[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

Honestly, other than postage does it really work out that much more to buy the web exclusive version than from Bluefin?

I'm more in the market for the male version, but this is a great release for all the Power Rangers fans out there.

There are the middleman fees, and Paypal hides their fees in the exchange rate. The Den-O Gun and Rod 2-pack cost me $102 (and $18 for shipping, because I was impatient and wanted them right away. )

[Sciencefriction]

It's not really that much more expensive, no. I preorder the male version of Tiger Ranger for $53.22 shipped, and that's u-airmail. Anyone paying over $60 isn't shopping at the right stores. I've seen people on other sites say they can only find web exclusives figures (with open preorders still) for $80. Jeeze.. Tokunation isn't a hard site to find and all of the info you could want is right here in the awesome threads about toy-sites. Yeah, paypal gets us with their fees. Oh well, it's not that bad really. You just have to be decisive and PO early on. You only pay through the nose when you wait until it's close to release to decide that you want a figure.

[Barricade64]

BBTS just posted their preorder for MMPR Yellow for July, so expect her around then give or take a month.

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by SideswipePrime

There are the middleman fees, and Paypal hides their fees in the exchange rate. The Den-O Gun and Rod 2-pack cost me $102 (and $18 for shipping, because I was impatient and wanted them right away. )

I think they're about the same price for us international buyers, but its probably cheaper to get web exclusives from Bluefin for US buyers, unless they want something specific to the JP version. For example:

I've ordered 2x Tiger Ranger with Express Shipping for $127 AUD (112 USD)
Ordering 2x Yellow Ranger with Express Shipping would be $132 AUD (116 USD)

The difference is pretty negligible.

[SideswipePrime]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

I think they're about the same price for us international buyers, but its probably cheaper to get web exclusives from Bluefin for US buyers, unless they want something specific to the JP version. For example:

I've ordered 2x Tiger Ranger with Express Shipping for $127 AUD (112 USD)
Ordering 2x Yellow Ranger with Express Shipping would be $132 AUD (116 USD)

The difference is pretty negligible.

True, but I can understand that some people don't want to go through the entire middleman process. I would elaborate further, but I would just be repeating what Den-O said.

[OtoyaKurenai]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

I think they're about the same price for us international buyers, but its probably cheaper to get web exclusives from Bluefin for US buyers, unless they want something specific to the JP version. For example:

I've ordered 2x Tiger Ranger with Express Shipping for $127 AUD (112 USD)
Ordering 2x Yellow Ranger with Express Shipping would be $132 AUD (116 USD)

The difference is pretty negligible.

I think Tiger Ranger is a little bit cheaper than the mmrp version cause I got mine for about $41 USD after middleman service.

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Actually 2 seasons worth of suit footage *Zyu2 and MMPR3 along with any American made S1 footage*so no it's the majority of MMPR's run that Yellow is portrayed as female.

Zyu2 was actually still a male Yellow Ranger in suit, they just made him pose "more feminine" such as legs closed when teleporting like Pink Ranger and having more scenes of Yellow and Pink together then were in Zyuranger.

Female Yellow Ranger started appearing late Season 2, once all the Zyuranger and Zyu2 footage was gone. Ironically, at this point they had stopped using their original weapons like the Sabre Daggers, I believe.

[Yellow Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Starscream Gaga

Zyu2 was actually still a male Yellow Ranger in suit, they just made him pose "more feminine" such as legs closed when teleporting like Pink Ranger and having more scenes of Yellow and Pink together then were in Zyuranger.

Female Yellow Ranger started appearing late Season 2, once all the Zyuranger and Zyu2 footage was gone. Ironically, at this point they had stopped using their original weapons like the Sabre Daggers, I believe.

Wasn't Pink's suit actor male too however?

[Starscream Gaga]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Wasn't Pink's suit actor male too however?

Nah, she was portrayed by Kiyohito Nakagawa.

[Den-O]

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Wasn't Pink's suit actor male too however?

We aren't talking about suit actors. The actual physical character is male in Zyuranger. And all of the footage depicting that character is of a male physique. So in any footage used in the US for the first season and a half, which is almost all japanese footage, it's a man. The character Trini is female and they got away with it because of yellow "traditionally" being more associated with girls/women.

Suit actors traditionally are male but many strong badass women have broken into the career in recent years. AKiba Blue & Yellow's suit actors were women, Kamen Rider Marika is a woman. It's pretty cool actually. But we're talking about the physical appearance of Tiger Ranger and Yellow Ranger being the same.