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News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 7:03 am

A friend brought round a stash of toys he got at a boot fair thinking I'd be interested in them. One of them is G2 Laser Prime (cab and truck, I don't know if he has any accessories, he says he has a bag of kibble but I haven't seen them yet) but the others are Bandai dated '97.

My questions are:
1) what is the value of G2 Laser Prime in good condition with or without missiles etc. but no box?

2) what are the other things and what is there value (if anything at all)?

Here are the pics. You will need to right click and select 'view image'.

News Credits: 7 · by **Chaoslock** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 8:04 am

2. They look like typical Power Rangers robots, most of them I don't know which generation, but the second from left looks like the dragonzord:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4ELFx4ytUA

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Tue Dec 09, 2008 1:01 pm

Most if not all are Power Rangers Megazords.

Second pic, left to right:

1. Power Rangers in Space Mega Voyager Megazord
http://www.rangercentral.com/toy-pris2.htm

2. Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers Season 1 Green Ranger Dragon Zord
http://www.rangercentral.com/toy-mmpr1.htm

3. Power Rangers in Space Astro Megazord
http://www.rangercentral.com/pris-zd-astro.htm

4. Power Rangers Zeo Warrior Wheel
http://www.rangercentral.com/toy-prz2.htm

5. Laying down, looks to be a Delta Megazord. That's missing quite a lot of pieces.

As for Value, Prime could easily fetch 80 bucks

The Megazords no clue. being in such incompleteness, I'd say you'd be better off selling them parts. I'm guessing people will want some parts to complete their own.

By the way, the Delta lying down and the big blue Astro Megazord can combine into Delta Astro Megazord or some such name.

News Credits: 9 · by **Mykltron** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 1:56 pm

Thanks!

When I was a kid I saw a little bit of Power Rangers and I thought it looked a bit crappy. Now, with toys in my possession, I think it's REALLY crappy.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:23 pm

In 20 years, Banadai has still to master the art of ball joints.
to give there figures meaningful articulation.

All Megazords end up being bricks some more than others.

News Credits: 1 · by **Duke of Luns** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 2:39 pm

Overcracker wrote:In 20 years, Banadai has still to master the art of ball joints.
to give there figures meaningful articulation.

All Megazords end up being bricks some more than others.

I only have a whole two Megazords(the original MMPR and Ninja, and Falcon zord too), but I still think they're pretty fun, in an old school robot kind of way. At least the combinations are solid, and they stay together.

But the Falcon Zord/Ninja Zord combination is....really lame.

And I always wanted a Dragonzord.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:27 pm

Overcracker wrote:In 20 years, Banadai has still to master the art of ball joints.
to give there figures meaningful articulation.

All Megazords end up being bricks some more than others.

But articulation is not the main point of these toys, it's the combination gimmick. Besides, they leave the whole articulation thing to producers of smaller toys.

In short, Bandai is being lazy

That doesn't mean I don't want a Megazord, on the contrary. Just make sure it's Japanese

by **Loki God Of Mischief** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 3:59 pm

If that Dragonzord was complete I'd take it off your hands. I've been looking for a complete Dragonzord with working electronics.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Wed Dec 10, 2008 6:00 pm

JelZe GoldRabbit wrote:
Overcracker wrote:In 20 years, Banadai has still to master the art of ball joints.
to give there figures meaningful articulation.

All Megazords end up being bricks some more than others.

But articulation is not the main point of these toys, it's the combination gimmick. Besides, they leave the whole articulation thing to producers of smaller toys.

In short, Bandai is being lazy

That doesn't mean I don't want a Megazord, on the contrary. Just make sure it's Japanese

True, but would it kill them to give them actual knees?

C'mon there's a point in life when slapping 12 different zords onto a Megzord looses its appeal.

Now is that really necessary?:

News Credits: 12 · by **robofreak** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 1:03 am

Megazords used to be aweseom until they finished the Space series. After that, it seemed to me like Bandai was scraping the bottom of the barrel for designs and there is no longer a bottom to scrape. I have all the Megazords up to Space, but I lost interest after that.

Overcracker wrote:Now is that really necessary?:

Um, when was that abomination released? Whatever happened to 2 Megazords combining and then sitting in Titanus to attack?

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 12:19 pm

Its the final G12 mode for the Engine_Sentai_Go-onger series, soon to be Power Rangers RPM in the US. So technically not yet released over here. But it will be, I'm sure of it.

In total there are 12 zords in that thing. Including a whale/jet plane, an Elephant train thing, an alligator/semi truck, and several smaller animal vehicles.

News Credits: 4 · by **SnapTrap** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 2:11 pm

Overcracker wrote:Now is that really necessary?:

Looks like a walking junk pile to me...

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 4:11 pm

SnapTrap wrote:
Overcracker wrote:Now is that really necessary?:

Looks like a walking junk pile to me...

It rolls actually, you can consider the Ultrazord of the series. The formation is so heavy it only lasts for a few minutes in the show, so it has it's limitations. I agree it's overdone though, Bandai should have stopped at the G9 formation:

Or even G6:

Gomen nasai for hotlinking, Ooebi's Hobby Factory

News Credits: 5 · by **Sledge** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:25 pm

Good grief. I don't know how anyone can complain about any TF combiner when those things exist. :sad:

There is no god.

News Credits: 11 · by **Overcracker** » Thu Dec 11, 2008 5:36 pm

Yeah well, as someone once said: There's no kill like ... overkill.

And Bandai definitely knows how to do it with style.

Had they stopped at G6 and given each limb some decent articulation this would have been a great set.

News Credits: 241 · by **Jelze Bunnycat** » Fri Dec 12, 2008 11:05 am

Just for the sheer fun of it, here's the list of animals + vehicles used:

1: Condor + Speeder
2: Lion + Bus
3: Bear + RV
4: Orca / Killer Whale + Motorcycle (Shark in the US)
5: German Shepherd + Police Car (Wolf in the US)
6: Alligator + Car Carrier
7: Chicken + Helicopter
8: Tiger + Jet
9: Whale + Jumbo Jet
10: Mammoth + Steam Engine
11: Tyrannosaurus Rex + Shinkansen / Bullet Train
12: Triceratops + Shinkansen / Bullet Train

Weird, huh?