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05-14-2016, 04:36 PM | #31 |
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Repaint? I'm pretty sure having the exact same design and altering the materials used to make it isn't what a repaint is, bro...
It's not a stupid line, but it's an exploitative line.
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05-14-2016, 04:45 PM | #32 |
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True. Not to mention that the further we go down the franchise the higher the prices kinda need to be unfortunately. Everyone & their nostalgia-filled mom knows the Dino Megazord, so selling it wasn't exactly hard to do. The only real reason for the $60 price tag being the paint & die-cast metal.
But only fans care about the Thunder Megazord & Ninja Megazord, which more than likely means higher price tags due to lower sales. They're trying to get their money back & can't rely on the general adult collectors audience anymore since their attachment to Power Rangers usually begins & ends with the Dino Megazord, hence the rising prices. We just got a single Zord cost the same price as the first Megazord for God's sake. And unless your everyday customers start looking at these & buy them up like crazy the cost is only gonna get worse & worse. I shutter to think how much the often fan-requested Astro Megazord & Wild Force Megazord would be marked as in Legacy form. Hell, I'd bet the line ends up dying before it can even reach that far. Of course, it's not like there's any real proof to all of this. It's just the projected image I see everytime someone talks about this line. If they don't do that they should just drop the ZordBuilder from it and start marketing it as kind of the Power Rangers equivalent of the Transformers Masterpiece line (which I think is what they're trying but failing). Having a gimmick aimed at kids who might have stuff from multiple lines in your collector-oriented line isn't that great of an idea. I know it comes from the re-aired MMPR and the redone Megazord for that but that doesn't mean you have to keep it. |
05-14-2016, 05:53 PM | #33 |
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It was still the same mold, therefore, it is a repaint. They didn't sculpt in the details. They didn't paint the details. They used sticker. The Legacy Megazord is the least show accurate of the entire Legacy zord line.
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05-14-2016, 05:58 PM | #34 |
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And I never mentioned accuracy...What are you talking about?
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05-16-2016, 09:42 AM | #35 |
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The Legacy line stands up very nicely next to Dynaman and Co. If they were aiming for Masterpiece-level, we'd be seeing Soul of Chogokin figures at $200-$300 each. |
05-16-2016, 03:25 PM | #36 |
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I'm disappointed in Ninja Megazord. It looks pretty similar to the original toy. (To me at least.)
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05-16-2016, 03:57 PM | #37 |
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As for it's use of stickers I always thought that was a throwback to the original toy since they were selling the thing based on nostalgia. and a cost-saving measure Last edited by Yellow Ranger; 05-16-2016 at 04:03 PM.. |
05-16-2016, 05:32 PM | #38 |
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05-16-2016, 06:15 PM | #39 |
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They aren't trying to make Masterpiece Megazords. They are trying to make Godaikin-style Megazords, aka, what you SHOULD have been offered as a child but your parents were too cheap to buy, so we made plastic toys instead.
The Legacy line stands up very nicely next to Dynaman and Co. If they were aiming for Masterpiece-level, we'd be seeing Soul of Chogokin figures at $200-$300 each. Die-cast parts don't automatically make a toy better. You can ruin a perfectly good toy but putting die-cast in the wrong places. Plus, you do know the Megazords you had as a kid were TOYS that were meant to be PLAYED WITH. Have you ever been hit with a die-cast car before? It hurts. Now think if you had something much bigger, made of combining robots, that isn't the most stable thing in the world, with die-cast parts. There's a reason the boxes for the Legacy line have a suggested age of 15+ on them. |
05-17-2016, 03:35 PM | #40 |
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The Legacy line is shooting in a different direction. Yes, it's aimed at collectors. But no, it's not trying to be a Masterpiece line. It's more like the American version of the Artisan series in Japan...a different beast altogether. Quote:
Die-cast parts don't automatically make a toy better. You can ruin a perfectly good toy but putting die-cast in the wrong places. Plus, you do know the Megazords you had as a kid were TOYS that were meant to be PLAYED WITH. Have you ever been hit with a die-cast car before? It hurts. Now think if you had something much bigger, made of combining robots, that isn't the most stable thing in the world, with die-cast parts. There's a reason the boxes for the Legacy line have a suggested age of 15+ on them.
However, we ARE talking about well-engineered toys that have die-cast metal where they should. The Godaikins were designed exactly that way. The Legacy line is, essentially, carrying the Godaikin banner onward to where collectors now have the money to afford them. Because, as kids, most of us (or our parents) couldn't afford $60-$80 high-quality die-cast mecha. So Bandai gave us chunky plastic toys instead at more affordable costs. Now, Bandai knows we can afford those guys at retail. The Legacy Megazord has more in common with classic DX GoLion than Transformers Masterpiece Star Saber. Similar audience but very different appeal. |
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