Lightning Collection Lost Galaxy & Psycho Red 2-Pack revealed

Den-O · 07-29-2019, 08:22 PM

Absolutely the best smack in the face to Bandai's subpar releases. I love this so much. And the rumored Blue Psycho listing now has more credence as a possible store exclusive as well. Can't wait to see Hasbro tackle Silver & Green and make those exclusives more readily available (and better made!).

Matrixbeast · 07-29-2019, 08:22 PM

Color me excited!
Honestly, my only nitpick is that Galaxy Red doesn't include the lights of Orion pieces, since it's only an arm band, gauntlet, and upgraded sword.

MaskedRiderAsakura · 07-29-2019, 08:39 PM

I NEED this set! And the great thing about Power Rangers and Hasbro is that they love their repaints, so having these two molds alone should mean that LG Blue and Green and Psycho Black and Blue (maybe even Silver and Green as exclusives) should be coming very soon as well.

Cobra · 07-29-2019, 08:56 PM

What the? And it’s from Best Buy? Never woulda ever thought I’d buy Rangers from Best Buy.

MaskedRiderAsakura · 07-29-2019, 08:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

Between Rangers, Star Wars, Marvel, and Transformers... Hasbro will virtually OWN the Western Action Figure Market!

Seems a little odd though as Leo only fought Psycho Red for one episode! Why they didn't go with Andros instead...?

All that said... GIMME, GIMME!!!

P. S.: What is the "Power Rangers Discord Channel"?

I thought so too (and I would have preferred Andros just because In Space is my favorite season) but I'm guessing Hasbro wanted to touch upon some characters that Bandai never got to while still giving us the fan-favorites.

It's a very smart move from them, actually. They're finding a way to package a ranger from a lesser-popular series with an iconic character from the franchise. People are gonna buy in for Psycho Red, but then end up with an awesome Lost Galaxy Red as well. Then they're gonna be much more compelled to finish out the team, which is much more likely to happen when you're only paying $20 per figure versus $60+ per Ranger with SHF.

I could definitely see them doing something slick like a Forever Red pack with MMPR Red and Wild Force Red to attract MMPR purists.

Kurona · 07-29-2019, 08:59 PM

The only thing I'd say about that before you get excited about getting a lot of Psychos is that Hasbro has gone on record stating that they're focused on popular individual characters first and foremost; and have implied that full teams aren't a priority.

Granted, personal interpretation does a fair bit of legwork in these answers; but the general vibe I'm getting here is that full teams aren't something we should look forward to at least for the moment. (aside from MMPR because, y'know, MMPR)

https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28016270336001
https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28603384598528

MaskedRiderAsakura · 07-29-2019, 09:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kurona

The only thing I'd say about that before you get excited about getting a lot of Psychos is that Hasbro has gone on record stating that they're focused on popular individual characters first and foremost; and have implied that full teams aren't a priority.

Granted, personal interpretation does a fair bit of legwork in these answers; but the general vibe I'm getting here is that full teams aren't something we should look forward to at least for the moment. (aside from MMPR because, y'know, MMPR)

https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28016270336001
https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28603384598528

If the Marvel line is any indication, they'll take their sweet time completing teams, but eventually it'll get done, usually within a 3-4 year timespan.

They own the license so we don't have to worry about contracts expiring or anything before we get our complete teams.

MaskedRiderAsakura · 07-29-2019, 09:24 PM

Didn't realize this was Best Buy exclusive either. That makes me even happier since I work for them and can probably get a decent discount on them.

I can confirm these are already in our store systems, though there's no release date listed.

gashatfreak · 07-29-2019, 11:59 PM

Dammit. There's no Best Buy here in Australia. Hopefully someone gives a pack to Amazon so I can buy one of these things.

Does anybody know any middleman service that ships from America to other countries?

Really hope that Blue Senturion won't be an exclusive either.

GoseiWonder · 07-30-2019, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

Between Rangers, Star Wars, Marvel, and Transformers... Hasbro will virtually OWN the Western Action Figure Market!

Seems a little odd though as Leo only fought Psycho Red for one episode! Why they didn't go with Andros instead...?

All that said... GIMME, GIMME!!!

P. S.: What is the "Power Rangers Discord Channel"?

Discord is an online IM discussion service where you can find different servers dedicated to some topic or community. He apparently found this through a Power Rangers dedicated server.

Although, given that Discord servers are split up into separate channels of discussion, that just raises the question of if he actually didn’t mean a channel in a server and if so, what server?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Color me excited!
Honestly, my only nitpick is that Galaxy Red doesn't include the lights of Orion pieces, since it's only an arm band, gauntlet, and upgraded sword.

Got to save something for convention special edition multipacks.

07-29-2019, 08:22 PM	#11
Den-O Admin AKA Zordon Content Director @DenO_TokuNation Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Lexington, Ky Posts: 16,375	Absolutely the best smack in the face to Bandai's subpar releases. I love this so much. And the rumored Blue Psycho listing now has more credence as a possible store exclusive as well. Can't wait to see Hasbro tackle Silver & Green and make those exclusives more readily available (and better made!). __________________

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Matrixbeast Stronger Than You Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: nyet Posts: 25,188	Color me excited! Honestly, my only nitpick is that Galaxy Red doesn't include the lights of Orion pieces, since it's only an arm band, gauntlet, and upgraded sword. __________________

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MaskedRiderAsakura Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,499	I NEED this set! And the great thing about Power Rangers and Hasbro is that they love their repaints, so having these two molds alone should mean that LG Blue and Green and Psycho Black and Blue (maybe even Silver and Green as exclusives) should be coming very soon as well. __________________

07-29-2019, 08:59 PM	#15
MaskedRiderAsakura Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Posts: 2,499	Quote: Originally Posted by TokuKnight89 Between Rangers, Star Wars, Marvel, and Transformers... Hasbro will virtually OWN the Western Action Figure Market! Seems a little odd though as Leo only fought Psycho Red for one episode! Why they didn't go with Andros instead...? All that said... GIMME, GIMME!!! P. S.: What is the "Power Rangers Discord Channel"? I thought so too (and I would have preferred Andros just because In Space is my favorite season) but I'm guessing Hasbro wanted to touch upon some characters that Bandai never got to while still giving us the fan-favorites. It's a very smart move from them, actually. They're finding a way to package a ranger from a lesser-popular series with an iconic character from the franchise. People are gonna buy in for Psycho Red, but then end up with an awesome Lost Galaxy Red as well. Then they're gonna be much more compelled to finish out the team, which is much more likely to happen when you're only paying $20 per figure versus $60+ per Ranger with SHF. I could definitely see them doing something slick like a Forever Red pack with MMPR Red and Wild Force Red to attract MMPR purists. __________________

07-29-2019, 08:59 PM	#16
Kurona Showa Girl Join Date: Jun 2018 Posts: 9,064	The only thing I'd say about that before you get excited about getting a lot of Psychos is that Hasbro has gone on record stating that they're focused on popular individual characters first and foremost; and have implied that full teams aren't a priority. Granted, personal interpretation does a fair bit of legwork in these answers; but the general vibe I'm getting here is that full teams aren't something we should look forward to at least for the moment. (aside from MMPR because, y'know, MMPR) https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28016270336001 https://twitter.com/MichaelRLouie/st...28603384598528 Last edited by Kurona; 07-29-2019 at 09:04 PM..