I agree it would be nice to have articulated megazords. Maybe not get rid of all the die cast but at least limit the amount used. Like on early Sentai mechs where the majority of the metal was just on the feet and some swivel joints.

I actually hope they don't do the gloves gimmick. In the movie they didn't do that. It's incredibly easy to give wrist articulation to the wolf, the ape would be the most difficult to figure out.

Any time a toyline gets a movie, retailers are willing to accommodate a larger retail footprint. If BoA were to offer only the current merchandising model, then they wouldn't have enough toys to fill that larger footprint.

Q4 should be fun in that you'll see Star Wars and Power Rangers dominating the holiday toy aisles.

No, but the lack of hands is accurate to the show. And since that's what they're going for its very unlikely it's going to have proper hands.

I think Bandai is excited for 2017. Obviously they'll have the next line of Legacy Megazords to release (Shogun, probably Tor, and tease Zeo at SDCC), they'll be in their second batch of Legacy figures (if they sell), and they'll also be pumping out movie stuff (biggest Megazord ever) along with doing some redesign of the Ninninger stuff for international release.

In theory - they stand an incredibly good chance to begin to move up the rankings against Playmates, NECA, Jakks Pacific, and Mattel in the boys toy category.

I think what would make the Legacy line much more attractive would be 50% less diecast and 100% less zord builder...

Personally, I love the die-cast. But I can take or leave the Zord Builder. While it hasn't necessarily been a hindrance, it really hasn't added much value to the Megazords either.

I agree. I like to keep the diecast but not have so much like you said. But yes I do hope they abolish that zord builder abomination.

But Zord Builder is just a port. I'll never understand that stupid argument, as to why ZB is "terrible".

I don't get it either they aren't noticeable on any of the Legacy Megazords.