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Originally Posted by Brainchild

Looking purely at retail here, how many stores that carry Megaforce items could you not find a Megazord or a Zord set in before Christmas? I don't know about you, but I saw them practically everywhere I went. Third-party add-on companies don't dictate when, which or how many Hasbro toys get put on shelves by retailers. When I'm talking about affordable toys that cater to collectors, I'm talking about their entire Generations line, and the Universe lines before that, and so on and so forth. That whole CHUGURTSUTHULHU line, or whatever ridiculous acronym is flying around nowadays. The secondary market, which you're referring to with stuff like Bruticus, is a whole other beast. Bruticus wasn't expensive at all until the third-party add-ons were announced or release, one of the two. In fact, I remember Target being so overstocked that they had to clearance both him and Superion, down to something like $5. I know that's what I got mine for. At any rate, there's no fear that collectors will snatch up Power Rangers toys when Transformers toys, which are far more sought after by more collectors, end up shelfwarming. It's just the fact of the matter that collectors don't make up that much of the sales. They're a vocal minority, and as such, no real threat to stock.

And the reason Power Rangers toys don't have third party add-ons isn't that the figures are getting so good you can't possibly think of ways to improve them; it's that's there's not enough demand for someone to start producing add-ons for a reasonable price. That, and PR designs tend to adhere so strictly to on-show designs that collectors don't really see a need for original designs. I don't see anyone with their Megazords displayed in some wacky Zordbuilder combination, and with good reason. BoA is all about cutting whatever corners possible to go from the individual zord modes to the robot mode.

That's what I'm saying about Hasbro and third party companies.They don't effect them directly on how many they put out,but they do effect them.Like you said,Superion was 5 bucks till the add ons came out.

As for Power Rangers not being snatched up by collectors,I just came back from toys'r'us,which on the east coast is the best chance to find Power Rangers toys....Not a single Gosei Great to be found.Only thing they had was the header vehicles and the 4 inch Gosei/Megaforce Red.