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Originally Posted by Locke

I am laughing so hard at this thread.

Who gives a shit about some crappy accessory that isn't even from the original series the figure is from? Sure the figure is incomplete in the most literal sense but I don't think a figure really counts as 'neutered' because it doesn't have an extra piece that comes from another series entirely.

I mean seriously who gives a fuck? With the way people are going on in this thread you'd assume the Bluefin version is just some cheap knockoff rather than removing one, completely inconsequential, accessory that most American audiences don't even care about in the first place. Jesus.

First off, there's no reason to bring obscenities into this conversation buddy. Those of us who are "giving a shit about some crappy accessory" are having a pretty civil discussion here about buying one release of a figure over another.

The point is that North American buyers are not exclusively Power Rangers only fans. Alot of us keep up with Sentai and tokusatsu in general as well. In fact Bluefin caters to this by releasing such things as Showa Kamen Riders or Red hawk and Black Condor, or Ultra-Acts, or Super Robot Chogokins, etc. So saying something like "most american audiences don't even care" is just flat out wrong. The audience or viewership of Power Rangers as a program literally doesn't matter here. It's about collectors buying a high end collectors item.

Parents don't go to their local comic shop and spend $40 on these things for their kids. Look at the sales of Shinken Gold & Red at TRU as all the proof you need that the broad consumer market here doesn't support that line. Speicalty shops, online retailers, and collectors however do. And while I recognize, as I've said numerous times, why Bluefin can't release certain things here (like accessories pertaining to Akibaranger) that doesn't change the fact that I'm not buying a figure altered from it's original release like that.

I want the figure, I don't care if a "crappy accessory" or an "extra piece" is all that's missing. I'm a collector. I want the figure as it's supposed to be. Not a second release with less accessories, that after tacked on import fees for Bluefin winds up being more expensive than just buying it through an online retailer like Amiami.