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Did you buy the new Playmates Toys figures?

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Not a single thing.

do the weapons combine?

Checked my local Walmart a few days ago. Not a single anything.

>>11575003 (OP)
This is some super dire bullshit.

Seriously, Lightning Series had it's flaws (I mean, for fuck's sake they couldn't even give us a full Lightspeed Rescue or Time Force team) but these are a 100% regression to the point of why the fuck even bother collecting Power Rangers shit.

I feel like vomiting when I see these abominations. We came so fucking far and to go back to such a pathetic degree? Jesus fucking Christ!!!!

>>11575079
No, they couldn't even get a simple bonus like that right.

>>11575003 (OP)
Awful toy line. Embarrassing that something this bad can be on shelves in this day. And Walmarts are flooded with it! This will haunt Ollies and Ross for a decade.

Its time to admit power rangers isn't the power house it once used to be oh so long ago.

>>11575128
>(I mean, for fuck's sake they couldn't even give us a full Lightspeed Rescue or Time Force team)
because people weren't buying them. Had the line sold well enough we probably would've gotten the rest of the teams within 3-4 years, since that was about par for completing most teams.

>>11575003 (OP)
I was only going to buy the new megazord cause of the gimmicky huge size, but then Walmart had to hike the price up $4. I was on the fence of the damn thing in the first place, but now I'm never going to buy it.

Got the first three zords in that display from a few months ago. Then nothing.

Then last week they randomly put out four mastodons. Got one.

Now nothing again.

They also put out a few boxes of the automorphers, but they vanished in like, three days. Either they were popular or some asswipe scalper got them all.

>>11575003 (OP)
absolute slop

Lot of butt hurt itt
These have been selling like hotcakes. Sorry you’re mad that cheap TOYS aimed at CHILDREN are doing well you fucking losers. If you actually cared about the franchise you’d be buying these and giving them to kids to create new fans. Whiny bitches.

>>11575815
>These have been selling like hotcakes
>s-seriously, th-they have! H-honest guys! S-stop making fun of Playmates!

Of the three walmarts in my area, none of them have any Power Rangers stuff.
I'd like to at least get a mask, maybe a Morpher, but instead they still have BotW figures.

>>11575815
What children are into Power Rangers nowadays?

>>11575815
>These have been selling like hotcakes.
Any proof? I'd love for it to be true.

>>11575822
kids who are babysat by streaming apps.

>>11575255
>>11575214
Hasbro doesn't care because they think it's a money pit due to the reception of the Lightning Collection/Cosmic Fury lines, when all the problems with the lines were their fault and drove away sales. I have to give them some credit though, the shipping problems had a lot to do with the quarantine at the time period so I consider that out of their hands. But a lot of the fuckups like quality control were because of their decision to move factories outside of China to get around Trump's first-term tarrifs, and things like designers using incorrect Google images search references, line placement of teams, inconsistent promises, etc. were entirely the fault of the entire Hasbro PR team. But there's plenty of companies out there looking to bang out some MMPR slop to try and squeeze the dead horse of it's last nickel, and Hasbro gets paid regardless, so they'll license this shit out to any company at this point. Prepare for the future of the brand. "High-end" overdesigned bullshit for $500+ or babby's first JDF. At least there's the unlicensed stuff.

>>11575815
>Sorry you’re mad that cheap TOYS aimed at CHILDREN are doing well you fucking losers.
are these aimed at children? Cause I saw them at walmart and between the focus on a show from 30 years ago and them doing the exact same head swapping gimmick as the figures I had, again, 30 years ago, I figured it was another one of those "turbo man from jingle all the way" retro millennial bait things. the only thing that really baffled me was it having a dedicated display instead of being shoved in the middle of an aisle

>>11575833
It's not true at all. He's coping. He has no sources, he's just screaming.

>>11575003 (OP)
>more recolor rangers
>no monsters
>no good zord toys
stop bringing this barf back

>>11575815
>Sorry you’re mad that cheap TOYS aimed at CHILDREN are doing well you
are they?

>>11576435

I kinda hope so. So we can get the Thunder and Ninja Zords.

>>11576445
Monkey Paw: It's a re-designed Ninja Kids version.

>>11576148
You have Batman and Spider-man toys out there based off 60+ year old characters. Star Wars toys based off 40+ year old movies.
Dolls based off shit that have long faded from relevance, like Raggedy Ann
The way people talk about MMPR being old and thus kids wouldn't know it seems like a crying that MMPR gets stuff and not SPD or whatever Disney season.

>>11576555
Power Rangers is just not as good as that other stuff man. MMPR had appeal due to the time period and it's coasting on 100% nostalgia + parents putting it on for their kids cuz they know it's safe.

>>11576555
for one thing we're not just talking about old characters but redesigns of old toys based on old characters. and for another, power rangers isn't the same kind of franchise as something like spider-man or batman. one of the main hooks is the constant refreshing of its characters and themes. yes there's nods to the past but it's generally about looking forwards not backwards. the most direct and obvious comparison is super sentai, and while they do love their anniversaries and do constant merch pushes featuring old teams as a result, you don't see Gozyuger getting put on ice so they can restock 40 year old model kits of the mechs from Jetman.

>>11576555
Batman and Spider-Man consistently have new media. MMPR is over and done.

Is this line limited to certain areas? Absolutely none of the places around me even have a spot for it.

>>11577439
AI ordering systems at Walmart basically decide whether each store gets specific items. How they make these decisions is unknown to anyone outside.

>Putty and Goldar still not released in US
>Target still hasn't stocked the line
It feels dead already.

Any update on the Mastodon and pterodactyl hitting shelves?

>>11578710
I'm just guessing here but my assumption is that the Walmart assortment was exclusive for the first shipping, which is why it came in cardboard isle/endcap displays designed just for their stores. As more stores like Target pick the line up I'm expecting they'll be getting the newer product along with a refresh case of the first releases, the earliest you'd likely see it hit stores in general is mid-November when they start their refresh for the holiday season.

>>11578044
Paying for exclusivity is all toy companies care about. Their customers are retailers, not us. Once the retailers get the toys, they do not care what they do with them.

Starting to pop up officially on amazon

I just saw a "Rita is invading Target!" video from the official account... So I guess the toys are gonna start being sold at Target now.

>>11578710
>pterodactyl
Up on amazon right now

>>11580345
Bleh, overdesigned.

>>11580345
kino but only if it's transforming

>>11580406
Yeah, besides the fact that the Daizyujin and Dragonzord transform and combine, just look at his staff.
It's made with the Red Dragon's arms.

>>11580234

Can confirm, they had some at mine today. My Megazord is finally complete.

All I need is Sabertooth Tiger and wait for the Dragonzord to build Fighting Mode (I'll skip Tyrannosaurus and Pterodactyl). I like that this version of the zords are pretty big.

>>11580345
>>11580455
Wait, how are the Red Dragon's arms part of the staff, "in universe"/logic wise? They should be inside the Megazord's arms. The Red Dragon wears the Lion's legs like gloves to form the Megazord's arms. Where do the extra Red Dragon arms come from?

>>11576414
This, cheap monster gimmick toys are playmates' specialty and were shitting ourselves on the launch pad, hope baboo and squatt make it out at least

So apparently MMPR is going to be getting a Heroclix line. I'm not familiar with Heroclix, but from what I've seen people saying, franchises that get Heroclix lines usually get a shitload of characters/figures, so hopefully this will result in a lot of monsters of the week, or Season 2/Season 3 characters, or both.

>>11580921
>statues
>2 inches

Fuck Off bring back lighting collection

So playmates owns the rights to make the toys now? What are the chances of more zords? Specifically megazords. And with some articulation. It's insane hasbro, who has so much experience in giant robot making, had the line for as long as they did and made only a handful and each one was overpriced af

>>11580949
>hasbro, who has so much experience in giant robot making
That's all Takara. look at what they're doing with the missing link series and t spark. it's clearly Hasbro was always a middleman licensor for the brand

>>11580951
Yeah you're not wrong

>>11580977
Nooo

Once again, the Zords were the first to sell out at Target. Damn fast too.

Looks like Target has an exclusive box set.

>>11584338
Force people to buy a 6 pack to get Goldar.
All toy companies are evil aren't they?

>>11584544
Goldar will be zold separetly too

...where the fuck is my Dragonzord?

>>11584584
>We need to get through the first wave, Dragonzord will be in the second wave of figures next year we promise!!!
>First wave does not sell, it fails and there is no second wave.
>New company picks up the license
>We need to get through the first wave, Dragonzord will be in the second wave of figures next year we promise!!!
>First wave does not sell, fails and there is no second wave....

This is getting frustrating

>>11584546
Why are they allowed to say "EXCLUSIVE Goldar" on that box then?

>>11584601
I haven't seen the individual Goldar in person to confirm anything, but the box set version appears to be slightly metallic. Look at the pink ranger figure in the box because it's the easiest one to notice the difference between it and the regular figure. So the metallic one is exclusive to the box set, and the regular one is sold individually.

>>11584338
What bullshit. I was expecting Goldar to be a Target exclusive since he was absent from all the Walmart promo imagery, but forcing me to buy a box set to get him is such kikery. I had wanted to buy a second Goldar and clip his wings, but not gonna do that now. The rest of the world can just buy a solo carded Goldar, but America gets screwed with this exclusive bullshit.

>>11584750
wait so there really is no solo Goldar in the US?

>>11584338
Aren't the auto morphin figures a totally different scale than the regular ones like Rita and Goldar?

>>11584765
That hasn't stopped them before.

>>11584765
Do you notice how small Goldar is in that pack compared to the rangers? He should be larger, instead he is smaller. See, kids don't care about scale. They will have 3.75in fighting 5-6in and not care. I had a Star Wars Royal Guard in the early 90s that looking back on now I can not believe was not 5-6in. I even remember it being around 5-6in and using it with confirmed 5in figures, yet no Royal Guard had been made that large at the time.

>>11584757
I knew something was up when he was the only figure not on Playmates' website.

>>11584776
Why do toy companies hate the people that buy their toys, the end consumer? Like if they do some kind of exclusive nonsense for a retailer who is their 'true' direct customer, that still is not the end consumer who in the end needs to still be pleased to continue their line. If the end consumer is displeased, their retail 'true' consumers dry up due to peg warming. I just don't get why so many cannot balance their service to the retail consumer without pissing off the end consumers.

I guess when Johnny Walmart or Johnny Target rolls in with the giant briefcase of money saying make Goldar an exclusive in a 6 pack for their store only, it is just impossible for them to say no.

>>11584780
This line has been handled so horribly I would be shocked if any of the second wave stuff comes to fruition.

>Walmart exclusive for the first 3 months
>Green Ranger stuff Walmart exclusive forever
>only male Ranger and Rita figures available at launch
>only 3/5 Dinozords available at launch
>Goldar only available in Target exclusive 6-pack

>>11584338
I shouldn't be surprised that Goldar is exclusive to Target after Green Ranger being made exclusive to Walmart, but that doesn't make it any less moronic. Limiting your most popular hero and villain characters to store exclusives is not going to help your line succeed. This six pack would have been a great opportunity to release a less popular/marketable villain like Scorpina.

>>11584775
Right, but older teens and collectors buying this stuff will probably care. They do have all the rangers in 5" figures too right? Why not just pack those in with Goldar or keep Goldar out of it? This intentional scale mixing is just dumb and limits the appeal for the sets.

>>11584784
Add mixing scales in the same package to that list. Playmates really is making so many really stupid and completely preventable choices with this line.

>>11584546
>Goldar will be zold separetly too
The packaging and the listing makes it very clear that he won't.

>>11584801
Tiny Mini-Me Goldar

>>11584798
Maybe Playmates doesn't want to target collectors, maybe they want to actively turn off collectors to the line and only appeal to kids?

>>11584801
Maybe it's a paint variation of it, because I literally saw Goldar single packed a week or two ago (in Canada, seems like they're not in the US).

>>11584818
He was released at launch single carded everywhere but the US.

>>11584789
I was just going to collect the villains because they were always the best part of the show. now they can go fuck themselves because I'm not buying anything. I dont even care if they make Rito now.

>>11584807
That's a fantastic sales strategy. Intentionally limit the appeal of your products.

>>11584838
We all know Playmates are not the smartest company

>>11584807
No it's to get you to double dip because collectors can't help themselves. Pic related.

>>11584865
But the scales are mixed so to a collector the Goldar is useless. Or the rangers are.

>>11584865
Pic not related, dumbo

>>11584865
I would have happily double dipped on a villain 6-pack with exclusive Finster and Scorpina after Squatt and Baboo were released. Hell, I'd buy two of them and keep one boxed.

Maybe Goldar is only exclusive to the 6 pack in Target and sold separate everywhere else?

>>11584873
I don't expect Playmates would ever do something this cool, but they could still do it since wingless Goldar would be a new figure. They should really release wingless Goldar single carded first though. Not having a widely available single carded Goldar in an MMPR line is brain dead.

>>11584878
The current wave has omitted Goldar completely in all retailers in the US

>>11584886

That sucks. Glad I'm only in this for the Zords.
.....
And maybe a Rito figure.

>>11584878
Enough with the cope, it couldn't be made more clear in the listing that he's exclusive to this set. He's also the only figure Walmart didn't show on their display and the only figure not on Playmates' website.

>>11584892
This is what people get for $20 in the toy aisles now?

>>11584923
Are you tired of winning yet, son?

You'll get a single Goldar later, this is Playmates we're talking about. They're going to be re-re-re-releasing these figures till 2030.

>>11584941
unless the line collapses

>>11584941
Would that not be false advertising? The package specifically calls out that the figure as exclusive. If you can't give an example of Playmates selling a figure single carded which was previously listed on the packaging as exclusive you're talking out of your ass.

>>11585040

Exclusives don't have to be forever.

>>11584584
Maybe when Playmates tanks and the next company down the line picks up the MMPR license....

>>11584750
>>11584789
If they want to impress me, they need to make Goldar on scale with Megazord.

Whelp, the retailer actually is their primary consumer. Once the product is sold to Target/Walmart their part is done. If it fails then Walmart will try to peddle off their excess to Ollie's and TJ Maxx. But Hasbro is not going to car about that since they already sold the units at the price they wanted.

>>11585189
This mindset is foolish as mentioned here >>11584780

Only getting sales from the retailer and having dissatisfied actual human customers leads to lines that end and harms future profits.

>>11585235
Not when they are one of the biggest fish around and the retailers are going to keep buying from them either way because they still hold a lot of licenses that do sell well.

>>11575003 (OP)
Are they good? The gimmick figures

>>11585318
Tell that to McFarlane who had DC, the 2nd most lucrative super hero license, and still got demoted to electronics

>>11585797
MacFarlane is making videogame and movie based toys, still sold in Walmarts right now.

>>11585820
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbTM1BurD5g
You can't obfuscate with some nonsense "they're still in Walmarts!" Yeah, in electronics. He has admitted he was demoted to electronics.

>>11584584
>>11584595
I don't know why companies keep holding back on Dragonzord. Bandai 2010, Hasbro's basic line, now Playmates. Do they not understand the Dragonzord massively increases the appeal of the Megazord?

>>11585988
They probably think it wouldn't sell by itself when it's the most popular single mecha of the main 6.
Playmates, release the Dragonzord.

>>11585183
It's kinda silly to keep on selling the Dinozords over and over again without the Dragonzord.
Especially since you had the Thunderzords and the Ninjazords at the height of MMPR's popularity.
>>11576045
>Cosmic Fury line
That line only had like 3 toys. Hasbro had already given up by then.

>>11585988
>>11586648
>>11586649
Do all these modern PR lines not understand that Green Ranger and Dragonzord didn't come out immediately in 1993 because they weren't in the show until later? Toy lines waited until characters actually existed in the show back then. But they're not a spoiler anymore. They can include them immediately nowadays. We all know about them.

dragonzord is their year two big zord

>>11584595
>>11585988
>>11586649
There was also an Amazon exclusive Megazord around 2023. Wedged in between the Hasbro line and the Playmates line.

>>11586884
What are you talking about?
Dragonzord appeared in the 21st episode of the first season. One month into the first season.
They toy was available in August 93 along with the rest of the set including Megazord and Titanus.

>>11587174
https://thetoycollectorsguide.com/1993-1995-mighty-morphin-power-rangers/
Released in 93, and since the show began in September while wanting to get everything on shelves before christmas they would all be out from the start in likely August. Dragonzord was a part of MMPR Wave 1 from the very start.

>>11586991

Him and hopefully Titanus.

>>11586884
>>11587174
so much merch with just the 5 rangers was made in the peak of rangermania I forget how early the green ranger showed up, and how much he actually appeared. It was super hard to find Green ranger merch back in the 90s

>>11587248
The Green Ranger was hard to get as a figure because he was packaged with the Dragonrd only for the longest time. And that was a $50 toy back in 93, who pretty much a christmas only kind of thing.

He was almost consistently excluded from tie-in merch like all posters, shirts, games etc. I really don't know why but everyone else slapping a Power Rangers logo on something cheap always excluded the Green Ranger. It does sort of make him look like he either came in very late or was never a main character at all.

>>11587264
PR was only planned for the initial 40 episodes with Tommy having come and gone by those last few. I think they didn't realize how much Burai footage they would end up using (and this was before Zyu2 was even considered) and a lot of the merch was entered around the initial episodes(which tends to be common with kid's shows).
There was SO much merch for season 1 I was still finding it well into Zeo. Not even Season 2 or Season 3, straight up Dinozords based stuff. That's part of why I suspect Saban didn't want to switch suits until Zeo, the market was just too flooded. Only Season 2 merch with the White ranger really came close.

>>11587389
The costumes were unchanged because Saban set up a 3 year merch deal with retailers. The original intention was to have a 65 episode season and then syndicate it for 2 more years which was the typical practice for afternoon cartoons at the time. However the series was a massive hit in the first few weeks so they left the season open ended (since they were still filming and editing episodes at the time) since Fox greenlit a second season.

But mostly they made a lot of merchandise for dino rangers they wanted to keep the suits and the show going for as long as possible.

>>11584338
I keep looking for reviews of this thing, but nobody has the balls to buy it, including me

>>11588085
>I keep looking for review
For what??? It's the same crappy rangers that are already out and the Goldar that's been out for months in other countries

>>11588085
I bought it. What's there really to say? If you've seen the already released Automorphins you know what you're getting. I wasn't planning to buy any of those figures because they look so bad, but I'm a mark for the villains so they got me. The Rangers are a more metallic finish than the singles, but beyond that they're the same figures with the same accessories. They're even worse in hand than I expected them to be. The leg articulation is beyond bad, with a laughable amount of range. They also tower over Goldar, so I don't understand why these figures are being sold together.

I like Goldar's sculpt, he looks more proportionate and his wings look more accurate than his original 5" toy. His scaling fits in perfectly with Bandai's 5" ESAs. His articulation is better in the arms than his prior 5" counterpart, and he has head articulation unlike that figure, but it's highly restricted by the sculpt. The legs are where he suffers as he has nothing, not even foot swivels (unless you count the right leg moving inward on a spring to activate the wing flapping action feature). I understand that Goldar's design limits what you can do with his legs, but I wish they would have given him ball joints like the original 5" figure, even if they would be significantly hindered by the skirt.

While it could have been better, I overall like it and see it as an improvement over Bandai's old 5" Goldar. If you don't care about the other figures in the pack it's absolutely not worth $60 though. I got the set for just under $45 using the Target Circle card's 5% savings plus the current promo they have on toys, and that's still too much for it. American consumers got screwed hard on this one.

>>11587264
It's still a Christmas only type of thing for anyone but adult collectors and/or people with jobs, anon

>>11588534
>Christmas only
Birthdays are a thing.

>>11588181
Thanks for the review, I'm planning on buying it with the TMNT remastered box, I know the figures are a special kind of shit, but gimmicky stuff has always been a feature of the line so I may as well get all at once, I just didn't know if it was any better than the first release in any minor way

We getting any reveals at NYCC?

>>11589590
There's this.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Mighty-Morphin-Power-Rangers-Re-Ignition-Combinable-Dinozord-5-Pack-by-Playmates-Toys/15195356995?

>>11589614

Hmm, any changes from the solo releases?

>>11589619
no minifigs. I'd wait for the ross release. big sets like these tend to show up there during the following holidays

>>11589728

I already have all five, looks like the only addition is like, two more missiles.

If they're smart they'll keep this selling next year to go with the Dragonzord.

>>11589728
>no minifigs
Damn that sucks. Why would they omit those?

>>11589758
I dunno why you'd want them.

>>11589732
Wouldn't they move on to Thunder Megazord and Lord Zedd by wave 2? There is nothing else to bother with for the first season of MMPR

>>11589856
More of season 1 is next year. Maybe season 2 depending on sales.

>>11589879
There is not enough left in season 1 to make a second run though. Just a couple characters and then just monsters. Which not enough people care about.

It's better to jump to season 2 and go right to the Thunder Zords, Zedd, Z Putties, and the White Ranger/Tiger Zord.

>>11589928
Supposedly we're getting Squatt, Baboo, Dragonzord, and the Dragon Dagger. Thats probably enough for the first half of the year.

Oh, and I think King Sphinx.

>>11589937
>Supposedly
It was all shown already

You know, it just occurred to me... No Titanus/Ultrazord?

>>11589973
Nothing official. Fingers crossed.

>>11589758
they were only added to buff the price of the single release pterodactyl to the same as the other zords. no need to do that with this full set.

>>11589937
That's a complete waste of time. They can just jump right into Thunder Zords and have an all new Zord team again, one that is not made nearly as often as the constant Dino Zord spam. A new villain and some monsters that are also rarely used.

No one has ever given a shit about Squatt and Baboo

>>11589614
I'd really like this so much more if it weren't for the Triceratops' and Sabertooth Tiger's stubby tails that don't fill the whole space on the Megazord's legs. They really should've either provided the Zords with alternate tails that fill the whole space, or shortened the space to accommodate the new, shorter tails.

>>11590201
>No one has ever given a shit about Squatt and Baboo
I give a shit, fuck off.

Why do they always remake the same 5 monsters like King Sphinx, etc. They have to be cannibalizing sales by the fact that past companies have made the same monsters before and people dont want to keep upgrading just monsters.

>>11590232
They replaced the ends of the tails with colorful spring loaded missiles. Leaves those on and the tails fit in the spaces.

>>11590304
Yeah it's annoying. Of all the monsters Hasbro did only Pumpkin Rapper was a never before made character. There's so many iconic monsters who have never had a figure and would be much more desirable than the same ones over and over.

>>11589619
>any changes from the solo releases?
It seems so.

>>11590321

Well. Thats a kick in the knickers.

>>11589973
The scale for it would be crazy to work with the Megazord. I don't see it being something retailers would carry.

>>11590344
I could maybe see it as a hollow playset type thing that is static. Playmates can be clever at making big sets like that. No rolling wheels or electronics of course.

>>11575003 (OP)
My dad said those toys are for fags so I couldn't get them.

>>11590321
Wow thats sneaky of them

>>11590201
>>The most popular Zord
>>The weapon of the most popular Ranger
>>Two main villains that never got 5" figures before
>A complete waste of time

>>11590321
Damn. Good thing I haven't bought any of the individual Zords yet, then.

>>11590311
Sure, but then the spaces on the legs don't "look" full because the missiles are the same color as the Zords.

>>11590448
>Appears in just a handfull of episodes then retired
>NEVER included in group images, tiein material like posters and shirts
>Same with the Green Ranger, he was an extra that appeared in a handfull of episodes then retired
>Neither have appeared in the last two MMPR toy runs in the last decade
Sorry to tell you this but Green Ranger and Dragon Zord are nothing but meaningless extras with less importance than most monsters. There is a reason they are never included each time a new company puts out a line of MMPR toys. They do not matter, have very few fans, and most companies understand that it would sell at a loss.

>>11590904
>Same with the Green Ranger, he was an extra that appeared in a handfull of episodes then retired
>have very few fans,

Wow. Wow.

Good haul at Target today. Target's website said my local store had 8 figures in stock this morning (it specifically said they had 8 Putties, but because Rita and the Putty share the same assortment/DPCI number it's counting both of them). By the time I got there the number was down to 6. None of the MMPR stuff was on the floor, so I had to ask someone to get them from the back. They had 3 Ritas and 3 Putties left, and seeing as all the stores in my area are showing either 4 or 8 figures in stock, it's likely that the villains are evenly split cases of 4 since the math doesn't add up any other way.

>>11590904
Wow, well done, anon. Masterful trolling.

>>11590904
3/10, I chuckled.

>>11589614
>>11590321
Thank fuck I only bought it a week ago and I can still return mine to target, still angry I have to do that in the first place.

>>11591039
>They had 3 Ritas and 3 Putties left, and seeing as all the stores in my area are showing either 4 or 8 figures in stock, it's likely that the villains are evenly split cases of 4 since the math doesn't add up any other way.
Bit worried about that case breakdown. Rita already got an advanced release at Walmart where the Putty was absent, and the Putty is an army builder, so it's easily the more desired figure here. I'd think a 3 Putties/1 Rita case would be more logical. I could easily see people buying up all the Putties and while Rita's shelf warm, and I fear that could hurt the future of the villain assortment. If that Squatt and Baboo don't ever get released because Playmates was too retarded to pack the army builder more heavily than a female villain who most people already bought at Walmart I will riot.

I run this shit.

So....how soon until we get some sales numbers?

>>11575815
No they're fucking not lmao
They're LITERALLY gaining dust on shelves everywhere I go

>>11592048

The Zords keep selling out at my Target.

So no news came from NYCC?

>>11594270
>>11591659
We'll have to get through the holiday season to tell how well these sell to parents/kids. Many stores are just starting to get product on the shelves.

I don't think Playmates is going to release any other waves of things until at least a few months into 2026 so they can look at this early sales data and try to change things accordingly based on retailer orders.

>>11594281
Isn't Playmates one of those Hasbro companies that needs to plan things out a year+ in advance? I'm not sure how much they can change.

>>11595192
Hasbrolike that is

>>11595192
That's the toy industry as a whole. It takes time to get a toy from concept to shelves. That doesn't mean a company can't pull the plug on planned products if sales are horrifically bad, but generally speaking you need to be planning the next wave before seeing the sales figures unless you're okay with there being a massive gap between products.

I'd have thought NYCC would've been a good time/place to show/announce Dragonzord, but that clearly wasn't the case. Which is unfortunate, because not having a Dragonzord on the radar is hurting their Megazord sales, as many people aren't going to buy into a Megazord without a Dragonzord to accompany it. The Legacy Megazord is a perfect example of this. As soon as the Legacy Dragonzord was announced the demand for the Megazord shot up considerably, existing stock quickly depleted, and the aftermarket prices went through the roof until Bandai did another run of them.

>>11595224
Sure as hell hope we're getting one to go with the Dragon Dagger.

>>11587248
Ah, I forgot that so much of the promotional art used the Megazord toy as the base

>>11595425
It did the same for Dragonzord and Titanus, too.

>>11589614
Man
It's better than the individuals
But no Minifigs for Ptera
So I'd have to go buy a second one separately

Is it even worth? How's it fare against 2010 Dino Megazord?

>>11596589
After looking at this image compared to the toys from Playmates, is Hasbro owed an apology?

>>11596616
N O

>>11596616
>>11596762
God this shit was a fucking mess lmao
And the 2010 Dino Megazord is still pretty solid
The Legacy is literally it but with Die Cast and better apps

>>11596616
Hasbro mishandled the PR line so bad. They did everything they could to make everything so cheap. Hiring freelancers and no cohesion within the toyline was so dumb. The whole premise of PR is teamwork,and what did we get. out of scale figures, teams with mismatched markings, some members have painted accessories, some not. Fucking Blue Zeo had to get his power weapon packed with a random cog because they forgot to add it. ZAP was a failure with out of scale zords because muh accurate irl sizing from an old book reference. The Dragonzord is not a manlet compared to the Megazord you fucking assclowns! The only saving grace Hasbro has was releasing all the colors for the Psycho Rangers.

>>11596762
ZAP is hot garbage, but I think Hasbro's basic Megazord is underrated for what it is. It's seriously lacking in paint/decals, but so was Bandai's cheap 2010. The 2010 Megazord got a more premium deco in the Legacy line, and I'd say Hasbro's basic Megazord would be superior to Bandai's Legacy Megazord if given the same treatment because the Hasbro is better articulated. Shame they never made a cheap Dragonzord to go with it.

>>11596954

At least we got the Astro Megazord. One of my favorites.

>>11596954
I'm still made the 2.0 Lightning Collection went under so god damn fast that like nobody got them
So I actually had almost every single pre order EXCEPT Blue get cancelled

>>11596954
>The Dragonzord is not a manlet compared to the Megazord you fucking assclowns!
In Hasbro's defense, this has always been a problem with the toy versions, even as far back as 1992.

>>11598755
At least Legacy wasn't such a brutal mogging as the absolute BEEFCAKE Original

>>11575815
>if it's for kids it's ok if it's bottom barrel dogshit
why are corporation simps like this?

>>11580345
This thing gets sexier every time I looks at it
>>11580898
There aren’t extra arms; they’ve seemingly changed it up so only the upper arms are part of the combined body

Why is it so big?

Some guy was reviewing the Playmates morpher and theres a hidden voice line for the White Tiger. Interesting.

Was at a Walmart today which less than a month ago was fully stocked with Reignition figures, and all they had left were two Red Rangers. That's 50 out of 52 figures sold. To refresh people's memories, this was the breakdown of what Walmart stores recieved.

>14 Green Rangers
>14 Red Rangers
>12 Black Rangers
>8 Blue Rangers
>4 Ritas

A different Walmart which less than a month ago didn't have any Reignition figures, had 8 Blacks, 3 Blues, and a Red today. 40/52 sold so far. Those seem like pretty promising numbers despite some questionable ratios.

Ultimately I know this is just two stores out of thousands, but an interesting thing to note is that I implicitly remember the Walmart store which sold 50/52 Reignition figures having Hasbro's MMPR Automorphin and VHS figures peg rotting forever. I'd say Hasbro's figures were objectively better, but the same community of people likely didn't buy them because they were more expensive. Power Ranger figures sell when they're cheap. Seeing as every PR line with a collector price point has failed, I think Playmates made the right call on the cheap basic figures, which were Bandai's bread and butter for over two decades.

>>11599861
Likely to make Riding TimeRobo feasible.

>>11599911
That was leaked months ago. Nice to see they planned that far ahead though.

>>11599950
Why no Yellow or Pink? Is the 'female figures don't sell' meme still going strong?

>>11600293

Its not a meme, they never sell.

>>11600488
DC Multiverse has the opposite meme. Female figures now always sell.

>>11600293
What's weird is that they omitted Pink and Yellow, yet packed in 4 Ritas instead of Putties. So it's not even consistent. One would also think instead of 12 Black Rangers, throwing in a couple of Pinks and Yellows would make for a better selling case.

>>11600544

Well, they're the lucky one, I guess. Theres a Target exclusive toy of Jean Grey, and whole pegs sat untouched for a month.

>>11600754
Their Warbird and Psylocke sold out like crazy. That Jean is just not as desirable, one main reason is the inaccurate boots, but also the costume itself isn't in high demand.

>>11601355
The boots are definitely apart of it, that's why hardcore collectors were bitching, but for the average Joe Schmo who wants to collect an X-Men lineup, the X-Factor looks just aren't going to be what these people are going for. People are either going to want the All New All Different costumes, the Jim Lee ones, or the Astonishing ones. These are the three top looks for the X-Men as far as normies are concerned.

How close is the Playmates Megazord in feeling to the 1993 Megazord?

when it comes to figures from the past, which era or line of figures would you say was your favorite? I want to try and hunt for osme of the older lines while trying to colelct some stuff like lightning collection while they are still out there.

>>11602853
Lightning Collection a year before it died, trouble is nobody but us fringe people care beyond mmpr to In Space so it all rotted, you can still get a lot of it cheap

>>11602243
It's a bigger boy with the missile firing gimmick on some of the individual zords. It's also the closest in terms of general chunkiness to the original.