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covered in extremely outdated looking joints Yikes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
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
>>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
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
>>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.
>>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
>>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.
>>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.
>>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.
>>11849841You're trapped in a loop. My entire post was asking how to avoid bad repaints. Thanks for proving my point.
>>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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>>11850047
>>11850043>>11850045>>11850047>>11850049kekarooo
>>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
>>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.
>>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.
>>11850096NTA but you need a hobby
>>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.
>>11851661Price, Size, Rarity (nobodies buying these, and the Battle Packs sell for double online)
>>11851689It will look better after the chrome repaint and replacement stickers
>>11852083This is the first ever Dragonzord with stretch goals. Gunna be lit AF.
>>11852384It's just a kids toy dude, it's not that deep. Buy a more premium line if you wanna cry so hard.
>>11853030Those aren't kid toys though, they're the collector focused figures.
>>11853030Being kids toys is no excuse to be slop anon
This thread has been hijacked by the non-American toku fandom!Anyway, besides the point since I always think the Power Rangers General should be a wholesale Toku General instead where all forms of toku from both sides of the world (yes, even French and Brazilian toku are fair game), I wanna talk about the Japanese toys. With that out of the way, I would like to casually mention that even Kamen Rider is adapting the Tokusatsu Action Figure name for their Kamen Riders starting September with the My-Th line (where we get at least our first four Riders of My-Th, Maou, Rid and Datt). So, what past Riders do you want to see now under this new, and possibly final, rebranding?
>>11851283Actually, it's worse, watching a review and i'm 90% sure Zack and Jason's arms are the standard arms with a gold line painted on, checking the promo pics too makes it look a bit more obvious
>>11853130Damn you're right, the bands are just painted on Red and Black. That's actually crazy that Playmates has the parts to do the figures properly but can't be bothered to mold them in the correct color so they just add/omit paint and call it good enough.
>>11850991I saw this in the store and I looked at it and tried to figure out who the fuck the target audience was. Kids have no fucking clue who any of these characters are, nor would they watch a 20+ year old show. Likewise older fans aren't gonna buy cheap ass toys. Who the fuck is this line for?
>>11853206Its a combination of casual nostalgic collectors, the kind ok owning a ton of funko pops, and gift giving nostalgic adults who either wanna try and get a kid they know into PR, or a gift for the aforementioned first example. I know when I was a kid I was into the MMPR 2010 line, but we're really so so far removed from not only MMPR, but Power Rangers as a whole being relevant.
I was a fan of these anon>Only affordable Green Ranger and white one you could get >Fuck scalpers
>>11853206>>11853207You guys keep forgetting that they’re also streaming all three seasons of the first show. Kids are watching it.
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>>11853336he looks like he hasn't eaten in weeks
>>11853388I'm hungry!
>>11853388KEK
>>11853110amazon.
>>11848071Will they actually make it to quantum and titanium this time around
>>11853692If they know what’s good for them
>>11849507>big enough to hold numerous IPs and be publicly traded>crowdfunding
>>11853844No retailer wants it.
>>11853857Because it's ugly as shit.
>>11853844I'm just as dissapointed with Playmates as anyone else but there's tons else to complain about them without the need to split hairs about a crowdfund when other companies do it as well.
>>11853861Hasbro has suspended all Haslab activities, because they know they would all fail now (besides maybe GI Joe)
>>11853338What kid wants to watch a 20+ year old show when they have new shows?
>>11853922Name one.
>>11853922cause the designs are still pretty cool and kids are less apprehensive about old stuff than people without kids seem to think
>>11853941I am not a kid, why would I be able to name a kid's show?>>11853943I guess? The pop culture references are still waaaaay out of date.
>>11853945>pop culture referencesPower Rangers rarely made pop culture references. In the entirety of MMPR the only one I can think of is Ernie mentioning Batman in "Happy Birthday Zack", and that's far from an out of date reference. The only one I can think of which fits that bill is Kira being referred to as an Avril wannabe in Dino Thunder, referring to Avril Lavigne who hasn't been relevant in a while.
this guy's so much fun
>>11854083>>11854086>>11854087Shame about the size, although these pictures make it not that noticeable, but the monsters were great toys.
>>11854111if you're strict about scale, i can see how he's bigger than he should be, but they're monsters, i like that they kind of tower over the regular rangersplus you get someone for your minipla zords to fight (not canon)
>>11854139>but they're monsters, i like that they kind of tower over the regular rangersThat's the actual reason Hasbro said they did itSince you can still get every monster for like under $20 you can see how the fandom took that
>>11853959Skull once mentioned The Partridge Family.
>>11854267They weren't exactly contemporary at the time.
The collector's line for Playmates Power Rangers figures is now called Power Rangers Unlimited Collection.
>>11853388The Japanese stuntmen are pretty skinny, anon.
>>11854465Unwanted Collection would be a more fitting name.
>>11854139You know, I always thought Hasbro fucked up his dorsal fin and made it way too small, and that on the actual suit it went all the way down his back to the base of his tail, but looking at the actual suit again, it's actually not too far off. My bad, Hasbro. You did good (in this one specific instance - You still lose points for making his skin that weird flesh color instead of the same gold as his Zapper Apple).
>>11853945>>11853959>>11854267I remember once Skull mentioned "The President of the United States" while doing a very obvious Bill Clinton impression. Does that count as pop culture?
>>11854518zapple
Holy shit, did they rename the line??
>>11854849Works better if they’re encompassing the whole franchise
>>11854267>>11854521The point is Power Rangers didn't heavily use pop culture references. They were pretty few and far between, and most seem to have come from Bulk and Skull. The references wouldn't impact a modern kid's ability to enjoy the show. I remembered another one where they dress as Elvis, and Skull says he can be young Elvis and Bulk can be old Elvis. Another reference that wasn't exactly contemporary for the time, but Elvis is an iconic figure that I feel even kids today would know of.
>>11854849Probably want to be more opening and welcoming to people who don't deem themselves to be collectors.
>>11854885>no one reads the comics>first issue of the new one got a second printing
>>11854911It’s Power Rangers Unlimited, the new anthology one that jumps around the timeline.
>>11854849At least it's a better name. Collector Series is painfully generic and uninspired. Unlimited Collection gives the impression that anything is possible. A King Mondo for those Zeo Rangers would go a long way to building good will with the fans.
>>11854888Nah they know this garbage isn't worthy of being a "collector" Item except the zords.
Think they'll move onto Zeo Zords after the Dragonzord Kickstarter, or give a stab at the Alien Ranger stuff?
>>11855611Could go either way honestly. Especially if Reignition still sticks around as the "kid" line.
>>11855616Suppose we'll see at the next big toy fair they show up for
>>11855611not if there is anyone with any sort of sense working in a position of influence around all this
>>11855611Take this with a grain of salt, but a leaker said the Ninja Megazord and Falconzord are coming in 2027. They even said the Falconzord play feature is shooting rockets out of its wings, like in the show.
Mondo has saved Power Rangers
>>11855814>1:6
>>11855814>mondo>1/6>redesigned greeble garbage
>>11855814trash + you already missed out if you think this looks good
>>11855814This gets thrown around a lot but it unironically looks like AI
>>11855882better than playm*teslop
>>11855934it's only flaw is being McFarlane/Neca scalewhich being a movie themed figure probably works out for some people
>>11855611I don't know about the Alien Rangers specifically, but it'd be weird for them to skip Season 3 entirely.
>>11856097People are getting ahead of themselves. They're not gonna skip season 3. Zeo is just for the collector line for now.
>>11855611They won't skip season 3. Shogun Megazord, Alien Rangers and Battle Borgs COULD end up as Kickstarter campaigns.
>>11855882They are perfect but not a true 6inch like the lightning collection.What a shame
Not terrible desu
>>11856863yes it is
>>11856863I don't understand how they got the hair color so wrong.
Damn, Gold Ranger sold out quick.
>>11856863This is pretty terrible in the year 2026 anon
I bought the Lucky Micro Dragon Megazord set. I spent 1 hour trying to detransform the damn thing because there’s no instructions on how to do it.
>>11857077Yup and because I missed it I’ll wait for the inevitable complete team box set
>>11856980Making an accurate toy of a guy in a spandex suit is impossible, has been ever since 1993.
>>11856863The face is okay, but why not just make his hair the same color as his suit? It looks like it's made out of milk chocolate.
Now I just need time force
>>11856863As "not great" as these are, at least they have some very standard and essential points of articulation, like thigh swivels and bicep swivels. Unlike their Dungeon Crawler Carl figures. I really don't get what's up with Playmates.
>>11860002I really don't understand the logic of choosing 2/3 teams who were completed in the Lightning Collection to launch this new line. Wild Force is a good choice since it only got 2/6 and a Putrid. Turbo would have been a good choice since it only got 1/5 of the core team. Lightspeed only got 1/6, Time Force only got 2/6, RPM only got 1/7. I understand that Zeo and Dino Thunder are especially popular because of Tommy, but a lot of the fanbase already has 6 inch figures of those teams and aren't gonna pony up for them again, especially not for inferior versions with less articulation and those horrible hips.Now to be fair, if Playmates really was set on doing Dino Thunder, there is something they could do with that team which has never been done before, and would set their figures apart from the Lightning Collection, but I don't see them being smart enough to do it, so we'll probably just get the same vanilla version of the team that Hasbro made.
I never jumped on these more so juat because I never got yo it, but Im sad that I missed Jason and he's longer in stock. Everything MMPR Season 1 is on 50% off clearance. But I did snag this Tommy and I'm pretty happy about it. Tommy is awesome, but I feel a tiny bit sad too if I tjink about him because of how things ended up with the actor.
>>11857546There should have been a full color manual (pretty high quality print desu) in the box. The only thing it doesn't cover for whatever reason is the battery and chest light stuff on Dragonzord.
>>11856980probably just different enough to not have to pay him for using his likeness
Rescue Megazord is coming to the SMP line. Hopefully Artillatron follows.
>>11860114I think I like the other one better, but the bulkier look of this one is good.Artillatron is probably coming, I'm sure the Supertrain Megazord did well enough to warrant another big guy like that, but I'm predicting the Blue Centurion's zord first.
>>11860002ah, these bastards are teasing me with my waifus of old.
>>11860177Based taste anon
>>11860177Too bad Dino Thunder Yellow swore off the franchise and refuses to acknowledge her role in it.
>>11860192I don’t blame her after that meetup we had. I just wanted her to cover the theme song but she had to be a fucking cunt.
>>11860192I'm never surprised when the woman actors of this franchise fuck off from appearances. We're never getting a complete PRiS reunion at any show because some guy stalked Patty Lee at her only con appearance in 2008. Amy Jo from what I hear took forever to do cons because of crazy fans.
>>11860163Signalman’s sirender is definitely first and probably Pbandai.
>>11860177Taylor is my #1 Rangerfu. Her character was my favorite of the season by far, and she was a 10/10 physically. Blonde hair, blue eyes, tall, and curvy in all the right places. Even meeting her 20 years later she was a smokeshow. If the Wild Force figures actually get released before the line is canceled I really hope they don't fuck up her head.
>>11860087They've never had to pay any actors for their likenesses, voices, etc. because Saban had them sign that shit away from the jump. Numerous actors from different seasons have attested to this.
They're fucking rereleasing Goldar and Baboo for the Season 2 wave instead of releasing King Sphinx and Squatt or even just two actual Season 2 monsters I fucking can't even with this goddamn company
>>11860421Yeah, I'm a little disappointed with the line showing off a bunch of stuff that has yet to be seen, Squatt is a bigger one since he hasn't had a 5" figure but also stuff like the retro 8" remakes, the bikes with blue and black, the single carded 5" non-fliphead rangers, etc. I get it's harder to get retailers to carry a ton but damn. If they'd just reissue that walmart 6 pack i'd be more fine, i hate how the flipheads tower over the villains.
>>11860519I think market research has probably soured them on releasing Squat due to his tubbiness.
>>11860530But surely they see every social media post of theirs being responded to with "Yeah that's nice where's Squatt?"
>>11860421To be fair Goldar and Baboo had a weird release at the beginning of the year at only Target. Them getting a wider release is a good thing, as Baboo being more available will create more demand for Squatt. I still have faith we will eventually get him. Playmates is clearly listening to fan demand with the Dragonzord kickstarter and collector figures. People just need to keep pressing them about Squatt.
>>11860002I'm worried this is gonna be like Bandai's 6.5" Legacy line and be nothing but Rangers, which are boring without any villains. Zeo only got Cogs from Hasbro with none of the main villains. Dino Thunder only got Mesogog, who only ever fought the Rangers one time, and in a mutated form. If Playmates wants me to care give me a full collection, not just the Rangers. The Machine Empire have never had proper action figures beyond Cogs and monsters, give me the damn royal family! Dino Thunder could really use Zeltrax, and neither Elsa nor the Tyrannodrones have ever had action figures, so those would be great to get. We don't need another Mesogog, and we don't need more Cogs, let's not waste resources on stuff we already have in 6" scale.
>>11860114FUCK YEAHNow just give me Mega Voyager and my life shall be complete
>>11860002>Wild forcewhy the fuck would they choose that trash
>>11860612It's a good choice because it was an incomplete team in the Lightning Collection, and we already have 6" Putrids for them to fight. We also need the Red Ranger for a 6" Forever Red display. Only Lightspeed Red and Quantum Ranger would be missing to complete that.
>>11860612Wild Force was great though, great fun series that took itself seriously no matter how ridiculous it got, and I like the melodramatic acting. My only issue is that it starts the over reliance on CGI
Were you satisfied or dissatisfied by the panel?
>>11860612Gaoranger was a huge seller back in the day and supposedly that success carried over to Wild Force.Also helps they have some of the more unique helmets in the series, making them easier to stand out.
>>11860750And the zords are some of the coolest in the series, with the mix-n-match gimmick.
>>11860750>>118609292027 also happens to be Wild Force's 25th anniversary believe it or not.
>>11861093that makes my bones creak
>>11860060>I really don't understand the logic of choosing 2/3 teams who were completed in the Lightning Collection to launch this new line.Hasbro did such a bad job marketing the series that people are legitimately believing like the playmates was the first cheap kids toy option for MMPR in years when Hasbro was cranking out them for a while, although without the villains admittedly. Playmates has done a solid job just selling the brand at least.
>>11861274That, but also they just did such a bad job in general. Red's helmet being so bad comes to mind as one of the many MANY things they did so wrong and then when they looked to be getting in the groove (after a few years) oops lines fucking dead.
>>11860421I can understand Goldar and the Putty but why would anyone want any of Rita's other jobbers and MotW? even when Hasbro had the license I was just bewildered by the waste of plastic on offer: Tenga Warrior? Eyeguy? all the plastic wasted on king sphinx and the carrot guy could've gone to Lothor, Marah and Kapri.
>>11861611As someone who watched MMPR for about 2.5 seasons when it came out and almost never again, and saw a bit of Zyuranger more recently in the 2020s but didn't pay close attention, I cannot identify any inaccuracy in that helmet. And that is exactly the lack of meticulousness that Hasbro expects of their consumers. If you want perfect accuracy, some weird Chinese third parties, Japanese imports, or the like are about all that will fill that.
>>11860060>I really don't understand the logic of choosing 2/3 teams who were completed in the Lightning Collection to launch this new line.Not only that, but both Zeo and Dino Thunder were released in full in Bandai's Legacy line. Playmates really should have lead with something else for collectors. Time Force is ripe for the picking, and there hasn't been a complete set of Turbo Ranger figures in almost 30 years.>>11861274>people are legitimately believing like the playmates was the first cheap kids toy option for MMPR in years when Hasbro was cranking out them for a whileHasbro didn't really have any cheap, kid friendly MMPR toys beyond those minimally poseable 12 inch figures (which I don't think I ever actually saw in a store), and the Megazord. The only other figures Hasbro made which had a cheap, kid friendly price point were the Retromorphins, but those were Walmart exclusives divided between two waves which were six months apart, and if you didn't pre-order them it was very difficult to find a complete set at retail.
>>11861891>that is exactly the lack of meticulousness that Hasbro expects of their consumersAnd that is why the line failed. Power Ranger fans are extremely autistic and notice these things. Instead of getting it right and making it an appealing figure for everyone, they half-assed the job and soured the mood of the hardcore fans who immediately noticed how wrong it was. Maybe they begrudgingly bought it anyway, but over time all that half-assing and getting things wrong added up and the hardcore fans eventually stopped wanting to buy shitty products with a perpetually increasing price tag.
>>11861996I congratulate the Power Rangers fandom for winning. You broke the cycle. Your reward is freedom from the chains of consumerism. You can save your money and retire early instead of spending it on cheaply made, inaccurate plastic junk designed to extract maximum profit like the Lightning Collection. Those of us in the Marvel and DC fandoms are still imprisoned in the terrible cycle of corporate abuse. One day maybe we too can be free from the terrible dream of the men in the suits and their endless pursuit of money.
>>11861963>>11860060Playmates probably did the same market analysis as Hasbro, found the 2-3 PR properties that they projected would get the highest profits for them and went with that. Corporate decision makers don't think like fans, they don't try to get into the weeds of details or find previously under-served audiences unless they are scraping the bottom of the barrel looking for squeezing the last out of an already long running line. They are averse to risk so they go with the same safe choices, corporation by corporation.
>>11862070thanks but unfortunately I do still need a Hiya scaled Dragon and Megazord, and I wouldn't mind at least a White Falcon Zord either.
>>11862077>Corporate decision makers don't think like fans, they don't try to get into the weeds of details or find previously under-served audiencesThey do when they have people working for them who are genuine fans who actually care. Hasbro didn't have Power Rangers fans working on the Lightning Collection. Does pic related look like the person you want working on something as autistic and nerdy as Power Rangers? They brought in John Warden to try to save it, and he may have done good things for Transformers, but he still wasn't a Power Rangers fan and didn't understand what Power Rangers fans wanted. We got oversized, out of scale monsters and the ZAP debacle during his tenure. We got the Power Weapons with needless greebles and lightning bolts added to them. The figures still had inaccuracies and inconsistencies. There were still baffling decisions made in regards to character selection. The QC was still terrible.
>>11861626>why would anyone want any of Rita's other jobbersBecause not one single toy line has given us the entire MMPR alien crew all together and it's one of the few worthwhile things left to do with the show's merchandise at this point.
>>11860002Lightspeed never ever as always
>>11862233sounds like a Ron Wasserman song
>>11862233Not one single morph in Super Megaforce...
>>11861891Genuinely stupid take, and from your post's after, it sounds like you like the smell of your own farts. >I cannot identify any inaccuracy in that helmet.so you didn't own the figure got it > If you want perfect accuracy, some weird Chinese third parties, Japanese imports, or the like are about all that will fill that.Lool, what is that bullshit? It's a helmet on a human, not a character like Spider-man who has a million different depictions of source material from comics. Oh, and guess what? They seem to do a fine job with Stormtroopers and Darth Vader. You know what happened when they fucked up Vader's helmet? They fixed it. This was way before they started making Power Rangers figures. But do go on about how we expected too much by wanting the helmet to be accurate the most important piece of a Ranger's outfit.
>"If you can recognize the character, it's 'on model'."
>>11862660Yeah, honestly knowing hasbro's method of fucking up a release so they can "fix" it later so you double dip, wouldn't surprise me if it was intentional they fucked it so bad
>>11848071>missed the re-ignition lord zedd amazon dropWHY DO THESE FUCKING AMAZONIGGERS ALWAYS SELL OUT THEIR TOYS RIGHT BEFOTE I FOUND ABOUT THEM BEING PUT ON AMAZONFUCK JEFF BEZOS WITH A RAPIST DICK
>>11862660Not to make excuses for Hasbro, but that helmet is cursed and has been off-model on more toys than it's been on-model. The original toys were off-model. Bandai's 6.5" 15th Anniversary and Legacy figures were off-model. Even the Figuarts and ThreeZero were off-model.
>>11862233Titanium got a Super Legends Figure, Titanium and Red got 5" Action Heros, Blue got a Lightning Collection figure, and the full core team got Shodo Supers. That's more than Time Force has gotten since it ended. Red and Quantum got 5" Action Heros, and Red and Blue got Lightning Collection figures. That's it.
>>11862660I never did end up getting the Premium MMPR set becuase I didn't feel like double dipping, but holy shit I had to replace Red's helmet. I ended up ordering the Yellow/Red 2 pack where Trini and Jason swapped powers and just swapped the better helmets from that set. No regrets.
>>11861626Because the monsters are the coolest part about MMPR, kill yourself
>>11862982what's the point of having a racecar if you never take it to the track
>>11861626>why would anyone want any of Rita's jobbers? They should have made Lothor's jobbers instead
>>11861626Disney era fans are fucking deluded, Lothor was so hated back in the day the show runner had to humiliate him in Dino thunder and kill him off screen.
>>11862997Ninja Storm in general was pretty hated during it's run. I remember being one of the few people to speak favorably about it online and consider it an improvement over Wild Force, and it started a war between me and the most well known posters at the time. In retrospect they were biased against Ninja Storm from the start because their friend Amit lost his job, as did all of the Los Angeles crew as Disney moved production to New Zealand.
>>11862857I managed to snag a Z-Putty from them by pure luck.
>>11863002Ninja storm is ok but I still kinda despise it for this shift in lampshading and guffawing at how silly all this Japanese stuff is. All the Disney seasons have that feeling to me, which felt like a huge step down after In Space through Wild Force to me.
>>11862660does it look different?
>>11863127lmao the weeb is mad at the american show making fun of the silly jap show for being silly.
>>11863127For serious?
>>11863161Yeah, it’s just a tonal thing. This material works better when it’s goofy but the characters themselves take it deathly serious.
>>11863178agree. This is why mighty morphin is the only one that matters, and the second they put on those ninja costumes it stops mattering.
>>11863127>>11863178Lothor himself is a good example of the right balance.He was goofy, but he never acted like he was playing around.
>>11863157
>>11863324can't say I haven't seen each helmet at least once
>>11863157Your eyes are really bad if you can’t tell from that picture.
>>11863324Has the visor ever not had silver completely surrounding it, like in late season recreations of the originals made by the western prop designers?
>>11863384Not that I can remember, even the suit used in forever red had it.
>>11849511because it WAS, therefore, it IS>>11849743gotta lova the AI slop that replaced human graphic designers.
>>11862909my 33 year old figure has a more accurate headsculpt than most figures now and it has less molding.
>>11863425your figure was sculpted by a different generation, a generation that took pride in their work even if they were not fans of the property. Now only fans of the property or high paid sculptors who work on imports would put in the level of meticulousness needed to make an accurate sculpt.
>>11863428The sentai designs were done by PLEX which also worked on the toys, so there’s a good chance that Red ranger was designed by people who designed the suit for the show
>>11862857He's available now. Check quickly!
I wonder why they didn't just go all in and go for Titanus in the campaign too. Maybe they're still hoping they can convince some retailer to pick it up when season 3 rolls around.
>>11863559Got him last night but thank you anyways for letting me knowAlso does anyone have more info on these season 2 re-ignition displays showing up at walmart? Is lord zedd gonna be included in the displays new products or will he be left out like how like goldar and the putty were left out of the first re-ignition display last year? Also are they showing up in a certain part of the country first? I really want zedd so if i see this display ill get him since i dont wanna wait till mid august if i have too.
>>11863755Well, last year it was the Zords, the auto morphing rangers, and Rita. So if they follow that train of thought Zedd would be there. I just hope it’s all six this time…
>>11863755Good that they aren't being pants on head retarded this time and including all the Zords.
>>11863637Titania has always been a hard sell. I suspect the reason he was marketed again back in the day for Season 3 and in space is because they had so many left over they had to do something with all the ones left over from year 1. Maybe not silver titans, that was probably just them trying to use a large mold they had to fill a missing price point that year. But the season 3 release seems like they just made dragonzord chests to resell dead stock.
I will now purchase a 3d printer
>>11863871it would've been neat if Titanus was a BAF with the 6 individual zords since they're selling them that way, legs with the legs, head and chain with trex, butt/tail/base with dragonzord, front half of the torso with ptero, god toys fucking suck now
>>11864437Sorry, buddy. You're being way too sensible. Why divide the cost between figures with a build-a-figure when you can grab hardcore completionists by the balls with a Kickstarter campaign?
>>11864337>>11864342>>11864343>>11864346>>11864349This is the future of power rangers toys. Companies don't produce stuff that seems nearly This Good
>>11864798I'm honestly torn because the designs are cool but the actual toys themselves look like they're made out of Play-doh.
>>11864858So those are PLA prints with colored filament, you can totally use Resin (the designer recommends adding some filling to a number of pieces if you go this route) and then paint it however you want to make them look more like real shelf worthy products from a legit company.Check out this dude that printed a Dragonzord from these files that's about the size of a 4 year old child - https://youtu.be/63K0ggIBbiI?si=--ghUEJkZfr4WY9zPersonally I'd just make them Hiya Godzilla line sized, but you can do whatever you want. This is pretty far down the line in terms of project attention for me but they seem like the best options available at this point. I think I'd just stick with PLA though, maybe get a bead blaster to sand them so you can't see any of those print lines.Where the fuck else am I gonna get a Serpantina anyway?
love this cow
might get the sphinx to make it a tank/dps/healer party
>>11865164I would recommend getting the Super7 King Sphinx. The Lightning Collection King Sphinx looks like shit. And no, I'm not a Super7 shill or anything, the Super7 King Sphinx is honestly just the better looking representation of the character (it has more paint and the face actually looks like how it's supposed to), and it's roughly the same size as the LC monsters. Unless you don't care and you're fine with whatever, in which case nevermind.And before anyone says anything, I literally bought every single other Lightning Collection monster figure, warts, inaccuracies, and all. The LC King Sphinx is just THAT bad.
With the Thunderzords pretty much in retail already, I guess we'll see the a season 3/MMPRTM teaser soon.
Speaking of the Thunder Zords, it just occurred to me... Are they going to be Re-Ignitioning Season 2 like they did with Season 1? I haven't heard anything about that.
>>11865414The show? Yeah, that’s the plan.
>>11865371>With the Thunderzords pretty much in retail already, I guess we'll see the a season 3/MMPRTM teaser soon.Why would you think that? We got nothing about the season 2 stuff until Toy Fair.
>Doubling down on the kind of merch that killed Super Sentai>After two other companies already tried and failedAt what point does it just become money laundering?
>>11865890Playmates' collector offerings are at least more affordably priced when you take inflation into account, but I think $20 in 2026 is still too high for Power Ranger figures. That's $120 for your average team of six, and most people are not going to buy full teams when it costs over $100. People will generally pick and choose their favorites, leaving the less popular Rangers to peg warm. We've seen this twice already. Bandai couldn't even move the less desirable Rangers when a build-a-figure was tied to them.I wish Playmates had just stayed in their lane with the cheap 5" figures. The complete non-automorphin set of MMPRs was only $57.99. Also, because it was only sold as a complete set, no peg warmers to deal with. If they had released sets of Zeo, Wild Force, and Dino Thunder Rangers like that for $60 I think they would have sold very well. The $20 six inch figures will just be Lightning Collection 2.0, but somehow worse.
>>11865930Your complaint about the price sounds like my takes but so many people here tell me I'm crazy because "everything" is insanely expensive now. I can't tell if they're toy industry shills or are just made of money and so they don't really care about buying mostly unpainted figures for $28+
>>11865930Even then, there's the issue that nobody has been able to shift ranger figures to anyone other than collectors in decades. Kids want masks, wrist morphers, that kind of thing. Just look at sales of Rider belts. Insanely popular with collectors and the actual target demo.And as you say, collectors will only be interested in the dolls if it's a complete set. Nobody is going to be picking out favourites. That market doesn't exist anymore.
>>11865947>I can't tell if they're toy industry shills or are just made of moneyAutism bux.
>>11865709Do you REALLY think they'll stop at season 2 when the next one is about ninjas? By "soon", I meant next year's Toy Fair. This year is almost over.
>>11866136>This year is almost over.It's August 1st! There are 5 full months left in the year. Toy Fair is not until February. That is not soon.
>>11866261The year will be over before you know it.
>>11866261If you have a life, 5 months is over in a flash if you don’t and just fixate on toy news then yeah its a long time
>>11866398>>11866479That's like saying your dick is almost 12 inches when it's only 7. It's not close.
>>11866632Gross comparison.In other topic, after seeing the Kaiju zord designs and they look pretty nice. Playmates could try to make them. They made 3 of the Rangers already.
>>11866890>Playmates could try to make themYou have no idea how much I want that. They don't even have to be big.
Bravo Playmates
>>11867359Tigerzord looks so tiny...
>>11867359You can tell Playmates struggled with the Thunder Megazord design. Ninja Megazord should be a lot easier.
>>11867489Its also budgeting, the Dino megazord was made before the the global economic issues involving oil
I saw the full spread of season 2 stuff at Walmart, it looks pretty good but I missed the good painted megazord bundle so I'm using that as my excuse to not buy anything
>>11867359While that Tigerzord is probably the worst it's ever been size-wise, this has always been an issue with the Tigerzords and Dragonzords over the years - So fucking tiny compared to their respective Megazords.
>>11867359the fuck? Can you put that Tigerzord next to a ruler it might actually be perfect for me
>>11867534I wasn’t talking about the size but that’s understandable too. I was talking about the design. Dairenoh/Thunder Megazord has always been hard to translate in toy form due to its wearable armor design. Legacy is still the best version of it in both combined and separated modes.
>>11867740The Legacy Zords weren't bad. The Megazords were taller, but not absurdly so. What's really bizarre though is how the OG Megazord is so big in comparison to the the Thunder. The Thunder Megazord has always been the bigger toy, and it makes sense in lore that it would be bigger since the Thunderzords were upgraded Dinozords. Playmates Thunderzords certainly don't feel like an upgrade.
I don't know toys I had this in like the mid 90's. Are they good? Is $25-$30 acceptable for brand new/unopened?
>>11867960Still waiting on the playmates remake of these. Where they fuck are they, it's been over a year since they were shown?
>>11867359Oh, so they're speed running to copy why the ZAP hasbro line failed. What in the fuck is this scaling?
>>11867960>Is $25-$30 acceptable for brand new/unopened?That's a VERY fair price for them. Most nowadays are missing accessories and are yellowed from poor storage.
>>11867971Are they going to be the same size and scale?>>11867991If I do happen to get a new one that is yellowed out the box, do you have any tips on removing it or does it need to be painted over? There are lots on Ebay around that price range.
>>11868003>do you have any tips on removing it or does it need to be painted over?You could maybe use the techniques used by those who restore old PCs to their original whiteness, I can't remember the name of the process but it wouldn't be hard to find after googling a bit. Repainting would be the easiest option though.
>>11867960what?
>>11867960>trans Kimberly
>>11867960I had those things back in the 90s. Max I'd pay today is 3 bucks. I'm sure the looney toons on ebay are paying tons though
>>11868003>>11868013Retrobrighting.
>>11867960Depending on the condition of the box, that's a good price.
>>11868032That's the one.
>>11868003>Are they going to be the same size and scale?8" so similar. They have shown Green, not sure if they will also release the White Ranger.
>>11867944Production budget, playmates had the initial size bigger but the oil cost changed drastically over the next year when Thunder Megazord was being designed
>>11867944>The Legacy Zords weren't bad. The Megazords were taller, but not absurdly so.Sure, but it's just always bothered me, even as a kid, that the toys of Tommy's Zords were always so much shorter than the Megazords, considering the actual suits/characters were always about the same size. I knew why it was like that, of course, but it still bugged me.
>>11868193it's so cool they painted the guns and added personal weapons when they could've easily cheaped out, of course they may never release either, so who knows
>>11868373It never bothered me, but what did was when the Dragonzord, which was the same size as the Megazord, was the same size as the Tyranosarus, one component of the Megazord.And the same with the Red Dragon and White Tiger.
>>11868649Yeah, it especially bothered me when Shogun or Super Zeo, or Rescue Zords were as big as the combined Megazord. I understand that they had to be guys in suits, but there are things they could have done to make them look smaller.
>>11853030Sure thing, just point me to the current premium power rangers toyline.
>>11855814>>11855882Hideous
>>11860596Playmates give me Louie Kaboom and my life is yours!
>>11868649>the Dragonzord, which was the same size as the Megazord, was the same size as the Tyranosarus, one component of the Megazord.>same with the Red Dragon and White Tiger.These two examples kinda make sense though. Most of the Megazord's height comes from the Tyrannosaurus (whose knees plug into the Triceratops and Sabertooth Tiger), who is a little shorter than the Dragonzord.
>>11868649>>11869289And all the Thunder Megazord is, is the Red Dragon wearing a suit of armor, so there's not going to be a HUGE difference in size (and, again, the Red Dragon is still a bit shorter than the White Tiger).
>>11868673There was little choice back then. Otherwise Both Shogun and Super Zeo would've had to be giants like Shogun was in MMPR: The Fighting Edition game.
>>11869289>>11869289>there's not going to be a HUGE difference in sizeExcept we have the functional toys and there IS a huge difference in size.
>>11869578Some designs are simply harder to translate into functional toys.
As others have pointed out, Thunder Megazord's design has always been a bit of a tricky one to get right in toy form. I remember getting a mint in-box Thunder Megazord in the early 2000s, and the thing would not stay together in Megazord mode. Even the Legacy and SMP versions both have their own fair share of QC issues. As for the Dragonzord and Tigerzord always being smaller than the main Megazord...I think once again it's the fault of the combinations. Both Dragonzord and Tigerzord need to combine with 4 other zords, so they need to be more in scale with the Tyrannosaurus/Red Dragon Thunderzord. Dragonzord also has to be small and light enough for the Mega Dragonzord combination to work without collapsing the whole Megazord, with its weight (an issue that plagues the Legacy toys)I do think Playmates could have made the Tigerzord a bit bigger, but I also wonder if they don't want to take the chance of Tigerzord being a $50-$60 toy and retailers end up rejecting it as they did with the Dragonzord. With that being said, I think Playmates are going to cook with the Ninjazords. Their designs are a lot more straightforward to do, plus Playmates could get creative with the play features.
>>11869678Even if it was for the combinations, they didn't need to make it so small. It was clearly an conscious active decision for them to make Tigerzord so small.
>>11869678>an issue that plagues the Legacy toysThe only reason the Legacy toys had weight related issues is because Bandai loaded them with diecast to appeal to retards who think robot toys need to have metal to justify a premium price point. The truth of the matter is diecast is a gimmick which almost always makes combining robot toys worse than if it had none. If Legacy Dragonzord had been made entirely out of plastic it would have had no issues.>I do think Playmates could have made the Tigerzord a bit bigger, but I also wonder if they don't want to take the chance of Tigerzord being a $50-$60 toy and retailers end up rejecting it as they did with the Dragonzord.The Tigerzord was very clearly made as small as it is in order to keep a $20 price point. Walmart was probably only willing to carry it at that price.
>>11869720I agree...They could have made the Tigerzord bigger >>11869806That's an excellent point. Bandai did go overboard with the discast, which resulted in the issues. I remember some figures in Hasbro's Transformers Titanium line being a complete train wreck as well.The Tigerzord is still only $20 in the US? In the UK, the Tigerzord is £10 more than the other 5 Thunderzords for some reason.
The Thunder Megazord is routinely made larger than the Tigerzord for no good reason. Mega Tigerzord toys always end up having really funky proportions because the Assault Team is too big in comparison to the Tigerzord. The Playmates version is the worst offender yet in that regard because of how small the Tigerzord is. I did this mockup years ago showing how a smaller Legacy Thunder Megazord would have made for a much better proportioned Mega Tigerzord.
And here is the Legacy Thunder Megazord if it had been the same 85% scale. There's absolutely no reason to make Thunder Megazord any larger than the Tigerzord.
How nice for whoever goes to this Walmart.I hate mine so much.
>>11870322My Walmarts never even got the endcaps last time so I don't expect them to this time.
>>11870305Shame Power Rangers doesn't have a KO community like Transformers. An down-scaled all plastic Legacy Thunder Megazord would appeal to a lot of people.
>>11870305>>11870304Didn't Bandai do this with the Legacy versions so the Red Dragon could be the same size as the White Tiger while they're both in battle mode?
>>11870305The resulting problem would've been a short Red Dragon. The Dairanger/Season 2 zord designs were always difficult to translate to toy form. Fortunately Season 3's zords are way easier to translate into toy form, even the Shogunzords.
>>11870305This is why I always liked that "special size" Thunder Megazord Bandai made. A pinch more suit accurate and it was just about the same size as the deluxe White Tigerzord Warrior Mode.
>>11870881I never saw that one back in the day, just the special size Red Dragon, Tigerzord, Mega Tigerzord, and Tor. Was able to get it years later on ebay though, and loved it for the reasons you state. It's also more fun to play with than the combined deluxe version which always had shit falling off.
>>11870881They have a special sized electronic thunderzord for playmates, they had one for the dino megazord too
>>11871177I saw it. It actually looks pretty good for what it is.
Looks like they fixed the Putty arm color at some point but both are being distributed.
>>11871598Which one do you consider the fixed version? Because I'm pretty sure both hand colors are accurate.
Will these new Playmates guys scale well with the Lightning Collection?
>>11865930i just think people don't want complete teams at all
>>11871610No, they're awful
>>11871610It says they're 6" exactly, so they should. >>11848075
>>11871598jeez, I can't even find them in my stores, it's like the playmates TMNT foot soldiers, they're just never there
Red Dragon is available on amazon now. Grab him when you can.
