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Anonymous Sat 10 Jul 2021 21:25:37 No.9153828 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>9153845 >>9153892 >>9153942 >>9154175 >>9154244 >>9154818 >>9154998 >>9155002 >>9157248

Why hasn't "the Transformers company" made good zord toys yet? theyre still the same blocky 5poa shit toys theyve always been since they bought the license from Bandai america

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Jul 2021 21:35:43 No.9153844 Report

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Why don't you ask the PR general?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Jul 2021 21:35:45 No.9153845 Report

Quoted By: >>9156241

>>9153828
Different teams. They just brought on the guy who's been in charge of Transformers to work on Power Rangers, so more transforming Zords are probably coming. Haslab Zord has been hinted at. They also wouldn't have Takara Tomy to help them out with development, so.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Jul 2021 22:02:28 No.9153892 Report

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>>9153828
Theres no reason too. Plastic is expensive, and hasbro never uses diecast

Anonymous

Anonymous Sat 10 Jul 2021 22:24:59 No.9153942 Report

Quoted By: >>9154170

>>9153828
I remember seeing someone posting a conspiracy that Hasbro bought PR so that Transformers would have less competition on the transforming robot department

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 00:34:25 No.9154170 Report

Quoted By: >>9155379

>>9153942
There is validity for that since Hasbro bought the rights to Gobots and what they did to Robo Force in the 80's. Transformers are the "de facto" robot toy. Outside of Voltron, you show an average person a robot like Gundam and they'll call it a Transformer. Hasbro has a certain level of monopoly but since if "toys" no one cares. It's like how Mattel owns both Hotwheels AND Matchbox

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 00:41:38 No.9154175 Report

Quoted By: >>9154193 >>9154837 >>9154966 >>9154992 >>9164023

>>9153828
While I won't normally defend hasbro's incompetence, even Bandai via Chogokin made a zord and the articulation was not much better. It really comes down to, do you want separate units that can transform into a megazord or a standalone megazord that has the articulation it should. That being said, I will never forgive Hasbro for charging 100+ for a 'legacy' zord that has fucking stickers you need to apply.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 00:52:41 No.9154193 Report

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>>9154175
The problem with OP image is how easy it would be to add elbow/bicep swivel and knee bend but it's as if Hasbro cheaped out for what they're charging and engineers involved. No expecting ab crunch or anything crazy but "standard" articulation for a figure of this scale would/should be expected.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 01:23:24 No.9154244 Report

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>>9153828
That is weird, I kind of thought Hasbro would be all over Zord variants and higher quality versions

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 07:05:46 No.9154818 Report

Quoted By: >>9154850 >>9154972 >>9156283

>>9153828
The actual engineering and factories belong to TakaraTomy, you know. You can tell if you compare TakaTomy's own not-Transformers vs Hasbro's.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 07:15:14 No.9154837 Report

Quoted By: >>9164023

>>9154175
The minipla manages to do both

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 07:37:58 No.9154850 Report

Quoted By: >>9154916

>>9154818
Don't they have some transformers toys actually made by americans though?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 09:04:44 No.9154916 Report

Quoted By: >>9154972

>>9154850
Depends on what you mean by "make". The Rhode Island office handles a lot of the production side including choosing what to make, sourcing concept art, paint apps and colors then they pass off everything to the TakaraTomy side where they engineer the actual toy and develop the prototypes. When everything is approved by the hasbro team, it is then passed onto TakaraTomy's Vietnamese or Chinese side to manufacture.

Hasbro's MMPR only shares the very beginning of the process, everything else is contracted to other people.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 10:36:38 No.9154966 Report

Quoted By: >>9166586

>>9154175
This is highly exagerated. Sure the SOC could have been way better, they definitely botched the engineering for some reason, but the articulation is still infinitely better than your usual sentai robot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 10:44:19 No.9154972 Report

Quoted By: >>9154985 >>9155079

>>9154818
>>9154916
That's literally not true. Both parties engineer the figures. Takara does non Transformers lines that are objectively "Better" but that's because Japanese markets don't have as tight price points and need for appeal to the likes of big box retailers. Transformers would be just as good universally if they could just make a figure how they want exactly and slap any price or box size for it after the fact. [Which is exactly what Takara did for years with it and what they do with their portion of the selects line now]

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:02:37 No.9154985 Report

Quoted By: >>9155001

>>9154972
So Hasbro is totally capable of making decent modern Zords on their own BUT Walmart and Joe Biden DEMANDED that they dumb it down into hollow shampoo bottles? OOOOOHHH.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:14:28 No.9154992 Report

Quoted By: >>9155002 >>9164023

>>9154175
super minipla has decent articulation and fully transformable.
Turns out Bandai was the only right choice huh

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:18:00 No.9154998 Report

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>>9153828
If Hasbro made Zords today they would look even cheaper than that shitty 2010 Megazord, and this is coming from someone who likes Transformers and thinks that some of the releases from Kingdom and SS86 are great. But the design philosophies between them are just too different.

Everything went to shit in the west when they started making their own molds instead of just getting the japanese ones and changing minor details and stickers, and the situation in Japan isn't all that better because since they started with the collecting gimmicks the actual robot designs and transformations got gimped in most cases.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:20:42 No.9155001 Report

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>>9154985
I dunno, does Joe think low-quality megazords will help him huff more loli hair?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:22:51 No.9155002 Report

Quoted By: >>9155011 >>9157776 >>9164177

>>9154992
>>9153828
I just hate how the tyrannosaurus knees don't go inside the sabertooth and triceratops and the way their tails transform. Those red squares are supposed to be the kneecaps of the robot mode, for fucks sake. Both the original toy and the SoC got it right, why is it so difficult to understand?

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:31:36 No.9155011 Report

Quoted By: >>9155016 >>9155026 >>9155030 >>9155049

>>9155002
japs seems not too autistic regarding screen accuracy unlike mutts

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:41:07 No.9155016 Report

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>>9155011
They must be enjoying the LC then.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:55:40 No.9155026 Report

Quoted By: >>9155032

>>9155011
>Having kneecaps on the shins is all about don't caring about screen accuracy
Are you retarded? This is about basic understanding of the design and how these things are supposed to combine. Screen accuracy in a sentai show is a fucking joke because the robots looks like cardboard boxes, I don't give a shit about that.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:58:08 No.9155030 Report

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>>9155011
>japs seems not too autistic regarding screen accuracy unlike mutts
>japs
The 2010 Megazord in the OP is an american mold and it shows, looks way cheaper than the original toy. And going by how the legs transform, the super minipla seems to be based on it for whatever reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 11:59:49 No.9155032 Report

Quoted By: >>9155038

>>9155026
whats the problem then? get minipla

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:09:14 No.9155038 Report

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>>9155032
The minipla has the same problem about the missplaced robot kneecaps and exposed tyrannosaurus knees. Not caring about screen accuracy in this case doesn't mean I don't care about how the thing looks and functions.

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:21:09 No.9155049 Report

Quoted By: >>9155055

>>9155011
they have lower expectations over there, because their industry has lower quality talent

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:23:59 No.9155055 Report

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>>9155049
OK Subjectanon. Whatever helps you sleep at night in your cold, toy-less house.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 12:47:34 No.9155079 Report

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>>9154972
>Transformers would be just as good...
Looking at the MP line? Takara dropped the ball on the collector market long so.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 16:05:17 No.9155249 Report

Quoted By: >>9155334 >>9161935

I hoping that this thing is good.
I know that it will be overpriced. But a man can dream.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 17:13:41 No.9155334 Report

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>>9155249
You're not the only one brother. This is definitely the coolest fucking megazord I've ever seen. If this turns out amazing, I pray that they do a dragonzord.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 17:38:52 No.9155379 Report

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>>9154170
gundam is way more popular than voltron

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Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 21:09:01 No.9155738 Report

Quoted By: >>9156023 >>9164030

I bought the super mini pla set and enjoy the mini-combiner aspect of it along with building it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Sun 11 Jul 2021 23:59:21 No.9156023 Report

Quoted By: >>9156108 >>9156239

>>9155738
where can I get the super minipla?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 00:42:47 No.9156108 Report

Quoted By: >>9157181

>>9156023
You're way too late to the game. It's been scalped to death to the point that at certain places it's actually pricier than the SOC version. Probably the only one you can still get at kinda close to retail is the King Brachion/Titanus because no one gets that one without having the other two.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 02:14:19 No.9156239 Report

Quoted By: >>9157181

>>9156023
off ebay but whoever is setting the price can fuck off. I bought both of mine for 60 bucks when they came out, and they're on there for like 300 now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 02:16:34 No.9156241 Report

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>>9153845
Why doesn't Hasbro buy over Toei then?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 02:56:05 No.9156283 Report

Quoted By: >>9156412

>>9154818
Shinkalion Z is dogshit they don't even transform, literally throw out two cars and wheels for robot mode. And everything unironically arr rook same and "transform" the same

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 04:20:51 No.9156412 Report

Quoted By: >>9156766

>>9156283
In addition to that, the original Shinkalion toys had shitty poseability (no knees).

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 08:39:44 No.9156766 Report

Quoted By:

>>9156412
They had knees but no hips.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 15:22:21 No.9157181 Report

Quoted By: >>9157265

>>9156108
>>9156239
do minipla get re-releases?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 15:57:24 No.9157248 Report

Quoted By: >>9157552 >>9157777 >>9165261

>>9153828
All I want is a fucking Megazord that looks show accurate, truly like a man in a suit.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 16:05:01 No.9157265 Report

Quoted By:

>>9157181
Just re-scalping

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 17:41:58 No.9157552 Report

Quoted By:

>>9157248
Get some cardboard boxes and make it yourself.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 19:16:35 No.9157776 Report

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>>9155002
Probablyjust easier to engineer the minipla's knees that way.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 19:17:47 No.9157777 Report

Quoted By: >>9158030

>>9157248
The X-plus like 5 years ago.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 21:34:19 No.9158030 Report

Quoted By: >>9158046

>>9157777
>Make costume-accurate Megazord
>They don't include a little human hand in a silver glove to grab the sword
Come on, if you go the extra mile to make this cheesy thing into a toy you should include that too to make it perfect.

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Anonymous Mon 12 Jul 2021 21:43:08 No.9158046 Report

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>>9158030
very true

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Jul 2021 07:58:07 No.9161935 Report

Quoted By: >>9161942 >>9162044 >>9162084

>>9155249
Can this thing transform or is it just a figure?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Jul 2021 08:00:59 No.9161942 Report

Quoted By: >>9162084

>>9161935
It seems like 3rd party licensed MMPR toys aren't allowed to transform/combine, like Hasbro-licensed 3P Transformers.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Jul 2021 09:33:49 No.9162044 Report

Quoted By:

>>9161935
The team making it confirmed its a combiner

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 14 Jul 2021 10:38:05 No.9162084 Report

Quoted By: >>9164409

>>9161935
>>9161942
>Flametoys Transform Combine
>TRANSFORM COMBINE
Are you guys retarded?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 05:07:13 No.9164023 Report

Quoted By:

>>9154175
>>9154837
>>9154992
>separate units that can transform into a megazord
>standalone megazord that has the articulation it should
You’re forgetting size as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 05:10:12 No.9164030 Report

Quoted By: >>9164150

>>9155738
How big is the mini-pla?

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Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 07:24:09 No.9164150 Report

Quoted By: >>9165870

>>9164030
6 inches

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 07:52:50 No.9164177 Report

Quoted By: >>9164331

>>9155002
It's minipla, they are candy toys and not suppose to compete with the like of SOC

Having the kit my problem is with the stickers. They fucking suck

I can't believe no KO company has they to make the bigger and add proper paint to it consider they can get the cad file very easily with minipla made in china and all that

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 10:57:47 No.9164331 Report

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>>9164177
>It's minipla, they are candy toys and not suppose to compete with the like of SOC
Not an excuse when they're able to pull a minipla GaoGaiGar that looks exactly as it should.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 12:00:36 No.9164409 Report

Quoted By: >>9165036

>>9162084
Did they drop the "transform" part or is >>9164332 a different line?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 18:03:37 No.9165036 Report

Quoted By: >>9165159

>>9164409
>Go! Karakuri combine
>COMBINE
Why is it so difficult to some of you to just READ what's in the picture? They changed the name but still combines.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 18:49:55 No.9165159 Report

Quoted By: >>9165180

>>9165036
>Did they drop the "transform" part
Pls read better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 18:59:29 No.9165180 Report

Quoted By: >>9165247

>>9165159
I thought about that, but wasn't expecting someone to be retarded enough to believe they're going to release a Megazord that combines but doesn't transform. Are you trying to say that this thing separates into a bunch of body parts that don't turn into anything else?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 19:27:42 No.9165247 Report

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>>9165180
They could always do a non-transforming Daizyujin that combines with a future Dragon Ceasar, like their Star Saber + Victory Leo basically.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 19:32:43 No.9165261 Report

Quoted By: >>9165521 >>9165524 >>9166525

>>9157248
Back in the day they made some remote control Megazord that was not made of combined parts, it was more accurate to the guy in the suit than the main one.

It was the one more parents bought since it was less than $20 while the regular Megazord was going for $50-60 at times.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 21:25:37 No.9165521 Report

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>>9165261
>It was the one more parents bought since it was less than $20 while the regular Megazord was going for $50-60 at times.
Not my experience, everybody I know it had a Megazord as a kid had the DX one, never heard of the RC one until now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 15 Jul 2021 21:27:30 No.9165524 Report

Quoted By:

>>9165261
>It was the one more parents bought since it was less than $20 while the regular Megazord was going for $50-60 at times.
Not my experience, everybody I know that had a Megazord as a kid had the DX one, never heard of the RC one until now.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 00:23:22 No.9165870 Report

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>>9164150
Thanks guv’ner

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Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 04:43:06 No.9166525 Report

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>>9165261
I had this thing because it was still on shelves long after the DX sold out, it was kinda cool except for one thing my autism didn't accept, they based the shoulders off the un-fully combined Mastodon pieces! Somehow just ruined the look for me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 05:22:37 No.9166586 Report

Quoted By: >>9166868 >>9168594

>>9154966
SOC Megazord was such a disappoint to me. Course GGG is my only other SOC so it's me only point of comparison.
But he sword is Megazord's only accessory, not even any different hands!

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Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 05:40:22 No.9166614 Report

Quoted By: >>9166872

> mfw I best offered $80 for minipla & got it
> mfw another seller best offered me $40 for his dragon zord minipla and I accepted
I assume the person with the dino megazord didn't realize he had to build it and when he did he no longer wanted it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 08:23:51 No.9166868 Report

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>>9166586
I own both GGG and lion Voltron and nonetheless I love the Megazord. The separate mecha are absolutely beautiful and the Megazord is still better articulated than any other sentai toy ever and looks perfect in my eyes.
Only thing that bothers me is the chest polished bare metal getting tarnished, but that also happens with Voltron's lion legs.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 08:28:16 No.9166872 Report

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>>9166614
80 sounds good taking into account the absurd prices asked for it right now, but for a minipla is still a rip-off imo.

Anonymous

Anonymous Fri 16 Jul 2021 23:04:54 No.9168594 Report

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>>9166586
>disappointment*
>my*
>the*
What the fuck, me?

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