[ljacone]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I thought he had both the Dragon Dagger and the Blade Blaster. My bad.

I think Green Ranger carries one in the American shot footage. Not sure, though...

He did have the Blade Blaster in a lot of the vintage toys. My "auto morphing" Green Ranger had one, for example.

[Vorahk]

*sighs and hands bandai his wallet and nods*

[GoseiWonder]

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Originally Posted by SPLIT LIP

*SNIP*

Let's face it, non-LEGO building sets are the future. The Megablocks Megazords are very well done and Hasbro's Kre-O Transformers are finding a niche in the Microchangers while Constucto-Bots approaches with an idea that I tried back before I sold all my hodgepodge of Bionicle peices.

Sure, the Danish kings of plastic bricks are coming up with some good stuff, but those are seeming farther apart. The last two sets I bought were the two smaller Legends of Chima sets. And while those are good, the two instruction booklets per set feels pointless and only four sets from that line even interest me. Those being the two I own and the Croc boat & big Raven jet. And even then, that's because all the other sets look kind of stupid.

Then there's Hero Factory's ball joints on ball joints construction. You talked about the original Clone Turbo Tank being a frame with panels? That's all Hero Factory is now! And then there's any sets that have a "Mech" in them. After the wonderful concept of Exo-Force, these all seem paltry. Lex Luthor's Robot-thing from the DC license line or the Mechs from Ninjago? They would be a step backwards if the things actually had knees.

And if Kiryu gets ticked when Ponies leak out of their designated thread, I suggest we all move our "LEGO is getting really stale" conversations to the designated "LEGO and other Cronstruction toys" thread.

[Blade Raider]

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Originally Posted by Vorahk

*sighs and hands bandai his wallet and nods*

Bandai =/= MegaBlocks

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I thought he had both the Dragon Dagger and the Blade Blaster. My bad.

He did when Tommy got his powers back, though it was only in American footage while the Zyu2 footage did not. I remember being very confused by this as a kid.

PS I rewatched Return of an old Friend recently and there's a scene where Green does a flip to get up off the ground. During the flip, the blade blaster falls out of the holster and bounces off Green's foot when he lands. It's hilarious.

[SPLIT LIP]

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

Let's face it, non-LEGO building sets are the future. The Megablocks Megazords are very well done and Hasbro's Kre-O Transformers are finding a niche in the Microchangers while Constucto-Bots approaches with an idea that I tried back before I sold all my hodgepodge of Bionicle peices.

Sure, the Danish kings of plastic bricks are coming up with some good stuff, but those are seeming farther apart. The last two sets I bought were the two smaller Legends of Chima sets. And while those are good, the two instruction booklets per set feels pointless and only four sets from that line even interest me. Those being the two I own and the Croc boat & big Raven jet. And even then, that's because all the other sets look kind of stupid.

Then there's Hero Factory's ball joints on ball joints construction. You talked about the original Clone Turbo Tank being a frame with panels? That's all Hero Factory is now! And then there's any sets that have a "Mech" in them. After the wonderful concept of Exo-Force, these all seem paltry. Lex Luthor's Robot-thing from the DC license line or the Mechs from Ninjago? They would be a step backwards if the things actually had knees.

And if Kiryu gets ticked when Ponies leak out of their designated thread, I suggest we all move our "LEGO is getting really stale" conversations to the designated "LEGO and other Cronstruction toys" thread.

Without furthering off-topic discussion too much longer, I agree.

Though I don't hate Lego, just that this idea that Megabloks or other non-Lego building sest are "bullshit" is archaic and incorrect.

[ljacone]

Are the Megabloks Megazords worthwhile?

I have read a lot of bad reviews for them on Amazon and such that they do not stay together well and have poor construction on certain parts.

Just curious.

[conundrum]

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Originally Posted by ljacone

Are the Megabloks Megazords worthwhile?

I have read a lot of bad reviews for them on Amazon and such that they do not stay together well and have poor construction on certain parts.

Just curious.

They're OK. I wouldn't suggest paying full retail on them, but they're still fun sets. The Samurai and Megaforce Megazords are 10x better than the old Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder Megazord sets MegaBloks put out back in the day.

We have galleries on Samurai, Claw Armor, and Gosei Great sets if you want a better look.

[Matrixbeast]

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Originally Posted by Blade Raider

He did when Tommy got his powers back, though it was only in American footage while the Zyu2 footage did not. I remember being very confused by this as a kid.

PS I rewatched Return of an old Friend recently and there's a scene where Green does a flip to get up off the ground. During the flip, the blade blaster falls out of the holster and bounces off Green's foot when he lands. It's hilarious.

Ah. That explains why I'm confused by this as an adult

And that sounds fun. I might start watching MMPR, to catch some stuff like that.

[SPLIT LIP]

Yeah, the newer Megazords are much better, but then again that's just it with Megabloks: the new stuff is always better.

Also yeah, I kind of want to Rewatch MMPR now. Maybe when I get this set I will.

[Matrixbeast]

I think the only reason I never got a Megablok Samurai megazord was because I was a little disappointed that the individual pieces couldn't become the zords (I'm not crying over the lack of Origami mode, just the animal modes).
I know it's shallow of me, since the Megabloks Samurai Megazord is priced at, like, $20, but I just wanted to have the option of the animal modes.