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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 20, 2017 20:27:10 GMT -5
It's weirdly ironic that the lame rerelease of the Legacy Figures are glittery/metallic considering the toy-related backstory of the concept of glittery MMPR suits. When the first MMPR movie came out, instead of mimicking the armor from the movie, the toy line just did regular versions of the Rangers in metallic paint. In the following third season of the show, with left over movie figures to sell, a three-parter heavily hyped the debut of metallic armor which literally amounted to sparkly glitter on the costumes to make them look metallic like the figures. As a 5 year old kid when they mentioned the "metallic armor" I immediately thought that the movie suits would be debuting on the show. Boy was I disappointed... And while the "glitter" toys sucked, the McDonalds movie rangers with zords were some of the best power rangers toys ever made. Simple yet awesome toys.
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Post by crush on Mar 20, 2017 21:44:54 GMT -5
It's weirdly ironic that the lame rerelease of the Legacy Figures are glittery/metallic considering the toy-related backstory of the concept of glittery MMPR suits. When the first MMPR movie came out, instead of mimicking the armor from the movie, the toy line just did regular versions of the Rangers in metallic paint. In the following third season of the show, with left over movie figures to sell, a three-parter heavily hyped the debut of metallic armor which literally amounted to sparkly glitter on the costumes to make them look metallic like the figures. As a 5 year old kid when they mentioned the "metallic armor" I immediately thought that the movie suits would be debuting on the show. Boy was I disappointed... And while the "glitter" toys sucked, the McDonalds movie rangers with zords were some of the best power rangers toys ever made. Simple yet awesome toys. Totally agree. I had all 6 of the McDonalds Rangers as a kid. And they're a set I really want to find as an adult.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 20, 2017 21:49:28 GMT -5
Only one Gamestop in town got the PR wave with white/yellow ranger, and someone bought the case.
Others don't know if they're getting them in.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 20, 2017 21:54:30 GMT -5
Anyone know if wave 3 has hit the Midwest yet? I'm outside of Chicago and nothing by me yet.
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Post by Robert69 on Mar 21, 2017 5:55:25 GMT -5
Anyone know if wave 3 has hit the Midwest yet? I'm outside of Chicago and nothing by me yet. I'm in Ft. Wayne, about 2 hrs east of you. Nothing of note. Apparently ONE got a case in, and someone bought the whole thing.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 21, 2017 21:48:48 GMT -5
got my set of Wave 3 today, I took a ton of pics, will post later, also got Rita Repulsa Dorbz yesterday.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 21, 2017 22:27:51 GMT -5
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Post by Boy Wonder on Mar 23, 2017 2:48:39 GMT -5
Thanks for all the great pics!
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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 23, 2017 23:02:41 GMT -5
Is the White Ranger exclusive to Game Stop or Game Stop just got the wave first? I've had really good luck with these at Target. So if it's just a matter of waiting, I can be patient.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 24, 2017 0:07:27 GMT -5
Is the White Ranger exclusive to Game Stop or Game Stop just got the wave first? I've had really good luck with these at Target. So if it's just a matter of waiting, I can be patient. na seems like Gamestop is just the first to get it.
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Post by crush on Mar 25, 2017 10:51:16 GMT -5
Surprisingly enjoyed the movie immensely. I was very excited for it, but apprehensive. Happy to say it was much better than I hoped. Despite the trailers, it wasn't "grim and gritty" but just a slightly more adult version of MMPR. For what it is, it's mostly well written, mostly well acted (especially Elizabeth Banks) and mostly well paced. Loved that the little nods and story-points were from all over the PR franchise, not just MMPR. It's not perfect, and at its core it is a Power Rangers movie not high cinema, but I throughly enjoyed. Also, the cameos were grand. Specifically in relation to the toys, it's amazing yet sad how bad a job Bandai did capturing the suits and Zords.
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Post by ckhybrid on Mar 25, 2017 13:05:08 GMT -5
Surprisingly enjoyed the movie immensely. I was very excited for it, but apprehensive. Happy to say it was much better than I hoped. Despite the trailers, it wasn't "grim and gritty" but just a slightly more adult version of MMPR. For what it is, it's mostly well written, mostly well acted (especially Elizabeth Banks) and mostly well paced. Loved that the little nods and story-points were from all over the PR franchise, not just MMPR. It's not perfect, and at its core it is a Power Rangers movie not high cinema, but I throughly enjoyed. Also, the cameos were grand. Specifically in relation to the toys, it's amazing yet sad how bad a job Bandai did capturing the suits and Zords. 100% agree with all of this, Bandai did such a terrible job at the zords I think it scared off a lot of loyal fans to the franchise from the second they saw that. I saw the first showing of the movie on Thursday night, and I enjoyed it a lot. My 2 biggest gripes were 1, not nearly enough in suit screen time but I get it, its an origin story.. and 2 I just REALLY hate what they did to Goldar, I can't get over the appearance of that character as he is 1 of, if not my favorite villain from MMPR.
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Post by punksnotdead on Mar 25, 2017 20:36:19 GMT -5
Found a White Ranger because we were meeting friends for lunch that happened to be next to a Game Stop. They only had one but that was all I needed. Such a good figure.
I also saw the movie this afternoon. I loved it. I'm going to have to get the new movie figures. I held off but I'll go all in now.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 25, 2017 22:09:58 GMT -5
Found all of wave 3 of the legacy line except for the MMPR Yellow Ranger. My GameStop didn't have any of the wave in but said one an hour away had 4. I took the drive and it paid off except for yellow. I have a feeling I'll be waiting until other stores get wave 3 in to get her.
The space rangers are awesome and it's cool to have a 6-7" inch complete team that isn't MMPR (I know they did Ninja Storm but I passed on them). White Ranger is the best of the legacy line. I'm not big on the super muscular abs they gave the guys but Tommy's shield does a good job hiding it.
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Post by cordless2016 on Mar 25, 2017 22:13:23 GMT -5
I loved the movie, especially the zords, and it's sold me on getting them. I was able to grab em all today except for the Sabertooth Tiger. Last week it seemed like stores were overstocked with them, but now I've noticed it's getting harder to find em except for the T Rex. That's gotta be a good sign that the movie merch is selling.
Still not big on the suits but grabbed the 6 legacy figures as well.
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Post by Darkhawk on Mar 26, 2017 0:28:21 GMT -5
Anybody know if Bandai is going to re-release any of their Legacy items? I know they rereleased the Dragonzord, but is that it? Heard someone mentioned the Dragon Dagger will be rereleased as well.
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Post by crush on Mar 27, 2017 13:00:03 GMT -5
I've only bought the Yellow Ranger from the movie line so far (haven't decided if I want to get them all or not, but I absolutely adored Becky G's Trini in the film so I had to get her) but these exclusives are bordering on "must-buy" for me. (Image not mine)
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Post by Searching for a Former Clarity on Mar 27, 2017 23:18:34 GMT -5
I've only bought the Yellow Ranger from the movie line so far (haven't decided if I want to get them all or not, but I absolutely adored Becky G's Trini in the film so I had to get her) but these exclusives are bordering on "must-buy" for me. (Image not mine) Saw another pic of these, they're gonna be TRU exclusives.
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Post by Searching for a Former Clarity on Mar 27, 2017 23:22:09 GMT -5
Decided to buy the complete MMPR SH Figuarts collection (Original team plus white, green, armored red and armored black as well as the first Megazord release). I have the armored red ranger and I use to own the White Ranger but sold it when I needed some cash at the time. They're some of the best figures I've ever seen and that includes the rest of the SHF line which I collect tons of. So happy to get the entire collection now, didn't think I'd ever be able to afford the whole set at once so very happy. Does anyone know much about the new bigger sized SHF Megazord that's suppose to come out?
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Post by crush on Mar 27, 2017 23:22:48 GMT -5
I've only bought the Yellow Ranger from the movie line so far (haven't decided if I want to get them all or not, but I absolutely adored Becky G's Trini in the film so I had to get her) but these exclusives are bordering on "must-buy" for me. (Image not mine) Saw another pic of these, they're gonna be TRU exclusives. Awesome. Should be easy to track down then. Also, the aforementioned yellow ranger, and the unmasked Tommy exclusive I pulled from Walgreens tonight.
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