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Old 11-18-2023, 10:42 AM   #11608
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I love the mega dragonzord. I really feel that combo was vastly underused. Its definitely the better looking of the two zord combos. Im sad hasbro killed the lightning collection. They shouldnt buy up properties they arent gonna use long term.
I don't think they intended to not use it long term. When they first bought the line, they were very excited about it. They had a huge PR fan in charge of it, but then they laid him off or something. And then they laid other people off who were PR fans. They moved Emily to GI Joe.

You could tell in the last 2 years that the line became an after thought for Hasbro. Perhaps they thought they brand would sell better than it did. Or maybe they underestimated how toxic the fanbase can be. Either way, they dropped the ball big time when it came to accessories, consistency, and paint apps.

I am not a model kit fan. I hate putting my toys together and dealing with stickers (or having to paint some details myself as my paint skills suck). However, the SMPs are the only way to get fully posseable 6inch mechs, something I thought was going to be a given from Hasbro. Hell, all they would have had to do was release 6inch fully posseable mechs that were suit accurate in design even if they weren't combinable, and I would have been happy. The Retro line was kind of a step in the right direction, but they lacked the posseability and paint apps.

They could have easily done VS packs. Megazord vs Knasty Knight, Thunder Megazord vs Lipsyncher, Ninja Megazord vs Hatemaster, Zeo Megazord vs Silo, SPD Megazord vs Mirlock, and so on.

And then there was the scale issue with the monsters on top of the inability to complete teams. I can forgive them for King Sphinx and Pumpkin Rapper being oversized, and maybe even Eyeguy given he would have been in production at the time. After that though, they should have licensed to the fans and scaled them back. Heck, I was pretty sure they had mentioned they were fixing the monster line's scale when they revealed Piranhtis Head as they made a pun out of it, but clearly they did not. PHead and Snizzard were still oversized and it seems like the Minotaur is too (have not bought him yet, waiting for him to be like $15).

Anyway, now having the Kakuranger and Zyuranger mechs in SMP form, along with Dairen-Oh, and loving them, this is going to be my go to line for Sentai mecha until something better comes along in the 6inch scale. Super excited for the Megaranger reissues and I hope the ones from GoGoFive aren't too far behind. Maybe they can do Gingaman and Timeranger sooner rather than later too.

As for teams, the Shodo is also my go to line and I'll tell you, the Shodos go quite nicely with the SMPS.



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