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Even Pixel Dan had a hard time saying anything good about the Playmates crap

How did some of you get past the drastic shift to the alien rangers and/or Mondo to even get to the United Alliance stuff? It was too much change at once. Basically everything was gone that made Power Rangers itself and didnt appear to be coming back any time soon even if Zed and Rita did eventually. I just stopped watching at some point during that period.

>>11497093
Damn that’s cool and all but I don’t care

Walmart bumped up the prices of everything online
>masks were $9.99 now &12.98
>morphers were $17.78 now $19.98
>blade blasters were $19.99 now $24.98
>electronic megazord was $34.99 now $39.98
Everything else is unchanged
No idea if the prices are still the original in stores or not

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>>11497105
Are these your pics? If so, can you take one of the Putty and Goldar with that 2014 Green Ranger in the middle? I'm curious how they all scale.

>>11497124
Screen grabs

https://www.youtube.com/live/QyWkoxxOQqw?si=TtdYjEbYi8e6AFrO

>>11497117
When it comes to toys, every major retailer in the US is like a vulture pecking at the decaying flesh of their rotting customer-base, raising prices above MSRP constantly.

>>11497103
Damn, those really look awful. It's like they get worse and worse the more that's shwon off.

>>11497233
>being this pressed of fun kids toys

>>11497248
>making excuses at every turn

>>11497254
Nta but my kids are having a great time playing with these playmates toys. The only people critical over these offerings are adults that are chasing the dragon and are real bitter a toy company is catering to children instead of them. Real bizarre shit that highlights the mental health crisis surrounding adult collecting in general. Have you considered seeking help?

I only like two things about this line so far. The Rita, and that the Megazord is big. I hope if they do season two and three product they step it up a bit.

>>11497278
The blade blaster is tight

>>11497101
I didn't find there to be a drastic shift until Turbo, no pun intended. The Zeo Crystal was introduced 15 episodes prior to the Zeo series. There was quite a bit of build up and transitioning to get from MMPR to Zeo. In many ways Zeo feels like MMPR season 4. It's a very fluid extension of MMPR, and there's a lot of MMPR continuity within Zeo. Turbo is where things went off the rails. The "Scorpion Rain" fan hoax was only able to exist because there was such a massive transitional gap between Zeo and Turbo that people wanted to believe there was some sort of bridge. Even beyond the transition, the Turbo series in general felt oddly disconnected compared to the continuity rich Zeo. It's not a surprise Turbo did so poorly that In Space was going to be the final season, before In Space turned things around. I know I was personally on the verge of dropping the show after Tommy and co's exist. Honestly not sure why I didn't.

>>11497294

I left during Turbo because car Zords were boring.

>>11497294
The turbo movie was enough for my child brain to go “oh okay” and move on without being hung up on anymore lore. In retrospect I think that because most of us were used to having gaps in continuity just by the nature of cable and missing broadcasts. I only stopped watching turbo because a black guy became the red ranger desu.

>>11497275
Why do you lie like that? It's so obvious and makes you look even more like a shill.

>>11497117
I was gonna order one of everything but I figured something would be sold out or some BS would happen, hope the in store prices aren't changed yet

>>11497315
No one would lie about having kids. On 4chan anyway.

>>11497101
When it was airing I do remember distinctly not liking the alien rangers. They dragged out that storyline for way way way too long.

>>11497337
Had to use up all that Kakuranger footage

>>11497285
Nothing can beat the Legacy but it looks fun for kids. Kids deserve a good role play line, playing Power Rangers with my friends was more fun to me than playing with the figures. I have fonder memories of these two toys more than I do for a lot of the original line.

>>11497351
I now remember having those gloves. Thanks man that seriously unlocked memories.

Also just remembered I was molested and that I had a big blue ranger that was like 4 feet. Does anybody know what that was exactly?

>>11497372
Yeah, the basic Blue Ranger toy. Playmates is reissuing it at some point.

>>11497375
No it was really 4 feet tall and was 5 poa. The arms and legs were detachable for shipping

>>11497101
Zedd and Rita stuck around for Zeo at least, and the Louie Kaboom arc where they attempt to make a monster to get rid of the crippled Machine empire is among the best. Everything felt pretty smooth from Season 3-Zeo. It's Turbo where things feel really sudden, the turbo movie hand waves Zedd and Rita just deciding to give up and retire, and threads just being dropped
Turbo's first half drags, but the second half feels like a fresh start and leads into the peak years of the series with In Space-Wild Force. I just rewatched them over the weekend and they were very enjoyable, and I say this as someone who will always be closest to MMPR.

>>11497372
What that was was probably your uncle being a creeper.
What the Blue Ranger was was a rare mega size figure by an obscure company called Toymakers. Very little info or images online, I was lucky to find this blue ranger pic off ebay where it can be yours for around $250. They only made the male rangers IIRC, they have a strange thing where their mouths are slightly smiling.

>>11497117
Figures are now $12.98, they were $10.86 when first stocked. Walmart clearly sees these are moving, and since they have an exclusivity window they are price gouging while they can.

>>11497399
What I’m thinking about was all plastic. The arms alone were big enough to be the size of a child’s baseball bat almost

>>11497415
They must’ve just done it to because my original post they were still the same

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>>11497319
Are Americans poor or something? Why do you always talk about money?

>>11497372
>remembered I was molested
Average playmates defender

>>11497430
No I’m the guy shitting on playmates. Don’t spin my trauma to fit your narrative faggot.

>>11497421
>Are Americans poor or something?
Yes.

>>11497101
United alliance was a direct response to Turbo nearly killing the franchise. It and Dark Spectre was created to basically tie everything together when In Space was going to be the last season.

It's also why the OG Saban villains rarely appeared after In Space, outside cameos and one offs

>>11497487
>greater connected universe

Stop doing this, power rangers is a commercial to sell toys this capeshit crossover multiverse bullshit is gay and holds back the franchise today

>>11497080 (OP)
I may collect the mega zord, but id like some time to think it over. They just got put on shelves in my area, they look decent and fun but im just not into the head flipping stuff.

>>11497417
What year was this?

>>11497508
Some time between 93 and 98

>>11497492
Might as well go drop the $60 now for what’s available before they decide to increase the price for them too

>>11497521
?

>>11497529
Nah. What I’m looking for was the size of a child.

I guess it must’ve been a promotional store display. Man that thing would be worth a ton right now considering I can’t find any evidence of anything like that existing online.

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>>11497417
There weren't any Rangers, but there was am Astro Megazord about like that.

>>11497117
>>11497415
Zords are now $23.90 up from $19.99

I really hope they keep the 6 pack price at $60 so parents will be willing to buy them. If they’re selling the automorphers for $13 now then they might pulls some bullshit and make the 6 pack $90-$100

>>11497103
Based fun figure enjoyer. So many people have lost sight of what toys are. Collectors used to trip over themselves to buy cheap roided out 5 POA Star Wars figures. Now they expect toys to be catered to them with hyper realistic sculpts, 30 points of articulation, multiple sets of hands, etc. I miss toys just being fun simple things kids played with, and I couldn't be happier with Power Rangers going back to it's roots after too many years of collector hell from Hasbro.

>>11497117
I could barely justify myself for buying such a shitty megazord that only has size going for it for $100, I am certainly not going to buy it for $120. Also mastadon and pteradactyl aren't even up on the site.

>>11497791
Mastodon must have sold out. Makes sense given it's not currently available in stores. It says there's only 6 Ritas left in stock, so she'll be the next to go. I was wishing for the Putties to go up, but I'm not paying Walmart's scalped prices to army build those, so I guess I wait for Target/Amazon in September. Really shamless this is of Walmart.

Has anyone checked the in store prices since the online price hikes?

>>11497852
My stores have the new jewed up prices, reminds me of the legacy megazord, came out at $60, then $70, then $80, then $90 all in a short span of time. I'll just wait for price cuts I guess

>>11497855
Damn really? I figured it was just a website thing. I've seen a lot of wonky web prices from them over the years while the store prices remained normal.

I don't think I'm getting to a Walmart any time soon, could someone take a pic of the inside of the masks?

>>11497929
That's so fucking gay

>>11497275

Good for your kids. Why does that mean there can't be a separate line for collectors? Many properties do both modern and retro figures for different audiences.

>>11497489
First off, it's not a multiverse (except for RPM and Dino Charge), it's just a regular fictional universe. Second of all, no. That's how Power Rangers WORKS. You want unrelated, disconnected shit, watch Super Sentai (and even that is fairly connected nowadays).

>>11497967
>You want unrelated, disconnected shit, watch Super Sentai
which is what power rangers needs for their stupid lazy shows yet they cry about Japan not taking their stupid super hero shit seriously because it's a stupid baby show. You dense fucks really can't make anything original and need Asians to do all the hard work for you.

>>11497969

Nah, I've stuck with PR for as many years as I have because I like the serialized storytelling and lots of other people do too.

>>11497101
Despite hating the Rangers being turned into kids, I actually liked the Alien Rangers. And the escalating cliffhangers of every succeeding season (barring Zeo) kept me coming back. Even when I was unsure about Turbo, I stuck with it because this was crack to my childhood self and I wasn't willing to give up on it just yet.

>>11497080 (OP)
when goddammit?

>>11498034
Honestly, anon, as cool as it would be to have figures of these, I think with the Lightning Collection gone, so is our chance of getting these.

>>11497959
>Why does that mean there can't be a separate line for collectors?
Because collectible Power Ranger figures have been a proven failure at retail multiple times now. Certain characters will sell, but not enough to warrant a full line. The Lightning Collection should be evidence enough to never make another collectible Power Ranger line again. So many peg warmers, and not just pinks and yellows (though thd pinks and yellows seemed to sell especially bad). In the very first wave Dino Charge Red was peg warming like crazy. If you can't sell a collectible Red Ranger figure from a recent season at retail, your line is destined to fail. On the flipside, Bandai sold every Red Ranger in their Super Megaforce line for $10, and they moved like hotcakes. Even the unpopular season figures sold. $20+ Power Ranger figures are just a bridge too far for most people.

>>11498075
Damn, you fags can't stop pulling shit out of your ass can you? it's been proven time and time again 1/12 scale is the only scale that matters in this industry. and if playmates ain't gonna be playing ball they should kindly fuck off for good.

Regular figs look better than the auto morphins.

>>11498096
Looks good, although I still think the helmet is too small and inaccurate, the body is a slightly beefier hasbro basic, a good start, I hope they do civilian 5" figures too(bulk and skull, etc.), I'm gonna try to put the automorphin jason head on a jakks sega axl body if they ever go back to $10

>>11498096
I'd be happy with those figures if it weren't for the dogshit hip articulation. Having watched a review of the Automorphins, it is unfathomably bad. I expected bad, but holy shit, it is somehow worse than I imagined. Abysmal range and horrible to use. I can only hope Playmates listens to the criticism and revises them like they've done with their Remastered Turtles to remove the shitty texture everyone hated.

>>11498150
>SONIC
>HAS
>BLUE
>ARMS

you Chris Chans still won't shut the fuck up about these baby toys not meant for you huh? lightening collection not enough for you, everything has to be made the same way?

>>11498153
You keep making excuses for these terrible toys. It's okay for kids tonhave good toys you know. Something that will actually sell.

>>11498153
You keep spouting this incomprehensible nonsense whenever someone makes a legit criticism. I have no idea what you're even talking about, but toys being made for kids doesn't excuse them having literally the wost hip articulation articulation ever conceived. If I were 5 I would hate those hips.

>>11498222
>SONIC
>HAS
>BLUE
>ARMS

kek, stupid Chris Chan autismo indeed

>>11498225
Not an argument

>>11498075
Or maybe The Lightning collection was just a badly designed line from the start and no one wanted to commit to a mediocre body design for dozens of rangers
Figuarts, in the US at least, sold well. Threezero is selling well enough to do other seasons. The Chogokin releases did well.
Bad figures like super7 and Hasbro won't.

>>11497729
Knowingly selling products for above msrp for up to 1 year after release should be illegal, punishable by corporate dissolution.

I know a lot of you feel like MMPR dominates and keeps you from getting other ranger teams for collector lines. How would you have organized waves for something like lightning collection to keep it profitable enough to allow the most teams possible (thus being collector friendly too) before the profitable MMPR content burned out and waves started pegwarming?

2 MMPR characters per wave? Would 1 ranger and 1 villain from mmpr be enough and then the rest of the wave would try to complete other teams asap?

>>11498225
Kenny.

>>11498153
We know you’re jealous of Chris getting laid Tan.

>>11498374
>>11498372
>one minute apart

>>11498377
I just wanna kill Athena.

>>11498359
>Box sets of the rangers (collector)
>cheap single card rangers
>season mob
>season big bad deluxe
>made to order monsters based on fan votes (collector)
>cheap affordable roleplay items
>cheap non transforming zords and megazords
>deluxe megazord box set (collector)

>>11498388
Do this moving season to season
You have something for everyone and it gives adult collectors to put their money where their autistic mouths are.

>>11498359
-Individual mainline figures for 6th rangers, villains, and non-ranger characters,
-quarterly boxed sets for core teams, larger teams would be split into two parts(fan channel exclusive)
-target exclusive battlized red series
-vehicles are pulse exclusive, (something like the In Space gliders would be an online exclusive 5 pack)

Also, going forward the LC ranger suits would have that carbonized finish from the SW Black line to give them the proper sheer look where necessary

Remember how people were grandstanding for months on end about how this toyline would be a huge failure cause no one wants cheap kids crap? Well less than 4 days after being stocked on walmart.com everything but the electronic Megazord, Blade Blaster, and masks have sold out. This is also in spite of Walmart hiking the prices of everything up yesterday. How's that crow taste?

>>11498864
It is a failure. You're a fool if you think people want this trash.

>>11498877
>You're a fool if you think people want this trash.
Then why are they buying jt?

>>11498864
Walmart being terrible at distribution isn't news and also not indicative of the success of any toyline from any company.

>>11498864

That better not mean sold out in stores...

>>11498864
It’s hilarious because it has to be in the know adult collectors buying all the shit online. Normies would not cause sell outs. A couple of YouTube videos and easy availability was all it took for the fomo to kick in.

>>11498897
You’re most likely good with in store. All the shut in power ranger fags ordered everything online so they won’t be out hunting. If you have any interest in a blade blaster I’d go ahead and order that online because I haven’t seen anybody find toys in store yet.

>>11498897
I've seen numerous people say their stores were cleared out. One said the display was removed completely.

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>>11498902

Ugh...guess I'll find out tomorrow...

>>11498880
>Walmart being terrible at distribution
What sort of cope is this? They were widely available for all who wanted them, and now they aren't anymore because the demand was greater than the supply. All the "experts" here claiming there was no demand were wrong. Walmart didn't negotiate 2 months of exclusivity only to have their entire web stock depleted in 4 days. These are clearly selling much better than they hoped, and if that isn't a resounding success I don't know what is.

>>11498914
Remember the end caps are at the back of the isle not the front

>>11498918
I’d like this to get all the way to Dino thunder but I’d settle for the entirety of the zordon era. I hope playmates immediately green lit the remainder of Mmpr and zeo after seeing the sales numbers.

>>11498899
>fomo
Not happening with this junk

>>11498931
It’s literally happening right before your eyes. Stay mad while I enjoy the smiles on my children’s faces
GO GO POWER RANGERS :)

>>11498931
That's true because playmates will have them available in multiple configurations, multipacks, repaints, etc. They will make them very available, no rush necessary

>>11498256
>Figuarts, in the US at least, sold well.
Only the MMPR ones did. Everything else rotted for years. You can probably still get the Overdrive 2 pack and Samurai 5 pack for below cost. And that's ultimately the problem with Power Ranger collector lines, people are willing to pay more for MMPR stuff, but not other seasons. Even the Lightning Collection, which were on the cheaper end of the collector spectrum, couldn't move full teams consistently. At $11 each, with a full team only costing $66, I think non-MMPR teams have a legitimate shot of selling. I'm sure many people would desire owning the full Zordon era at least, but that would have been a $600 commitment from the Lightning Collection had they all been released at the original $20 price point.

>>11498936
It's actually pathetic that you think anyone believes you.

>>11499002
>couldn't move full teams consistently
I didn't pay much attention to Lightning Collection while it was alive since I was short on cash, but what full teams did it have other than MMPR?

>>11499013
Nta but you’re delusional if you don’t think some of use have families. Just because you’re a sad fuck that’s never even talked to a girl doesn’t mean we all are.

>>11499030
Zeo, In Space, SPD, SPD A squad, Dino Thunder, Lost Galaxy, Alien Ranger, Psycho Rangers, Ninjetti, TMNTxMMPR

>>11498864
>remember when incels cried about no more 1/12 six inch action figures as a betrayal to their nerdom because they only collect one scale of toy and deemed any aversion as an injustice to their incel ways?

Yes I do

>>11499176
>replying to yourself

>all this sell out talk
It's quite sad that collectors fell for it again. They must have so much plastic stored in their houses just to have bought even mmpr playmates toys. Pretty much the only thing lower than playmates is Fischer Price

>>11499207
And even they make better toys

>>11499207
>>11499214
you six inch 1/12 fags have a mental illness

>>11499207
Show us on the doll where Playmates touched you, Anon.

>>11498034
Hopefully never, these are garbage

Fuck all y'all. I still miss the LC.

>>11497526
If i could i would, i didnt realize these were becoming hard to find nor was i aware of the price hikes. But my poor ass is getting caught up on bills and my kid has started college so its a razor thin margin for me currently.

>>11499526
I got an itch to collect the odds and ends I missed, apparently LG yellow became a $100+ figure while I was away and there's still a ton of new cheap everything else though

>>11499526
I see a 'fixed' King Sphinx

>>11499560
As much as I dislike Tommywank, I do want to try to collect all the Tommys and Drakkon, and a few enemies.
Goldar is going to need paint, but everyone knows that.
Finster and Zedd actually look great, though of course Finster has a few mistranlations from Concept Image to Sculpt.

>>11499532
I’d opt for the $40 electric megazord when you get the chance in the chance
https://youtu.be/SZF3lAQf7AE?si=YXD_97WCanDSqvZJ

>>11499532
Can’t be listening to these tards saying the line will fail etc, anytime its MMPR like G1 with Transformers the shit sells out fast. JDF is also gone now so anything Green Ranger related is gobbled up hard. You want to know when PR starts failing toy wise? When its not a Zordon era season. The fans don’t show up.

>>11499631
Time force, ninja storm and Dino thunder are the only exceptions to that rule

>>11499650
Nah people only like watching timeforce, they barely buy anything if they did LC would’ve finished the team and Quantum.
Dinothunder is only because of JDF
I love ninja storm but it didn’t get shit

>>11499650
The fans didn't show up for Ninja Storm in the Legacy line or figuarts.

>>11499657
Yeah again, died right after zordon era was done.

>>11499526
I don't. It was a horribly managed line with one screw up after another, really poor decision making across the board, and some of the worst QC I've ever seen. The fact that the line died before highly demanded characters like Rito Revolto or Quantum Ranger were made is insane. Hasbro had no idea what they were doing.

>>11499699
the qc was due to Hasbro testing out Vietnam to try to raise profits or lower costs.

>>11499656
Isn't Ninja Storm persona non grata because the Red Ranger was a spousal abusing piece of shit who killed himself and his wife when she finally left him?

>>11499650
That's super bullshit.

In general, past MMPR the three big seasons are Zero, In Space, and SPD.

Dino Thunder only got made in full because it's a small cast season plus Tommy.

>>11499764
SPD is nowhere near as popular as you think it is. Look at Grnrngr's Lightning Collection polls for evidence of this.

>>11499762
Thats not an excuse, you can just not release the actor head and add an extra acessory.
Regardless we can see why hasbro didn’t, they saw how bad the Bandai legacy ones shelfwarmed.

>>11499764
Spd is an outlier I believe, just shows how well the actors did, I firmly believe SPD would be shit without Cruger and Jack.

>>11499764
Mmpr, Dino charge, samurai, in space & Dino thunder are the best selling in that order

>>11499560
I hate how random members will spike in price like that. I bought Zeo Red and Gold Ranger, and liked them enough to check out the rest of the team only to find Zeo Blue was ridiculously expensive compared to everyone else. Its especially annoying because I remember seeing it hit clearance so many times when it was the only Zeo figure available.

>>11499792
>I firmly believe SPD would be shit without Cruger and Jack.
Funny, I hate SPD because of Cruger and Jack. Highly unlikable characters IMO.

>>11499898
This is why team box sets are the only way to go

>WalMart had the endcap set up
Hooray!
>no Pterodactyl or Mastodon Zords
Hrm.

>>11500015
They haven’t been in stores yet only online like the red and green masks, blade blaster and electronic megazord

>>11500020

Well fuck.

>>11500020
Any word on when they're coming?

>>11500038
No clue but given the price hikes I’d wait the 2 months of Walmart exclusivity out and get them from amazon for retail plus Im sure Amazon will get a zord bundle

>>11500020
They've been in store in other countries including Canada, but Walmart's dumb exclusivity window in the US has us lagging behind.

>>11500094
Well yeah

I'm gonna assume the mastodon and ptero are already sold out on Walmart's website?

>>11500119
Yes

>>11500119
I don't think they ever had the Pterodactyl available.

>>11499936
>Highly unlikable characters IMO.
Your opinion sucks

>>11499940
Team box sets will never succeed because people want to buy their favorites and the full box set is too pricey.

>>11500231
>Asshole commander who has a dead red ranger and a full team willfully defecting on his watch, and whose ego is so fragile he made an inexperienced, untrained criminal off the street his new team's leader to prove a point to the guy who worked his entire life to earn that position, because said guy rightfully scoffed at the hypothetical scenario of a dumb woman leading his team
>Lazy nagger offered a golden opportunity to become a power ranger, but would rather rot in a jail cell. Has to have his arm twisted to finally accept. Immediately abuses his power. Throws a tantrum when being a power ranger gets in the way of trying to fuck a white woman. Soon after quits the team.
Nah, fuck them both. Two of the worst characters in the history of the show.

>>11500255
$60-$80 is doable and reasonable
Once you have a male and female buck there’s hardly any new sculpting required season to season besides helmets. Gloves, boots and shields just being overlays.

>>11500283
When I want to buy 1 figure for $25 i am not buying 5-6 for $60-80

>>11500364
This is why a collector line will never work.

>>11499526
Love the display, anon. I wish they'd kept at it at least long enough to get Squat>>11499217
t, Baboo, and Bones out.

>>11500094
We need a Toysrus in the USA badly, I never used to hate walmart and target when they were the third option, but as the only option, it's torture
>>11500255
That's true, but yellows and pinks are cancer at retail, I'd either do teams or nothing, do 6ths, JDFs, and super reds as singles to entice people to buy the sets
>>11499898
All my hobbies have been like this lately(games, figures, media), take a couple years off and dip your toe back in and theres all these new peaks for bullshit reasons, somebody said they found an LG yellow at their gamestop recently so I'll give them all a look, it's weird because the zeitgeist reasons that bc it was produced near the hiatus of the line AND it's GS exclusive they must've only made a handful of them when other figs produced around the same time are still available for less than $20

>>11500282

>prove a point to the guy who worked his entire life to earn that position

He did that because Sky was an asshole who felt he was owed being team leader because of who his father was. He was right to do so and let him step into the leadership role once he learned to stop being an entitled little cunt.

>>11500486
>>11500710
>>11500283
>>11500282
power ranger fags are are pathetic and cringe, just like bionicle fags. at least power rangers isn't dead and gets new toys, even if it's baby crap for retards

>>11500710
>felt he was owed being team leader because of who his father was.
No he didn't. He was clearly the most disciplined and capable of the three cadets. His murdered Red Ranger dad motivated him to work for it, but he never acted as if he was owed the Red Ranger just because his father was.

>>11500715
Athena is pathetic and cringe

Made to order.

Basic figure 6-pack available on Walmart.

>>11501051
Thanks bro

>>11501051
Will be here tomorrow. Super stoked.

>Reignition toys on display at SDCC
>Megazord shoulders transformed wrong yet again

>>11501239
>you autisticly screeching about it yet again

>>11501239
>Check out this cool Megazord you can't make yet!
I hate WalMart.

>>11501239
I bet they're doing it on purpose to hide the huge ugly screw holes on both of the arms.

>>11501239
The people who set up these displays are probably interns and thus zoomers, so i wouldn't expect them to know what it should look like

So this just happened.

Hopefully this means PR/Godzilla Kaiju Zords may be a thing.

>>11501537
You'll get keychains and you'll like it!

>>11501543
You'll get keychains and you'll like it!

>>11501543
>>11501547

We're one step closer, dammit!

In the meantime, I cracked open my t-rex, sabertooth and tricera zords. I love how big and sturdy they are. Kinda odd that they only gave ankle articulation to the sabertooth, though.

>>11501239
it also still looks like shit in general

Original Bandai is clearly the best. I'll give Hasbro credit though, it would have been good if the head wasn't so small.

For the anon that wanted to see the inside of the masks

>>11501936
It's something, but still a lot lower quality than I'd like.

>>11500094
This generation of children have nothing to call their own except for Minecraft, Fortnite, and Brainrot.

I'm happy to see this kind of display for myself, but for my 10 year old son, this resonates zero with him.

>>11499526
Monster toys done the right way, finally. I love Pig Guy and Eye Guy

Flame Toys Zord redesigns are a little over the top, but I can't deny this looks excessive in all the right ways.

>>11502124

10 feels like the age where most kids probably stop giving a shit about PR anyway. I was still watching In Space at that age, but I definitely wasn't asking for any of the toys at that point.

>>11502324
>The Dragonzord Fighting Mode holding one of the Megazord's back cannons as a gun
Holy shit.

>>11502131
>8" monsters in a 6"inch line
>deluxe $30+ price point for highly niche characters in a $20 line
>poor paint across the board
>inaccurate sculpting across the board
>every one hit deep clearance
>Monster toys done the right way

>>11502448
Name better Power Rangers monster figures.
>Uh, Super 7 made a better King Sphinx!
Yeah, and that was one figure. Shut up.

>>11501051
Thx, probably would've been sold out before I found it, guess I'll buy a Rita now

>>11502465
How about the monster figures that were sculpted accurate to the way they looked in the show, didn't have glaring paint app omissions on faces, weren't two feet taller than the Rangers, and didn't have a prohibitively high price tag?

>but muh articulation!
Monsters are glorified props for the Rangers to beat up on. They don't need super articulation when the real world suits were barely mobile. Monsters are a niche within a niche, and price point matters. Articulation = higher cost, especially when dealing with one time use sculpts. The main villains who are in every episode already sell less than the Rangers, and at best a monster will only have appeared in a handful of episodes. As such, monsters having a higher price point than the Rangers does not work. The Lightning Collection monsters were an abject failure.

The way Bandai handled monsters was the right way. Give them good sculpts and as much paint and articulation as you can without raising their cost above the Rangers. People were buying $10 monsters in the Dino Charge/Ninja Steel lines, they weren't buying $30+ monsters in the Lightning Collection.

>>11501547
I still want megazord figure/godzilla figure two packs
>>11502527
I hope Playmates does them right, action features in the 5" line and 5 poa pvc for the 8" line(imagine an 8" Rita)

>>11502530
>action features in the 5" line
We've already seen King Sphinx is part of the basic 5" action feature line, so I'm sure any future monsters would follow suit. I just hope Playmates sees how the villains are getting the most positive feedback and expands on their offerings, because only 3 per wave doesn't allow for much.

>imagine an 8" Rita
That would be wonderful. We also never got an 8" Rito, and the 8" Zedds were based on early concept art and pretty inaccurate, so it would be nice to get a proper one.

all i wanted from Playmates was human versions of the rangers & bulk and skull, but I guess we won't be getting them

>>11503032
Thinking you would get that makes you retarded

>>11503032
They said they were focusing on mmpr for the first three years, so it's possible if the line doesn't fail early, I could see them included in a boxed set with a civilian kim/tommy, or with shocked faces in a pack with monsters.

If they make civilian versions they have to make a juice bar playset with wacky gimmicks, then "evil" versions of the civilian versions in a boxed set with sunglasses

Well I received the 6-pack today, and I want to preclude this post by saying I wasn't a part of the Playmates pile on when the figures were first revealed. I adopted a wait and see attitude, as pictures often don't do toys justice, or toys may not look great in photos, but are fun in hand. My expectations were low given some choices I wasn't a fan of (namely the hips). In spite of those lowered expectations these are bad figures.

The quality doesn't feel cheap. The QC isn't horrific like Hasbro. I think the overall sculpting is good. The body proportions aren't cartoonish like old Bandai figures, and all the details in the suits are sculpted in, something Hasbro didn't even do for their collector figures. So what's the problem?

The articulation. This is a $58 dollar set, so less than $10 per figure. That's a great value for 2025. For less than $10 per figure I don't expect things like double knees/elbows. ankle rockers, etc. I expect basic articulation, and based on photos I thought the articulation in these figures looked more than satisfactory for the price. At 21 points of articulation, these figures looked to be more poseable than what Bandai and Hasbro were offering for a similar price point, but numbers don't tell the full story.

The engineering of said articulation is frankly awful. The heads are on ball joints, but there is almost nothing there beyond left and right movement. Arms can't hit a T pose, they get maybe 45 degrees of outward movement. Elbows also only get around 45 degrees. Unlike Bandai's Action Heroes, these figures have swivels at the elbows, but the elbow range is so bad that the Rangers can't strike the classic hands on morphers pose, something even the original Automorphins could do. The arm possibility feels so limited it's frustrating. Pic shows outward arm and hip range compared to Bandai Action Hero buck.

Based on the above photo you may think the hip range isn't bad, and I'll admit it's better than I expected it to be, but the range looks better in the photo than it actually is. The legs don't get a full 90 degrees forward or outward movement. It's also not fun to pose the legs at all. Hips hinged like this suck, but we all knew this going in.

Despite looking really bad, which one might think was done to facilitate better range of motion, the knee bend range is as bad as the elbows. This again makes the poseability feel extremely limited, and it's annoying because the articulation is there, it's just not engineered to work well.

Pink has a slit on the left side of her skirt which gives her better leg range than I expected on the left side, but the right side does't have a slit and is significantly hindered as a result. In spite of this, the skirt hiding the ugly hip joints makes her arguably the best looking figure of the bunch. The girls are ever so slightly shorter than Bandai's female Action Heroes, which makes them look especially tiny next to the guys who are a bit taller than Bandai's male Action Heroes.

The larger size of the males makes them a bit too large to scale with most of Bandai's old monsters for my preference, so I would still default to Bandai's Action Heroes as my go-to MMPR figures for posing with the old 5" monsters. Though even if Playmates figures weren't any larger, I would probably still opt to use the Bandai figures, as I just don't find these Reignition figures satisfying to pose. Despite having less points of articulation, the Bandai figures are much more fun to play around with, and the posing feel less limited because the range isn't terrible, and the hips aren't made with stupid forward hinges.

Comparison photo with Bandai's $10 Green Ranger from the Super Megaforce line, and a customized version of the more expensive Legacy version of the figure in which I removed the Fighting Spirit helmet stripes and swapped out his silver morpher belt with a gold one.

Playmates Dragon Shield seems to be glued down, and even if it weren't, I don't see how one would remove it without somehow removing the arms.

One last thing I want to talk about is the weapons. The Reignition weapons suck. They may have some paint which is nice, but the sculpts are mostly terrible. They all have massively thick grips, and the scaling and proportions are all over the place. Look at how huge the Dragon Dagger is in spite of belonging to the second smallest Green Ranger figure of this lot. You can barely get it in the figure's hands if he holds it BELOW the buttons. It also won't fit in his holster, which is unacceptable. It's the only weapon to have a sculpted Power Coin though, the rest just have detail-less circles where the coins would be.

This is the least offensive flaw of the figures for me because I have enough MMPR figures to source better weapons from (the Lightning Collection Dragon Dagger fits perfectly in the holster FYI), but if these are your only MMPR figures and you're stuck using these shitty weapons with them that's gonna be a bigger issue.

Ultimately, if this wasn't a set of six and I was able to buy only one, I wouldn't likely buy any more. If this line has some longevity for Playmates and they eventually start to release more teams they need to improve their quality. I don't fault them for missing paint, these are cheap figures and paint costs money. It's not a budget issue to have articulation range or accessories this bad though, that's firmly a skill issue. Do better.

How long do you think it took for Hasbro to recover from that 522 million dollar money pit from buying Power Rangers?
How much do you they would've had to spend if they were ONLY getting Power Rangers?

>>11503941
>Ultimately, if this wasn't a set of six and I was able to buy only one, I wouldn't likely buy any more.
This is why a collector line will never work. Im glad power rangers have returned to cheap toys affordable toys because it is where the brand thrives. Whiny faggot.

>>11503931
>The larger size of the males makes them a bit too large to scale with most of Bandai's old monsters for my preference
Supplement with lightning collection monsters then

>>11503901
You were never going to t pose it. You’re being overly critical of a $10 figure

>>11504491
It's pretty absurd to suggest someone wouldn't want to pose their figures with either of their arms spread out 90 degrees. It was very easy for me to find an example of having done so because it is useful articulation. Bandai's cheap $10 figures could raise their arms well beyond 90 degrees, so like I said, this isn't a budget issue. This is very poorly designed from a company who clearly doesn't understand articulation. I haven't bought a Playmates figure in over 20 years, and I was honestly shocked how bad the articulation range was on these. Nothing capable of hitting 90 degrees for no good reason.

>>11504564
CHILDRENS TOY

>>11504589
You're looking at children's toys in that picture retard. They don't have trouble with 90 degree bends because they were made by a competent company.

>>11503901
>>11503920
>>11503931
>>11503941
Excellent review, anon. Glad you were fair but didn't pull any punches, unlike a lot of reviewers.
But at the risk of asking an obvious question: Can the individual weapons form the Power Blasters?

>>11504491
>>11504564
>>11504589
>>11504601
>>11504782
Big Mad energy from incels expecting highly articulated action figures from children's toys.

>>11504784
I know you're trolling, but I'm not even mad, just disappointed. People want to keep falling back on the children's toy excuse, but Playmates themselves weren't making these counterintuitive articulation choices back in '93, let alone Bandai back then. They really have no excuse now.

>>11504784
I know you're trolling, but I'm not even mad, just disappointed. People want to keep falling back on the children's toy excuse, but Playmates themselves weren't making these counterintuitive engineering choices back in '93, let alone Bandai back then. They really have no excuse now.

>>11504791
buy a different toy

Fuck it probably going to buy Playmates shit and pass it off as the Power Rangers equivalent to Masters of The Universe Origins-inspired line.
I really wish Hasbro didn't tell Bandai to eat shit.

>>11504782
>Can the individual weapons form the Power Blasters?
No. The Power Lance can't even separate, which is odd because Playmates Automorphin version can.

>>11504939
Maybe they'll do what the 2010 line did and release a combined version with a different figure.

>>11504995
With those I could at least understand being a smaller scale makes a combinable weapon more difficult, and the Putty was available at the same time as the Rangers, so you knew if you wanted the Power Blaster you needed to buy a Putty.

There's no reason Playmates couldn't have made these weapons combinable. Bandai did it with their original Automorphins in 94, and did it again with the 2014 Action Heroes. Neither required any moving parts. This is again not a limitation of budget, but poor design which prevents the weapons from being able to combine.

This gen proves collectors are addicted to plastic. If there are no collector products for a brand, they will buy the figures made for kids.

>>11505093
>If there are no collector products for a brand, they will buy the figures made for kids.
And what's wrong with that? Most of my favorite toys were made for kids. That's what toys used to be, and what they honestly should be. Companies like Hasbro lost their way pandering to adults, and where has it gotten them? They killed Power Rangers less than 5 years after spending half a billion dollars acquiring it. Star Wars is a shell of it's former self with barely any toys in aisles. More Marvel Legends end up on clearance than not. Any Transformer that isn't a G1 character shelf rots forever. Then you look across the aisle and see Mattel thriving with Jurassic Park toys made for kids, and Jakks Mario and Sonic lines. A fun affordable toy that can appeal to kids and adults alike is clearly the winning formula. Pandering to collectors only serves limit your consumerbase and prevent growth, because once those old collectors are gone there is nobody left to buy your products.

>>11505126
>power rangers
dead brand because they don't adapt the Japanese shows and try original shit that is boring and gay
>star wars
woke crap
>marvel legends
boring boomer shit
>transformers
the only thing worth buying
>. A fun affordable toy that can appeal to kids and adults alike is clearly the winning formula.
huh?

>>11503931
I bought an extra set to tinker with(repaint, make armored red), but the shield is plugged into a hole in his chest, I guess I could fill it in and paint it, or just wait for the inevitable playmates armored red

>>11505238
I just want to take the shield off so I can properly paint it cause it looks like shit.

>>11505238
I’d just wait. We’ll get red and black like this.

>>11505238
They're still good for $10 figures, the proportions on the weapons are just a little off(you can two hand the dragon dagger), the blade blaster is a little too small/thick(better than LC version imo), and neither version fits in the hand or holster easily, I guess that makes for a great grip but I could see kids struggling with it, of course the helmets are a little too small, that's about all my nitpicks

>>11501239
The fact that they only lock in place when 100% extended is probably tripping a bunch of retards up. I swear I've seen a few reviewers do the same shit.

Seeing the classic rangers is making me nostalgic. Did the ever make figures of the 1995 suits? I loved the armored look they had.

>>11505289
My only complaint is greens head is too small and the missing paint apps on the helmets and greens trim. They should’ve skipped the flip heads entirely and put a little more budget into these

>>11505353
Bandai made some 5" inch ones almost 10 years ago, there's a 3rd party toy battlion 1/12 set coming, it'll cost $300-$400 depending on where you buy it, they put 1/6 versions out already

>>11505373
>third party

bootleg

>>11505353
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt-2B6GOLlY

The shrine to my childhood grows.

>>11505379
Bootleg would require an original mold, these are unlicensed(I wish LC made movie rangers and villains)

>>11505512
>these are unlicensed

but require the official material as a source to base the design on which is why you want them, hence a bootleg

>>11505512
>>11505514
>it’s not gay as long as we don’t kiss or look each other in the eyes
Get a room

>>11505289
The Blade Blasters are okay, but as you say too damn thick. The Power Weapons are trash. The only use I could see for them is if you have the Imaginext figures. Only Red and Pink came with their weapons when buying the Zords, and even if you bought the 2-packs the other weapons were comically oversized. I think these weapons would work oddly well with those figures.

>>11505373
>The movie made White Ranger's belt white
This has always annoyed me. What fucking dipshit costume designer made that decision? You already made him match the other Rangers by turning his buckle from the Kibaranger symbol to his Power Morpher. Why the fuck would you make the actual belt anything other than gold or black?

Bros...

>>11506005
Love it or shove it, it's what sells the best.

Where's the news?

>>11506005
And? They told everybody they were going to focus on Mmpr and then think about branching out if it sales.

>>11506005
I don’t understand the point of this tweet

>>11506005
Yeah no shit

Im not sure what the fuck the answer is anymore, I truly think we're at the point where corporations are right in the fact that the consumer doesn't know what they want. Fan's complain about collectors stuff, Flamestoys and super 7 do a whole bunch of collector grade shit, none of the fandom wants to buy it because its too expensive but none of the fandom wants to buy the cheap playmates toys. I think fans of PR need to accept what they're given or just leave the brand at this point.

>>11506112
>but none of the fandom wants to buy the cheap playmates toys.
The shits selling like hot cakes cuh
They need to keep the momentum and talk to hasbro about doing the rest of the zordon era.
Ranger box sets
Zord
Role play items
Mobs
Big bads
License to print money

>>11506143
initially due to scalpers, walmart just restocked lets see if they go out again.

>>11506168
I’ve seen parents my age buying their kids one of everything in store. I don’t think this is being hit by scalpers anon.

>>11506112
The answer is a company actually putting genuine effort into making a good product. It doesn't matter if it's a cheap kid line or an expensive collector line, if you want me to buy your product then put CARE into it. The Lightning Collection on paper should have been a homerun, but it lacked care. It seemed like every release had some sort of problem which wouldn't have existed if SOMEONE had given a shit.

Same goes for Playmates. They thought worse looking Automorphins than what we had 31 years ago was a winning strategy? Nobody over there said "These look horrible"? Double that for the non-transforming figures, nobody flagged how terrible the legs looked, or how poorly they posed? Nobody looked at the very bad weapons and said "Why are the grips so massive? Why is the Dragon Dagger huge? Why is the Power Sword so oddly proportioned? Why are the Power Daggers so stubby? Why can't they form the Power Blaster?"

Bandai cared. They may have had a misguided sense of what their consumers wanted, but they fucking tried. And even for the faults of their products, they generally released products that were fun toys. Hasbro became synonymous with frustration, and Playmates has not made a strong first impression with some of their bafflingly stupid decisions. If you want Power Rangers to succeed as a toyline again you have to stop phoning it in.

>>11506055
>>11506063
>>11506103
If you guys could get Playmates dick out of your mouth for one moment you would realize this is good news for everyone because it means those other seasons are on the table for other companies that will make better toys. Unless I just monkey pawd that and Jakks starts making Ranger figs.

>>11506222
Nobody else is going to touch power rangers without access to Mmpr

>>11506233
>Nobody else is going to touch power rangers without access to Mmpr
Correct. At best it gives Hasbro the freedom to revive the Lightning Collection in some capacity, but I can't see that happening either. I wish they would at least try though with a Pulse exclusive multipack focused on completing a team. I'd say try either a LR Red, Quantum Ranger, WF Red 3-pack to complete Forever Red, or a Turbo 4-pack to complete the Zordon era. Minimal new tooling would be needed, and if that sells well enough continue that strategy to complete other teams via Pulse exclusive multipacks. If it doesn't, at least you gave your consumers a chance to put their money where their mouth is. If they don't take it at that point, it's on them.

Should I bite the bullet and get the 5-inch multipack?
After noticing how surprisingly small they are they could be viewed as "Power Rangers Origins".

>>11506499
They're cool if you know they're just for fun and never going to be perfect, who knows when they'll be sold individually, I was surprised at how small the boxes are, like they should just be carded fwiw

>>11506506
There's no barcodes on the boxes, so I wouldn't count on them being released individually. I really don't understand the packaging being so elaborate for cheap, shitty figures. There's 3 different boxes to get to the figures, and then the figures still have an annoying amount of plastic theft prevention ties holding them in the tray. Like holy shit, why? Just getting the figures out of the package was a really annoying experience. I also ripped a few of the individual boxes trying to open them, so all that fancy packaging will probably just end up in the trash.

>>11506112
Hard to say that's a new complaint. I remember when Bandai decided to release the figuarts outside Japan and people bitched about the price back then too saying they'll wait for a sale. And then the line died.

>>11506585
The MMPR figuarts sold well, one of Bluefin's guys said they were doing Dragonball numbers. Problem is Bandai Japan refused to listen to what the US market wanted, and nobody gave a shit about the other figures which got a US release. Bluefin tried to encourage Japan to release what was popular in America, they had polls and Zeo and In Space were shown to be the most wanted teams with about the same percentage of votes. I believe Time Force was ranked third, not terribly far behind. Japan didn't see the data as strong enough to show an overwhelming demand any single post-MMPR team. I guess they wanted to see something like 80% of the vote making it abundantly clear that a particular team was wanted, and instead they saw Power Ranger fans as being all over the place, so they ignored the data and instead started to release pre-Zyu teams, which ultimately killed the Sentai line for a good while.

On the plus side, Timeranger SMPs incoming.

Is there a reason people are buying playmates rather than just getting third party or higher end alternatives? Like the MMPR megazord, there's a bunch of near perfect options. Why go to a flawed playmates version?

>>11506712
Social media engagement. Most people are incapable of introspection.

>>11506599
The best part was how after years of hearing how Sun Vulcan was one of the most popular JP Sentai series, the figuarts bomb so hard those were the ones that killed the line.

>>11506739
These figures are ideal representations of those characters. Toys made from existing IP are inherently a problematic industry, because there are two components. The quality of the toy and the popularity of the source. You can go without the former unfortunately but never the latter.

>>11506621
I only care about MMPR.

>>11506195
>>11506712
I'm really curious why this line is selling so well off the bat, but Hasbro's kid friendly options sat around and didn't sell that well. They may not be as good(debatable), but the gap wasn't so big a to turn off kids I'd think. Is it just due to social media and people being more aware than even 6 years ago?
Is it a post-Covid boost where more people are collecting? Is it more that 90's kids, being subject to an unstable economy, didn't start families to later in life? 80's kids were having families in the 2000's, and that's where you first start seeing 80's revivals, but the 90's didn't really start getting wide nostalgia callbacks until the mid 2010s, and still stalls in some ways.
I''m not saying it's a conspiracy and they aren't actually selling, but I think it points to sociological aspects influencing purchases.

>>11506789
It could be low stock creating the illusion that something is selling well, like McFarlane does these days. Or it could be the price. No idea what Hasbro's kid-friendly line cost.

>>11506621
Cool but why the fuck not Ohranger during it's 30th Anniversary season?

>>11506789
Hasbro didn't make role play weapons.

>>11506812
those dont affect how well the figures sell

>>11506789
What kid friendly MMPR options did Hasbro have? The VHS figures were built on the basic figure body, but were $17 Walmart exclusives, and the team was broken into two waves half a year apart. They did $11 Retromorphin figures which might have appealed more to kids, but were also Walmart exclusives divided into two waves half a year apart. No cheap villains were made as a counterpart for either line, so what is a kid even meant to do with them?

They did those cheap 12 inch figures everyone does, though I never once saw them in a store. No Green Ranger or villains in that assortment either.

They did a Megazord which actually had wide distribution, but it was sold at retail broken up onto three blister cards which didn't do it any favors given the small size and overall cheapness of the Zords. Amazon had an exclusive full box set which would have probably looked more appealing on shelves. No Dragonzord was ever made for it.

Other than that all they did was some miscellaneous dollar store tier crap nobody cared about.

>>11506806
Are you the anon who was insisting we would get Ohranger this year? I want nothing more from SMP and Shodo, but I knew it wasn't gonna happen. Maybe for 35...

What is going on with the Shodos though? Still no word of Gingaman or Magiranger.

>>11506712
Because I want toys that are meant to be played with. It’s not complicated you’re just autistic.

>>11506759
BASED

>>11506712

I like how big and bulky it is. And there’s some improvements over the Bandai Legacy.

>>11506806
Because Ohranger has 6 fucking robo.
Timeranger has 3

>>11506712
All the other options are either undersized, overpriced, janky, non-transforming, an ugly redesign or some combination of the 5. This is the first megazord since the original that's felt big and solid, does what it needs to and costs what it probably should.

>>11507033
4 if you count the one that punches them through the time portal.

>>11507043
Based time bopper

>>11506621
Still waiting on Carranger...
And the rest of Megaranger...

>>11506712
Which one of those options can I walk into Walmart right now and buy for retail price? Now you have your answer.

>>11507076
What he's saying is that the 30+ weeaboo that cried when Andros killed Zordon knows where to find the expensive toys with good design quality.

The average guy that might have caught some episodes of Power Rangers when he was a kid and now has a son of his own because he's not a miserable loner posting on a Danish Tulip cultivating forum will go to Wally World and let his kid who's watch Dino Charge go down the toy aisle and look at the new MMPR toys that he'll be inclined to buy one or two for the kid because it's something he recognizes from his own youth.

>>11507097
Anyone watching it on YouTube and Netflix

>>11507097
Why do you want this line to fail so much?

>>11507097
Little Johnny that watched Cosmic Fury on Nickelodeon a few years ago and sees new(old) Power Ranger stuff on the Walmart Toy Aisle shelf.
Maybe he even went trick or treating as the Red Ranger last year.

>>11507097
How did any of us get into power rangers retard.

>>11507114
Edited Sentai footage and Bandai bringing over quality toys?
Oh wait, Hasbro fucked everything up when they told Toei and Bandai to eat shit.

>>11507174
>quality toys
Stop this lie

>>11507196
They still weren't shit like Hasbro's offerings.

>>11506599
>>11506739
>tfw bandai japan thought showa rider popularity would translate to sentai
Unironically it was right after gokaiger, megaranger and ohranger would've done good.
Didn't even finish any of the major teams they started. No wonder the modern SHF's are reds and sometimes 6ths, cowards.

>>11507033
It's unlikely they'd do them all regardless. Megaranger and Gingaman are missing multiple, and Magiranger looks like it won't be finished if they're moving on to Timeranger.

Are the Playmates villains in scale to the 5-inch figures?

I gave red the first release lightning collection sword. Handle makes it look too big in pictures but it scales better in person

>>11507329
Damn it

>>11506866
Yeah the closest I can think of for kid product that wasn't the current season specifically, was they had a three pack with one ranger from the three dino seasons prior and that sold pretty well, but it was only $25 for three so it was actually a value unlike the rest of their product

>>11507352
I liked that set, but it was so random. Why just those three? Why not release more Rangers that way? Seems like an interesting way to release teams. Three cheap figures from various similar themed seasons. Each set could have a red or sixth as it's main draw.

>>11507329
That one's good so he can two hand it, I'm painting mine and they painted black and yellow's fangs on the helmet, so I rubbed those off, also thry didn't completely paint the mouths

>>11507416
Damn just the little bit of paint makes them look so much better

>>11507416
Someone needs to figure out how to remove the shield without damage, because I think spraying it a nice metallic gold would make a huge difference. Also would like to paint the white diamonds on the suit. I think a gloss clearcoat on the helmets would also go a long way.

>>11507480
It’s just tabbed in the back. Use a hair dryer

>>11507480
https://youtu.be/U9Kb8Jho5l0?si=LrDNnW6IOGkztPyE

31 minutes in he takes the shield off

What these collector companies don't realize that playmates did is that the average US buyer of toys wants low price first, everything else second. This is why theirs are selling, because they're realistic for a parent with tons of financial burdens in this day and age to buy. People try to justify it with inflation but in 1994 I remember buying action figures for $5.99*--that was the price for a typical human sized figure. Run the Inflation calculator and that would be $13.04 today. Hasbro, Mattel, McFarlane, etc. today sure as fuck aren't $13.04.

* And Todd McFarlane himself agrees with this fact here on that price as he started in 1994 and indicates his MSRP was 5.99:
https://youtu.be/TpToOshOvDM&t=932


Even Todd McFarlane, who constantly touted in interviews his value prices (which are now through the roof),

>>11507494
Thanks, that's super helpful. Mine feels more substantially glued on (seems like a YMMV type deal), but hitting it with the heat gun will hopefully get it off.

>>11507506
>the average US buyer of toys wants low price first, everything else second.
Yes, people severely underestimate the impact of cost. Most people would rather buy a cheap shitty toy than an expensive good one.

>>11506005
I'm gonna need to see a direct quote for that "Only MMPR" line. For all we know this guy might just be a retard who doesn't actually know what a master license is and just made an assumption.

>>11507628
That seems to be exactly the case. He's making assumptions without understanding the situation. Playmates doesn't have the master toy license, they have the license to make kid toys, similar to how Spin Master has the license to make kid DC toys while McFarlane has the license to make collector toys.

>>11507638
What a fucking retard

>>11507543
He just uploaded a video of him customizing it

https://youtu.be/6Z6hy4Z-ZIg?si=3FFvMypGElgdQoWy

>>11507453
I just used some gundam markers, I'm gonna fill out the soles and gloss black in the visors, it's all matte, maybe get the white trim on green and red visors but it's trickynwggo

>>11507734
>and gloss black in the visors
You're better off hitting the entire helmet with a gloss clear coat. You won't likely get clean results repainting the visors by hand. The heads are on ball joints so they should be able to pop off with heat. Then you can easily spray fhem.

>>11497080 (OP)
Where the heck do you get those King Mondo and Queen Machina figures? I tried going down the rabbit hole but got so confused between the 3d print sellers and all that.

>>11507506
>the average US buyer of toys wants low price first, everything else second
These people shouldn't be collecting toys if cost is such a major factor into your purchase. Sorry if that hurts some of the poors here, but it's the truth. Find a cheaper hobby and stop dragging the rest of us down with you.

>>11508069
Not as poor as the Chinamen that slave away in factories to make our toys at least.

>>11508091
>>11508069
Rodent

>>11508063
a market doesn't sustain itself off aging IT workers with no kids.
It needs normies who are living paycheck to paycheck and won't spend more than $12 on a basic toy because "when I was a kid these cost 7 dollars!" and are buying these for kids.

>>11508135
Very true it is. Smart people won’t procreate because they know its not economically feasible and the world is not suitable for a child currently, meanwhile low IQ everyday mutants will just make even less intelligent offspring in multiple capacity and unable to take care of any of them.

>>11508063
Anon these people don't post here. They are normal.

>>11508142
>heh actually I'm very smart for being unable to find a wife and start a family
>also having a girlfriend is actually gay, like Jordan Peterson says.

Are the new non flip change figures only available in the big collectors box or are they also out at retail?

>>11508133
After years of being catered to collector's have become delusional about their ability to sustain a toyline. They used to be the outlier and were happy if they were a thrown a small bone, like the Super Legends chase figures. How many failed collector focused Power Ranger toylines does it take until these people realize they don't have strong enough numbers to sustain them?

>>11508217
There are no barcodes on the individual boxes, so I wouldn't count on them being sold separately at retail. The Battle Bikes will come with a mostly identical figure, just missing the holster and weapons, but only the core males have been shown, and neither the girls nor Green had their own bikes in the sentai.

>>11508251
Why can Marvel comics sustain releases even though few people read modern comics anymore? Or is it just the movies you think keep that afloat despite the peg warming the movie figures do?

>>11508251
>How many failed collector focused Power Ranger toylines does it take until these people realize they don't have strong enough numbers to sustain them?
its a loaded statement because Shodo does well, threezero is doing well enough

>>11508286
So why not make PRs "small numbers, online exclusives, MMPR"?

>>11508302
Zeo comes out next month.

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>>11508326
Turbo too

>>11508326
>>11508328
Gotta wonder how many of these they make. It can't be many.

>>11508408
3-5000, I imagine

>Re-Ignition is supposed to be aimed at kids/younger audiences.
>Figures are held down by those stupid plastic restraints you need to either stretch or cut with scissors to get off.

>>11508151
Dead cats

>>11508103
Athena

>>11508517
They really should’ve just put them on blisters

>>11508517
Do we think kids are actually buying these or are scalpers and collectors buying them all up?

>>11508530
Parents and power ranger fags are buying. There might have been a small scalper push but I think they realized this will be widely available and backed off.

>>11508257
You're seriously comparing the market for Power Rangers toys to Marvel?

>>11508301
>Shodo
Made to order web exclusives only sold in Asia. Very cheaply produced figures, hence all the stickers. Probably a very small number are actually being produced.

>threezero
Higher priced, less units need to be sold in order to be profitable. I imagine they're also all using the same base body with only new helmets and weapons needing to be tooled.

>>11508605
Marvel comics, yes. Not Marvel movies.

>>11508301
Shodo has extremely long pauses though, the last time we got an announcement blog was august 2024 and the final blog update was march 2025 showing off the final Kyoryuger samples.

>>11508650
You're delusional if you think even MMPR has a fraction of the fanbase as Marvel Comics characters. But just to play devil's advocate, let's say they do. Once you move beyond MMPR the demand drops off a cliff. The consumer base has proven multiple times now to not be enough to sustain a collector line spanning the entire franchise, so if you want more than just MMPR you need to lower the bar so kids and casual buyers will be more inclined to pick them up.

>>11509500
I mean you can compare direct sales of the Boom PR comic and literally any other Marvel Comic and more likely than not, the Marvel book is going to be outselling PR.

>>11509525
Even if current Marvel books sold like shit, that doesn't erase the love people have for the comic versions of the characters. It's an insane comparison to make, Power Rangers is highly niche compared to Marvel. Marvel has enough consumers to sustain it's collector line, Power Rangers doesn't.

If we do end up getting dragonzord I'm guessing it would replace the non-transforming Megazord in that price point for the wave. So I hope that thing doesn't end up clogging the shelves super hard.

Well haven't thought about power rangers for years but keep seeing stuff for re-ignition and caved and got the box set. Really only wanted red and maybe green but local stores had nothing. I will agree with others and say the cheaper price was definitely a draw for me as a non ranger collector. That and had very few of the toys as a kid growing up with Mighty morphin.

Popped out red and first impressions

•Plastic feels solid and decent quality
•sculpting for muscles and fabric seems pretty good basic but nice
•joints are soild and not to stiff or loose
•wish he had a waist swivel and his ankles where tilts instead of swivels for those lunging poses
•hip joints are weird but serviceable curious why they didn't use a ball joint
•shoulders, elbows, knees and somewhat hips range is limited by the sculpting might try and carve them out more
•paint apps looks clean though seems like some are missing on the helmet
•weapons have good details but all the grips seem too big
• hands hold them well but I worry they may get stretched loose over time
•I like the holster and selection of accessories
•kinda wish he had holes in his feet for a stand, he can stand fine stock still but foot peg stand may help with fighting poses

Compared to another new $10 kids focused toy the re-ignition feels like a way better deal and toy for the money and I say this as a transformers fan.

That said I agree with the other anons review that the articulation does need work, the limited range is frustrating as I remember the og figures having more range. I might have to snag some old figures off ebay to compare. I still rather like this guy and think they are for the most part solid toys for the money if that's only as a cheap desk fiddle toy or shelf display for a minor ranger fan. I hope if this line continues they will keep making improvements and are able to make stuff from more series I would love the ninjas and suits from the 95 movie.

>>11508142
Smart people don't procreate because they're ugly and the internet destroyed any semblance of social ability they might've had

>>11509998
If you have one of those Jakks Zelda figures, that might be the best thing to compare it to, as a $10 figure with actually decent articulation.

>>11510109
I did get to mess with one of those and I agree it was fantastic I forgot they retailed for so cheap. Man that articulation would go great on these, honestly if the shoulders, elbows and knees just had a bit more bend I would be fine. I wish there where solo release of these so I could get a spare to try and work on and not worry about messing up and breaking one. I still cant be to mad at them and enjoying him so far but again I went in with little to no real expectation and prob riding high in nostalgia at the moment.

>>11509599
It's sad that despite how huge mmpr was, it isn't as beloved as marvel comics characters. I guess mmpr only had 3 years, marvel had decades

>>11509998
>the limited range is frustrating as I remember the og figures having more range.
The really frustrating thing about the limited range is how senseless it is. Power Rangers are humans in spandex, it doesn't get easier to articulate than that. If Goldar has limited range I can understand that he's wearing full body armor which hinders articulation. If Rita is limited I can understand that she's wearing a big poofy dress that hinders articulation. And the really ironic thing is that Rita, in spite of her big poofy dress, can raise her arms outward above 90 degrees until they hit her collar piece. Why the fuck do the Power Rangers have significantly worse arm articulation than Rita Repulsa!?

>>11511294
Ya the elbows and knees just need the back shaved down as the sculpt is getting in the way. Not sure on the shoulders but it's like the joint is set to far into the torso or the stem coming out of the torso is to short so the hinge cant swing around it enough. It's like the body was sculpted and joints added in by computer or somthing and not really tested. The hips are still really strange for a universal joint that pegs UP into the torso instead of horizontal into the crotch.

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