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Originally Posted by Kickback

I know a lot of people are throwing Bandai of America under the bus hardcore for this...

Sometimes it just doesn't fit in to the marketing plan of the company, and sometimes it's because no one wants to carry it. Who is to say that TRU wasn't offered this as part of a Holiday exclusive and rejected because it only caters to one/two Rangers, or because it may confuse consumers as they had the rights to the first one? Who is to say that WalMart and Target didn't reject the offer of this being an exclusive? Who is to say this is THE ONLY WAY they could release this out and because they're selling it directly as opposed to mass distribution, could only afford to make xx amount?

No one except those involved know, and we can ask those questions to Bandai at the show but until then it's pretty much a crap-shoot as to what the reasoning behind it was.

I doubt Bandai of America execs sat in an ivory tower thinking of ways to fuck over the Power Rangers community.

That's awfully understanding of you, but honestly, any retailer would jump at the chance to have as their exclusive an item that fans have been begging for for the past 20 years. Everyone loves the 6th rangers - especially Green and White (Tommy). There's also no good reason Bandai couldn't have shipped the morphers in a case of 3:1 ratio of silver to gold, like any other case assortment any company has ever done. Frankly, I haven't seen the silver morpher on the shelves at my TRU even once yet. I don't think TRU would have any problem ordering or selling more - even a special gold version.

The morpher is probably too expensive an exclusive for places like Walmart or Target who, if anything, seem to be cutting back on the size and scale of their toy aisles, but Toys R Us who loves $290 Millennium Falcon exclusives, or other online retailers? There is no way they would turn this down. The sales of an item like this are just guaranteed. At least half of the people who buy the silver morpher would buy the gold one as well. Then there are others who would only really care about the gold one!

Bandai did this only to get attention, even if it is at the cost of disappointing and offending their loyal customers. Even if Bandai were planning on releasing some lower quality version of these exclusives later on, this is such a rude an inconsiderate way to announce this to fans - without any further information or insight. If people think Mattel is bad with customer relations and SDCC decisions, they should check out Bandai. The show has reached a new low.