[Brainchild]

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Originally Posted by xSkullheartx

It's true that it'll be a while before they are the same,but there's still that fear in the air of not getting the Megazord or figure you want cause they might be out.Trust me,PR has alot more affordable toys then Transformers.Most collectors nowadays lean towards the third party Transformer stuff cause it's just that much better.But most of that stuff is add-ons,which pretty much makes whatever its adding on to go through the roof rarity and price wise.I remember when Energon Bruticus was going for 15 bucks maybe,now your lucky to even find it.And when you do find it,hope you have an arm and a leg.

But thats why I like Bandai.Take the new Megaforce Gosei Great.In some ways it's better then the original to some.I do like that they took the need for Datas out so you didnt have to pay an arm and a leg for him and the headers needed.Now you just have to buy the header bikes and your good to go.That and they are upping their game paint apps wise.Megaforce Gosei Great looks and feels alot better then the Samurai Megazord.They are improving slowly,so they dont need third party items.Which means most of the newer megazords and items released wont be as expensive or hard to find.Which is a good thing.

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.