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11-16-2017, 02:49 PM | #1 |
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11-16-2017, 03:27 PM | #2 |
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I've got nothing to add. I've not bought a PR toy since... Time Force so I've been watching this all from afar. Still, I completely understand your frustration, and I'm in total agreement. There is just no excuse for this, not after all the hype and promise that went into building it up, Gold Ranger in particular, and I get the feeling the response will inevitably be something along the lines of "Well, you guys should just be glad we made it at all!".
If budget was such an issue, then I have to ask, why flood pegs with metallic versions of figures people already have, which no one asked for? If they're going to make a proper colored Gold Ranger a convention exclusive, why not just do *those* instead? It's heartbreaking and it's sickening, how PR fans have been treated in the last few years. I think Joe fans get more respect from Hasbro, and that line has effectively been dead since 2013.
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11-16-2017, 03:28 PM | #3 |
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So a very nice opinion piece, while I'm not entirely invested in the Power Rangers toyline like others are I can see why a lot of people are angered by this. But since this seems like a good thread, I should mention that, BoA has to be doing something wrong when I'm more of a fan of Power Rangers than say Star Wars or Marvel, yet their stuff tempts me to buy it more than Bandai's.
So let's have a bit of history with me and my strings towards the series, it starts in December 2013, got the Goesei Morpher or whatever they called it, for cheap because it was an after Christmas sale. For a Morpher it is surprisingly solid and the Power Ranger cards I had collected previously out of novelty had an actual purpose with this Morpher, that was cool. Skip forward for a bit, Super Megaforce as a line never interested me aside from the Standard Action Figures, and more so just the Silver Grunts and Prince Vekar, and I could never find them to army build with. And when they started to do the Red Rangers and Sixth Rangers, never had the money due to being in a rough spot at the time. In fact, I never started caring about the main figures completely, until they announced with Dino Charge, they'd be releasing more than just the main General and Grunt, this is when I became more active. Got Fury, Wrench, Snide, and snagged a Lord Zedd when he was around because I love the villains, and they make nice set piece enemies for SH Figuarts and other figures of similar size. Same goes with Ninja Steel too, don't care about the Rangers, just the monsters, got the chainsaw weasel, cat, and bulldozer dude (Cannot remember their names), and then two grunts, I've been seeing them pop up at my Walmart more so I may just do some Army Building of those, at least four. What I'm trying to say is, for a passing by consumer and collector like me, that is rarely into the line, when your standard sized figures are more appealing to me than your Legacy Line, and when the standard figures I get aren't even the rangers but monsters, your doing something wrong with the legacy line. Like to be honest, what puts me off is just the size of the Legacy Figures, never was a fan of that size anyway even if I do have a Doctor Doom figure of that size but hey, I love Doctor Doom so that's why. Which is why I would totally get the Psycho Rangers if the line continued. It's just you know, I hope their done well.... ... Because damn, ToysRus, let me tell you. I had a 20% off Coupon for about a month that expires tomorrow. I could get a Legacy Figure for cheap, and they even had a Ninja Storm Blue which I was interested in... but despite that prospect, and the fact that there were tons of other options (Mostly MMPR Movie and other shelf warmers), I didn't get any. Not even 20% compels me to just dip slightly into the line until I want to get serious. I even forgot Gold Ranger was coming out and when I heard he did I was like, "Oh, maybe if they have him..." but the color issue is just a bit annoying to me to where I wouldn't purchase it even with the 20%. Seriously though if the line dies, it dies, I hadn't collected yet and had no interest to start seriously collecting until the Psychos got announced. If they don't make it to shelves? It'll be a sad day but I'll move on, and probably spend my money somewhere else. Man that was a long ramble on toys, surprised I could type that much to be honest. |
11-16-2017, 03:51 PM | #4 |
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it's absolutely heartbreaking. I've been very accommodating with the legacy line of figures. I've not been upset at the poor paint or incorrect paint apps. The should thing didn't bother me, nor the helmet issue. I was more than happy to buy and took these as minor issues, but this Zeo Gold is the line for me. It's just cheap looking. It's not worth $20, it's not even worth $10.
I'd be happy to pay $25 or even $30 for a gold painted or plastic shield that looked liked we expected but I won't even pay for this turd at reduced prices. Shame on BOA. Shame. |
11-16-2017, 04:35 PM | #5 |
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the major problem with bandai is they are wasting all of the budget on useless stuff that was never used in the sentai footage like the bikes, cockpit modes, ninja stars, repaints because of that,
everything that gets used that's important in the sentai footage like the morphers, weapons, figures, megazords gets shafted and messed up. they have to go back to focusing on quality and not quantity. |
11-16-2017, 04:51 PM | #6 |
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They dropped it years ago. I quit supporting them.
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11-16-2017, 05:22 PM | #7 |
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Impressive piece.
I don't agree with the "orange" part, but it certainly isn't gold. Nor is it worthy of a purchase. I feel like BOA is just making wrong decisions left and right. While I'm speaking for only myself here, Legacy Zords that have minimal diecast to the point it doesn't affect the figure would be awesome and I'm pretty sure not many want a Legacy Zord that doesn't combine at all. I'm not asking for SoC quality here. |
11-16-2017, 06:44 PM | #8 |
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The common argument usually tossed around for something like this is usually "it's just for kids so they don't have to try."
But the thing about that is, kids are NEVER as dumb as executives think they are. And the kids deserve fun stuff too. |
11-16-2017, 07:10 PM | #9 |
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First off I just want to commend you Chris for writing an article like this and the prior one about the females, rather than being a shill for Bandai like certain others. Bandai needs to be called out on their BS or else things are never gonna change for the better.
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. Ultimately I think the entire 6.5 inch line was a mistake. Bandai was doing really well with the 5 inch figures and I don't know why they didn't just stick with what was working instead of trying to emulate Marvel Legends. In one year we got the complete MMPR and Super Megaforce teams, 3 villains, a Red Ranger from every team, and 8 sixths. The following years we got 7 Dino Charge Rangers, the 6 MMPR Movie Rangers, and 13 villains. To scrap all of that progress and ask those who want older complete teams to start over at a new scale for double the price is where they lost me. The only way that wouldn't have lost me is if they had been spiritual successors to figuarts, but near 7 inch figures with roided men and anorexic/silicone breasted women is not what I wanted from a PR line, and the fact that they didn't even come with personal weapons was the icing on the cake. I think the line is beyond salvageable at this point and Bandai should put it out of it's misery and go back to making cheap but respectable 5 inch figures which actually scale with their main line, as well as over a decade of older villains/vehicles/accessories/playsets. |
11-16-2017, 07:39 PM | #10 |
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I think the shill comments are uncalled for. I'm sorry some people can't be as angry as you. That is unprofessional of you.
I personally didn't care for those shorter rangers. I don't like small toys like that. That being said, Bandai's behavior with this line is unprofessional. I agree, you want people to buy your products at full price, then make me want to buy it. I can take a guess. They thought they could get away with reusing the same molds for every team. For some silly reason they though people buying these figures were doing it for the megazord. Like WTF, we are doing it for the rangers. Bandai let's make it simple. We want full sized Legacy Megazords without basic product issues like loose parts or bending. We want them to have some mobility. We want the SoC type stuff. Not everything needs to be damn metal. There are bits you can cheap out on because the quality is good enough. Hell I think you should encourage people to mod their figures like the gundam models. We want the Legacy figures to look screen accurate. That means no roids, not barbie boobs. Men are not masturbating to these figures(I hope). We can get porn on the internet now. Take the figuarts and make those. They are damn near perfect. Give us the damn weapons pack. If you want, put them with the female characters. That way you can sell those and also say you did the whole team. Why you thought retailers needed so many of the female figures is beyond me. I would love to chat with the people in charge. I think they are some archaic ideas on how business works. |
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