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News Credits: 4878 · Wed Dec 14, 2016 8:57 am

Sigma Magnus wrote:I wonder what you'll think of the next series...

I like the toys so far. I already got the main megazord but I do have a beef with the fact that the auxiliary zords only come with a repainted megazord... so far.

News Credits: 15 · Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:28 pm

Holy cats that's a lot of Megazords!! So many combinations..it's like Scramble City..for Megazords!!

News Credits: 4878 · Wed Dec 14, 2016 4:33 pm

itscramtastic wrote:Holy cats that's a lot of Megazords!! So many combinations..it's like Scramble City..for Megazords!!

Thats exacly what it is (although the legs must remain legs and the arms must remain arms) howeer, they end up having ports all over so you can turn arms into weapons to attach to the sides. Like the claw hands can become claw weapons that you can attach to the shoulder.

And unlike TFs, this becomes compatible FOR EVERY LINE, since 2010. So, a toy that just got released could go scramble city style with a megazord from 2010.

News Credits: 4878 · Thu Dec 15, 2016 12:00 am

I picked up the Legacy Tiger Zord today. I can see why its so expensive. Its full of die cast and instead of any stickers, its all painted. Thats right, all the detail you see is painted detail, I will have more pics below to show. I also took pics of how you can combine the Tigerzord with other fun stuff, its also compatible with the other zords :DANCE:

Here are examples of paint details:

News Credits: 15 · Thu Dec 15, 2016 8:58 am

Wow. Those things are true players for real.

So, is MMPR stuff at the same level as TF stuff for you or do you bounce back and forth between priority? It seems like the MMPR stuff has more play value for the money. As you mentioned, all current Megazords can Scramble City with anything post 2010?! That's amazing. And if they are high quality products, even better!

And you know what, they remind me of some awesome TF G1 bots like Sixshot and Galvatron, just bricks that are fun to mess around with!

News Credits: 41 · Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:16 am

That Tiger Zord looks awesome! All the goofy toy charm of the old Bandia style.
He's so cool he doesn't even have to combine with anybody, but it's neat that he can.

News Credits: 4878 · Thu Dec 15, 2016 9:58 am

itscramtastic wrote:Wow. Those things are true players for real.

So, is MMPR stuff at the same level as TF stuff for you or do you bounce back and forth between priority? It seems like the MMPR stuff has more play value for the money. As you mentioned, all current Megazords can Scramble City with anything post 2010?! That's amazing. And if they are high quality products, even better!

And you know what, they remind me of some awesome TF G1 bots like Sixshot and Galvatron, just bricks that are fun to mess around with!

Tfs are in a lull right now. CW really burned me out on mold reuse to the point where I see great deals here in canada on the boxsets and no matter how low, the extra space they would occupy is too much for me to spare on them. And while I love TR, the transformations are realy simple across the board. They lack that new edge which I only get from the odd RID release. And right now, we are in a lull anyways. The ton of new RID stuff will only be coming out next year in march or something (like Twinferno, Bludgeon and Soundwave) and I while I did find TR Megatron, I doubt I will find the rest of wave 3 until next month.

So instead I am having fun with Power Rangers which is new to me. I actually wanted the tigerzord a year ago. I wanted all these "MP" style PR releases all along. But they never came on sale and since they are almost all TRU exclusive, there is no price match option. So I waited until it was finally 20$ cheaper and got it.

My priority is still Transformers but since I am just getting into PR, there is a lot of back tracking to do while my back tracking with TFs is now over (aside from Battle Unicorn), so thats why you have seen more PR. There are only like 2 Megazord a year that come out so the accumulation of product will die down very quickly.

It is a different play pattern though. Transformers are fun on an individual scale. I can bring them with me in public transit and play the transforming puzzle. Power Rangers is more like building something. It takes it another level than Transformers. Like think of a CW toy. You take 5 components, turn them into limb modes and combine them. Well Power Rangers lets you build from that upwrads. So your big robot made up of different components can then combine into something bigger. And thats the part I find loads of fun. So you have that samurai megazord that you can then combine with a lobster to make a more giant samurai. Since there is that extra level, the transformations have to be super simple. So its a very different kind of toy. It really feels more like a building toy than a transforming toy.

And yes, that Tigerzord is just like an awesome high quality G1 toy.

Also, the quality on many Power Rangers toys is pefectly fine. The plastic feels fine all around. The only part that feels cheap is how sometimes features are removed from the Japanese versions. When its lights and sounds, I dont care. But when its their ability to transform into a particular form, that blows. But thats all comparing. The toys on their own are fine.

News Credits: 15 · Thu Dec 15, 2016 10:35 am

Good response WJ!! I wanted to see your take, and wasn't sure if it was one of those toy lines that you've always had in the background or something.

It does make sense that they are more "building toys" than transforming, they are super brick-like and seem ultra sturdy! The ability to continually add parts means they have to be stable and strong, and that is awesome.

Considering I skipped all of the limbs in Combiner Wars and only got one of each torso style, Titans Return hasn't burned me out yet :lol:

I have been less inclined to play with those guys lately, but maybe some of these upcoming DNA add-on parts for Fort Max and Metroplex will get me back in.

News Credits: 4878 · Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:48 pm

Building my bases for my cybertronian city:

News Credits: 15 · Mon Dec 19, 2016 3:49 pm

It begins..!

News Credits: 131 · Tue Dec 20, 2016 5:38 pm

Wow, PMOP just got equipped with stereo :michaelbay:

News Credits: 4878 · Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:00 pm

So I got a truckload of stiff at the thrift shop:

I was impressed to find that k9 still had his missiles!

Is this a He Man toy?

And whos this?

My MOTU collection has now gone from 0 to about 10 (give or take a few arms)

News Credits: 1646 · Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:13 pm

G1 Screamer and a Roadbuster, wow.

Too bad it seems only half of Screamer made the trip

News Credits: 4878 · Tue Jan 17, 2017 10:22 pm

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:G1 Screamer and a Roadbuster, wow.

Too bad it seems only half of Screamer made the trip

You wouldnt find the accessories in a thrift shop, at least not mine. But I dont mind.

News Credits: 1 · Wed Jan 18, 2017 12:31 am

william-james88 wrote: So I got a truckload of stiff at the thrift shop:

Is this a He Man toy?

Yeah that's Roboto from MOTU. He's missing his arm attachments.

News Credits: 19 · Wed Jan 18, 2017 2:47 am

DestronMirage22 wrote:
william-james88 wrote: So I got a truckload of stiff at the thrift shop:

Is this a He Man toy?

Yeah that's Roboto from MOTU. He's missing his arm attachments.

Aw memories. On a holiday to wales back when we were really young my sister and I each got a MotU figure. She got Grizzlor cos he had all that fur, and I got Roboto here cos I liked robots and his lil cogs inside were fun to look at.

Nice haul of all sorts of eras of things in that lot there you got.

News Credits: 131 · Fri Jan 20, 2017 10:38 am

william-james88 wrote:...truckload of stiff...

I like toys too, but not that much

News Credits: 4878 · Sat Jan 28, 2017 9:53 pm

As many of your know, I have had a lot of stuff since like Fort Max but most especially VOLTRON!!!!!

Here is how big he is if people want reference:

Those are all my differently sized teams of giant robots.

Surprisingly, its that Power Ranger with the big green circle on his chest which had the highest MSRP ($200 USD!!!) with Voltron priced at about half of that. Really good value here and he stands well. Its too bad his head and waist dont rotate because the arms and legs give you decent poseability options that you simply cant use without having his head tilt a bit.

Also, I took some pics of a new jewel in my collection, the Power Rangers (90s) Movie Megazord. I love the look of the monkey component, look how nice the face is!

News Credits: 41 · Sun Jan 29, 2017 11:02 am

Awesome Billy! Man, they got there fast. Like under the 6 to 10 biz days, no?
I'm glad you like Voltron. thanks for letting me play before I shipped. I agree he is a good and fun toy for the value. There are some things that could be better, but over all a pretty solid package.

How do you feel about Brainstorm?

News Credits: 3 · Sun Jan 29, 2017 11:59 pm

william-james88 wrote:So I got a truckload of stiff at the thrift shop:

I was impressed to find that k9 still had his missiles!

Is this a He Man toy?

And whos this?

My MOTU collection has now gone from 0 to about 10 (give or take a few arms)

Ooh, MOTU, will?!? It was that and TFs that dominated my childhood....I never knew what became of my Castle Greyskull.

News Credits: 1646 · Mon Jan 30, 2017 12:14 am

Hey Will, figured you'd like this.

I stopped in at my local Goodwill this afternoon, and for the first time ever, I saw Transformers! they had a bumper battle animated Jazz, a Rescue Bots Bumblebee, and an Optimus mask.

Passed on them all. but thought of you and your thrift shops

News Credits: 295 · Mon Jan 30, 2017 6:10 am

I thought that odd figure sort of looked like Chyna from WWF but it has a very male looking chest. I think someone put her head on a he-man character's body. Not too sure tho.

News Credits: 4878 · Mon Jan 30, 2017 3:28 pm

bodrock wrote:Ooh, MOTU, will?!? It was that and TFs that dominated my childhood....I never knew what became of my Castle Greyskull.

Sorry about your castle. I picked these up because they were a fun find. I didnt grow up with MOTU since I was born in 88, but I can still appreciate the toys. But man, I am such a noob to these that I didnt even know they were supposed to come with clothes :lol:

WreckerJack wrote:I thought that odd figure sort of looked like Chyna from WWF but it has a very male looking chest. I think someone put her head on a he-man character's body. Not too sure tho.

Emerje figured it out above, at least what company it comes from. its a legit toy but not of anything licensed.

Also, RIP Chyna!

D-Maximus_Prime wrote:Hey Will, figured you'd like this.

I stopped in at my local Goodwill this afternoon, and for the first time ever, I saw Transformers! they had a bumper battle animated Jazz, a Rescue Bots Bumblebee, and an Optimus mask.

Passed on them all. but thought of you and your thrift shops

Thanks for thinking of me! Thrift shops really are my thing. I go there to experience toys I would normally not get otherwise, like movie toys and G1 toys, two types that I would not go out of my way to get on e-bay. I am proud of you for having given it a shot.
Please inform me though, I thought Goodwill was more like TJMaxx, where they get surplus of stuff. Like those Platinum sets that people found. Do they have both surplus and second hand items?