[losondro]

Motion carried! moving on.

[Eric]

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Originally Posted by Locke

Me too. Nothing about this show or the toyline celebrates the franchise I love. I find this whole shebang so half arsed, it's insulting, it's clear Saban doesn't give a monkies about this so I won't either.

At least seasons 13-17 is coming out in April on DVD, so once I get that set, I'm done with collecting Power Rangers seasons.

[Dr Kain]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

1) The bulk of the Lion Thunderzord is black and the Crane Ninjazord has solid pink sections. That's a hell of a lot easier to pass off than a completely colour change.

2) The white Shogunzord was white because it was white. Tommy piloted it and Kat bummed around in the background. That didn't need explaining.

I think he means why the toy made the Shogun Megazord pink instead of white. That always annoyed me as a kid because my toy was NEVER going to be screen accurate. To be honest, I never realized the lion had a green head until I watched DaiRanger and then looked at the Thunder Megazord toy.

Anyway , I think some of you are being harsher than necessary on this decision. So they use the DaiRanger footage, it really isn't that big of a deal when it is from a minute long fight sequence that only happened once in Gokai. The only other time we'll probably see the Dai costumes is during the legendary war (if it ever happens).

[Powerman293]

*Dusts Hands like Decade*

*Cracks knuckles*

*Loosens head like Ouja*

Its Rant time.

Power Rangers is very near and dear to my heart. Dino Thunder was the series as a kid, which i really got into. Now say what will of that season but I liked it as a kid, the team interactions, the White Ranger, Mesogog, it was all such a wonder to me. Power Rangers Dino Thunder on the PS2 was my first videogame ever.

When I look at things like the Disney Power Rangers series or Go-busters, I think, "Wow, look at these amazing stories and how far toku storytelling has gotten since MMPR." So what does Saban do with the Power Rangers franchise? Move it foward? Nope. Go in a different direction? Nope. They go backwards. LITERALLY BACKWARDS. Back to campy and cringe worthy writing, shitty plots, minimal effort and laziness.

And its not just that Megaforce/Super Megaforce is bad on its own. Its supposed to be a "celebration" of everything Power Rangers is up to this point an as a transition to the future. Well, I don't fucking like this future if this is the direction is headed. The laziness and terribleness of this "Anniversary" season to me, is a disrespect to the writers and actors before it that tried to make Power Rangers more then just a stupid kids show. I know TV shows like this are supposed to sell toys and gaining money from advertising revenue, but in order to do that, you have to create a decent show first. When a kid, the target demographic of PR, says its shit and isn't going to watch it, then you should be fucking ashamed about how terrible the show is to the point of losing money.

The problem isn't the fact that they are using the Dairanger suits. Its just that these "New powers" are so lazily explained and don't have a grand and proper introduction for such an important thing. A Lost team sounds like a really cool idea, no matter the simple explanation. But when you shun off these "powers never seen on this planet before," as an alternate form that doesn't even get highlighted in the episode its introduced it in, you done fucked up.

And really, its even more sad if you actually think about this. Power Rangers hasn't been good since 2009. Let me give you some context on how long that's been. I was in Elementary school when RPM aired, I'm now in highschool. There literally is a generation of kids that is growing up with some really shitty Power Rangers seasons.

It also doesn't help that the "OMGMMPR" losers that are coming back to this season just to see the anniversary are gonna see the same shit as MMPR and think it hasn't progressed since then.

[GibsonKAGE]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

No More Damn Legacy Toys! Just make it a straight no frills NO STORE EXCLUSIVE Zord Builder release!

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Originally Posted by GoseiWonder

I'm with ya. MMPR1 is the only instance of Toys "Я" Us exclusive super expensive die-cast mega awesome scalping merch that is acceptable.

What's the problem with Legacy?

[ZeoRangerV]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

I think he means why the toy made the Shogun Megazord pink instead of white. That always annoyed me as a kid because my toy was NEVER going to be screen accurate. To be honest, I never realized the lion had a green head until I watched DaiRanger and then looked at the Thunder Megazord toy.

Yeah, it bugged the hell out of me too. But then, that's Bandai's ridiculous decision ratchets than Saban's.

[Locke]

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Originally Posted by Powerman293

*Dusts Hands like Decade*

*Cracks knuckles*

*Loosens head like Ouja*

Its Rant time.

*snip*

This guy. He understands. It is nice to finally see someone talk sense in this thread.

[TokuChris]

I'm not one to defend Power Rangers very much. The show is based towards kids, and it's become very apparent. As JDF has stated, "Kids like cheese", so to have the show not meet the expectations of the older fans is pretty much a standard expectation. It's fun when we do get some things thrown our way (like Skull in Super Samurai), but I don't expect to the show to cater to older fans at all anymore.

However, with the use of the DaiRanger suits, and their backstory being "powers never before seen on this planet" ... and seeing that this has been billed as the 20th Anniversary, and every Power Ranger fan will love this series, etc. etc. etc., I find this to be an incredibly lazy move on the production team's half.

I don't like it. As a Power Rangers fan, I take insult that they'd give us our first non-US appearance by a Sentai team and the backstory we're given is "powers not seen on this world before". There was always a thought that DaiRanger suits would be used in Lost Galaxy to show the Power Rangers from the Magna Defender's home planet, and this was the perfect opportunity to give that entire "rumor" or story line that was nixed back then some love - "You've unlocked powers from the world of an old ally to the Power Rangers" would have been enough for me.

But no.

So in my celebration of the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers, I have to somehow explain to myself why there are non-Power Ranger powers being shown, when the reality is, Jonathon Tzachor and his production staff are just incredibly lazy. I honestly doubt the powers that be at Saban's headquarters are aware that this was thrown in (they were so adamant at SDCC that they weren't going to have any Sentai characters shown in anything 20th Anniversary, and were upset to find there was a couple that snuck in on the Monopoly graphic).

So, at the end of the day, I believe this to be nothing more than laziness by the production team, and if you're a fan and you're insulted at this thing, you have every right to be. Saban Brands can't create any special footage or story for something you want - like Titanium Ranger - but they'll gladly shoehorn in some Super Sentai footage because that's cheaper than shooting new footage.

Disappointed. Curious what Saban will say when it comes to Power Morphicon this year, if they even address it or if any fan is brave enough to question them on it.

[Sentai]

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Originally Posted by GibsonKAGE

What's the problem with Legacy?

The price being the biggest.

[Josgar]

I think it was meant to be a fan service. If saban wanted to, they could have stayed in goseiger suits longer. I think it was cool.