Repaint? I'm pretty sure having the exact same design and altering the materials used to make it isn't what a repaint is, bro...

It's not a stupid line, but it's an exploitative line.

I actually didn't even know what the first Megazord looked like until I got back into Power Rangers about a year ago. Of course, I grew up with Lost Galaxy, Lightspeed Rescue, and Time Force and I'd love to see some new versions of the Megazords from them (especially Time Force, I'd like that stupid combining gun too). The only reason the Legacy line interest me is because of the designs. As much as ZordBuilder is hated I think it is a smart idea to do with these, if they started to widen the target audience. If they start to try and market the legacy line to kids by doing some "Flashback Filler" or whatever and doing some episodes that highlight past Ranger teams and their Zords and lower the prices of the Legacy line they might be able to pull kids into it.

If they don't do that they should just drop the ZordBuilder from it and start marketing it as kind of the Power Rangers equivalent of the Transformers Masterpiece line (which I think is what they're trying but failing). Having a gimmick aimed at kids who might have stuff from multiple lines in your collector-oriented line isn't that great of an idea. I know it comes from the re-aired MMPR and the redone Megazord for that but that doesn't mean you have to keep it.

It was still the same mold, therefore, it is a repaint. They didn't sculpt in the details. They didn't paint the details. They used sticker. The Legacy Megazord is the least show accurate of the entire Legacy zord line.

We've been through this song and dance before, but with different terms, so I'd rather not do it again.
And I never mentioned accuracy...What are you talking about?

They aren't trying to make Masterpiece Megazords. They are trying to make Godaikin-style Megazords, aka, what you SHOULD have been offered as a child but your parents were too cheap to buy, so we made plastic toys instead.

The Legacy line stands up very nicely next to Dynaman and Co.

If they were aiming for Masterpiece-level, we'd be seeing Soul of Chogokin figures at $200-$300 each.

I'm disappointed in Ninja Megazord. It looks pretty similar to the original toy. (To me at least.)

I'm actually pretty sure the correct term is retool/remold not repaint because they added the diecast.

As for it's use of stickers I always thought that was a throwback to the original toy since they were selling the thing based on nostalgia.

and a cost-saving measure

It's supposed to.

The entire point of the Legacy line is to have high-quality, show-accurate toys. Everything tries to be as show accurate as possible, you know, like the Masterpiece line.

Die-cast parts don't automatically make a toy better. You can ruin a perfectly good toy but putting die-cast in the wrong places. Plus, you do know the Megazords you had as a kid were TOYS that were meant to be PLAYED WITH. Have you ever been hit with a die-cast car before? It hurts. Now think if you had something much bigger, made of combining robots, that isn't the most stable thing in the world, with die-cast parts. There's a reason the boxes for the Legacy line have a suggested age of 15+ on them.

The Masterpiece line is about show accurate Transformers with ultimate articulation and little to no diecast (at least since MP-10).

The Legacy line is shooting in a different direction. Yes, it's aimed at collectors. But no, it's not trying to be a Masterpiece line. It's more like the American version of the Artisan series in Japan...a different beast altogether.

Never said die-cast automatically made things better. Titanium Series Transformers proves that poor designs married with die-cast are not ideal.

However, we ARE talking about well-engineered toys that have die-cast metal where they should. The Godaikins were designed exactly that way. The Legacy line is, essentially, carrying the Godaikin banner onward to where collectors now have the money to afford them. Because, as kids, most of us (or our parents) couldn't afford $60-$80 high-quality die-cast mecha. So Bandai gave us chunky plastic toys instead at more affordable costs. Now, Bandai knows we can afford those guys at retail.

The Legacy Megazord has more in common with classic DX GoLion than Transformers Masterpiece Star Saber. Similar audience but very different appeal.