Hero
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
King of RULES!
Everything Rules
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Post by Hero on Jun 3, 2015 19:04:09 GMT
I cant sing the praises of Power Rangers Imaginext enough. So many boxes that past and regular Power Rangers toys could have ticked, but this range delivered.
All 6 Rangers and Putties army builder 3-pack acquired and are all rather neat. No zords yet.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2016 18:16:34 GMT
I ...... I'm just not sure WHAT I'm looking at. And that doesn't happen with Japanese robot toys too often!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2016 18:27:14 GMT
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Apr 16, 2016 20:33:37 GMT
It looks like a Megazord made up of a random selection of various series Zords. Beyond that I don't know.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Apr 16, 2016 20:45:45 GMT
It's the cube bits I'm not getting!
and the square pattern makes me think something video game related.
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Post by Baron B of Triple B on Apr 16, 2016 21:21:39 GMT
It's the cube bits I'm not getting! and the square pattern makes me think something video game related. They do look 8-Bit. It looks great as Mario. Not quite as good as Franken-Zord. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 16, 2018 8:10:27 GMT
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Dezzeh
Thunderjet
Wait, what?
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Post by Dezzeh on Feb 16, 2018 12:39:44 GMT
That is kind of a big deal.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Feb 16, 2018 12:46:37 GMT
I wonder what prompted that, given the perennial cash cow that is the Power Rangers property. Are Bandai simply pulling out of the western markets, or was it do with licenses/negotiations?
Hasbro would be an obvious choice, but given the fact they have their own robot franchise and don't have to pay licensing royalties for it. It would be an odd move.
Mattel maybe going all-in in some last ditch approach to try and remain something of a player in the traditional action toys market?
Will be an interesting few months.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 16, 2018 13:43:00 GMT
The last few years (possibly going on a decade now) Bandai America have been making their own toys and not importing the Japanese ones. The US version are smaller, with less features, and quite frequently look little better than tat. Lots of Movie stuff, lots of tribute line to the original MMPR, so they've slipped quite a bit behind Japan and skipped lines I think - Jonathan's not been that interested recently so I've lost touch again.
I can see that Bandai Japan might feel they could get a better return on their toy investment getting someone to directly import their stuff. That's about the only argument I can come up with that seems plausible.
It might not be 1994/5 any more but PR is still a steady seller. The US stuff may be simpler, with a higher proportion of tat, but their connection system, missing from the Japanese versions, ensures connectivity between most toys and between different years of toys: I can use a Dino Force zord on the arm of a zord with a Megaforce body and Ninja Storm leg.
But yeah, for the boys toy market this is a big thing.
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Post by Toph on Feb 16, 2018 14:18:16 GMT
Power Rangers is about the only line that Bandai America has that's successful.
But yeah, while it doesn't make sense for Hasbro to go after PR, I wouldn't count them out. They scoop up one of the big names, and no longer have it as competition. I mean, the two aren't remotely similar, but Power arangers is the only sort of competition Transformers has, in the western market.
Mattel doesn't have anything in the giant robot genre to compete against Transformers, and whoever gets PR only needs to import toys instead of creating them. It's nowhere near as risky as trying something from scratch. It makes sense they'll want it.
But there's a player I've not seen considered: Playmates.
They have Voltron, and PR is in the exact same wheelhouse. And they tend to focus only on license brands. Honestly can't think of an original brand they have.
So yeah. I wouldn't count Hasbro out, but I'm betting in Mattel or Playmates.
Though I didn't know BoA made their own PR toys. Either way it really doesn't make much sense, unless BoA is beginning to close down altogether. Like I said, PR has been basically their only real success.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 16, 2018 17:18:10 GMT
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Post by Bogatan on Feb 16, 2018 18:05:00 GMT
I'm sure it will just be coincidence, but this happening just after Hasbro got back in to the combining robot business seems.... convenient.
I wonder if the apparent success of CW helped the deal happen.
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Post by Toph on Feb 16, 2018 18:17:29 GMT
I dunno, but a couple things stand out.
Most people I've been seeing are sure that BoA lost it because they made their own instead of importing and rebranding Sentai. Where there's like no evidence this is the case.
Hasbro is MORE likely to design their own PR line, instead of importing Sentai, if only because of their affiliation to Tomy Takara, Bandai of Japan's biggest competitor.
And we all know Hasbro made transforming robots typically suuuuuuuuck. Most figures hasbro made that Takara engineers didn't handle all seem to use weird techniques, and have questionable quality (E. Mega Dinobot, Star Wars Crossover, Marvel Crossover, Titaniums).
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 10, 2018 8:39:08 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 22, 2019 17:51:39 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 22, 2019 19:08:15 GMT
I had no idea Machine Robo toys were repurposed!
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 22, 2019 19:54:13 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 23, 2019 19:44:28 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 23, 2019 19:58:09 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2021 20:22:17 GMT
Also acquired this week: A Power Rangers Zeo Megazord - this is it's show appearance powerrangers.fandom.com/wiki/Zeo_Megazord a recent new version makes tracking down web pages showing the original toy difficult Spotted in bits in a toy fu lot that turned out to have the whole thing, including all five helmets MAD, and so much better than I expected it to be. Lots of ancient monument references in the design and some lovely chrome. WILL need to get a Red Battlezord to combine with it |
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2021 20:44:41 GMT
Oh Phil.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2021 21:12:28 GMT
I have wanted this toy for 20+ years!
Were you not on the call when I spotted it and got excited?
Not nearly as excited as I got by those Minicons this week mind....
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2021 21:19:14 GMT
Power Rangers are poo toys. You are deluded!
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jun 16, 2021 21:25:12 GMT
Not nearly as excited as I got by those Minicons this week mind.... That was disturbing and hilarious in equal measure. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2021 21:28:07 GMT
Loads of them are toilet. But every so often you strike gold.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2021 21:33:48 GMT
Since I posted that I've learnt a thing or two about twitter images - just edited the original post to include th larger image - and was able to blow the pic up full size. The Zeo Megazord is centre of the penultimate row, in front of the HUGE Pyramidas and to the left of the ThunderMegazord |
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Post by Toph on Sept 13, 2022 23:35:36 GMT
I got the ascension project megazord today, and it's quite lovely!
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Post by Toph on Sept 14, 2022 6:20:18 GMT
I got the ascension project megazord today, and it's quite lovely! Have had it for a bit now. Wait for a sale. It looks really nice, but there's quite a bit of suspect engineering. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Oct 6, 2022 15:27:15 GMT
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