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11-30-2017, 09:47 AM | #51 |
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Hasbro barely releases leader class figures now though. Heck for a long time you were lucky if you got one in a line.
Except they've tried that three times now first with Jungle Fury, then with Samurai and finally with Megaforce. And each time the cheap one sold while the high end one shelf warmed. BOA could've had something great with the Legacy line. I was so excited to build the MMPR team and even despite the hiccups it felt really good to have the whole team together. But it just didn't feel worth it. I'm glad I got them but I have absolutely no drive to keep going. I was so damn excited for Zeo Gold and now I have to paint the damn thing. The comparison with Hasbro is apt here becauseHasbro is doing everything Bandai should be. Delivering quality, fun and well-designed toys on a budget. I rarely feel like I have to customize a TF, more like I just want to, versus PR figures which NEED it. And TFs don't have the crutch of being non-transforming bucks with the same base body. |
11-30-2017, 05:11 PM | #52 |
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Hasbro barely releases leader class figures now though. Heck for a long time you were lucky if you got one in a line.
Except they've tried that three times now first with Jungle Fury, then with Samurai and finally with Megaforce. And each time the cheap one sold while the high end one shelf warmed. As for the BoJ molds, they were over-priced TRU exclusives released after the cheap ones were. However, as soon as there was a price cut to around $40-50, they sold out fast. The key is to not base your price on import pricing. |
12-08-2017, 06:09 PM | #53 |
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On to the topic at hand, this shoddy assortment of Legacy figures doesn't surprise me in the slightest. The 6.5 inch Legacy figures have been riddled with problems from the get-go. From the terrible MMPR Red helmet sculpt, to the inaccurate shoulders on the MMPRs, to the grey belt fiasco. The build-a-figures no one asked for and ensuing lack of weapons. The questionable scale and body sculpts. The terrible distribution (MMPR Pink double packed, MMPR Red only single packed, 2nd wave Space Rangers impossible to find). To say this line has been a clusterfuck would be an understatement. I'm not well-versed with MMPR legacy figure concerns, what's the matter with the MMPR Red helmet sculpt, the shoulders on the MMPRs, the questionable scale, and body sculpts??? I knew about the grey belt fiasco, the lack of paint on some of the morphers, the build-a-figures no one asked for, and ensuing lack of weapons. |
12-11-2017, 12:45 AM | #54 |
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I'm not well-versed with MMPR legacy figure concerns, what's the matter with the MMPR Red helmet sculpt, the shoulders on the MMPRs, the questionable scale, and body sculpts??? I knew about the grey belt fiasco, the lack of paint on some of the morphers, the build-a-figures no one asked for, and ensuing lack of weapons. |
12-22-2017, 02:55 PM | #55 |
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I'm not well-versed with MMPR legacy figure concerns, what's the matter with the MMPR Red helmet sculpt, the shoulders on the MMPRs, the questionable scale, and body sculpts??? I knew about the grey belt fiasco, the lack of paint on some of the morphers, the build-a-figures no one asked for, and ensuing lack of weapons. It shows Bandai didn't care. Shoulders - White Ranger has the best arms but as said the Legacy MMPR arms were based on the Ninjastorm arms. It makes them look weird. Scale : Personally I don't have an issue with this. I guess if you collect other figures it might stand out. Body Sculpt: Good lord this is an embarrassment. Now I prefer general male sculpt in comparison to the figuarts versions. I think they should have nixed the 6 picks and some other defined muscle. No reason to have them. Not the end of the world though. The female molds I think are sexist designs that now with the sexual harassment claims further shows the nonsense. It's embarrassing that someone designed these. It's embarrassing that someone approved them. There is no reason for the design of that chest. The female rangers on the show were not depicted like that at all. I don't remember Trini/Aisha/Kimberly and many others looking like their ranger suits were painted on. Even the women who were busty when they wore the American version of the suits still didn't come off as such. Then the arms and legs just fail to support the figure. Hard to hold weapons and barely able to stand. The figuarts figures got the majority of this right. Why couldn't BOA just copy? |
12-22-2017, 11:04 PM | #56 |
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I question the choice of releases.
"We did Ninja Storm because, ninjas and Ninja Steel, and also you can build a Megazord with 3!" Yet, S.H. Figuarts Ninja Storm figures are like $15 a pop if you look hard enough. And that's still sealed. The market for Ninja Storm was not there. Why not go with something like Jungle Fury, which maybe not the most popular, at least gives you something new and different? I dunno. I feel the line started with awesome intentions and direction, and has quickly dropped in every aspect imaginable. I mean, even legs and arms are loose, or as Tom puts it, "noodley".
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12-27-2017, 11:28 PM | #57 |
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I can't really agree with you on Ninja Storm. I cant go to a target or Walmart and pick up Figuart versions. I can't easily find these $15 figuarts you are talking about. I do think it was bogus that they didn't finish the team. They are going to do Ninjasteel rangers as those three extra figures.
You have to differentiate between Power Rangers and Sentai fans here. Also Ninjastorm did start off the Disney era of power rangers. WHY? Finish out Ninjastorm first. Who the hell are you selling these things to? Though at the end of the day. Bandai of American simply could have taken the Figuarts figures and mass produced them. I don't know if it was a rights issue but someone high up threw up the middle finger to this whole project. I'm pretty sure this line is gonna end in the next two years. I doubt we'll see the Shogun megazord. They will continue to be stuck with MMPR season 1 like it was Jesus Christs birth. I think the failure of the movie took out the steam. Probably thought they were looking at a billion dollars in revenue there. |
05-23-2018, 03:00 PM | #58 |
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I bet the idiot bastard person that made that Legacy Gold Zeo Ranger got fired from the company and got hit by a car on his or her way home.
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08-11-2018, 07:27 PM | #59 |
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Did a 2 year old design the Legacy Gold Zeo Ranger?
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08-11-2018, 07:52 PM | #60 |
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