>>11684529
>*Combinable Thunder Zords
>*Ultimate Thunder Megazord
Can I get confirmation on that?

>>11684541
https://www.instagram.com/rangerchamber/p/DT0GD7WjTEI/

Anyone who doesn’t like kaiju rangers is a faggot

Dead Brand

>>11684546
Nope it’s now unc status like gi Joe, turtles and heman. We are forever mmpr

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Season 2 Reignition episodes coming Autumn/Winter. That's probably when we can expect to see the toys.

>>11684543
Reading between the lines there it sure seems like Dragonzord is coming and they're just not allowed to announce it yet. Probably want it to be a big surprise at NY Toy Fair.

I'm hearing through the grapevine that Hasbro will be handling the reboot toys.

>>11684554
Impressive but retards will still scream dead brand

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In other news, who else is hyped as fuck for this bad boy?

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>>11684566
Words cannot express to you how fucking excited I am that we're finally getting Carranger/Turbo mecha. VRV was my first and only megazord as a kid, and like hell I won't collect all of this this time.

>>11684566
God damn that's sick

>>11684566
The Turbozords are cool, but I'm hyped for the Blue Centurion's Robo Racer.
I'm curious what they'll able to do with Artillatron.

>>11684529
Are these Collector figures?

>>11684636
No they're $11 kid figures.

>>11684587
They still haven't finished Megaranger or Gingaman so I wouldn't be surprised if they only do this and Robo Racer for now.

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>>11684563
>Hasbro will be handling the reboot toys.
Playmates probably said no thanks, and Disney is insisting on a toyline for their new woke slop.

>>11684662
I was really hoping for them to make Mega Voyager

>>11684667
Now this is doa
The merch and views just won’t be there meanwhile old mmpr will out preform it

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>>11684566
>meanwhile shodo super buyers be like

>>11684563
>the Hasbro figures won't scale with the Playmates figures
Grim. We'll be cursed to always be starting over.

>>11684652
Then why are we buying them?

Dragonzord? Titanus?

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>>11684667
>how do we resurrect this sci-fi action adventure property which appeals overwhelming to adolescent boys?
>let's cast an ugly minority woman as the main character
Looks like Kathleen's influence will live on with Disney long after she's gone.

>>11684667
>>11684788
You know she's not the Red Ranger yet, right? They never specified what roles they were for.

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>>11684745
>Then why are we buying them?
I'm buying the villains because they're the same scale as Bandai's old line and fill numerous holes in that collection. I'm not buying the automorphins because they're terrible. I'm not buying the non-transforming figures because they have horrible articulation range. I'm not buying the Zords because they're too big. I'm not buying the roleplay because I have superior Bandai versions. Your mileage may vary.

>>11684745

Hey, I'm in this for the Zords.
And maybe the morpher.

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Half guessing, half wishlisting... How would everyone feel with this as the Season 2 Evil Space Alien lineup?

>>11684566
Never was one of my favorites, but I can't deny how awesome that looks.

>>11684726
We'll be? We already are.

>>11684959
I have no issue with this. Well, TurbanShell deserves a slot too, but I can't deny you had sound reasoning for including Silver Horns, and I can't imagine replacing the other picks.

Got extremely lucky and found DX Tegajune for $8 at a local hobby shop. They usually sell zords for $50+, but they had her labeled as an accessory/ cosplay item.
Also got the Go Busters, Gaoranger, Shinkinger, and Gingaman rings for $5 each.

Now to see what I'll have to pay for the other Gyozuger mecha if I don't find any more next week.

>>11684566
I'm tempted but waiting to see colour samples. Most things look great in prototype grey.
>>11684788
>ugly
I mean I'm sure the show will be shit but she looks like a QT to me

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Dai-Satan figure I always wanted but will never EVER get.

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>>11685350
I also want dora satan frankie

>>11684529
Soooo....that anon in last thread was right, we are jumping straight to Thunder Zords and skipping Dragonzord?

>>11685388
No. Thunderzords and other season 2 shit are fall. Spring is remainder of season 1.

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>>11684959
Why Primator? If you're gonna do another Zyu2 monster, Turban Shell is a much more unique design, and he's from an important 2-parter. Personally though I think we've gotten plenty from Zyu2 already and Dairanger monsters need the love.

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>>11685352
Almost got him

>>11685088
>>11685406
>Turban Shell
I considered him, but ultimately I decided that, while lore important, outside of his conch shell, he's not really that great a design. Nimrod was decided against for similar reasons (mostly being "person in red tights"). I also considered Salaguana, since I thought "camouflaged spiky reptile monster" would make for a fun toy (honestly, Pythor stole his spot in the Season 2 toyline). But I ultimately chose Primator specifically because I thought "albino gorilla" was more unique than most other choices. Besides, I thought two American/two Zyu2/two Dairanger sounded nice.

>>11684959
Hesitant, since Hasbro already did Pirantishead

>>11685443
Sure, but this'd be in a new scale that matches all the Playmates and Bandai Evil Space Aliens.

>>11685406
What the fucking hell is this shit?

>>11685803
Short answer: the monster in the middle is Nimrod, a statue of a giant fist that Zedd turned into a monster and who had the surprise power to create two flunkies, while in giant form (called IIRC, AC and DC) to help him beat the shit out of the Power Rangers; who needed the help of the recently returned Tommy (as the White Ranger) and his new Thunder Tigerzord, to beat.

Long answer: In DaiRangers, the White Ranger was a ten year old brat ala Justin in Turbo. In a nod to a plotline from Jetman, the second in command of the badguys from DaiRangers had an affair with a human chick and got her pregnant with twins and kidnapped one of the twins when they were born, raising him to be a child age super villain. The three monsters? His monster nannies, who basically are called (going left to right): Earring, Ring, and Necklace.

During the introduction arc for the White Ranger in Dairangers, the three nannies try and kill the Dairangers and the newly empowered White Ranger for the White Ranger's evil twin. Earring and Necklace died first and when she fought the Dairangers, Ring summoned copies of her sisters to help her fight the heroes, before being destroyed in battle.

They only used the final Zord fight in MMPR because of the fact that the three mostly appeared in human form and in the case of Earring, was killed in regular fight not a zord f

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>>11685803
The best boss in a Power Rangers video game.

>Hasbro doing the reboot toys
Heh, imagine if the only reason they changed their minds is because they saw how successful Playmates is doing with Reignition (assuming it is) and got jealous.

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>>11685406
>>11685803
>>11685859
>>11685863

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Potential Season 3 Evil Space Aliens. Yay? Nay?

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>>11685952
I feel like this could be done as a single figure with a swappable headpiece gimmick similar to SPD's Krybots.

Did the Japanese ever make candy figures of Zyuranger monsters that never got releases to the us?

>>11686754
We'll be lucky if we get Tengu Warriors

The new figures, why are their torsos so wide? They almost look like they should transform or something to me.

>>11687387
they are anatomically inaccurate figures not made for collectors with high standards.

>>11687387
The auto morphin ones? They do.

>>11687381
Why wouldn't we? They've made the foot soldiers for each season so far. Assuming we still get six ESA figures, I figure a Tenga is pretty much guaranteed.

>>11686754
I do think Blue Globbor should probably replace Centiback, but I can't deny that's a good line up. Crabby Cabbie is a really fun, toyetic pick.

>>11687985
I'd rather Globbor replace Repellator, but if Playmates were to make Silver Horns it's difficult to imagine them not getting a 2 for 1 out of the mold. I'd just prefer a repaint monster like Repellator being sold as a multipack exclusive figure rather than taking a slot from a completely new character.

>>11687985
Centiback's not even one of my favorite monsters, but I can't help but feel like "football bug" would make for a great toy. It sounds like a villain figure you'd see in a TMNT toyline or something.

>>11687985
>>11688161
I agree that Globbor is more important lore-wise, but thinking of translating him into a figure... Well, what's his most iconic form? They'd probably go with Ranger-Globbor. And there are just so many small details on his body that wouldn't get painted, or might not even be molded at all, plus you run into non-fans seeing him, thinking "What are these weird Ranger helmets he has for faces? Those aren't the MMPR," and passing him up, etc. If they did make Ranger-Globbor into a figure, though, a head-spinning action could be fun.

Speaking of the action features, if they were to make >>11686754 the lineup...
>Repellator: A lever on his back moves his tongue for a licking motion.
>Centiback: One of his legs can kick forward with a button so he can kick his football (which would obviously come as his weapon accessory).
>Crabbie Cabbie: He's just one big pullback car.

>>11688391
>Repellator: A lever on his back moves his tongue for a licking motion.
That won't work if he's a Silver Horns repaint, and that's the only way I can see Repellator being made over other season 3 monsters.

>>11684694
*Zeo/Ohranger fans

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The previous Walmart exclusive complete Megazord set was available for pre-order on Amazon today.

>>11689447
So many points of articulation on what are still essentially bricks

>>11689447

Was. Was it still 100 bucks?

>>11689567
I don't know, it was sold out by the time I saw it.

https://toynewsi.com/216-61552

>>11684529
>no monsters again
This is their last wave

>>11689919
Nope not by a long shot lol

>>11689919
What do you mean "again?"

>>11684529
>Nightmare Scenario: Goldar and Rita are in this image because they're actually in the Season 2 toyline since they were also in Season 2.

Does anyone have the full visual checklist for Lightning Collection, sorted by teams?
I can't find it and don't even know if the version I had was even the final

>>11688391
I can't argue against that logic. And I like how much thought you've given to their play values in addition to making up for what previous lines skipped.

>>11688576
They could always retool the mold between versions. Or just ignore the issue entirely, as is often the case.

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>>11691149
Rita's Putty is also in the full image. I do find it weird though that they would release winged Goldar in the season 1 line when they could have done wingless in season 1, and then a winged retool for season 2. Or they could have made the "exclusive" 6-pack Goldar the wingless version. Missed opportunities there. Only Hasbro took advantage of using the wings to sell people essentially the same figure twice.

>>11691797
>spin master
Try again.

>Hasbro's mistakes
Big difference between selling variations of $10 figures and $20+ figures. Bandai did very well churning out variations during the neo-Saban era in the basic $10 line, hence all the unnecessary cockpit modes. I think Goldar is an important enough character to warrant getting a variation for his other look.

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>>11691844
>why wouldn't a toy company make wings on a children's toy removable
Because they're his action feature. Neither of Bandai's original Goldar figures had removable wings, and there was nothing preventing them from simply plugging on. The only kid line Goldar toy with removable wings was 2010, but it's not pretty without the wings from the back.

Who would want a wingless Goldar? Thats his whole thing.

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>>11692078
>Thats his whole thing.
Except in 58 of the first 60 episodes where he didn't have them, which are often the only episodes anyone remembers when it comes to Power Rangers.

I kind of hate how Power Rangers handled Goldar's wings in general. He has them in episode 1, then they disappear (save for Trini's dream) until Lord Zedd restores them in season 2. I prefer the idea of them just retracting when not needed. It also seems like it would be really cumbersome walking around with those big wide things all the time, and I have to imagine they were difficult to work with on set knocking into things, so I'm surprised the MMPR production staff commited to having them be a permanent fixture.

>>11692175
Goldar is Japanese. He puts up with inconveniences for the sake of his work.

>>11692175
While the wings being retractable makes sense, I do kinda like the idea of Rita taking them away as punishment. In retrospect, it's bizarre that all the MMPR merchandise featured Goldar with his wings.

>>11692314
>I do kinda like the idea of Rita taking them away as punishment.
It would have been much better if they actually showed it instead of it just being a vague remark by Zedd a year after the fact.

>In retrospect, it's bizarre that all the MMPR merchandise featured Goldar with his wings.
I can understand how it happened, marketing/merchandising was probably given the pilot and Zyuranger promo images where he had the wings (a lot of season 1 merch was clearly based on the unaired pilot). What's bizarre to me is why don't the wings ever seem to appear in Zyuranger beyond the first episode? I haven't watched Zyuranger, but they milked that footage as much as they could, so I have a hard time believing there's a bunch of winged Goldar Zyuranger footage MMPR left on the cutting room floor.

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>>11692439
My favorite remnant of this is King Sphinx being so prominent in all the early merchandise. Made him seem more important than he was.
I get the idea of an MMPR reboot makes people groan, but if they ever do I'd like for the resemblance between Goldar and King Sphinx to be addressed, always found their similarity interesting even if it's not mentioned even in Zyuranger.

>>11692669
Even as a kid I always had a laugh about how these coloring books tried to repurposed the stock art in the most hilariously obvious ways.

>>11692669
King Sphinx was interesting. I always thought he seemed more like a main general than just an ordinary random monster of the week. Not that I think he was ever planned to be one, but I don't know, he just had that vibe to me. Goldar fought alongside plenty of monsters, but King Sphinx was the only one that felt to me like it was two generals fighting together rather than a general and a monster. Maybe it was because his design was more humanoid and intimidating than most of Zyuranger's other animal monsters, which were usually a bit goofier and bulkier and very clearly "this monster is only meant for one episode." Something about King Sphinx just felt a bit... more. I dunno why. Maybe it was just my kid brain making shit up, lol.

>>11692670
I never understood why the coloring books used the Dragonzord and Titanus and the Ultrazord all the time but never used the Green Ranger at all. Surely it couldn't have been a spoilers thing. I remember seeing one or two coloring books featuring the Green Ranger and even Scorpina, but they were very few and far between and were super specific, based on Green With Evil instead of just MMPR in general. I also remember the MMPRTM coloring books having all the expected MMPRTM-related stuff in them, but then also had art/pages for multiple Zyu2 monsters like Primator, Salaguana, and Robogoat. The coloring books were weird, lol.

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>>11692692
The green ranger never had any stock art, it was weird.

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>>11692692
>>11692696
one of the weirdest thing about the 90's PR merch rollout that's hard to comprehend these days is how rare Green ranger merch was. Easily the most popular part of the show and because he came between the early rollout and the season 2 refresh of merch there ended up being almost nothing except the toys themselves.
As a kid I was excited to find this thermos because it was something.
I get that the White Ranger fit well with the Dairanger mecha(and even the Kakuranger mecha, luckily for them) but I think they made a mistake not trying to keep the green ranger around more considering Season 2 and 3 had so much US footage anyway. Shitty shield or not.

>>11692709
Damn, you boomers can't shut the fuck up about bygone eras and how fucking magical it was a stupid children's show was to you huh?

>>11692709
I remember hearing once that the big issue with the green ranger in merchandise was his nonstandard design compared to the five main rangers. It wasn't just his shield, he had armbands, glove and boot cuff rings , different glove and boot patterns and a black weapon holster on the opposite side of his belt.

Compared to just ignoring the fact the pink ranger was missing her skirt whenever all the rangers were just recolored red rangers, the green ranger would test the suspension of disbelief harder.

>>11692709#
Back in the early 90s, sixth rangers weren't a given yet, so Dragon Ranger wasn't prominently featured in most of Zyuranger's marketing by design. Even JDF was told his role on power rangers would be a very short stint, so I'd believe Saban's marketing devision felt there was no need to push him as hard. Then both Burai and Tommy exploded in popularity and changed the scene on both sides of the franchise. Who'd have guessed.

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>>11684529
WHERE IS MY BOY?

>>11692709
>except the toys themselves
He got very little in that department during the original run as well. A 3" non-poseable figurine, the Dragonzord (which was the only way to get an 8" Green Ranger at the time), the Dragon Dagger, and the Automorphin figure. Didn't get his morpher, or even his Power Coin thrown in with the Dragon Dagger. Didn't get a Thunderbike or Karate Action 8" figure during early season 2. Considering how scarce the Dragonzord and Dragon Dagger were to find, the non-poseable figurine and Automorphin figure were really the only Green Ranger toys one was ever likely to see in a store.

>I think they made a mistake not trying to keep the green ranger around more considering Season 2 and 3 had so much US footage anyway. Shitty shield or not.
I've always felt that not keeping the evil Green Ranger clone around from "Return of the Green Ranger" as a permanent part of Zedd's crew was a huge missed opportunity.

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>>11692748
The thing is, the white ranger rollout was EVERYWHERE. to the point where it felt like he overtook the other rangers.Kibarager is in more of Dairanger relative to Burai in Zyuranger, but still not that much. It's just amusing to me that Saban saw that suit and went so hard on it. Given how much US material they ended up making with it they weren't even tied entirely to the Dairanger footage

>>11693032
To be fair, they had enough lead time to also order original fight footage of the white ranger costume with the rest of the rangers to fill the gap. The only real issue was the leftover Zyu2 footage from season one they repurposed. Which was why it took a while to fully depower Tommy and give him his new powers

>>11692783
No one wants it, we going to Thunder Zords instead.

>>11693032
The unexpected popularity of the Green Ranger likely played a part in this. They didn't want to be caught with their pants down again not having merch of what was likely to be their most popular character. Though Bandai was oddly out of the loop again. The only White Ranger figure was included with the Tigerzord. There was Saba, but once again no Morpher. That was it for the White Ranger's launch. They at least attempted to include a White Ranger Power Coin with the Tigerzord, but it was the wrong design. Some other nonsense released in the Spring, a mini pullback Thunderbike, a 3" non-poseable figurine, and a micro playset with 1" figure. It's wild to me that they didn't get out an Automorphin White Ranger figure during the second season.

It wasn’t until the Summer's Movie line that you could buy a 5" White Ranger figure, or a standalone 8" White Ranger, but neither of those were white. I don't think the basic Automorphin White Ranger (and Rocky, Adam, Aisha) even ended up seeing a release during season 3 due to the glut of movie figures warming pegs. I'm pretty sure I eventually ended up finding them marked down at KB Toys during Zeo.

>>11692710
I'm sorry you had no magical era to grow up in zoomer anon.

>>11692710
Gonna cry some more? Maybe shit and cum?

>>11692840
>I've always felt that not keeping the evil Green Ranger clone around from "Return of the Green Ranger" as a permanent part of Zedd's crew was a huge missed opportunity.

I don't disagree, but I can't see it working out well. There wouldn't be any sentai footage to pull from, unlike how they handled Abarekiller in Abaranger/Dino Thunder.

>>11693982
While true, it's not like there was any Sentai footage of the Zyurangers, Kibaranger, and Ninjaman fighting Grifforzer, Gashadokuro, and a bunch of big bird monsters, and yet...

>>11694008
why can't Americans make anything themselves?

>>11694008
Yeah, MMPR is a different story because after they ran out of Zyu2 footage in early season 2 they were shooting all their own Ranger fights and only using sentai footage for Zord battles. They could have very easily incorporated Green Ranger into season 2/3 as a permanent enemy if they had wanted to.

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>>11692783
2 weeks

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>>11692696
Funny, reminds me of an interesting eBay find I stumbled across. Notice the hastily recolored stock art, which is all the more ridiculous in comparison to the plush.

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>>11694178
Closer look at said artwork.

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>>11694181
Also this. An attempt at accuracy as made. Utterly amazing they were able to get away with this kind of sloppiness due to the frenzy at the time.

>>11694163
And even then, with the Zord fights, they'd already shown themselves capable of throwing together something like:
>Dragonzord fires its missiles
>Shogun Megazord sparks and stumbles back
It's why I'll never understand why they wrote Ninjor out and had him get captured just because he wasn't in a few Shogun Zord fights.

>>11694496
Yeah, Dragonzord vs Tigerzord and Dragonzord vs Thunder Megazord were complete cut and paste jobs, as were all of the Thunder Megazord vs Zyu2 monsters at the start of season 2. Green Ranger wouldn't have to get involved in Megazord fights often, but it would've been neat to see him call out the Dragonzord a couple times in season 3.

>>11694181

Wow, its like playing the SNES games.

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>>11694181
>SOFT ADORABLE
>FUN-FILLED ACTION PAL
>TOMMY

>>11694710
Am I alone in thinking Goldar looked more intimidating without the wings? The wings always seemed kind of faggy to me.

>>11694862
It's less likely the wings themselves and just more how Goldar was portrayed at the time. In Season 1 the suit was still fairly new and held up better for U.S. fight scenes and Goldar was still somewhat scary and intimidating (Green With Evil, Green Candle, Return of the Green Ranger, etc). He'd fight the Megazord, join monsters fighting the Rangers, etc. Then in Season 2, they made him dumber and goofier in order to make Zedd look good, he never got any more Zord fights, the fights with the White Ranger were lame cause they were the same thing over and over and by then the fight choreography had intentionally been made worse to appease parents, he became a new comic relief duo along with Rito, etc. Long story short (too late), I think it was just a matter of timing. He could've been intimidating with the wings, too, he just never had them then.

>>11692696
>>11692709
Wasn't the Green Ranger only in a few episodes of Zyuranger so he never got that much merchandise in the first place?

>>11694178
I really feel like any half decent artist could have whipped up like 4-5 stock images of a Green Ranger in about a week.

>>11694548
It helped that every single one of those fights over 3-4 years were filmed in the exact same set with the exact same backdrop.

>>11694915
>Wasn't the Green Ranger only in a few episodes of Zyuranger
He's introduced in 17 and dies in 42. He doesn't really take part in ground action after he turns good though. He just shows up to call Dragon Caesar, then fucks off to his lapseless room. All the Japanese footage of Green Ranger actually fighting monsters and such was commissioned by Saban. He's basically just a Zord summoner in Zyuranger.

>>11694937
Which I still don't understand. Why introduce a whole new Ranger and then not do anything with him? Why wouldn't you be filming fight scenes with all six Rangers? Why wouldn't you be promoting him and milking him for everything he's worth, unless he just somehow immediately proved unpopular with the audience? Toei's stupid.

>>11694937
>>11694992
They did write in story reasons for it. Dragon Ranger was actually undead the whole time and only had less than 24 hours to live before dying for good. Whenever he wasn't fighting he had to return to a room where time didn't pass to prolongue his time on Earth. Eventually that ran out and he passed his equipment and Mecha to his brother the Tyranno Ranger.

If I had to guess, because sixth rangers weren't a regular thing at that point, they didn't want Dragon Ranger overshadowing the main five rangers, despite the fact they were horribly underwritten even without being compared to Dragon Ranger. Considering past sixth rangers got only one episode if screentime at most, it was probably just them writing what they knew.

>>11695032
It was the first time a 6th ranger was ever added to a series, as well as an evil ranger that sided with the enemies. They did not want to go too crazy with things in case it didn't work. And when it turned out to be a success, things were already made, shots were filmed, and they were getting started on the next series to start up next fall.

But Japanese studios really never broke from the standard procedure much at all at the time so this was a weird experimental thing for them. They already had more than a decade of doing the exact same thing successfully. 5 team members, each one following the exact same cookie cutter personalities, the stalwart hero, the edgy loner, the goofy dumb guy, the inexperienced young one, and the girl.

>>11695643
It weird how they thought just a tiny variation would piss people off rather than interest them. Very risk averse

>>11695689
Japan really does like the exact same thing recycled a hundred times over. And the second someone tries something new, everyone else imitates it a hundred times over.

But the color coordinated 5 member team thing had a very well hammered out definition in all Japanese kids media going back to the early 70s.
The leader is red
The girl is pink
The angsty loner is black
The kid is blue, sometimes green
The goofy wacky guy is yellow

Gatchaman, Go Lion, St Seiya, every single ranger series,

Some of the risk was mitigated by the Dragonzord basically being Mechagodzilla. It was too recognizable to audiences.

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Having rewatched Cosmic Fury recently, I fucking hate Hasbro. Had Bandai been the toy company for this season, the toy line would've had all seven Cosmic Rangers, Zedd, Bajillia, Squillia, Inkworth, Scrozzle, the Dark Dino Fury Ranger, a gray Zentinel, and a red Zentinel as 5" figures by default. Instead, lazy ass Hasbro just gave us, what? The Morpher and the Megazord? Fuck them.

>>11696383
>gay
I mean there is one lesbian couple in it, so I suppose so.
>woke
No more than Power Rangers already has been since 1993.

>>11696383
>gay
>woke
>Saying this about a franchise that has had a gay, a black and an asian in since day 1.

Should be perfect for you then

>>11696491
I dunno, some of those Tommy/Jason episodes were kinda questionable...

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>>11696361
Had Bandai been the toy company they would have used the Sentai suits they had a hand in designing and not those ugly American made atrocities.

>>11697107
Is it true Super Sentai is over? After such a long time?

>>11697125
Without Power Rangers propping it up it was inevitable. They lost all revenue outside of Asia. Hell, even before Hasbro ended the show and toylines completely, not having Bandai making the toys worldwide anymore would have been a huge blow since Toei is a major shareholder of Bandai.

>>11696489
Billy fucked the shit out of the fish pussy. He even mentions it in the anniversary special.

>>11697125
Wouldn't it be funny if they translate the new Power Rangers series into Japanese to air over there? I know they have in the past but it would be funnier with no active sentai series airing over there.

>>11696480
>Let me add in some decades later history revisionism for a gotcha!
>Gotcha chud!

>>11696480
>No more than Power Rangers already has been since 1993.
Simply having a black guy and Asian girl in the cast doesn't make a show woke. Especially when those characters were walking stereotypes and their superhero costumes even matched their race. Trying to normalize a lesbian couple and pushing trans ideology on kids is woke.

>>11697194
He also had like 5 girlfriends throughout the series. David Yost himself rejected the notion of Billy being made gay just because he is.

>>11697379
Power Rangers is likely one of the least annoying of the early 90s multiculture gang kids shows.

>>11697379
>pushing trans ideology on kids
The scene in Cosmic Fury is actually hilarious because the writers were so busy trying to fit in a pro-trans message that they forgot the context of the scene is that Mucus has already "transitioned" and fucking hates it and wishes she could go back to her original body.

>>11697494
I would say because Power Rangers never treated it's characters any different because of their race. There wasn't ever "a very special episode" where Zack or Trini had to deal with racism. There was a season 3 episode where Aisha was omitted from a club, but it wasn't because she was black, it was because she was considered too poor. They even made it a point to cast a black actress as the bully who was ostracizing Aisha so that there would no perceived element of racism.

>>11697497
Man I forgot about that. Nice self own there.

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>>11696488
>no one wants a red ranger with a skirt
I liked Kaoru.

>>11697557
Yeah, I have no problems with female reds, or female leaders if it feels right. What I have a problem with is female green defiantly ripping off her skirt like a cheap piece of fabric, which spits in the face of all sorts of lore.

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>>11696361
I was going to add to this and say they could've also rereleased the Solon, Mucus, and Slyther figures from the Dino Fury line the same way they rereleased Goldar and Rito in the Zeo toyline, only to Google it and find out they never made any Solon, Mucus, or Slyther figures! Shame on you again, Hasbro.

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>>11697582
They had already basically given up on the kids line after season 1 of Beast Morphers. Couldn't even be bothered to do cheap repaints like Robo Roxy or Gold Vargoyle. The Battle Attackers make it look better than it was. Those weren't serious attempts at action figures.

I just want to say that Lightning Collection was a mistake and "collector" figures in general are an atrocity, they should've never created this collector market but instead make good toys with good articulation, no need to make 2 different price points when you could do a middle one with good toys.

>>11697620
>no Scrozzle for Beast Morphers
>Zedd for Dino Fury
what the fuck

>>11697227
We aren't getting anymore Super Sentai for the conceivable future. Toei are "resting" Super Sentai the same way they pretty much shut down production of Kamen Rider for nearly a decade in the 90s. In its absence, they are bringing back the Metal Heroes/Space Sheriff Trilogy line, starting with a relaunch of Space Sheriff Gavan, which will now have three Space Sheriffs in different colors including red and the implications that they intend on creating a shared universe within the Space Sheriff trilogy canon in order to get that Marvel Cinematic Universe money.

>>11697624
The problem is Hasbro doesn't know how to make a kids line anymore, they assumed they could just shit out a Marvel Legends style line with Power Rangers but didn't realize Ranger fans are severely autistic and will rake them for being inconsistent with paint, details, weapons and price points.

>>11694181
>newest and most feeling

>>11684529
What the fuck is this shit man? They managed to do worse that Hasbro...

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>>11697647
That Zedd wasn't even widely available. He was in a Walmart exclusive multipack.

>>11698077
>Packaged with Ollie
Nice.

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If Disney is picking up the franchise and Hasbro is handling the toys for the reboot, why don't they just redo lightning collection? They probably still have those molds. Or could borrow from marvel legends and star wars black series since they're also Disney franchises.

>>11698417
Nothing is stopping them aside from Hasbro's general disinterest. Why they suddenly decided to do the reboot toys is a mystery.

>>11698417
Hasbro is basically jettisoning a lot of their stuff in their move across states
I actually wouldn't be surprised if we see a Return of Lightning collection the way they did Marvel Legends, but it would also be likely to make most past releases obsolete anyway.

>>11698417
Why would Hasbro go back to doing PR toys after they just abandoned them to Playmates just a short time ago? I wouldn't expect Hasbro to ever made PR toys again

>>11698417
>why don't they just redo lightning collection?
Because Power Rangers has proven time and again that it can't sustain a collector's line. As the price goes up, completionism goes down, and the less popular characters warm pegs. Complete teams in a Power Rangers collector's line are a fool's errand, but if you don't complete teams the hardcore fans bitch about it and potentially write off the line. There's no winning.

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>>11698405
Hoping they get far enough to do Artillatron. He's a massive brick so I can't imagine he'd be hard to produce.

>>11698417
Hasbro seems like they only want to directly produce things that make a shitload of money, although its questionable how they determine that since Star Wars is one of the only things they still directly produce and yet it seems like a line of pegwarmers.

>>11698405
>sticker hell
Still buying it. Been waiting for this for a long time.

I want Lightning Collection reissues bros I couldn't get White/Silver/Drakkon/Ranger Slayer back then, all my orders were cursed and cancelled :''(

>>11698632
They might've had more luck had they done more surefire characters like Pink Time Force Ranger, Quantum Ranger, Titanium Ranger, Zen-Aku, Koragg/Wolf Warrior, Rito Revolto, Ninjor, Violet Wolf Ranger, the Spirit Rangers, Sledge, Poisandra... Instead they gave us shit like Wild Force Blue and Tyranno Sentry. Who gives a shit? And then there were the Cammy and Ken Rangers, that were not only just completely made up (whatever your opinion on the Ryu, Chun-Li, and TMNT Rangers may be, at least they were IN things), but they weren't even designed by the same person that designed the Ryu and Chun-Li Rangers, so they looked like shit on top of that.

>>11698709

Silver isn't that hard to come by right now. I'd happily take a reissue of DT white though, still kicking myself for not picking one up at a Walgreen's like four years ago.

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did this happen

>>11698748
I want the remastered mmpr, rita, and the paycho rangers reissued

>>11699018
Yes, a lot of people bought that crap for some reason. It's not collector product so it certainly isn't to pose