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I mean, he's been in the intro ever since the Ninjazords showed up.
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I remember him not being in the intro though, that's the thing, until later. I realize I'm probably wrong though. Intros do change sometimes on re-airing if they recut them together or something, but that's probably not the case.
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It says a lot about how much of a nothing Rocky was that the part that would've gone to Jason normally (clashing with Tommy for leadership under HAAAAAATE) went to Adam instead.
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Feb 15, 2018 22:24
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So the 25 year toy partnership with Bandai is over. They’ll finish Ninja Steele and the legacy line, but done after that in the US. They will still make toys for Japan. Hasbro is rumored to take over toys for the US in 2019.
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Morby posted:So the 25 year toy partnership with Bandai is over. They’ll finish Ninja Steele and the legacy line, but done after that in the US. They will still make toys for Japan. Hasbro is rumored to take over toys for the US in 2019. What in the actual gently caress is this right now What WORLD are we in Is this a good thing? I don't know how to feel about this
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Feb 15, 2018 23:56
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Can't wait until I can make the Tyrannosaurus the central part of Defendor. Or the red Mystic Force Zord slot into the Orion Pax trailer to become Optimus Kai...me. Optimus Kaime.
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Burkion posted:What in the actual gently caress is this right now It’s not unprecedented. In Japan the Yokai Watch toys are done by Bandai of Japan, and I believe they have a stake in the franchise. Meanwhile the toys in the US are done by Hasbro. It’ll probably be a similar situation here.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:11
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Burkion posted:What in the actual gently caress is this right now Non-Legacy PR toys have been garbage for years. The toy quality has nowhere to go but up, finally. Plus Hasbro usually doesn't go through the effort of completely remolding a toy line to save a buck.
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SpazmasterX posted:Non-Legacy PR toys have been garbage for years. The toy quality has nowhere to go but up, finally. Plus Hasbro usually doesn't go through the effort of completely remolding a toy line to save a buck. You’d be surprised. TFs have been sharing more and more gang molded parts in recent years.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:30
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So what complex legal bullshit allows Hasbro to make essentially the same toy that Bandai does but with English voiceclips instead?
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SpazmasterX posted:Non-Legacy PR toys have been garbage for years. The toy quality has nowhere to go but up, finally. Plus Hasbro usually doesn't go through the effort of completely remolding a toy line to save a buck. This. The Ranger figures are largely ok, but the weapons and zords just seem like 0 effort especially compared to the Japanese versions. Not sure why we can’t have 1:1 in the States.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:49
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Morby posted:This. The Ranger figures are largely ok, but the weapons and zords just seem like 0 effort especially compared to the Japanese versions. Not sure why we can’t have 1:1 in the States. Different safety regulations, the rising costs of oil and plastic products, and the rising prices of distribution, packaging, and manufacturing, mostly. Electronics are another big one, also.
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Feb 16, 2018 00:52
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Okay, but why is a Figuart $20 in Japan and in America we get those god awful toys for the exact same price that looked like a blind toddler painted them
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Feb 16, 2018 01:01
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I thought Figuarts were a bit more than that. Regardless. It's part different economics, and part Bandai of America just not considering that kind of stuff worth it. But this'll be a factor even under a different company; all american toylines are using less paint apps and overall number of parts these days. It's unfortunate, but that's the way things are. BoA is also a pretty garbage company, but I digress.
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Nodosaur posted:You’d be surprised. TFs have been sharing more and more gang molded parts in recent years. Oh I'm aware. But you're dealing with action figures, most of the pieces are going to be the same thigh, or fist, or knee on everything anyways. The fact that main line PR action figures have been barely two steps above zero paint, one color plastic is just greed. Meanwhile over in Hasbroland you have no less than six different remold and retools of one figure, and each one is different enough to be unique. Even if the transformation seems oddly familiar.
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Does this mean there's a chance we'll get another crack at a proper gold instead of the butterscotch ranger?
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As Nero Danced posted:Does this mean there's a chance we'll get another crack at a proper gold instead of the butterscotch ranger? Unlikely. Bandai will be finishing out all the legacy figures and roleplay toys we know of, i.e. Zeo and Psycho ranger figures, Legacy Zeonizer, Legacy Gold Power Staff, and the Green Ranger helmet.
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Nodosaur posted:Different safety regulations, the rising costs of oil and plastic products, and the rising prices of distribution, packaging, and manufacturing, mostly. That all sucks because, as a kid, I didn’t know any better and accepted whatever was in the store. But as an adult? It’s a huge difference. Ninja Steele toys (especially Star Ninja’s stuff) just seems way more high effort than the US toys.
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Pierce Brosnan is Ninja Steele
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I'm all for Hasbro Ranger figures if they're half as good as the current Marvel Legend out put. The legacy ranger figures they released are terrible. The girls have ridiculous proportions and none of them can stand up for very long.
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Morby posted:So the 25 year toy partnership with Bandai is over. They’ll finish Ninja Steele and the legacy line, but done after that in the US. They will still make toys for Japan. Hasbro is rumored to take over toys for the US in 2019. All this means is that BoA has mishandled this property so much that Saban finally noticed. My guess is the primary motivator is that they're tired of Bandai milking the MMPR cow and paying virtually no attention to the recent seasons altogether. But there's also plenty of other reasons. Oh well. RIP Legacy Psycho Rangers, they would have figured out a way to make you suck anyway.
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Oh. My. God. Zordon - "My sensors tell me the rangers are being bombarded with hate particles!" Might be the hardest I've laughed at the minimalist series.
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I'm sort of surprised he didn't include Zedd falling to the floor and flopping about and pounding his fists like a child. As much as "goofball villain" Zedd sorta owned once they got in the groove, that was really the lowest point before they got there.
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One thing I'm vaguely surprised about is that we still haven't gotten a proper Legacy Lord Zedd Like on the same scale as those 7 inch build a zord Ranger figures
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I don't know the size of it, but there was a figure produced and marketed under Legacy. My kingdom for an S.I.C Zedd with tubing and sculpted muscle fibers.
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Craptacular! posted:I don't know the size of it, but there was a figure produced and marketed under Legacy. It's A Legacy line figure, but it's one of those mid to late 2000s ones with way more basic posability and very little going for it that stands roughly 5 inches tall In fact I'm FAIRLY certain it's the exact same one as the one they released back in the late 2000s, just with new paint
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They could just rework a Vac-man toy
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gently caress it, just flay a bodybuilder yourself and glue some chrome fenders on the cadaver.
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Blade_of_tyshalle posted:gently caress it, just flay a bodybuilder yourself and glue some chrome fenders on the cadaver. You forgot the loving tubes!
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Related to the Zedd discussion we had upthread (and how much I love the Rita/Zedd stuff), I've always liked the idea of a Power Rangers show (well, more like Power Rangers With The Serial Numbers Filed Off Carefully) based on the perspective of the villain. Rarely show the squeaky bunch of teenagers and their giant multicolored robots, just have a monster dude from a position of power and menace.,,, only to be stymied by this one planet so often that he becomes a sympathetic schlub.
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Kanpai Sentai After V sort of does that. It's just about the team going for drinks and food after the fight, but their big bad is masquerading as the chef there to spy on them.
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https://twitter.com/TokuNation/status/964549909805346816
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Real talk: If they can make a Power Rangers that's as good as Transformers Prime or (controversial opinion, maybe) Transformers Animated, then there is no problem here whatsoever.
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Wow this is crazy. I don't even know what to expect. I haven't heard transformers fans be as disappointed as us so it must be better
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Pyroi posted:Well Pretty sure Hasbro is just going to be taking over the toy production from Bandai, Saban is still running the show aspect and recently extended their contract with Nickelodeon until 2021. Though honestly I wouldn't really mind that much if they did wind up taking over the whole production. Larryb fucked around with this message at 20:26 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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Larryb posted:Pretty sure Hasbro is just going to be taking over the toy production from Bandai, Saban is still running the show aspect and recently extended their contract with Nickelodeon until 2021. Though honestly I wouldn't really mind that much if they did wind up taking over the whole production. scroll up
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Power Rangers Transformers crossover.  Optimus Prime fighting alongside the Megazord.
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I mean, the 2017 movie did involve a power crystal that was the source of all life on the planet.
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Lizard Wizard posted:scroll up Ah, misread that. Though even if it does change hands they're still probably not getting away from Nick or the current scheduling practices any time soon. Come to think of it, has Hasbro ever handled a live action production before? There's the Transformers movies of course but I'm not sure how much involvement they had with those beyond licensing. Larryb fucked around with this message at 21:28 on Feb 16, 2018 |
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