The information being confirmed wasn’t based on those set pics, FYI. It was based on toy catalogue leaks and confirmation from trustworthy sources who attended the toy meeting that were relayed to Dukemon on Ranger Board, who is literally the most diligent and trustworthy source of new Sentai and Rider information. The pictures were incidental and just supported the leaks.

And guess what? All the rumors were right. So... maybe have some faith that some of us wouldn’t share rumors unless they were well-sourced. :lol

Calling it now, this is how Hasbro is gonna have PR crossover with Transformers.

Still, this looks really awesome I hope it gets adapted as the 30th Anniversary for Power Rangers. If so it'll make up for Dino Fury not being that.

I think this is like, the most unadaptable thing in existence for PR

That's what people said about Shinkenger/Samurai and that didn't stop them.

It was also when they didn't really have options, right? And was a blatantly google translated script that wasn't well-liked by the fandom, as compared to Hasbro being well-prepared in advance by now and going out of its way to try and make a good impression?

Depends who you ask. Samurai does have its fans, and kids rather liked it going by ratings and toy sales IIRC.

Regardless, I'm really not seeing what makes this un-adaptable?

Well, if Toqger wouldn't work because "trains aren't that big in America", I'm not entirely sure that they'd be able to market a power rangers season as "four clunky robots and a callback to two showa seasons". They might as well try and adapt Gaim or Gavan at that point.

Well, why not make American-made Rangers that matches the Zenkai Bots??

Because why do that when they could just adapt something easier like Kiramager or Zyuohger? If they're gonna go to that effort, they'd probably just do what every indication has been saying and not adapt at all.

Slightly off topic I know, but has anyone at Saban ever actually said that ToQger's' train theme was the main reason it got skipped and not because, well, Dinosaurs and Ninjas are more of a safe zone? I know the fandom has theorized it as the reason, but I don't recall any official statement about it.

Meanwhile(back on topic) with this, granted, we do now have other "safe zone" picks in terms of Zyuohger and Kiramager, but this very premise has one thing you know they'd be more than willing to bank on: the Daizyujin Ranger.

Not just that either. When it comes to the other three Zord Rangers, while opinions on the seasons they represent are mixed, the mecha themselves are generally very popular with the fandom, atleast in my experience. The only real outlier is the AkaRed+Big One fusion, but again stuff like that hadn't stopped Saban(The Space Sheriff cameo in Ninja Steel), Disney(the sillier elements of RPM), or Hasbro(the Gavan cameo in Beast Morphers) before.

Plus Hasbro has shown with BM that they're willing to spend more money than any of the previous rights holders have before, so that helps.