[TokuChris]

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Originally Posted by Tommy

You can't have your cake and eat it too. Villains cost more to make because they're generally completely unique sculpts. Bandai has been able to get away with giving the villains about as much articulation as the Rangers in recent years because there's only been a couple, but when you start to make more you're gonna have to make concessions to keep them within the budget/price point. When Bandai was in their heyday of making villains they were always minimally articulated compared to the Rangers.

We're not talking about basic cut shoulder and hips like Hasbro is doing with their 3 & 3/4 stuff these days. Puzzler has swivel hinge shoulders and hips, which is technically 2 point of articulation each. Then there's knees on top of that, and it's not like his design allows for any kind of head movement. So I really don't see anything to complain about here. I don't want to see a good thing get ruined because people have unrealistic expectations.

It's not unrealistic expectations to expect more than a body with moving arms and legs (with a note that the arms have no bicep joint). I still like the figure - but it's definitely on the lower tier of what we've come to expect even from Bandai America.

I'd rather set the bar high and eventually reach it than accept a "Well, at least it's ____". That mentality destroys things - from TV shows, to comic books, and yes, toy lines as well.

If you have the mentality of "Well, this is as good as it gets so let's be happy", you're not doing anyone any favors, including yourself. I appreciate the villains - I do - and trust me I understand the toy industry better than 90% of the self-proclaimed experts (used to work in the toy industry). I get that there's cost attributed to it and I get that cost played a major part in a lot of the decisions because there are so many 5" figures coming out in this line that are not simple body-swaps like in Super Megaforce. I get it. At the same time, it's okay to expect more.