It was just a hypothetical. Just an example of really what it would take to derail me on the line. Hopefully the line doesn't do this too often, but I do expect it on occasion.

I do agree with all this, but the way I see it... at least it means they'd happen at all?

Like, if it's impossible for... I dunno, Operation Overdrive and Lost Galaxy to get individual releases that'd sell well so they have to resort to team packs... at least they are still coming out. The main problem of course would be how exclusive they are and how much they might be scalped, but so far at least LC hasn't had much of an issue with that.

The Rita/Zedd 2-Pack is $50, which is what two figures separate cost, atleast in my area.

Can't agree. I don't see many people being willing to drop $120+ on 5/6 Packs constantly, no matter how much they love the team/brand.

Ah, my bad. Sorry.

Good point. It's definitely going to be interesting seeing how Hasbro will handle the least popular seasons(Turbo, PROO, etc). I could actually see them doing Super Mega Force 2-Packs based on characters. So the Troy pack would come with Gosei and Gokai Red, the Jake Pack would come with Gosei Black & Gokai Green, etc.

I've been thinking about that recently, and weird as it may sound I believe they might be keeping them for the waves that release during Dino Fury airing. Then they can push them as a 'legacy ranger' kind of thing, and have not just figure diversity in their waves but have multiple ranger teams that kids have recently grown up with and watched. Right now we're gearing up for LC waves containing Dino Charge, Beast Morphers and Dino Fury, all of which by 2021 will have aired in the last 5 years -- not to mention Dino Charge bringing back almost all the main team for the Beast Morphers crossover.


If I'm right and that's the sort of trick they're pulling in order to make the line sell better... I'm all for it. Frankly we might even get more villains or super modes out of it going by that theory!

It would if Hasbro communicated who was going to get a team pack and they were getting one from the get-go yeah.

But they won't. They'll just spring a team pack out after 2 or 3 releases with the knowledge people will double dip.

I would definitely be more down for 2-packs, I have to say. The main issue I have concerning these 5-packs is that while there are a few teams I would like to own full sets of (Go-Busters, Shinkenger, Gokaiger), there's also ones where there's only really one or two characters I'd like to own? For instance, of Ryusoulger I'd only want Pink; of Ninninger I'd only have interest in Gold; etc. Heck, I just posted about how I'd only be interested in either Red or Pink of the Psycho Rangers... and while I'd be very happy to get a Red, in all honesty Pink is my favourite and now my chances of getting her alone are completely shot.

So a 2-pack scenario? Still makes things a little harder, but a much nicer compromise I feel and would be easy enough to get individuals. I'd be down for that.

And if that becomes too common, eventually you'll see people skipping the single-carded releases under the assumption that there will just be a team pack in the future, which could really hurt the line.

I'm cool with team packs. I actually prefer it this way because it's a guarantee that you'll have a completed team. But they need to communicate what collectors are gonna have to assemble piece by piece and what they'll be able to buy in one fell swoop.

Yeaaaah, that's the dodgy part of all this. If it's variants like a super mode or 'fighting spirit' MMPR green then it's fine, but I now have basically no idea what the point of Psycho Blue's release was anymore and now LG Red being exclusively packed with Psycho Red is even worse than it originally was. If a similar thing happens with say, Mystic Force Red and Pink being released as a mainline release and an exclusive before we get a 5-pack announcement, I'm not gonna be happy about it.


I think that's the thing that bothers me the most about this -- that unlike FS Green, there's going to be no actual difference in Blue or Red in this 5-pack from their original releases, and they're not exactly the sort of characters you want to troop-build or have multiples of.

In the US outside of Gamestop the figures are $19.99 each. Gamestop though ups the price to 22 or 24 dollars. Gamestop for an hour originally that that Zedd/Rita at $60.

I think enough people would drop $120 on a team. How many people have been buying a whole wave?
Now it shouldn't be the primary means.
But if Hasbro Pulse has a limited set of all five/six figures for sale then I think it could be successful. A mass release into stores like target, yeah no I don't think the customer base is there at the moment.


This is where Early Adopters exist. They will drop the cash for the team set. For everyone else they'd settle for a solo release but Hasbro would have to be clear that the solo release is coming. Power Rangers is in that weird place where it's really a troop building franchise but each member has a special difference. It's not like the X-men or Justice League.

I just said it on Twitter but I'll say it again here - hope you're all ready for the inevitable Zeo pack with individual weapons and retracted swords :lol