[MrWilliamGraham]

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Originally Posted by Dbenavidez

for those Power Rangers fans who are collecting Lightning collection when they can get a new figure before can have Quality Control issues is make sure to put hot water or a hairdryer that will make warm the material or plastic of the figure just take care your Power Rangers Lightning Collection figure nice and be nice to Hasbro because is a recommendation for the collectors by me or Bruno from MMPRtoys.

Haha I saw this video too. When I first got Time Force Blue, I knew the hands would snap off if I tried to swap them without loosening up the plastic. Hit it with a hair dryer and off they came.

Similarly, I saw a video from Toy Galaxy where his review came with a disclaimer from the manufacturer. They recommended the joints should be heated up before breaking them in, because changes in temperature exposure from the factory/during shipping causes the joints to stiffen up

I understand wanting your products to work correctly after receiving them, but the hairdryer trick is such an easy and harmless thing to do. I'm wondering how many broken Izzy's would've been spared if they heated up the plastic too ...

[Designincase]

I'd say Hasbro does design their figs in a way where they aren't accounting for the stiffness that might happened once production is done. But really I can't find any toymaker using plastic for joints where heating isn't required. It's only the figures with metal. At that point, time to lube up.

Anyway ZAP Astro Megazord

I'm having a far better time with this guy then Megazord. In terms of QC, I had a fix little nicks to the paint. I really had to look for them. They only stood out because the paint apps are clean. Like I wonder if Bandai Japan actually made this like some weird Sony/Marvel deal.

Ratchets galore. It's like how the Marvel Team reinforced Galactus after the Haslab Sentinel complaints.

[DreamSword]

>Banana for scale

Ah... I see that you too are an Imgurian.

Anyway yeah! What few reviews I've read/seen all say that the Astro Megazord came out way better than the Dino Megazord and Dragonzord, which is to be expected I think given that it's far more akin to a Transformer, which is more in the wheelhouse of the people doing the ZAP line.

SPD Yellow and Lost Galaxy Yellow are also now up for pre-order, and man, I gotta say, I think LG Yellow actually has the worst accessory loadout we've seen so far for any figure? Bad hand choices, and Hasbro seems to think that the Galaxy Launcher makes up for her missing all the other stuff the other LG figures have come with. Pink has the best loudout of all of them easily.

[Kurona]

Those are the same accessories Red came with I'm pretty sure, and yeah, that was really disappointing too. It's so weird to me to see them come without the swords when that's kind of their main thing. I'd still give it to Red bc I think Yellow's 'devil horns' hands here are interesting at least

[Designincase]

"I think LG Yellow actually has the worst accessory loadout we've seen so far for any figure?"


When we started we didn't have two gripping hands. Zeo Blue missing Tonfa's. Then other releases really not having much.


It's a very frustrating release though. Hasbro has made all the LG accessories in some form but just won't put them in one package.

[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

Those are the same accessories Red came with I'm pretty sure, and yeah, that was really disappointing too. It's so weird to me to see them come without the swords when that's kind of their main thing. I'd still give it to Red bc I think Yellow's 'devil horns' hands here are interesting at least

Sure, Yellow's' hands are more unique, but they're also far less practical for general use. Not a big deal if you're collecting the whole team, but if you're picking and choosing like how I do, then it means there's really not much you can do with her outside of her signature pose or just aiming the Launcher. I'd take a basic 2-Fists 2-Grips over this anyday.

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Originally Posted by Designincase

When we started we didn't have two gripping hands. Zeo Blue missing Tonfa's. Then other releases really not having much.

Not entirely true. Looking back at Wave 1, MMPR White had 1 Grip hand, yes, but all he had to grip was Saba. Meanwhile Zedd, DC Red, and Shadow Ranger all had specific pairs of Grip hands for each of their accessories, which works. And they're certainly alot more practical for general use than what LG Yellow's' are.

Zeo Blue's' missing Tonfas were definitely baffling though. But he still came out better equipped than what LG Yellow is, I'd say.

[Kurona]

I prefer pose hands to fists myself, but to each their own. This is another reason I really wish they'd do at least 3 pairs instead of 2, these two figures' set of hands really show the development team struggling to balance a good variety of posing with practical accessory use

[Designincase]

[Matrixbeast]

Does the Astro Megazord have ankle tilts?

[Zatyme]

yes but barely... provided I'm not missing that the ankle can "extend" to increase the range