>>9093468They weren’t awful. But they’re not good.
Obviously the 7” scale isn’t ideal, but you can ignore that.
Chief complaints for the lines are:
a) lack of accessories. The only rangers to come with signature weapons were the 6th rangers, and every single ranger only had “sheathed” versions of their weapons, so stuff like Dino Thunder White’s and MMPR White’s sword are both shorter than they are when in use. Everyone else got a sheathed sidearm. No interchangeable hands either. The reason for this was so each figure could include a BAF for a Megazord from their season, which scaled with nothing.
And lastly, the only way to get the signature weapons for MMPR was to rebuy their special metallic repaints that included the weapons.
b) the sculpts. Lightning collection hasn’t nailed it or anything, but Legacy purposefully beefed up the rangers to make them look imposing, instead of trying to be accurate to the tv show. This means the dudes look like wrestlers and the women have basketball tits.
c) quality control. Paint work was extremely hit or miss, I’d say even more than Lightning collection. The belts on wave 2 of MMPR were silver, for some reason. Zeo gold was often called the “cheddar ranger”. Helmet sculpts were even worse for Legacy than Lightning. They started to remove articulation layer in the line, with Dino Thunder and Zeo losing range in the abs and ditching the calf swivel completely. The aforementioned issues with the sculpts and accessories led to most people not wanting to buy the female figures, which meant Ninja Storm Blue and Space Yellow pegwarmed really hard, to the point where they announced they wouldn’t make new figures unless fans went and bought all the women off the shelves, and they wouldn’t be making women going forward. Also no villains were made, aside from Drakkon and the male Psychos.
Any issues you have with Lightning Collection, they were worse with Legacy. But I liked some of the figures okay.
