Legacy Thunder Megazord.. Buying It?
 

Just a curiosity experiment. Seeing who here is willing to lay, or has laid already, 200 dollars down for the Legacy Megazord.

I would totally buy it if they weren't clearly pushing to see how much they can get away with charging.

That. The price is everything I hate about this 'Legacy' line. It's turning into exactly what you said, Bandai seeing how much they can charge us and get away with it.

The heavy use of Diecast puts me off to.

I'm all fine with it, but Diecast needs to be sparingly used the bigger your figure gets. G1 Optimus is lots of metal but he's pretty small. Now scale him up to the size of, say, ROTF Leader Prime and the metal goes from neat to shit.

DairenOh/Thunder Megazord is one of my favorite robos of all time, and I would love to own it. But Bandai asking $200 makes me not even want it. I forget who said it, but I believe I member here said that for the same price point you could probably track down the original DairenOh release and get it for that much, maybe a little more.

If this came down to $150 I'd probably consider it a bit more. But at $200 I have no plans to purchase it.

Pretty sure I said that.

EDIT:
And I totes did.

I own the orginal MMPR stickered one and it my original I had as a kid I would get this but I moving in with my gf and want have the funds to get a $200 toy it be cheaper yes importing but the customers on this thing would be huge to the point I pay the same price regardless

No way is it worth it. $200 is, like, Takara Devastator, or well into a SOC, or... anything that's more in-depth than this thing.

THUNDER MEGAZORD:
-$200
-5-piece combo
-Total of 3 configurations (Red Dragon Warrior, Assault Team, Thunder Megazord)
-Die cast metal (included for collectors who want quality items)
-Requires heavy shipping fee due to my location
-Collector's item, definitely not as good as Ninninger
-Episodes of MMPR2/Dairanger watched: 0 (22 min.)

BIKLONZ INFINITY:
-$70
-5-piece combo
-Total of 6 official configurations (Hurricane, Aero, Ghost, Eclipse, Ursa [Robot Mode], Infinity)
-Sounds (included because Tobot [both Tobot and Biklonz are by Young Toys] lost to Kyoryuger in 2014, and Kyoryuger had tons of sound gimmicks)
-Free shipping thanks to my location
-Meant for play, still not as good as Ninninger but has more playability than TM
-Episodes of Biklonz watched: 66 (7 min.)


...yeah, no.

I might not be able to at the time of release but i'd still rather give my money to this than a Falconzord or any other item highlighting BoA's relentless Tommy-worship.

I'm going to lay down my cash for this, but with severe apprehension. While I have the discretionary income to afford it, I don't quite agree with the pricing practice and what it might mean for other bulky megazords such as Muteki Shogun.

If I had the money I would. But $200 is simply far too much. And it pains me because this really does look like a fairly awesome toy: very show accurate and wonderful attention to detail.

It's really a matter of pricing it beyond reach. :(

Of course I am buying it. It is over priced as ****, but it is a show accurate Dairen-Oh with fully painted and sculpted details, no stickers. I have been waiting years for something like this to come out, especially after the Legacy Dragonzord was released.

I absolutely want it, but it depends on my financial situation at the time of release. I might have to wait for a price drop.

I'd rather buy next years Bionicle sets. They look cooler than this too.

My problem with the cost is the simplicity of the toy. If we were talkin' a significant fraction of the poseability of a Soul of Chogokin toy, then yeah, a significant fraction of the SoC price tag makes sense. But we're talking about something that can only wave its arms up and down. And 3 of the 5 alt modes are complete bricks.

As cool as it is, there's no way I'm spending $200 on it, it's simply not worth that much. Buying it at that price is only encouraging Bandai to continue overcharging like this on future releases since it will demonstrate to them that they can get away with it.

I swear when information about this was originally posted, the guys posting said that Bandai was listening to the fans. So, do they listen to us say it's too expensive, or are they just sitting in their chairs, smoking cigars and laughing evilly.

Pretty much this. SOC GaoGaiGar is probably a technological marvel and was only 230 dollars. I love seeing power ranger fans get all angry defending the price of this thing when its nowhere near reasonable. Tooling and design costs? Guess what, every SOC has those and they aren't increasing prices by over 200%.

I will probably wait for a price drop. With $200, I rather use it to save up for a new laptop or buy the new 3DS.

Who's defending it?

Can I say I am surprised, I really am. I thought this would be much more one-sided towards people who were turned off by the price.

Yeah, but I don't see Bandai making Dairen-Oh in the SOC series, so this argument is kind of moot.

Saying that the SOCs are worth the price only means something if they were doing the exact same toy.

That's not how that works at all.

I don't have a compulsive need to have everything. My funds are finite and spent on only things that are a good value. It doesn't matter if BOJ is doing the same mecha or whatever, the point is value for your dollar.

It's not worth $200. It doesn't matter if it was the only toy on the market period. It's not a $200 toy.

I know. It's weird. Maybe we aren't giving BoA enough credit...

Although, most of the "yes I'll buy it" votes aren't from members it seems.

I will be since it seems they're actually doing a really good job with it and the fact its not hampered by zord builder and can still pull off the separate red dragon robot.

That was not what I was trying to say at all. I wasn't even referring to the price.

I kind of see your point. If the Thunder Megazord meant a lot to me and I could afford it, I can see how it is worth it. Worth and value is kind of subjective.

On the other hand, another person might value it based on the prices of SoC's. It really just depends on what criteria people use for value.

I need to actually see the final product before I plunk down $200

I can easily see where a $200 price can come from in something like this, but that is the point where I REALLY need to think about it. It's not throw away money at that point.

I want to see it in person first, before buying it, but Red Dragon looks solid and if it is as good as it seems, will solidify me buying it.

Id love to but not for 200.

$200 is a big jump and while I do want this megaZord and will most likely buy it, I do wonder why the substantial jump in cost occurred. Inflation? Labor? Who knows. BoA isn't the only domestic manufacturer that increased the cost of their toys this year.

I think the Megazord was cheap because it was a mold they already had. All they did was add some diecast and re-released the same toy with more accurate paint and stickers. Having to build this one from scratch may have raised the value some.

Also, Red Dragon zord (if it has the same style of neck as the Titanus neck) is substantially more intricate than Tyrannosaurus was/is.

But until official pics are out, this is all speculation.

I'd say "overuse of metal."

"We know you'll buy this shit because it is MMPR and so we can and will put you over the barrel of a gun."

cheesus crust what if the whole thing is just a giant piece of metal with metallic ratchets and balljoints

Exactly. Blame rising costs all you want, blame the extreme over-use of metal, but a large chunk of that price is knowing most of you lunatics will pay it. Cause you're crazy.

I know I'm crazy, but it is Dairen-Oh. And a show accurate one at that.