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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

I believe that the Dragonzord was, and may still, be planned. I saw details on the Playmates Dinozords which convinced me that it technically WAS the original plan.

That being said, I think there are several factors in place that are potentially inhibiting that.

I think it's a case of toy laws and marketing. Transformers answers that one with the 2001 Robots in Disguise dub for Car Robots. Brave Maximus was to be released as an iteration of Fortress Maximus in 2002, with several online retailers and FAO Schwarz slated to carry it. But it kept getting delayed, partly cause FAO was struggling financially but largely because the toy didn't pass drop safety standards per U.S. toy laws. Once the delays were getting too long, it apparently started to seem not only pointless to release a toy advertising a finished cartoon but also because it could conflict with the upcoming release of Unicron in the Armada line.

https://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fortress_Max...ise_.282001.29

So what can one potentially gleam from all that in the present context? Perhaps the Dragonzord is suffering delays by corporate big-shots, influenced by an inability to pass safety standards due to its hypothetically large size and the timing in which the actual Re-Ignition episodes are completed and slated to debut and the need to switch gears in terms of physical marketing via toys.

One could also make a reasonable argument that such a Dragonzord would be valued pretty high regardless of retailer, and that the aforementioned corporate big-shots are gunshy that such a toy won't sell well enough and make enough profit to justify the costs of producing and releasing it to the general public.

That could be the case. But Power Rangers isn't necessarily opposed to out of order releases or re-releases based on old figures. The original Dragonzord was popular enough to continue sales well past it's initial shelf life. It has only ever once been skipped on a re-release back in 2010. If cost is an issue I don't see why they can't sell it as a premium item online. Transformers is such a massive line that skipping a figure here and there is standard. But Mighty Morphin Power Rangers only have a limited set of zords to exploit.

Season one:
1. Dino Megazord: consisting of Tyrannosaurus, Ptyerodactyl, Mastodon, Sabertooth Tiger, and Triceratops.
2. Dragonzord.
3. Titanus.

Season two:
1. Thunder Megazord: consisting of Red Dragon, Firebird, Lion, Pegasus, and Unicorn.
2. Tigerzord
3. Tor

Season three:
1. Ninja Megazord: consisting of Ape, Crane, Frog, Bear, and Wolf
2. Shogun Megazord: consisting of Red, Pink/White, Black, Yellow, and Blue
3. Ninja Falconzord
4. Titanus

If you count Alien Rangers then there are also the Borgs: White, Red, Blue, Yellow, and Black that don't combine.

Missing any of these releases will stand out like a sore thumb. The ones you could feasibly exclude are Titanus and Tor simply because of their size and price. The Borgs are also skippable since they are not combiners and don't really add to the line much. But skipping the Dragonzord, Tigerzord, and Ninja Falconzord is absurd. Not only because they are iconic zords but skipping any of them is a slap in the face to the legacy of the late Jason David Frank.