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Originally Posted by MnemonicSyntax

I absolutely loathe comments like this, simply because they are (collective they being Saban and Bandai of America) listening. That's why we have Tommy coming back, and others for the end of Super Megaforce.

It's why we have a metal Dragon Dagger, Dragonzord, etc.

There are tons of fans out there (more so than I've seen in any other franchise) that have these ideas that are great, but only to them. That's fanfic material. So when people say "they're not listening to the fans" it's more like "they're not listening to my opinion of what would be a good idea and is better fanfic fodder anyway."

Not that you're specifically saying that, but improvements have been made over the years. There's no denying that.

Unfortunately, "they" cannot listen to it all, for various reasons. This, in many ways, makes many of the fans upset, for various reasons.

Again, I'm not saying youare upset, but Power Ranger fans can be pretty damn ridiculous at times.

Very we'll put friend. But as FightingSpirit said, most companies are stuck in post-recession cutback-to-profit mode. They just don't see the potential to push the effort through to get a great product. The product is good, not great. They lost the drive to make art, to make money. Yeah, sometimes things must be sacrificed to gain other things, but it shouldn't be at the cost of the original goal. Now as far as progress goes, there's been some. They are listening, but only to the extent of profitability. Some ideas don't make it, for good reason, but some make it and are held over to extend the product line. Case in point, the Dragonzord/Daggger. Wouldn't have worked so many years earlier. And despite the recent lack of Sentai announcements, Figuarts are rushing the market and flooding collector shelves. I'd call that a win. But to close it up, it's going to wax & wane. It's the law of economics. I doubt we'll see anything remotely like our heydays. We'll get the occasional good season or couple of episodes, but nothing groundbreaking. It's all about the toys now, and remember, today's kids aren't like those of our day. Short attention spans, and that's who their market is. Hell, they have to contend with video games & idevices. Sorry for the loooooong rant.