Yes, these pointless armored forms for their original cockpit scenes and the new weapons they use that weren't in the original sentai. If these were purely BoA creations then good riddance. I hated finding these figures with these stupid armors clogging the shelves instead of the figures of them outside the cockpits.

Will Hasbro be able to afford to import the BOJ molds to the US or will they resort to making their own molds instead?

I imagine they'll probably import, to be honest.

This news didn't surprise me. Bandai's UK office truly hate the show and have genuinely believed they could produce it better for years. Now they have an in-house creative agency working on a rival franchise, in London and with Toei in Tokyo, so they've servered ties and are looking forward. Good.

Credit to Saban Brands realising they're not talented enough to do this alone, so have just agreed to sell it to Hasbro. That's pretty refreshing.

It depends. Bandai Namco is expected to increase its shares in Toei into a controlling stake later this year, and I could see some hurdles being added on-top of an already trying relationship. That could include exclusivity over things like molds. Heck, maybe even stopping Saban Brands from licensing the show, if Bandai Namco can adapt Super Sentai itself. They now have the resources and budget to, according to their restructuring announcement.

But not the rights. Saban own the western distribution rights for the Super Sentai franchise.

Given Saban and Hasbro have just announced they're adapting Go-Busters, it looks like there is indeed some sort of issue...

I hope the zord builder system survives but I don't expect it to. I like that whole thing but I don't think it was super sustainable with Bandai.

If a mecha design is going to use pegs, then they can make them zord builder compatible. Those pegs can be a standard size. But don't force something to use ZB for the sake of using it. Like Kyurenoh relies in a different type of connection and shouldn't use ZB.

So Imaginext Power Rangers is over now right?