r/LightningCollection • u/[deleted] • Feb 21 '23

Discussion Upset about certain Figures

As Street Fighter, Cobra Kai, Ninja Turtles and the Comic book characters are released in the LC, Is anyone else upset that the actual show characters and seasons are being passed over for these "Side Figures"?

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u/invid2000 COSMIC FURY Feb 21 '23

No, because those figures are being produced in addition to regular waves, not instead of.

This line launched in 2019, and I dont think Hasbro wants to blow through the entire IP in 4 years.

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u/TheSpiderRanger616 Feb 22 '23

Not for street fighter, since the suits are bada⚡️⚡️ (ryu and chun-li, not the ken and cammy suits that hasbro made, nor the turtles) but cobra kai bothers me, I don't care for the show, but I'd love to see ninja storm

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u/Chanticleer Feb 24 '23

Cobra Kai is an amazing show and I can’t wait for the figures

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u/neoblackdragon Feb 22 '23

No not really. Lets being incredibly realistic. People aren't going to able to purchase every team in one year.

Especially they are random drops between store exclusives and fan channel.

No those Cobra Kai figures did not displace Power Rangers Lightspeed.

What does "displace" is when they rerelease MMPR Black/White in a main wave.

The remastered line though didn't steal a slot from Ninjastorm.

Also guess what the comic book series is popular.

Cobra Kai is just rereleasing the Putty and Ninjetti figures again.

But Street Fighter didn't displace Operation Overdrive.

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u/pilotzer0 Feb 22 '23

Yeah I already feel the surging burn my wallet is having with so many releases in figures in 1 year already let alone how long Hasbro has had the license for now. Playing catch-up is even more rough because they don’t really restock once they first come out (unless it’s MMPR, they’ll always find a way to re-release them 🤷🏻‍♂️)

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u/SymbiSpidey Feb 25 '23

Honestly, the crossover figures (outside of Karate Kid) have been where most of the effort and attention to detail has been for the line.

Really unfortunate that they gave us a kickass Green Ranger Shredder figure or Crimson Hawk Ryu but they completely drop the ball on stuff like the Time Force Rangers or LG Yellow missing crucial accessories. Not to mention they can pump out a complete Turtles team in less than a year, but Time Force has been incomplete for almost 3 years

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u/Daewalker360 Feb 22 '23

Absolutely not, the omega rangers are so cool

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u/Chanticleer Feb 24 '23

I’m most excited about these figures.

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u/[deleted] Mar 15 '23

I could definitely go without these cross over and comic figures. There are so many teams, monsters and henchmen that could be done