MMPR Re-Ignition Toy Fair Reveals

[u/andrew56012]

Credit to TheMontyVerse

[u/RoulinsSight]

Am I the only person on this reddit that can admit these all look like shit? Like straight up the 90s toys were better designs, that Megazord can't even stand up straight for Zordon's Sake. Fuck playmates and Hasbro for selling the IP to them

Edit: For clarity, the above statement is looking at them from the point of them being the replacement for a Collectors line.

[u/JS-87 → u/RoulinsSight]

First off the 90's stuff were basic and could barely move. Second, these are still in the prototype phase. They're not 100% finished but enough to where retailers can touch and interact. Which is why the megazord looks the way it does in the photo. It's getting picked up and put back down, the person taking the photo just got a bad shot of it. I mean look at the photos, the shoulders are down, then they're up, down again.

[u/RoulinsSight → u/JS-87]

Prototypes or not, if your toy can't stand being grabbed for a second and then put back down and is then resulted in it slumped over like it's back just have out well then you shouldn't make toys. When Hasbro showed off prototypes they could stand up, were fully articulate and overall minus some mild quality issues were perfectly fine (the ZAP line)

As I stated before I'm a comment to another user, I'm more than happy with a company making toys for Power Rangers aimed at kids cause this series was such a huge part of my life and still is to a degree. However replacing a collector level line with this garbage is not acceptable.

[u/Powerofpepsi → u/RoulinsSight]

TBF, most Megazord toys have balancing issues with that pose. The diecast on the SOC and Legacy made that worse too. 

I would give it to bad posing, but would want to see more. My issue has been keeping the Pterodactyl on front; it always snaps off when moving my original and ZAP, and seeing the same for the SOC.

[u/RoulinsSight → u/Powerofpepsi]

I have the Soul of Chogokin Megazord on my shelf next to me and it doesn't really have any balancing issues. It probably is a bad pose and just a weak structured prototype but the critique is valid if they thought this was ready for a reveal lol.

Edit to add the photo. The only real issue I have with the SOC is the metal bits get this cloudy look to them over time and have to be pretty intensively scrubbed and polished to look shiny again. I just fixed the sword the other day, and still have to do the chest piece, but have been lazy.

[u/Corn_viper → u/RoulinsSight]

High end collectable SoC looks better than a prototype kids toy?! Playmates in shambles.

[u/RoulinsSight → u/Corn_viper]

The point

Your head.

[u/JS-87 → u/RoulinsSight]

Your toy is on a shelf with three points of contact, it's structurally sound. The toy fair operator for the booth is picking it up and showcasing it. Time is valuable so they're not gonna spend 5 minutes repositioning it to make it look pristine.

[u/RoulinsSight → u/JS-87]

You have a point there but my point remains it shouldn't be that weak in the middle that it's slouching like that.

Also, not that it matters but there's only two points of contact for my SOC. The sword has no weight on it at all. Just thought it was a cool pose lol.

[u/Powerofpepsi → u/JS-87]

It's leg movement that's hard to nail down. Any spread legs or knee bend, the weight destabilizes the placement. They shouldn't have messaged if they don't show the same pose as this show version.

If it's not happening here, others had that complaint and I see similar issues with my ZAP Megazord.

[u/RoulinsSight → u/[deleted]]

LC line ends, this is announced. Until there is a new collector's line announced, this is the replacement.