well now i need a hunt down a tigerzord

I just got my thunder megazord in and the tape on the box on both sides been cut and retaped with a second tape over the cut tape. Is this normal?? I want to leave one misb for display. Will buy another later to open up. Curious if this is a return?

It probably is a return. The recent second distribution of the Thunder Mgazord includes remolded thigh plates that largely fix the leaning issue. Since Bandai has been slow to respond to whether or not they'll supply those early adopters with the revised part, people have been exchanging them instead.

On the bottom of the box next to the barcode should be a hard to see number imprinted into the cardboard. If that number ends in a 5, the box is from the 2015 production and will not have the revised parts. If the number ends in a 6, it should be the new one unless the previous owner just put the old toy in the new box.

Looks like I'm going to have to start going to TRU again to find this fixed TMZ and then do a bait and switch.

Reportedly from a Facebook fan group, Bandai is now taking submissions to replace the kneecaps on the Legacy Thunder Megazord by contacting Bandai through these channels.

Wouldn't call it news until someone actually gets a set in the mail. Still, it seems there's a light in that tunnel now.

Awesome. What's the email?

Don't know. This is all they posted.