My Power Rangers Collection

[blackdinothunder]

I have been collection Power Rangers from the beginning but I am still missing so much. I try not to collect the weapons and rangers powered up that never appeared on the show. I also gave up on collecting the 5 1/2" Megazords and the Vehicles, I can only afford so much. This is also before I got Divatox, Lothor, Sensei, Green MMPR Superlegends figure, Jungle Fury Yellow Ranger and my RPM figures and zords. I am still on a mission to get the Dino Thunder Brachiozord, Ninja Storm Mammoth Zord and Time Force Base.

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[Hades]

A very nice collection. I see some megazords I'd certainly like to get my hands on. :D

[2580]

You're so lucky to have the original Megazord, Dragonzord, the original auto-morphin' action figures, the movie edition automorphin' action figures, the Shogun Megazord, the Battle Borgs, the Alien Rangers, Putties, Tengas, Lord Zedd, the Zeo automorphin' actions figures, the Titanium Ranger, the Quantum Ranger, and Ransik. I could be mistaken, but it looks like you have DaiBouken and DaiTanken instead of the Drivemax Megazord and the DualDrive Megazord. I know they're not the best looking mecha/zords, but they still appeal to me for some reason and I'd love to get my hands on the Japanese toys without giving up an arm and a leg for them. I used to have a pretty big collection (mostly zords), but I gave them away when I started to feel like I had to distance myself from my childhood. I really, really regret doing that, but I bought the Transforming Fury Megazord Set. There are a few quality control issues, but overall I'm happy with it. I also got all three Power Rangers 15th Anniversary Epic Sets for Christmas '07, which I've been thoroughly happy with. The show accuracy of the figurines is excellent; I just wish that Bandai America could've made all of their action figures without all of the fake muscles.

[Hades]

Nope, that's the Drivemax and DualDrive Megazords. I've got the Ultimate DaiBouken (I got a really good deal on it) and those two don't have the chrome-like parts nor do they have paint detail.

[2580]

Oh. Well, I didn't see gaping gaps in the knees of the Drivemax Megazord, so I thought that it might be DaiBouken. Where did you get Ultimate DaiBouken?

[Hades]

Ebay. I got really lucky and came across one someone had listed it as a "Buy it Now" just a few minutes after they had put it up. If only the same thing would happen with a SirenBuilder. Unlikely, I know, but I can dream.

[2580]

That was lucky. I really wish that Bandai America had just used the Japanese molds all along and waited until the end of each season to release any exclusive toys. That way, they'd know whether or not they were pouring time and money down the toilet. Toys of Zedd, Ransik, the Titanium Ranger, and the Spirit Rangers would've sold well, but toys of the TransTek Armor and the Strike Rider would've sold poorly. With that savings in time and money, they might've been able to improve some or all of the original Japanese toys. At the very least, they could've turned out the original Japanese toys without so many quality control issues.

[blackdinothunder]

It is a shame that Bandai America wastes so much money with their stupid toys. For Operation Overdrive they had Rangers that were multicolored that never existed on the show and other series had extra powered up Rangers that never appeared on the shows. Had it not been for the waste of Figures in the many series' that they have had they could have produced more villains and mentors along the years. They could have released the Brachiozord, Tyrannodrones and Elsa for Dino Thunder. They could have released Choobo and Shimazu for Ninja Storm as well as the Mammoth Zord. Mystic Thunder should have had good figures of Solaris Knight, Red Knight Wolf, Jenji and the White Mystic Ranger as well as Morticon, Necrolai and Imperious. Bandai America could be more profitable if they just release what the fans would buy.

Does anyone know where I can find the Mammoth Zord and Brachiozord for cheaper prices than ebay? It seems as though the shipping is so high as well as the Zord.

[2580]

I know, right? I would love the chance to berate the person or people that was/were most directly responsible for Bandai America squandering so much money on crap toys that no one wants to buy. I actually wish that every dissatisfied customer of Bandai America got a chance to do that, so that maybe some remorse would be felt and we'd get a formal apology. I'm not talking about a cleverly-worded apology where they shift blame onto us and avoid apologizing (e.g. "We're sorry you didn't like our toys, but..."), I'm talking about a no-bullshit apology where they take full responsibility for their crappy products and show some remorse for not making the high-quality products that they easily could've made all along.