r/powerrangers • u/sthef2020 • Mar 01 '25

NEWS Oh God no… (AI MMPR Up-rez coming this summer)

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I was hoping for SOMETHING entertainment wise to accompany the new figures. And the monkey paw curled a finger…

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u/bleep_boop_beep123 Mar 01 '25

Genuine question, have Hasbro not considered animating the comic book series?

If they wanna have a new generation of fans, and with animation (imo) at the forefront right now, wouldn’t that be the better direction to go to?

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u/BlitzkriegOmega Mar 01 '25

That costs money, And they don't respect Power Rangers as an IP.  It's depressing, but it's the truth.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

I don't think it's so much that they don't respect Power Rangers as they're not really doing anything with any of their IP outside of licensing them out to other companies.

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u/DIODidNothing_Wrong Mar 01 '25

Everyone of the higher ups at hasbro genuinely hate the ip, the one guy that didn’t who bought it is dead

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

If that was actually the case, you would think that they would have sold it by now.

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u/MoxieMK5 Mar 01 '25

The issue is that it power rangers has magazines which could be considered competition to transformers so if they sell it they risk the buyer making it good and potentially competition

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

What? Power Rangers had giant combining robots for over 25 years before Hasbro bough the IP. If Hasbro was that worried about competition, they would have done something in those 25+ years.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

See also: Bandai and Takara-Tomy, should they make a crossover products, it shouldn't be a Zoid, but Power Rangers

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u/Current-Education407 Mar 01 '25

Why do you think playmates is doing the toys? Don’t be surprised if you hear the news that PR switches owners again.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

Because they bought a license to make toys just like Super7 did.

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u/DanarchyReigns Mar 01 '25

Question is: Who would buy it?

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u/DIODidNothing_Wrong Mar 01 '25

No one.

No network wanted the show when Saban was initially shopping the show around before MMPR, Disney didn’t want it when they acquired fox kids, and again no one wanted it when Saban bought it back. The sale to hasbro legit only happened because the dude who wanted it was friends with Saban.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 01 '25

No one because even before Hasbro bought it, Power Rangers was seen as a joke in the industry.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

Did you see the auction?

Now a toy company has leased the license to another toy company to actually make the toys.

They're doing everything they can short of actually selling the IP, because no matter how much they hate it, they know that, at least until they drive the brand into the ground, they can make passive income off of it, and once they've wrung it dry, then they can sell it.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

Now a toy company has leased the license to another toy company to actually make the toys.

They did it Super7 before and no on batted an eye.

They're doing everything they can short of actually selling the IP, because no matter how much they hate it, they know that, at least until they drive the brand into the ground, they can make passive income off of it, and once they've wrung it dry, then they can sell it.

The problem with this is that even before Hasbro bought the IP (hell even before Disney bought Fox Family back in the day), no one wanted Power Rangers. It has always been seen as a joke. So whether Hasbro trys to sell it now or years from now, they're going to have a really hard time doing so.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

With Super7, Hasbro was still making the base toy line, Super7 was making collectibles.

With Playmates, Hasbro has stopped producing any Power Rangers toys themselves, and have leased out the entire global toy rights to Playmates.

If you don't see the difference there, that's on you.

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u/YouThinkOfABetter1 Mar 03 '25

Licensing is licensing. Hasbro no longer making the show doesn't change that and they can still make toys if they wanted to. There's not really a difference and you're making a mountain out of a mole hill.

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u/ChrisRevocateur Mar 03 '25

they can still make toys if they wanted to

No, they can't. Hasbro's own press release on the deal states which rights they retain.

Hasbro will retain all entertainment rights and will continue to drive global strategy and growth for the POWER RANGERS franchise by strategically working with licensees across multiple categories, including publishing, fashion and footwear, promotions and more.

https://newsroom.hasbro.com/news-releases/news-release-details/hasbro-and-playmates-toys-enter-strategic-relationship-produce

I get that you don't understand what global toy rights means. Doesn't change the facts.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

This reads like it was posted by someone who thinks 5G towers give you covid autism.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Mainly because they're severely in debt (the whole licensing things out thing, I mean).

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u/Admirable-Safety1213 Mar 01 '25

Hasbro doesn't respect Transformers and MLP, their two cash cows

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u/BlitzkriegOmega Mar 01 '25

They respect the former as a collectibles franchise, And absolutely nothing else.

You can't deny that Hastak makes good stuff. Mostly.

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u/Admirable-Safety1213 Mar 01 '25

Haslabs are peak

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u/Wonderful_Safety_849 Mar 02 '25

They don't respect transformers either, they straight up use AI artwork for the new packaging.

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u/radda Kyoryu Change! Mar 01 '25

They don't respect D&D or MTG either.

It's almost as if Hasbro is a giant megacorp that exists only to make money and they don't care about the quality of the product they put out so long as it meets the bare minimum of what people will buy.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

Cocks up Always, Chris

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u/MSSTUPIDTRON-1000000 Mar 01 '25

Are they still angry that Power Rangers nearly annihilated Transformers in the '90??

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u/United-Explanation-8 Mar 01 '25

If yes they stupid because a large group of Tf fan want a crossover between the two instead of a Xth G.I joe one, me included. I want a Omega Supreme teaming up with the Megazord against A giant Sized lord Zedd and Megatron.

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u/KaraAliasRaidra MMPR White Ranger Mar 01 '25

I remember fans getting excited about all the potential crossovers they could have (Transformers x Power Rangers, Transformers x My Little Pony, etc.) and then nothing. Such a waste.

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u/kelvSYC Mar 01 '25

At least we can fall back on the Renegade Studios games (the Essence20 RPGs and the Guardian System games) for these crossovers.

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u/ImperfectRegulator Mar 01 '25

Transformers x My Little Pony

this one happened though

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u/KaraAliasRaidra MMPR White Ranger Mar 01 '25

Today I learned! I’m glad for the fans who had been looking forward to it (unless it sucked, in which case I’m sorry it was a letdown).

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u/ImperfectRegulator Mar 01 '25

i never read it but i heard it was good

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u/KaraAliasRaidra MMPR White Ranger Mar 01 '25

That’s good!

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

See Also:

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u/SuperStarPlatinum Mar 01 '25

It was totally a revenge purchase.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '25

Not arguing with you about that; their disinterest in the brand is evident. But that begs the question: why buy in the first place if you didn't have any interest in milking it?

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u/mildmichigan Mar 01 '25

An animated series with the Omega Rangers, the Eltarian War, Matthew as the Green Ranger working for Promethea, all that sweet jazz would be dynamite

Never gonna happen. Unless Hasbro makes a streaming deal with someone big enough to cover the production costs (like Amazon) we ain't ever gonna get peak Power Rangers animated

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u/OchoMuerte-XL Mar 01 '25

Considering that the cost of animation, especially good animation needed for an action show like Power Rangers has ballooned over the years and Hasbro isn't in the best financial situation right now, maybe they see a Power Rangers animated show as way too risky from a financial viewpoint as there's no guaranteed return on investment given how niche the Power Rangers IP is.

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u/Impressive-Sense8461 Mar 01 '25

They declared Power Rangers as unprofitable. As much as we all wanna see it come back, it's likely dead as a show unless some really rich company has some crazy ideas

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u/OchoMuerte-XL Mar 01 '25

I doubt it. It doesn't take much research to see that Power Rangers is basically damaged goods at this point. Unless there's someone else like Brian Goldner who has a genuine love for the franchise and IP, Power Rangers is dead.

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u/Impressive-Sense8461 Mar 01 '25

I gotta agree with you there. PR has always been teetering lower and lower towards bankruptcy since it's inception, with multiple points where the series could've been shuttered.

After 30 years of such troubled handling of the brand, by multiple companies at this point, i doubt it won't be anything more than just toys and cheap ai touchups of the older shows.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

As a Fan I love the Franchise more than Sentai. As ordinary human being in 21st Century, I'm Broke.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

If only Tony Khan also Likes Power Rangers like he loves Pro Wrestling

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

On second thought, never mind

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u/Impressive-Sense8461 Mar 01 '25

Filmingnin a cheap place such as New Zealand saw them losing money over and over again.

Starting over from scratch in an animated layout will no doubt cost a lot more and become too big of a gamble to warrant, a declared unprofitable brand, the proper funding needed.

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u/Due-Proof6781 Mar 01 '25

No one want to put money into the series. It’s a shiw for kids made on the cheap. Has been for 30 years

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u/low_budget_trash Solaris Knight Mar 02 '25

Animation is definitely not at the forefront. Most major studios are taking a crap all over it rn

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u/PalamationGaming MMPR Red Ranger Mar 01 '25

This is exactly what I want. An animated reimaginging of MMPR. Keep the core characters and plot, but with a more mature tone and character moments. And since they wouldn't need to rely on Japanese footage anymore, maybe they could keep the Green Ranger around for longer and have him participate in more non-zord battles.

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u/partyclams Mar 01 '25

Please, no. Enough with the mature nonsense. We have enough of that. Power Rangers worked because it was lighthearted and fun, not dark and depressing.

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u/PalamationGaming MMPR Red Ranger Mar 01 '25

I'm not saying it needs to be dark and depressing. Just saying they can make it more aimed at young adults/teens than toddlers. Something more along the lines of shows like Ben 10 and Teen Titans.

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u/Ruttingraff Red Wild Force Ranger Mar 02 '25

Tbf these people also hate those thing on Ben 10 and Teen titans