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.
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.
