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Originally Posted by Den-O

Well I don't want to alarm anyone but I believe $200 is indeed MSRP. Diamond Comics, the distributer I use in my line of work and supplier for all comic book stores, has put up their listing for the Legacy Thunder Megazord in the retailer ordering system. Even through them this set is $199.99. BBTS is NOT marking this set up as some have suggested. Further more this thing ships in a case of 1, meaning it's rather large.

Well I'll be darned. Did Legacy Titanus ship in a case of one as well, and do the "smaller" releases come in cases of two? Now that my bit of nerdrage at the price has subsided, I can say that my preorder is in. I really don't wish to miss out on a release that has so much promise. The Legacy line has increased in quality as it's progressed. Yes it did rehash older molds for it's origins, but the two unique molds we've received have been possible because of such. The Tigerzord is wonderfully pleasing and my best indicator of what its execution might entail.

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Originally Posted by Tommy

Am I the only one who's not at all surprised by the price?

1.)Legacy Megazord was cheap because it was 2010 rehash, and isn't of the same quality of the proceeding legacy zords.
2.)Thunder Megazord was more complex/expensive than the original Megazord.
3.)[Complexity vs release incentives of Dragon and Tiger Zords]

So when factoring everything together I expected $150 - $200 depending on whether they cut corners or not. For $200 I assume they went all out, so that should make people happy when more is revealed.

Agreed, we are getting a rather complex collector oriented product with a relatively small release, targeted at a very specific demographic. I'm sure the manner in which they have chosen to release this product has also impacted the cost of it. Higher associated risks with the release of single, large items versus multiple smaller releases to distribute the load of associated costs and whatnot. If it were a true mass released product, we would see a lower overall price and associated drop in quality to match. The Dragon and Tiger Zords possess paint applications that the mass retail products cannot match, for example. I am by no means expecting a Soul of Chogokin level of release, but I am now expecting a product of a certain standard.

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Originally Posted by ComicGuy89

At the end of the day, it is still a Zordbuilder toy. In my opinion, Zordbuilder places an upper limit on joint strength, and that makes it a bit disappointing.

The Dragon Zord needed to incorporate the Zord Builder ports to match those of the Megazord's. Call it a necessary evil. In contrast, the Tigerzord (the first release truly unencumbered by a previous line's decisions) uses them sparingly and in such a manner to not impact the overall stability of the figure.