Thatd be great, just a sentai focused line where you can mix and match across a few different franchises.
>>11848363I did the same, when Zeo came out I was already in middle school and losing interest. I watched the first few then Dragon Ball Z came out. I did try to watch In Space but off and on. They Psycho Rangers were pretty cool. Glad Hasbro at least gave us that. Playmate jumping to Zeo better not mean they are completely skipping Ninja and Shogun Megazord releases.
>>11849163You said no one can stop you from grinding against poles in >>11849072 but now you're throwing around the T slur? You're not some self-hating faggot and that's why you lashing out at others, are you anon?
>>11849163kek you're mad
>>11849278Big mad, even
>>11849163>fag>buys power rangers toysHOLY
BUT DAD I WANTED IN SPACE RANGERS
Dragonzord posted, its a kickstarter campaign
>>11849482Link or liar
>>11849482No. They’re made and looking for a retailer to carry it. You deserve a ban for blatant trolling.
>>11849488Lmao i’d search kickstarter for playmates toys if i were you, won’t let me link due to spam Search Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Combinable Dragonzord
>>11849498>CombinableWe’re talking about two different products then
Its realSuper jewery
>>11849507Based, pay up or shut up, or just buy the old toys
>>11849507The fuck.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suoEVCyG8csWhy is it so super deformed?
The hands don't fold in on the Dragonzord? Brave choice.
>>11849514just buy the old toy
>>11849507Man, that looks even worse than the original Dragonzord toy.
>>11849514These are renders who knows how the actual one in 2027 will be
Not even hasbrow was this jewish, concerning power rangers anyways, mostly because they didn't give a shit.
>>11849507The fuck? The Imaginext Dragonzord looked better than that. This looks like a South Park Dragonzord. Also, the entirety of the head fin isn't supposed to have the green/gold pattern, the top half is supposed to be silver. And why are there symbols on the hands? And they took the inaccurate golden toes from the fucking ZAP Dragonzord. What the fuck is going on??>>11849514>The hands don't fold into the chestplate piecesSo, uh... Is the Dragonzord Fighting Mode just not possible with this toy, then?
>>11849525The hands are missile firing fists they pop off and store somewhere else
>>11849507Really? You're telling me not one online retailer wanted this? Amazon? BigBadToyStore? EnetertainmentEarth? Bull and shit.Sigh...well, if I must.
>already 320 followersWonder how many they're shooting for
Playmates really is just the worst
>>11849559It’ll be a good indicator of who’s actually buying the line
On the plus side, if this pans out they may have an outlet for Titanus and/or Tor.
>>11849566More likely for shogun as the Ninja zords are easier to upscale
>>11849507So this is what a multi-million dollar corporation that made TMNT a toyline in its heyday is reduced to.
>>11849591Yeah, they're on their way out
>>11849591Almost every toy manufacturer has some type funded program now playing
>>11849629Mattel didn't make a worse version of Eternia when it ran that kickstarter anon
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>>11848365I begged and pleaded with PR fans to appreciate the Lightning Collection instead of waiting for Figuarts and nobody listened to me. Figuarts won’t even make monsters for Kamen Rider. But we actually got Monsters in Lightning Collection.
I mean after the white ranger helmet debacle and goldner dying did you really think hasbro wanted to continue this brand?
>>11849514Hope this is WIP, it looks like the helmet doesn't even fit over the head correctly.
>>11849653I supported anon I really did but even they fucked up so so many times and by the time they got their shit together it was too little too late. Least they went out with a bang with the Remastered figures but even that was a pain to collect all 6.
>>11849653figuarts came and went years before lightning collection wat u mean
>>11849653I appreciate that Hasbro made some deep cut choices like Red Ecliptor and Pirantishead. But that is no excuse for how often they halfassed the actual sculpts, or continued to leave in inaccurate details that anyone could have spotted if they looked at a single promo image.Figuarts is an even bigger mess since they let that line die by refusing to listen to the American buyers and now only release Reds in the expensive SHFSS subline. These Playmates figures aren't ideal, but they're already more consistent in detail than the Lightning Collection Zeo Rangers and have more paint than the Legacy Collection ones. The fact they might even have a combinable Zeo Blaster will probably give people a reason to buy the team a 3rd time.
>Yes, we KNOW we're using an image of the Super7 Ultimates Dragonzord, but if you could just PRETEND that that's our Dragonzord, we'd really appreciate it.
>>11849744wish that fucker were like 4 inches shorter
>>11849743No wonder no retailer wanted it.
>>11849744check the bottom right corner, combine all 6 to build the MEGA DRAGONZORBZORB
>>11849716When Lightning Collection was coming out, a lot of people were holding off on them, hoping that Figuarts would resume making PR figures.
>>11849759insane people behavior. i had both sets at the same time and lightning collection was better scaled anyway
>>11849507Forget Dragonzord, give me a Kickstarter for Squatt and King Sphinx, and throw in a Finster and Scorpina while you're at it.
>>11849761Non-zero chance those end up being one of the stretch goals mentioned in the video on the page
>>11849744>Not a single Green Ranger anywhere on the box>"Combine all 6 to build the Mega Dragonzord!" Only five Dino Zord symbols shownLike I know it's just a mock up but Jesus Christ if it's gonna look like shit anyway at least throw a transparent Green Ranger png and the old Bandai green Godzilla "Power Coin" on there so it looks like accurate shit, for fuck's sake.
I don't have much experience with figures, I'm recently getting back into it after almost 30 years. Is there a company that makes PR/SS figures that are of Storm Collectibles / Storm Arena quality? Or anything that close in terms of sculpt, paint and articulation?
>>11849804Toy Battalion or Mezco are okay
>>11849804>Any wholesome kino little sculpture breath takingly made full of bing bangazino?
>>11849814The real irony is using all those buzzwords just to defend multinational conglomerates. Settling for a decade of outdated articulation and buying your 10th repaint of a 5 year old Hasbro mold is peak corporate consumer behavior.
>>11849822power rangers is a corporate product that is a rehash of another country's children entertainment you fucking retard
>>11849825Your (you're) confusing the IP with the product. It being a corporate license is exactly why blindly defending outdated lazy molds is peak mindless consumerism.
>>11849832playmates does a better job with power rangers than hasblow did, the toys look uniform and not sloppy like lightening collection was
>>11849832>Your (you're) confusing the IP with the product.the ip is the product you cock sucking faggot, but then again you're a power tard and still think this dead brand has any relevancy
>>11849835An IP is a copyright. An action figure is a piece of injection molded plastic. They are not the same thing. You can like a franchise and still demand better manufacturing engineering from a multi-billion-dollar corporation. Blindly buying lazy and outdated plastic repaints is the definition of mindless consumerism no matter how much you scream. Stay mad, little goy.
>>11849840>Blindly buying lazy and outdated plastic repaintsholy shit look at this retard saying its lazy to buy power ranger toys do you have any self awareness when the entire brand is just repaints of the same dude, jesus christ power tards have brain damage
>>11849841You're trapped in a loop. My entire post was asking how to avoid bad repaints. Thanks for proving my point.
>>11849842>My entire post was asking how to avoid bad repaints>I'm right because these children's toys are not for methen buy something else, retard. theres dozens of options out there but you're too retarded of a nigger to figure it out
>>11849845Imagine throwing a multi-hour tantrum just to end up telling me to do exactly what my very first post asked for. You completely conceded my point and ran out of logic.. Absolute clown behavior.
>>11849507How fucked must playmates be to not be able to sell this at any retailer? not fucking BBTS? This line is actually doomed.
>>11849741desu that figuarts line was always going to die. people don't want to spend 50 bucks on a figure to complete a team and it's very small subset that wants to complete teams. We've seen that fail over and over. the current way is better. release most popular rangers and keep it moving.
>>11848371you dont know what that word means
>>11849887good, it's trash
Playmates caught using AI
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>>11850043>>11850045>>11850047>>11850049kekarooo
>>11850043>>11850045>>11850047>>11850049>>11850054power fags deserve this treatment, pay up little piggie
>>11850043>>11850045>>11850047>>11850049of course they used ai, if you watch the trailer it's clear they're not putting any money into this at allhttps://x.com/RangerBoard/status/2078273967375180131
>>11850067And? Its cheaper and exactly what power fags like yourself deserve. either make your own or keep crying about it
>>11850069anon I know you're a schizo but I am not buying this, I am pointing out how cheap this is
>>11850043Small Hong Kong company, please understand. Making things is hard.
>>11850074I guess Americans should buy it back again and figure out what to do with the brand if this is the best they can hope for and continually shit and piss themselves because of a lazy kickstarter. Guess you should have kept toys r us around
>>11849591Do you miss Toys r Us yet?This is the kind of thing they’d have as an exclusive. They’ll probably do the same thing with Shogun Megazord and the Battle Borgs.
>>11850043>>11850045>>11850047>>11850049Pinfag where the fuck are you, I want to see you shill for this slop has hard as you can lmao
>>11850081why bother, this brand doesn't make money anymore. Let it whither and die, finally, peacefully
>>11849507Oh the brand is DEAD dead.
>>11850125HOLY KINO
>>11850096NTA but you need a hobby
>>11850135not gonna lie but power fags need to move on
>>11850135Anon you are just as much of a faggot who defended visible pins, you know that right?
>>11850138Yeah maybe but at least I don't spend time trying to call out randoms on the internet
>>11850137as a power fag i wholeheartedly agree, i still want some more Hiya scaled Zords though
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>>11850140>I might be a cum guzzling faggot but-Agreeing with the superior men making fun of you is not a gotcha moment dipshit. Secondly its the nature of the internet for dumbasses to be ridiculed and if you can't handle that then get back to redit
>>11850261bait or retardation, feel free to tell us which
>>11850268Its retardation, there's no reason why that faggot would die on the hill of visible pins of all things and from a shitty company like playmates no less. Makes you wonder where his parents went wrong, like not aborting him for starters.
>>11850067>https://x.com/RangerBoard/status/2078273967375180131>The power rangered dinozordsSo cheap can't even use properly sized graphics that don't look like powerpoint.
>>11849891if i want (as an example) the other gorengers should i just go eat shit and fuck myself?
>>11848071Why is everyone bending their knees like they have arthritis?
>>11850726You actually have the option of the HAF Gorengers.
>>11850779fair point. i could have mentioned any other incomplete (speaking in terms of figuarts) team, but generally speaking a good chunk of series do have modern-ish figures.still sucks that we never heard about baseball mask again, though.
>>11849629They were for things that for the most part couldn't be just sold normally online, like Eternia, Thundercats Lair, Galactus, Sentinel, etc. Maybe some of the GI Joe classified vehicles could've been. This Dragonzord definitely could've been just sold online.
>>11850867Online retailers are still run by Gen Xoomers who don't take Power Rangers seriously. Even with the Megazord giftset selling out within days, I can't see them going for this.
>>11850869BBTS and EE would definitely stock it.
>>11850043Do you really think they wouldn't use AI? They know they have collectors by the balls with this so they can pretty much do whatever they want and collectors will have to buy it. Collectors need to have more self control and be discerning; to look at a product and say they would rather have the money still in their bank account than a bad product, even if it looks like something from a show they like. And if that means no more Power Rangers toys ever, then so be it.
Neathttps://www.target.com/p/power-rangers-3pk-transfer-animal-figure/-/A-94977154#lnk=sametab
>>11850876I don't know how you could look at this crap with all the other similarly scaled zords already well available and actuallly want it to begin with, as a collector."colllectors" that just buy everything indiscriminately just for themselves just have a mental illness and a place full of roaches funded by the guvment
>>11850991it might be if lightning collection didn't exist, leave this for the non-existant child consumer base that playmates is geared towards.
>>11850993Collectors are brainwashed that new releases must be bought, that is why they have so many copies of the same thing, or why they sell older versions of things only to rebuy new versions.
>>11850991>they used the Green Ranger's upper arms and just didn't paint the bands instead of giving him the bandless arms from the core malesWhy?
>>11851056Small noggin
>>11851056My guess is either the arms with bands are gang molded onto something that has to be green ranger only, or they intended to do the armband only look and then decided not to but didn't change out the molds
>>11851056Frequently for the people who make these figures, the design is just a job and they get lazy and take shortcuts like so many do. If they don't care about the product, there is no problem in a few off details.
>>11850991Nice boobs, Tommy.
>>11851064Red and Black have the bands though, so those had to be molded independently from the other Green Ranger stuff, and if that could be done for them, then surely the bandless arms could have be molded for Green.
He's a biggun
>>11851056It costs more money to produce a run with only the standard arms, because you have to change the mold.
>>11851629Say what you will about Playmates, their zords sure are hefty.
>>11851649I regret not getting the Dino Megazord.
>>11851649>>11851655why are you choosing playmates zords over Legacy
>>11851661Price
>>11851666why not just chill out and stack cash for a second instead of settling for garbage? Is that how you treat your whole life, just settling for shit because you don't value yourself?
>>11851689Dude it's just a toy
>>11849511based old man voice
>>11851695yeah but why choose the shittiest version of a toy that there is?
>>11851661Who says I don't have both?
>>11851726that's actually worse
>>11851721Anon this is the thread where some faggot defended AI slop and visible pins, you know he's going to consooom the shittiest version of a product possible.
>>11851732They're both good in different waysAlthough I sincerely hope that if Playmates ever gets around to the Ninja Zords the Falcon won't fall off the Megazord's back once you look at it funny.
>>11851629He being big is certainly a charming point.
>>11851629His stubby manlet arms and long giraffe legs offend me
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>>11852032But they were all of them deceived, for the dragonzord was made of trash, designed with only malevolent intent. In the land of China, in the fires of the infernal Playmates factory, the corporation created a temptation to obtain for itself the money of thousands, and destroy the reputation of the Power Rangers brand upon an altar of Mammon.
>>11852083>destroy the reputation of the Power Rangers brandHow can you destroy something that was trash from day one?
>>11852101Those early writers poured a lot of love and soul into rearranging and remixing the Japanese tokusatsu episodes and building their own stories on top of it. It must have been very difficult slotting so many pieces together to fit properly. And the suffering of the actors under lack of pay was high. From the top it may have been corrupt, but there were those below that had an earnest spirit.
>>11851639That Green Ranger is already using the chest from the core males. The shielded chest has a recessed area for the shield to plug into. If he can use that, and shielded Red and Black can use the arms without the bands, I don't see why Green can't use the bandless arms.
>>11848071>those absolutely nonsensical leg joints at the pelvis, like on the turtles toysBaffling decisions. These are dead on arrival for me. I'm so glad Ninja Turtles is going to Mattel
>>11852256I don't understand how they haven't seen the widespread criticism of how much people hate those leg joints, or simply don't recognize looking at them how aesthetically horrible they are. They also have horrible functionality. It's like a rubix cube trying to get them into spread poses. Swivel hinge legs are great if the hinge is on the side, otherwise just use simple ball joints. I don't understand how something so basic is beyond their grasp in 2026.
>>11852384Do you really think playmates would try to improve?
Playmates really fucking up everything huh?
>>11852604This is how things work. When a fandom en masse express dismay at the output of the IP holder due to low quality product, the IP holder, rather than striving to do better and win back fans' trust, outsources it to someone 5x worse as a punishment for the fanbase. You can't win--the only way to win is not to buy.
